Hitachi HA815 G3 Series User manual

Hitachi Advanced Server HA815 G3 Series
User Guide
This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage
systems. Hitachi Vantara assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and
trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.
MK-90HAS8033-00
December 2023

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Hitachi Advanced Server HA815 G3 User Guide 2

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Contents
Component identification. ................................................................... 6
Front panel components........................................................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs and buttons................................................................................................................................................. 6
Rear panel components....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Rear panel LEDs................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
System board components..................................................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch descriptions................................................................................................................ 12
DIMM label identification........................................................................................................................................... 12
DIMM slot numbering................................................................................................................................................ 13
Processor and socket components.................................................................................................................................... 14
Device numbers. ................................................................................................................................................... 14
Drives........................................................................................................................................................15
Basic Drive LED definitions. ............................................................................................................................................... 15
NS204i-u Boot Device LED definitions.................................................................................................................... 16
Fan bay numbering............................................................................................................................................................................ 17
DSC-25 2-port SFP28 card ports and LEDs. .............................................................................................17
NS204i-u Boot Device components....................................................................................................................................... 19
NS204i-u Boot Device LED definitions.................................................................................................................... 19
Setup................................................................................... 21
Operational requirements....................................................................................................................................................... 21
Space and airflow requirements............................................................................................................................... 21
Temperature requirements. ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Power requirements. .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Electrical grounding requirements............................................................................................................................ 22
Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source............................................................................................ 22
Server warnings and cautions................................................................................................................................................ 23
Rack warnings. ..................................................................................................................................................... 24
Initial system installation......................................................................................................................................................... 25
Installation Service. ................................................................................................................................................... 25
Setting up the server................................................................................................................................................. 25
Operating system.................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Installing the operating system with Intelligent Provisioning.................................................................................. 27
Selecting boot options in UEFI Boot Mode........................................................................................................................... 28
Trusted Platform Module 2.0 ...................................................................................................................28
Trusted Platform Module 2.0 guidelines. ..................................................................................... 28
BitLocker recovery key/password retention guidelines.......................................................................................... 29
Operations............................................................................ 30
Power up the server................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Power down the server........................................................................................................................................................... 30
Open the cable management arm............................................................................................................................................. 30
Extend the server from the rack............................................................................................................................................. 31
Remove the server from the rack. ......................................................................................................................................... 32
Removing and replacing the front bezel................................................................................................................................ 32
Remove the access panel................................................................................................................................................................. 33

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Remove the hot-plug fan............................................................................................................................................................. 34
Remove the primary PCI riser cage. ..................................................................................................................................... 34
Remove the secondary PCI riser cage............................................................................................................................................. 35
Remove the 8SFF drive backplane................................................................................................................................................... 36
Install the primary PCI riser cage........................................................................................................................................... 37
Install the secondary PCI riser cage...................................................................................................................................... 38
Install the access panel...................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Installing the front bezel option.............................................................................................................................................. 39
Hardware options installation.................................................................... 40
Server data backup................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Introduction...............................................................................................................................................40
Power supply options.............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Power supply warnings and cautions....................................................................................................................... 41
DC power supply warnings and cautions. ............................................................................................................... 41
Connecting a DC power cable to a DC power source............................................................................................ 42
Installing a redundant hot-plug power supply.......................................................................................................... 43
Installing the 1600 W Flex Slot -48 VDC hot-plug power supply........................................................................... 45
Memory options....................................................................................................................................................................... 49
DIMM population information.................................................................................................................................... 49
SmartMemory speed and population information................................................................................................... 49
DIMM installation guidelines..................................................................................................................................... 50
Installing a DIMM....................................................................................................................................................... 50
Installing the high performance fan. ......................................................................................................................................... 51
Drive options............................................................................................................................................................................ 53
Hot-plug drive guidelines................................................................................................................................. 53
Installing a hot-plug SAS, SATA or NVMe drive..................................................................................................... 53
Installing an 8 SFF optical drive. .............................................................................................................................. 54
Universal media bay options.................................................................................................................................................. 57
Installing a 2 SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe drive cage..................................................................................................... 57
Installing an 8 SFF display port/USB/optical blank option..................................................................................... 58
Riser and riser cage options.............................................................................................................................................................. 60
Installing an expansion card. .................................................................................................................................... 60
Installing an accelerator or GPU................................................................................................................................. 62
Installing the NS204i Boot Device on the NS204i-u + secondary low-profile riser.............................................. 63
Storage controller options....................................................................................................................................................... 68
Preparing the server for storage controller installation........................................................................................... 69
Installing a type-p storage controller option............................................................................................................. 69
Installing a type-o storage controller........................................................................................................................ 71
Processor and heatsink options............................................................................................................................................. 73
Processor and socket components..................................................................................................................................... 73
Installing a processor................................................................................................................................................. 73
Installing a heatsink................................................................................................................................................... 78
Installing the Systems Insight Display power module.......................................................................................................... 82
Installing the serial port........................................................................................................................................................... 83
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Detection switch option...................................................................................................... 85
Energy pack options................................................................................................................................................................ 86
Smart Storage Battery......................................................................................................................................................... 86
Smart Storage Hybrid Capacitor. ............................................................................................................................. 86
Minimum firmware versions...................................................................................................................................... 87
Installing an energy pack. ......................................................................................................................................... 87

