Gooxi SR401 4U User manual

SR401 4U
Rack Server User Manual
Document Version: 02
Release Date: 16/Nov/2022
Shenzhen Gooxi Information Security Co., Ltd.

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Foreword
This manual is the product technical manual of Gooxi SR401 4U
rackmount server, which mainly describes the appearance, structure, hardware
installation and basic configuration of this product.
This manual is for reference and research by professional technicians. This
product should only be installed and maintained by experienced technicians.
Convention:
Note: it is used to transmit equipment or environmental safety warning
messages, if not avoided, it may lead to equipment damage, data loss,
equipment performance degradation or other unpredictable results.
Warning: indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, it may result in death or serious personal injury.
Red arrow: means pointing to a certain location.
Blue arrows: means the action of pulling out or inserting at an angle.
Dark blue rotation arrow 1: represents the action of turning the screw
clockwise or pulling it outward.
Dark blue rotating arrow 2: represents the action of turning the screw
counterclockwise or buckling inward.
Hollow arrow: represents the next action or result.

Modification record
Manual version
Release date
Remarks
01
2022/October/16
Initial release
02
2022/November/16
Optimized description

Contents
1 Product Description ...............................................................................................................................................6
1.1 Product overview ........................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Product structure ............................................................................................................................................ 7
1.3 Logical structure ............................................................................................................................................ 8
1.4 Product parameters .........................................................................................................................................9
2 Hardware Description ......................................................................................................................................... 10
2.1 Front panel ................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.1.1 Appearance ................................................................................................................................................10
2.1.2 LED and button .........................................................................................................................................11
2.1.3 Interface .................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.2 Rear panel .................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.2.1 Appearance ................................................................................................................................................13
2.2.2 LED and button .........................................................................................................................................14
2.2.3 Interface .................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.3 Processor ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.4 Memory ........................................................................................................................................................17
2.4.1 Memory slot location ................................................................................................................................ 17
2.4.2 Memory compatibility information ...........................................................................................................17
2.5 Storage ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.5.1 Hard disk configuration ............................................................................................................................ 18
2.5.2 Hard disk serial number ............................................................................................................................ 19
2.5.3 Hard disk status LED ................................................................................................................................ 20
2.6 Power supply ................................................................................................................................................20
2.7 Fan ................................................................................................................................................................21
2.8 I/O expansion ............................................................................................................................................... 22
2.8.1 PCIe slot distribution ................................................................................................................................ 22
2.8.2 PCIe slot description ................................................................................................................................. 23
2.8.3 PCIe expansion module ............................................................................................................................ 24
2.9 PCBA ........................................................................................................................................................... 26
2.9.1 Motherboard ..............................................................................................................................................26
2.9.2 Hard disk backplane ..................................................................................................................................28
3 Installation Notes ................................................................................................................................................ 32
3.1 Chassis upper cover installation...................................................................................................................32
3.2 Mounting accessories ................................................................................................................................... 33
3.2.1 Install the CPU .......................................................................................................................................... 33
3.2.2 Install heat-sink ......................................................................................................................................... 35
3.2.3 Install memory .......................................................................................................................................... 36
3.2.4 Install the server rails ................................................................................................................................ 36
4 Configuration Instructions .................................................................................................................................. 40
4.1 Initial configuration ......................................................................................................................................40
4.1.1 Power on ................................................................................................................................................... 40
4.1.2 Initial data ................................................................................................................................................. 42
4.1.3 Configure BIOS ........................................................................................................................................ 42
4.1.4 Configure BMC ........................................................................................................................................ 43
5 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................................. 47

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1Product Description
1.1 Product overview
The SR401 4U rackmount server is a new generation of 2U dual-socket rack server with
a wide range of uses launched by Gooxi for the needs of the Internet, IDC (Internet Data
Center), cloud computing, enterprise market, and telecom business applications. It is suitable
for IT core business, cloud computing virtualization, high-performance computing,
distributed storage, big data processing, enterprise and telecom business applications and
other complex workloads. The server has the advantages of low energy consumption, strong
scalability, high reliability, easy management, easy deployment, etc.
The main configurations are:
·Supports 2 AMD EPYC™ 7003/7002/7001 processors.
·Up to 36* 3.5-inch hard drives
·The rear window supports expansion of 4*3.5-inch hard disks and 4*2.5-inch hard disks
·Up to 11 PCIE expansion slots, which can be used to expand GPU cards, network cards, etc.
Front view (Figure 1-1)
24-bay rear view (Figure 1-2)

