Hitachi HA810 G3 Series User manual

Hitachi Advanced Server HA810 G3 Series
User Guide
This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage
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MK-90HAS8030-01
October 2023

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Hitachi Advanced Server HA810 G3 User Guide 2

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Contents
Component identification........................................................................... 6
Front panel components ...................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons ............................................................................................................. 7
UID button functionality. ............................................................................................................ 8
Front panel LED power fault codes........................................................................................... 8
Systems Insight Display LEDs.................................................................................................. 8
Systems Insight Display combined LED descriptions............................................................. 10
Rear panel components..................................................................................................................... 11
Rear panel LEDs................................................................................................................................ 12
System board components ................................................................................................................ 14
Heatsink and processor socket components........................................................................... 15
Closed-loop liquid cooling heatsink components .................................................................... 16
System maintenance switch descriptions ............................................................................... 17
DIMM label identification ......................................................................................................... 17
DIMM slot locations................................................................................................................. 18
Drive boxes and numbering............................................................................................................... 19
Hot-plug fans...................................................................................................................................... 20
Basic Drive LED definitions................................................................................................................ 20
NS204i-u Boot Device components................................................................................................... 22
NS204i-u Boot Device LED definitions............................................................................................... 23
Setup.......................................................................................................... 24
Setting up the server.......................................................................................................................... 24
Operational requirements................................................................................................................... 25
Space and airflow requirements.............................................................................................. 25
Temperature requirements...................................................................................................... 26
Power requirements................................................................................................................ 26
Electrical grounding requirements........................................................................................... 27
Rack warnings and cautions.............................................................................................................. 27
Server warnings and cautions............................................................................................................ 28
Electrostatic discharge....................................................................................................................... 29
Operations................................................................................................. 31
Server data backup............................................................................................................................ 31
Power down the server...................................................................................................................... 31
Extend the server from the rack......................................................................................................... 32
Release the cable management arm................................................................................................. 33
Remove the server from the rack. ..................................................................................................... 33
Remove the access panel.................................................................................................................. 34
Remove the primary PCIe riser cage................................................................................................. 35
Install the primary PCIe riser cage..................................................................................................... 36
Removing a hot-plug SAS/SATA/NVMe drive.................................................................................... 37
Accessing the Systems Insight Display............................................................................................. 37
Install the access panel...................................................................................................................... 38
Power up the server........................................................................................................................... 39

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Hardware options installation...................................................................40
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................40
Controllers ..........................................................................................................................................40
Installing a type-p storage controller........................................................................................40
Installing a type-o storage controller........................................................................................41
Cooling ...............................................................................................................................................43
Installing a high-performance fan ............................................................................................43
Drive cages.........................................................................................................................................44
Installing a 2 SFF drive cage...................................................................................................44
Energy pack options...........................................................................................................................46
Minimum firmware versions.....................................................................................................47
Smart Storage Battery.............................................................................................................47
Smart Storage Hybrid Capacitor..............................................................................................47
Installing a smart storage battery/capacitor.............................................................................47
Hard drives. ........................................................................................................................................48
Drive guidelines .......................................................................................................................48
Installing a hot-plug SAS, SATA or NVMe drive ......................................................................49
Management.......................................................................................................................................51
Installing the Systems Insight Display.....................................................................................51
Installing the serial port option.................................................................................................53
Memory...............................................................................................................................................56
Memory population information ...............................................................................................56
DIMM-processor compatibility..................................................................................................56
Installing a DIMM blank...........................................................................................................56
Installing a DIMM.....................................................................................................................57
Networking..........................................................................................................................................58
Installing an OCP network adapter..........................................................................................58
Installing a PCIe network adapter............................................................................................60
Optical drives and media bays ...........................................................................................................61
Installing the 8 SFF display port/USB option...........................................................................61
Installing an 8SFF optical drive ...............................................................................................63
Installing the 4LFF display port/USB option.............................................................................65
Installing the 4LFF optical drive...............................................................................................67
OS boot device...................................................................................................................................70
Installing boot device drives ....................................................................................................70
Installing the NS204i Boot Device...........................................................................................71
Power supply options .........................................................................................................................75
Installing a redundant hot-plug power supply..........................................................................75
Processor and heatsink options .........................................................................................................76
Processor cautions..................................................................................................................76
Installing the processor............................................................................................................77
Rack mounting options.......................................................................................................................83
Rack mounting interfaces........................................................................................................84
Rail identification markers........................................................................................................84
Installing the rack rails.............................................................................................................85
Installing the server into the rack.............................................................................................88
Installing the rack rail hook-and-loop strap..............................................................................90
Installing the cable management arm .....................................................................................91
Riser and riser cage options...............................................................................................................93
PCIe5 slot description..............................................................................................................93
Primary PCI riser cage options................................................................................................94
Installing an expansion board in slot 1..........................................................................94
Installing an expansion board in slot 2............................................................................... 95
Installing a GPU inthe primary riser cage......................................................................... 97
Secondary PCI riser options................................................................................................... 98