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Cabling................................................................................. 89
Cabling guidelines. .............................................................................................................................................. 89
Cabling diagrams. ............................................................................................................................................... 90
Drive power cabling................................................................................................................................................... 92
2 SFF Drive controller cabling.................................................................................................................................. 93
2 SFF: NVMe drive direct attach cabling................................................................................................................. 93
8 SFF: NVMe drive direct attach cabling................................................................................................................. 94
8 SFF: SAS/SATA/NVMe cabling. ..................................................................................................................................... 95
Ear switch board cabling........................................................................................................................................... 96
Type-p storage controller cabling............................................................................................................................. 97
Type-o storage controller cabling............................................................................................................................. 97
Energy pack cabling.................................................................................................................................................. 98
NS204i Boot Device cabling..................................................................................................................................... 99
System Insight Display cabling................................................................................................................................. 99
Chassis intrusion switch cabling............................................................................................................................. 100
Serial port cabling.................................................................................................................................................... 100
Optical drive cabling................................................................................................................................................ 101
OCP NIC 3.0 x16 upgrade cabling. ..........................................................................................101
XGMI cabling....................................................................................................................................................................... 103
System battery replacement. .................................................................... 104
System battery information................................................................................................................................................... 104
Replace the system battery.................................................................................................................................................. 104
Configuration resources........................................................................... 106
Updating firmware or system ROM......................................................................................................................................... 106
Configuring the server. ......................................................................................................................................................... 107
Configuring storage controllers............................................................................................................................................ 108
Managing the NS204i Boot Device...................................................................................................................................... 108
Deploying an OS............................................................................................................................................................................ 108
Configuring security.............................................................................................................................................................. 109
Optimizing the server............................................................................................................................................................ 109
Server management......................................................................................................................................................... 110
Managing Linux-based high performance compute clusters............................................................................................. 110
Specifications. ......................................................................111
Environmental specifications. ............................................................................................................................. 111
Server specifications. .......................................................................................................................................... 111
Power supply specifications................................................................................................................................................. 111
800W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply......................................................................... 112
1000 W Flex Slot Titanium Hot-plug Power Supply.............................................................................................. 113
1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot-plug Low Halogen Power Supply....................................................................... 113
1600 W Flex Slot -48 VDC Hot-plug Power Supply.............................................................................................. 114
1800-2200 W Flex Slot Titanium Power Supply................................................................................................... 115
Safety, warranty, and regulatory information. ............................................. 116
Regulatory information.......................................................................................................................................................... 116
Notices for Eurasian Economic Union. .................................................................................................................. 116
Warranty information............................................................................................................................................................. 116

Preface
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Preface
Hitachi Advanced Server HA815 G3 User Guide

Component identification 6
Component identification
Front panel components
8SFF/8SFF + 2SFF
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 System Insight Display module
6 iLO Service Port
2
7 USB 3.2 Gen1 port
8 Drive bays
1
Optional 2SFF drive bays in 8SFF + 2SFF model
2
The operating system does not recognize this port as a USB port.
Front panel LEDs and buttons
8 SFF/8 SFF + 2 SFF

Component identification 7
Item Description Status
1 Power On/Standby button and
system power LED
1
Solid green = System on
Flashing green = Performing power on sequence
Solid amber = System in standby
Off = No power present
1
2 Health LED
1
Solid green = Normal
Flashing green = iLO is rebooting.
Flashing amber = System
degraded Flashing red = System
critical
2
3 NIC status LED1Solid green = Link to network
Flashing green = Network
active Off = No network
activity
4 UID button/LED
3
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.
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.
Rear panel components
Item Description
1 Slot 1 PCIe x16
2 Slot 2 PCIe x16
Table Continued

Component identification 8
Item
Description
3
Power supply 2 (PS2)
4 Power supply 1 (PS1)
5 Video (VGA) port
6 OCP slot 22
7 Serial port (optional)
8 iLO Management Port
9 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports
10 UID LED
11 OCP slot 21
Rear panel LEDs

Component identification 9
Item
Description
Status
1 Power supply 2 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 exceeded current limit
2 Power supply 1 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 exceeded current limit
3 UID LED Solid blue = Identification is activated.
Flashing blue = System is being managed
remotely.
Off = Identification is deactivated.

