Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX200 S6 User manual

Operating Manual - English
PRIMERGY RX200 S6
Operating Manual
April 2010

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RX200 S6 Operating Manual
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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 other important information" and
ensure these safety notes are understood before using the product. Keep this
manual and the manual "Safety notes and other important information" 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 for general uses such as
general office use, personal use, domestic use and normal industrial use. It has
not been designed or manufactured for uses which demand an extremely high
level of safety and carry a direct and serious risk to life or body if such safety
cannot be ensured.

Operating Manual RX200 S6
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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.
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Industries Association.)
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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://primeserver.fujitsu.com/primergy/harddisk/

RX200 S6 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:
– USB Flash Module (UFM)
– CSS (Customer Self Service)
– Replacing the lithium battery

Operating Manual RX200 S6

RX200 S6 Operating Manual
Contents
1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.4 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.5 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2 Installation steps, overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3 Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 ENERGY STAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.3 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.4 Transporting the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.5 Notes on installing the server in the rack . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.6 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4 Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.1 Unpacking the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.2 Installing/removing the server in/from the rack . . . . . . . 45
4.2.1 Rack system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2.2 Installation in PRIMECENTER/DataCenter Rack . . . . . . . . 48
4.2.3 Installation in 3rd party racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
4.3 Connecting devices to the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.4 Connecting the server to the mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.4.1 Using the cable clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.5 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . 60

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Contents
5 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.1 Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.1.1 Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.1.2 Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.1.3 Indicators of the hot-plug system fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5.2 Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
5.3 Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.3.1 Configuring the onboard SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.3.2 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.3.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system with the
ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.3.4 Configuring the server and installing the operating system without
ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5.4 Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6.1 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.2 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.3 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.5 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.6 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.7 System will not boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.8 Drives reported as “dead” when starting system . . . . . . . 84
7.9 Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.10 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8 CSS components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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8.1 Hot-plug components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
8.1.1 Hot-plug power supply units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
8.1.1.1 Remove the dummy module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.1.1.2 Installing the hot-plug power supply unit . . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.1.1.3 Replacing the hot-plug power supply unit . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.1.2 Hot-plug hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
8.1.2.1 HDD module and dummy module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
8.1.2.2 Handling hard disk drives and HDD modules . . . . . . . . 95
8.1.2.3 Removing/installing the dummy module . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8.1.2.4 Installing the HDD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8.1.2.5 Removing the HDD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.1.3 Replacing a hot-plug fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.1.3.1 Opening/closing the fan cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
8.1.3.2 Exchanging the fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.2 Replacement of non-hot-plug components . . . . . . . . . 104
8.2.1 Opening the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
8.2.2 Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.2.2.1 Removing the air cowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.2.2.2 Identifying a defective CSS component . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.2.2.3 Removing a defective memory module . . . . . . . . . . . 108
8.2.2.4 Installing a new memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
8.2.2.5 Fitting the air cowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.2.3 Replacing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
8.2.4 Closing the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
9 Appendix: server specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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1 Preface
The PRIMERGY RX200 S6 rack server is a universal and high-performance
platform designed for a whole range of application areas in data center and
server farm concepts. The ultra-compact rack server is ideal for web services
and solutions such as caching, gateway and firewall applications. Other
application areas include front-end solutions (tier 1) in modern multi-tier
configurations, and e-mail service and appliance solutions.
The PRIMERGY RX200 S6 offers a balanced architecture that incorporates
next generation main memory (DDR3) and I/O technologies (PCIe Gen2). The
backplane is already provided for SAS 2.0 and 6 Gbit/s SAS and the chipset
prepared for the next generation of 6-core processors. High performance,
scalability, impressive reliability and excellent extension options are combined
in a powerful design.
The Cool-safe™ cooling concept with improved air flow cooling technology
(honeycomb design) ensures the highest possible performance of the
processors at work; at the same time, the system is extremely reliable thanks to
the reduced heat dissipation.
The highly compact server occupies just one height unit (HU) in the rack.
1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual
This operating manual describes how to install, set up and operate your server.
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 RX200 S6 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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Preface
1.2 Documentation overview
More information on your PRIMERGY RX200 S6 can be found in the following
documents:
– "Quick Start Hardware - PRIMERGY RX200 S6" leaflet
"はじめにお読みください -PRIMERGY RX200 S6" 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) except for the
Japanese market
– "Safety notes and other important information" manual
"安全上の注意およびその他の重要情報 " for the Japanese market
– "Warranty" manual
"保証書 " for the Japanese market
– "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 RX200 S6 Server Operating Manual"
– "PRIMERGY RX200 S6 Server Options Guide"
– "System Board D3031 for PRIMERGY RX200 S6 Technical Manual"
– "D3031 BIOS Setup Utility for RX200 S6" manual

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Preface
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://primeserver.fujitsu.com/primergy/system.html).
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 use the URL:
http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/primergy/manual.html.
Further sources of information:
– PRIMERGY Abbreviations and 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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Preface
1.3 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 hard disk drives
– Hot-plug power supply units
– Memory modules
– System fans
– Expansion cards
For information on replacing these components, see chapter "CSS
components" on page 87.
CSS indicators on the control panel and on the back of the PRIMERGY server
provide you with information if a CSS event arises (for more information on the
behavior of these indicators, see chapter "Starting up and operation" on
page 61 and the "ServerView Suite Local Service Concept - LSC" manual on
the ServerView Suite DVD 2).
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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System board
The features of the system board are described in the technical manual for the
system board D3031 for the hardware and in the BIOS Setup manual for the
firmware.
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
“D3031 BIOS Setup Utility for RX200 S6" 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.
Slots for expansion cards
The server can be flexibly expanded via two external slots (two PCIe Gen2 x8).
PCIe Gen2 doubles the bandwidth of currently existing PCIe busses and allows
improved system performance.
There is a third slot (PCIe Gen2 x4) that is internal and designed for an optional
SAS/SATA RAID controller.

