Fujitsu PRIMERGY SX940 User manual

PRIMERGY SX940
Service Supplement
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Overview of the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4 Replacement routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.1 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.1.1 Removing the storage blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.1.2 Opening the storage blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.1.3 Closing the storage blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.1 Replacing controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.3 Replacing iBBU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4 Replacing SX940 complete (with cabling) . . . . . . . . . . 22
5 Different configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1 ControllerLSI 1064 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.1.1 Configuration: Two HDDs using one LSI 1064 controller . . . . 24
5.1.2 Configuration: Four HDDs using one LSI 1064 controller . . . . 25
5.1.3 Configuration: Four HDDs using two LSI 1064 controllers . . . 27
5.2 LSI 1078 controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.2.1 Configuration: Two HDDs using one LSI 1078 controller . . . . 29
5.2.2 Configuration: Four HDDs using one LSI 1078 controller . . . . 30
5.2.3 Configuration: Four HDDs using two LSI 1078 controllers . . . 32
5.3 Mixed installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Contents
6 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.1 Board layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.1.1 4-port controller (LSI 1064) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.1.2 8-port controller (LSI 1078) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.1.3 iBBU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.1.4 SX940 complete (with cabling) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
6.2 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6.2.1 SAS cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
6.2.2 Further cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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1 Introduction
The PRIMERGY SX940 Server is a storage subsystem for the PRIMERGY
BX900 S1 and the follow-up models.
1.1 Overview of the documentation
Concept and target groups
This Service Supplement completes the information given in the Operating
Manual.
The activities described in this manual may only be performed by service
personnel.
Service DVD PRIMERGY
Service partners of Fujitsu Technology Solutions can order a Service DVD
PRIMERGY. On the DVD the following manuals are available in pdf format:
– The “Safety notes and other important information” manual
– The Operating Manual for PRIMERGY SX940
– The Supplement PRIMERGY SX940

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Overview of the documentation Introduction
Information/procedure Manual
Detailed safety notes Safety notes
Features and technical data of the server Operating Manual
Installation and operation, among other things:
– Installation in the system unit
– Operation
– Commisioning
Installation/removal of all hot-plug components:
– hot-plug hard disk drives
Troubleshooting
Replacement routines:
– Controllerl
–iBBU
– SC940 complete (with cabling)
Service Supplement
Board layouts and cabling
Table 1: Overview of the documentation PRIMERGY SX940

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Introduction Notational conventions
1.2 Notational conventions
The following notational conventions are used in this manual:
Text in italics indicates commands, menu items or software programs.
„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.
Table 2: Notational conventions

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2Procedure
VCAUTION!
The actions described in these instructions should only be performed by
service personnel.
ÊFirst of all please familiarize yourself with the safety instructions in the
chapter “Safety notes” on page 11.
ÊEnsure that all required manuals (see Service DVD) are available, printing
out the PDF files if necessary. You will definitely need the Operating Manual
for the server, the Options Guide for the server and the Technical Manual for
the system board.
ÊShut down the server correctly, switch it off, pull out the power plug, and
open the server as described in the section “Removing the storage blade”
on page 13.
ÊReplace the faulty component as described in the relevant chapter.
ÊClose the storage blade
ÊPush the storage blade in the slot.1
ÊPut the storage blade into operation.1
1These procedures are described in the Operating Manual.