Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX924 S3 User manual

Operating Manual - English
PRIMERGY BX924 S3
Server Blade
Operating Manual
April 2012

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BX924 S3 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/

BX924 S3 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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BX924 S3 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
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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 onboard CNA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.3.5 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.3.6 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.4 Cleaning the Server Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
7.1 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8.1 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8.2 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8.3 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
8.4 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8.5 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8.6 System will not boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8.7 Hard disk drive error messages at system boot . . . . . . . 64
8.8 Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
8.9 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

BX924 S3 Operating Manual 9
1 Introduction
The PRIMERGY BX924 S3 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 BX924 S3 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 BX924 S3 server blade can be found in
the following documents:
– "Quick Start Software - Quick Installation Guide" DVD booklet (only included
as a printed copy with the ServerView Suite)
– "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 BX924 S3 server blade Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
– D3143 BIOS Setup Utility for PRIMERGY BX924 S3 server blade Reference
Manual
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/