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Hard disk drives
The server can be equipped with a maximum of 6 (variant with DVD slot) or
8 HDD modules.
Each HDD module can accommodate an SAS/SATA hard disk drive or an SATA
SSD drive with a maximum height of 1 inch. The module is connected to the
SAS/SATA backplane wirelessly. This allows HDD modules to be plugged in or
pulled out easily.
Four SATA hard disk drives can be controlled by the onboard SATA controller.
To control further SATA hard disk drives, an additional RAID controller must be
installed.
SAS hard disk drives require an additional RAID controller.
Hybrid configurations of SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs and SSDs within the same
logical drive (RAID array) are not supported.
If the server has the corresponding RAID configuration, HDD modules can also
be replaced during operation.
Onboard SATA controller
A 6-port SATA controller is integrated on the system board; up to four SATA hard
disk drives can be connected to the controller. The LSI Embedded MegaRAID
software (SATA Software RAID) supports RAID levels 0, 1 and 10.
For more information on configuring the controller, see section "Configuring the
onboard SATA controller" on page 74.

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SAS/SATA RAID controller
The server is available with the following SAS/SATA RAID controllers for
operating the internal SAS/SATA hard disk drives:
– Modular RAID 0/1 controller with "Integrated Mirroring Enhanced"
(SAS IME) for SAS1.0
RAID levels 0, 1 and 1E are supported for internal hard disk drive
configurations.
IFor the Japanese market only RAID level 1 is supported for internal
hard disk drive configurations.
– Modular RAID 0/1 controller with “MegaRAID functionality”
(SAS MegaRAID) for SAS1.0 and SAS2.0
RAID levels 0, 1,10 and 1E are supported for internal hard disk drive
configurations.
– 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 battery backup unit (BBU) can save the
memory content even if the power fails. Cache memory size of 512 Mbyte is
available.
IFor more information on configuring the controller, see section
"Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller" on page 74.
Further information on SAS/SATA RAID controllers is provided in the
"Modular RAID Controller Installation Guide" (on ServerView Suite
DVD 2 under Industry Standard Servers - Expansion Cards - Storage Adapters
- LSI RAID / SCSI Controllers).
Further information on other SAS/SATA RAID controllers (e.g. for
operating external SAS/SATA hard disk drives or tape drives) is available
on ServerView Suite DVD 2 under Industry Standard Servers - Expansion
Cards - Storage Adapters - LSI RAID / SCSI Controllers.
Accessible drives
The variant with a maximum of 6 HDD modules provides a bay for a DVD drive.
The DVD drive installed here cannot be replaced during operation.

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USB connectors
The three USB connectors on the front of the server support activities carried
out by the service technician. The maximum length of the external cable are
three meters.
Power supply
The server uses a hot-plug power supply unit, which automatically set itself to a
mains voltage in the range of 100 V - 127 V ⁄200 V - 240 V. As an option, the
power supply can be expanded with an extra power supply unit to create a
redundant power supply. If a power supply unit fails, the redundant configuration
assures continued operation. The defective power supply unit can be replaced
during operation (for further details see section "Hot-plug power supply units"
on page 88).
Cooling
The Cool-safe™ cooling concept with improved air flow cooling technology
(honeycomb design) ensures the highest possible performance of the
processors at work; at the same time, the system is extremely reliable thanks to
the reduced heat dissipation.
Each processor has a heat sink. Further cooling for the installed processors is
provided by six fan units (redundant). If one fan in a redundant unit fails, the
system is able to continue operating without limitations. If a fan fails, it can be
replaced while the system is running (for further details see section "Replacing
a hot-plug fan" on page 100).
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 Analysis) technology from Fujitsu analyzes
and monitors all components that are critical for system reliability.
A RAID controller supports different RAID levels and increase the availability
and data security of the system.
The hot-plug HDD modules provide additional availability.

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iRMC S2 with integrated management LAN connector
IThe features of the iRMC S2 Advanced Video Redirection and Remote
Storage are available as an option.
The iRMC S2 (integrated Remote Management Controller) is a BMC with
integrated management LAN connector and expanded functionality that was
previously only available with additional plug-in cards. In this way, the iRMC S2
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 S2 include the following:
●Browser access via iRMC S2-s own Web server
●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)
●Command Line Interface (CLI)
●Simple, interactive or script-based iRMC S2 configuration
●Customer Self Service (CSS)
●iRMC S2-s own user management
●Multi-computer, global iRMC S2 user administration using an LDAP
Directory Service
●Automatic network configuration via DNS / DHCP
●Power supply of the iRMC S2 via the system standby supply
●Full-coverage alarm management
●System Event Log (SEL) reading and processing
More information about the iRMC S2 can be found in the "iRMC S2 - integrated
Remote Management Controller" user’s guide (on the ServerView Suite DVD 2
under Industry Standard Servers - Software - ServerView Suite - Out-Of-Band
Management).

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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.
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)
●Remote storage 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.