Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX500 S7 User manual

Operating Manual - English
PRIMERGY RX500 S7
Server
Operating manual
Edition June 2012

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RX500 S7 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. The device has not been designed or
manufactured for uses which demand extremely high level of safety and carry
a direct and serious risk of life or body if such safety cannot be assured.

Operating Manual RX500 S7
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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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:
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/

RX500 S7 Operating Manual
Only for the Japanese market:
IAlthough described in this manual, some sections do not apply to the
Japanese market. These options include:
– CSS (Customer Self Service)

Operating Manual RX500 S7

RX500 S7 Operating Manual
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Functional overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2 Server specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3 Installation steps, overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4 Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.2 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.3 FCC Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.4 Transporting the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.5 Notes on installing the server in the rack . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.6 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5 Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.1 Unpacking the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.2 Installing/removing the server into/from the rack . . . . . . 49
5.3 Connecting devices to the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.4 Connecting the server to the mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.4.1 Using cable brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.4.1.1 Mounting cable brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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5.4.1.2 Securing power cords in cable brackets . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.5 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 58
6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1 Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.1 Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.1.1 ID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.1.1.2 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.1.1.3 Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.1.4 Indicators on the drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.2 Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.2 Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.3 Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.1 Configuring the onboard SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.2 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.3.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.3.4 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.4 Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.1 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.2 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.3 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.5 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.6 No mouse pointer displayed on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.7 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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8.8 Hard disk drive error messages at system boot . . . . . . . 86
8.9 Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.10 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.11 Expansion cards or onboard devices not recognized . . . . 87
8.12 Temperature warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.13 No effect of keyboard or mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
8.14 Optical drive cannot read data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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