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Installing a secondary low-profile riser option.............................................................. 99
Installing a secondary full-height riser option............................................................. 100
Installing an expansion board in the secondary riser cage........................................ 104
Security. ........................................................................................................................................... 106
Installing the bezel................................................................................................................ 106
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Detection switch option....................................................... 107
Trusted Platform Module 2.0 guidelines................................................................................ 108
Cabling..................................................................................................... 110
Cabling guidelines............................................................................................................................ 110
Cabling diagrams............................................................................................................................. 111
8 SFF drive backplane cabling.............................................................................................. 113
2 SFF drive backplane cabling.............................................................................................. 119
4 LFF drive backplane cabling .............................................................................................. 122
NS204i-u cabling................................................................................................................... 124
OCP adapter bandwidth upgrade cabling ............................................................................. 126
Power cabling........................................................................................................................ 128
IO cabling.............................................................................................................................. 130
Systems Insight Display cabling
............................................................................................ 132
Intrusion detection switch cabling ......................................................................................... 132
Serial port cabling ................................................................................................................. 133
Smart storage battery/capacitor cabling................................................................................ 133
Configuration resources......................................................................... 134
Updating firmware or system ROM.................................................................................................. 134
Configuring the server...................................................................................................................... 135
Configuring storage controllers........................................................................................................ 136
Managing the NS204i Boot Device.................................................................................................. 136
Deploying an OS.............................................................................................................................. 136
Configuring security ......................................................................................................................... 137
Optimizing the server....................................................................................................................... 137
Server management......................................................................................................................... 137
Managing Linux-based high performance compute clusters........................................................... 137
Troubleshooting...................................................................................... 138
NMI functionality............................................................................................................................... 138
Specifications.......................................................................................... 139
Environmental specifications............................................................................................................ 139
Mechanical specifications ................................................................................................................ 139
Power supply specificationsPower supply specifications................................................................. 140
800 W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply.......................................... 140
1000 W Flex Slot Titanium Hot-plug Power Supply.............................................................. 141
1600 W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply........................................ 142

Preface
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Preface
Hitachi Advanced Server HA810 G3 User Guide

Component identification
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Component identification
Front panel components
SFF
Item Description
1 Serial number/iLO information pull tab
2 Display port (optional)1
3 Optical drive (optional)1
4 USB 2.0 port (optional)1
5 iLO Service Port2
6 USB 3.2 Gen 1 port
7 Drive bays
1 This option can be replaced by 2SFF drive bays.
2 The operating system does not recognize this port as a USB port.
LFF
Item
Description
1 Optical drive (optional)
2 Serial number/iLO information pull tab
3 Display port (optional)
4 USB 2.0 port (optional)
5 USB 3.2 Gen 1 port
Table Continued

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Component identification
Item Description
6 iLO Service Port2
7 Drive bays
Front panel LEDs and buttons
Item Description Status
1 Power On/Standbybuttonand
system power LED1Solid green = System on
Flashing green = Performing power on sequence
Solid amber = System in standby
Off = No power present1
2 Health LED1 Solid green = Normal
Flashing green = iLO is rebooting.
Flashing amber = System degraded
Flashing red = System critical2
3 NIC status LED1 Solid green = Link to network
Flashing green = Network active
Off = No network activity
4 UID button/LED3 Solid blue = Activated
Flashing blue:
• 1 Hz = Remote management or firmware upgrade in
progress
• 4 Hz = iLO manual reboot sequence initiated
• 8 Hz = iLO manual reboot sequence in progress
Off = Deactivated
1 Facility power is not present, power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has
occurred, or the power button cable is disconnected.

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2 If the health LED indicates a degraded or critical state, use iLO to review the system health status.
3 When all four LEDs described in this table flash simultaneously, a power fault has occurred.
UID button functionality
The UID button can be used to identify a specific server in a rack or display the Server Health Summary when
the server will not power on. For more information, contact customer support.
Front panel LED power fault codes
The following table provides a list of power fault codes, and the subsystems that are affected. Not all power
faults are used by all servers.
Subsystem LED behavior
System board 1 flash
Processor 2 flashes
Memory 3 flashes
Riser board PCIe slots 4 flashes
OCP adapter 5 flashes
Storage controller 6 flashes
System board PCIe slots 7 flashes
Power backplane 8 flashes
Storage backplane 9 flashes
Power supply 10 flashes
PCIe expansion cards installed in riser board 11 flashes
Chassis 12 flashes
GPU card 13 flashes
Systems Insight Display LEDs
The Systems Insight Display LEDs represent the system board layout. The display enables diagnosis with the
access panel installed.