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36-bay rear view (Figure 1-3)
1.2 Product structure
The physical structure of the SR401 4U rack-mounted server is different due to different
requirements, and the configuration will be different. Taking the 36-model as an example,
the components of the server shown in the figure below:
Structure diagram (1-4)
S/N
Name
S/N
Name
1
Wind shield
9
Full height PCIE module
2
RAM
10
Half height PCIE module
3
Motherboard (G1DLRO-B)
11
1+1 redundant power supply
4
OCP 3.0 network card
(optional)
12
Rear 2.5 inch hard disk module
5
CPU heat sink
13
24 Hard disk box assembly

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Table (1-1)
1.3 Logical structure
The logic of SR401 4U rack server is shown in the figure below:
Motherboard logic block diagram (1-5)
·2 SP3 Sockets, supporting two AMD EPYC™ 7002 series processors;
·Single CPU supports 8 DDR4 channels, each channel supports 2 DIMMs, and the two CPUs
support 32DIMM DDR4 memory;
·DDR4 type: DDR4 2400/2666/2933/3200MHz ECC-RDIMM/LRDIMM;
·There are 3 groups of PCIe RISER slots on the board, among which: 32 PCIE LANEs of
RISER1 come from CPU0, 32 PCIE LANEs of RISER2 come from CPU1, 16 PCIE LANEs of
RISER3 come from CPU1;
·G1DLRO-B motherboard provides 2 M.2 M Key SSD slots, only supports 2280 size, PCIe4.0
X2 signal;
·2 Gigabit Ethernet ports are integrated on the motherboard, using I350-AM2 chip;
·The BMC chip in this board adopts ASPEED company's AST2500 control chip, which is used
6
cooling fan
14
Chassis upper cover
7
Gooxi 4U 798mm chassis
15
24-bay expansion backplane
8
Fan bracket
16
12 Hard disk box assembly

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for IPMI remote management, VGA output port, and dedicated Gigabit RJ45 management
network port.
1.4 Product parameters
System
System model
SR401-D24RE
SR401-D36RE
Chassis
Gooxi 4U rackmount chassis
Motherboard
G1DLRO-B
CPU
Supports 2 AMD EPYC™ 7003/7002/7001 processors
Memory
Type supports DDR4 RDIMM/LRDIMM;
Frequency supports 2400/2666/2933/3200MHz;
Support single capacity of 8G/16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB/256GB, and the
maximum memory capacity of the whole machine is 8TB.
Hard drive
Front 24* 3.5/2.5 inch hot-swap hard drives
4U24 rear supports four 3.5 inch
and four 2.5 inch hot-swap hard
drives
4U36 rear upper layer supports 4*
3.5 inch and 4* 2.5 inch hot-swap
hard drives; the lower layer
supports 12* 3.5/2.5 inch hot-swap
hard disks
Internet function
2 RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Management
interface
1 RJ45 IPMI management network port
Display function
Onboard Aspeed®AST2500 chip, support VGA output
M.2
Support 2 M.2 ports (M key, only support 2280 size specifications)
USB
Front 2 USB3.0 ports, built-in 1 USB3.0, rear USB3.0 port
Expansion slot
Up to 11 PCIe expansion slots
Power
System supports 550W, 800W, 1200W, 1300W, 1600W hot-swap
redundant power supply
Fan
Support 8* 8038 temperature-controlled fans (optional 8056
temperature-controlled fans)
Size
798mm*444mm*176.5mm (length*width*height)
Operating system support
OS
CentOS 7.6/ CentOS 8.0
SLES11 SP4
Ubuntu 17.04/Ubuntu 18.04/ Ubuntu 20.04
Windows server 2016/Windows server 2019
VMware ESXi vSphere6/VMware ESXi vSphere7
System environment parameters
Operating
temperature and
humidity
Temperature 5℃ ~ 40℃; Humidity: 35% ~ 80% non-condensing
Storage
temperature and
humidity
Short time (≤72 H): temperature -40℃～70℃/ Humidity 20%～90%
non-condensing (including packaging)
Long time (>72 H): temperature 20℃～28℃/ Humidity 30%～70%
non-condensing (including packaging)
Certification
Certification
CE, CCC, ROHS
Table (1-2)

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2Hardware Description
2.1 Front panel
2. 1.1 Appearance
24x3.5 inch hard drive configuration
S/N
Name
S/N
Name
1
Left ear assembly
2
24* 3.5 inch hard disk boxes
3
Right ear assembly
36x3.5 inch hard drive configuration