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Component identification
Description Status
Processor LEDs Off = Normal
Amber = Failed processor
DIMM LEDs Off = Normal
Amber = Failed DIMM or configuration issue
DIMM group LEDs Off = Normal
Amber = Failed DIMM group or configuration issue
Fan LEDs Off = Normal
Amber = Failed fan or missing fan
NIC LEDs1 Off = No link to network
Solid green = Network link
Flashing green = Network link with activity
If power is off, the front panel LED is not active. For
status, see Rear panel LEDs.
Power supply LEDs Off = Normal
Solid amber = Power subsystem degraded, power
supply failure, or input power lost.
PCI riser LED Off = Normal
Amber = Incorrectly installed PCI riser cage
Over temp LED Off = Normal
Amber = High system temperature detected
Power cap LED Off = System is in standby, or no cap is set.
Solid green = Power cap applied
AMP Status LED Off = AMP modes disabled
Solid green = AMP mode enabled
Solid amber = Failover
Flashing amber = Invalid configuration
1 Embedded NIC ports are not equipped on the server. NIC LEDs on the Systems Insight Display will flash based on the
network adapter port activity. In the case of a dual-port adapters, only NIC LED 1 and 2 will illuminate to correspond with
the activity of the respective network ports.

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When the health LED on the front panel illuminates either amber or red, the server is experiencing a health
event. For more information on the combination of these LEDs, see Systems Insight Display combined
LED descriptions.
Systems Insight Display combined LED descriptions
The combined illumination of the following LEDs indicates a system condition:
• Systems Insight Display LEDs
• System power LED
• Health LED
Systems Insight Display
LED and color
Health
LED
System
power LED
Status
Processor (amber) Red Amber One or more of the following
conditions might exist:
• Processor in socket X has failed.
• Processor X is not installed in the
socket.
• Processor X is unsupported.
• ROM detects a failed processor
during POST.
Processor (amber) Amber Green Processor in socket X is in a pre-
failure condition.
DIMM (amber) Red Green One or more DIMMs have failed.
DIMM (amber) Amber Green DIMM in slot X is in a pre-failure
condition.
Over temp (amber) Amber Green The Health Driver has detected a
cautionary temperature level.
Over temp (amber) Red Amber The server has detected a hardware
critical temperature level.
PCI riser (amber) Red Green The PCI riser cage is not seated
properly.
Fan (amber) Amber Green One fan has failed or has been
removed.
Fan (amber) Red Green Two or more fans have failed or been
removed.
Table Continued

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Component identification
Systems Insight Display
LED and color
Health
LED
System
power LED
Status
Power supply (amber)
Red
Amber
One or more of the following
conditions might exist:
• Only one power supply is installed
and that power supply is in
standby.
• Power supply fault.
• System board fault.
Power supply (amber) Amber Green One or more of the following
conditions might exist:
• Redundant power supply is
installed and only one power
supply is functional.
• AC power cord is not plugged into
redundant power supply.
• Redundant power supply fault.
• Power supply mismatch at POST
or power supply mismatch through
hot-plug addition.
Power cap (off) — Amber Standby.
Power cap (green) — Flashing
green Waiting for power.
Power cap (green) — Green Power is available.
Power cap (flashing amber) — Amber Power is not available.
IMPORTANT: If more than one DIMM slot LED is illuminated, further troubleshooting is required. Test
each bank of DIMMs by removing all other DIMMs. Isolate the failed DIMM by replacing each DIMM in a
bank with a known working DIMM.
Rear panel components

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Item
Description
1 Slot 1 PCIe5
2 Slot 2 PCIe5
3 Slot 3 PCIe5 (optional - requires second processor)
4 Power supply 2 (PS2)
5 Power supply 1 (PS1)
6 Video (VGA) port
7 OCP 3.0 slot 15
8 Serial port (optional)
9 iLO Management Port
10 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
11 OCP 3.0 slot 14
Rear panel LEDs

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Component identification
Item Description Status
1 Power supply1
LED Solid green = Normal
Off = One or more of the following
conditions exists:
• AC power unavailable
• Power supply failed
• Power supply in standby mode
• Power supply exceededcurrent
limit.
2 Power supply2
LED Solid green = Normal
Off = One or more of the following
conditions exists:
• AC power unavailable
• Power supply failed
• Power supply in standby mode
• Power supply exceededcurrent
limit.
3 iLO/standardNIC
activity LED
4 iLO/standardNIC
link LED
Solid green = Activity exists.
Flashing green = Activity exists.
Off = No activity exists.
Solid green = Link exists.
Off = No link exists.
5 UID LED Solid blue = Identification is activated.
Flashing blue = System is being
managed remotely.
Off = Identification is deactivated.

Table Continued
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System board components
Item
Description
1 System maintenance switch
2 Front DisplayPort/USB 2.0 connector
3 OCP slot 14 port 2
4 LP SlimSAS port 2
5 LP SlimSAS port 1
6 Primary riser connector
7 Front I/O connector & USB 3.2 Gen 1 port
8 OCP slot 14 backup power connector
9 SATA optical port
10 Socket 1 MCIO port 1
11-18
x8 SlimSAS ports1

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Component identification
Item Description
19 Cooling module connector
20 Internal USB ports2
21 Drive backplane power connector
22 Chassis Intrusion Detection switch connector
23 Socket 2 MCIO connector 2
24 Socket 2 MCIO connector 1
25 SID connector
26 Secondary riser connector
27 OCP slot 15 backup power connector
28 System battery
29 Energy pack connector
30 NS204i-u power connector
31 OCP slot 15 port 1
32 OCP slot 15 port 2
33 Serial port connector
1 The SlimSAS ports are numbered 1B-4B, 1A-4A from left to right. B is for processor 2 and A is for processor 1.
2 Top = USB 3.2 Gen 1 port, Bottom = USB 2.0 port
Heatsink and processor socket components
A high-performance heatsink is shown. Your heatsink might look different.

Table Continued
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Item Description
1 Processor carrier latches
2 Heatsink latches
3 Heatsink nuts
4 Processor-heatsink module1
5 Alignment screws
6 Bolster plate
1 This module consists of the heatsink attached to the processor that is already secured in its carrier.
Closed-loop liquid cooling heatsink components
IMPORTANT:
• Maximum Usage Limitation Reminder: The closed-loop liquid cooling heatsink used in this server
is subject to a Maximum Usage Limitation not to exceed five (5) years of operation. After reaching
this five (5) years limit, it is required that the liquid cooling heatsink be replaced. Parts and
components that Hitachi Vantara determines have reached or exceeded their Maximum Usage
Limitation will not be provided, repaired, or replaced under a warranty or service contract. Contact
your local sales representative for additional information.
• The tubes of the liquid cooling heatsink are prefilled with coolant. In the unlikely event of a spill or
leak of this server coolant, follow the recommended procedure in Appendix I: Server coolant spill
response of the server maintenance guide:
https://knowledge.hitachivantara.com/Documents/Servers
Item Description
1 Radiator
2 Fans
3 Signal cable

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Component identification
Item Description
4 Coolant tubes
5 Pump-cold plate1
1 The liquid cooling heatsink has two pumps for redundancy.
System maintenance switch descriptions
Position
Default
Function
S1
1
Off • Off—iLO security is enabled.
• On—iLO security is disabled.
S2 Off Reserved
S3 Off Reserved
S4 Off Reserved
S5
1
Off • Off—Power-on password is enabled.
• On—Power-on password is disabled.
S6 1,2 3 Off • Off—No function
• On—Restore default manufacturing settings
S7 Off Reserved
S8 Off Reserved
S9 Off Reserved
S10 Off Reserved
S11 Off Reserved
S12 Off Reserved
1 To access the redundant ROM, set S1, S5, and S6 to On.
2 When the system maintenance switch position 6 is set to the On position, the system is prepared to restore all
configuration settings to their manufacturing defaults.
3 When the system maintenance switch position 6 is set to the On position and Secure Boot is enabled, some
configurations cannot be restored. For more information, see Configuring the server.
DIMM label identification
To determine DIMM characteristics, see the label attached to the DIMM. The information in this section helps
you to use the label to locate specific information about the DIMM.

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Item Description Example
1 Capacity 16 GB
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
256 GB
2 Rank 1R—Single rank
2R—Dual rank
4R—Quadrank
8R—Octal rank
3 Data width on DRAM x4—4-bit
x8—8-bit
4 Memory generation PC5—DDR5
5 Maximum memory speed 4800 MT/s
6 CAS latency B—42-42-42
B—50-42-42 (for 128 GB and 256 GB capacities)
7 DIMM type R—RDIMM (registered)
DIMM slot locations
DIMM slots are numbered sequentially (1 through 16) for each processor.

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Component identification
Drive boxes and numbering
SFF drive boxes
Table 1:
Item Description
1 Box 1
2 Box 2
8 SFF drive bay numbering
8 SFF + 2 SFF drive bay numbering
4 LFF drive box and bays
All LFF drives are in box 1.