Component identification 10
System board components
Item
Description
1 Serial port connector
2 Internal USB 3.2 Gen1 port
3 Internal USB 3.2 Gen1 port
4 NVMe/SATA port 1A
5 Primary riser connector
6 OCP slot 21 backup power connector
7 NVMe port 7A
8 OCP slot 21 x16 upgrade connector
9 System battery
10 Front I/O connector
11 Front DisplayPort/ USB 2.0 connector
12 SID connector
13 NVMe port 6A
14 ODD / 2 SFF power connector
Table Continued

Component identification 11
Item
Description
15
NVMe port 4A
16 NVMe / SATA port 9A
17 NS204i-u signal connector
18 GPU riser power connector
19 Fan connector 7
20 Fan connector 6
21 Fan connector 5
22 NVMe port 2A
23 Fan connector 4
24 NVMe port 3A
25 Fan connector 3
26 NVMe port 2B
27 Fan connector 2
28 NVMe port 3B
29 Fan connector 1
30 Energy pack connector
31 Backplane / GPU power connector
32 Chassis intrusion detection switch connector
33 NVMe port 7B
34 NVMe port 6B
35 NVMe port 4B
36 NVMe port 5B
37 Secondary riser connector
38 NVMe port 9B
39 NVMe port 8B
40 Smart NIC mode 2 power connector
41 OCP slot 22 backup power connector
42 OCP slot 22 port 1
43 OCP slot 22 port 2
x System maintenance switch

Component identification 12
System maintenance switch descriptions
Table 1: System maintenance switch
Position Functions:
OFF = Default
ON - Activates the function
1 iLO security override
1 Password disabled
2 Reset configuration
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.
For more information about product features, specifications, options, configurations, and compatibility, contact customer support.

Component identification 13
Item Description Example
1 Capacity
16 GB
32 GB
64 GB
128 GB
256 GB
2
Rank 1R—Single rank
2R—Dual rank
4R—Quad
rank 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 numbering
The arrow points to the front of the server.

Component identification 14
Processor and socket components
Item Description
1 Processor socket
2 Pin field cover cap
3 Processor carrier
4 Rail frame lift tabs
5 Retention frame screw (T-20)
6 Retention frame
7 Rail frame
8 Processor
Device numbers
8 SFF device bay numbering
8 SFF + 2 SFF device bay numbering

Component identification 15
Drives
Basic Drive LED definitions
SFF basic drive carrier
Item LED Status Definition
1 Fault or Locate Solid amber This drive has failed, is unsupported, or is invalid.
Solid blue A management application has identified the drive and the drive
is operating normally.
Flashing amber or
blue (1 flash per
second)
Flashing amber (1
flash per second)
The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has
been received for this drive. A management application
has also identified the drive.
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Off The drive is operating normally.
2 Online or Activity Solid green The drive is online and not active.
Flashing green (1
flash per second)
The drive is doing one of the following:
• Rebuilding or performing a RAID
• Performing a stripe size migration
• Performing a capacity expansion
• Performing a logical drive extension
• Erasing
• Activating a replacement drive
Flashing green (4
flashes per
second)
The drive is operating normally.
Off The drive is not configured or is a spare drive.

Component identification 16
NS204i-u Boot Device LED definitions
Item
LED
Status
Definition
1 Fault/Locate Solid amber Drive has failed, unsupported, or invalid.
Solid blue Drive is operating normally and being identified by a management
application.
Flashing amber/blue (1
flash per second)
Drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert is received for the drive.
The drive has also been identified by a management application.
Flashing amber (1 flash
per second)
Drive predictive failure alert is received. Replace the drive as soon as
possible.
Off Drive is operating normally and is not identified by a management
application.
2 Online/Activity Solid green Drive is online and has no activity.
Flashing green (1 flash
per second)
Drive is doing one of the following:
• Rebuilding or performing a RAID
• Erasing
Flashing green (4
flashes per
second)
Drive is operating normally and has activity.
Off Drive is not configured by a RAID controller or is a spare drive.

Component identification 17
Fan bay numbering
DSC-25 2-port SFP28 card ports and LEDs
Ports
Item
Port
Description
1 Management port 1GbE RJ45
2 Network interface port 10/25G SFP+ based
3 Network interface port 10/25G SFP+ based
LEDs
The DSP DSC-25 2p SFP28 card is a dual-port, single-slot, half-height, half-length (HHHL) SFP28 network adapter. It has LEDs
for Link (L) and Activity (A) for each port. A half-height bracket is shown in the following illustration with SFP28 ports and LEDs.

Component identification 18
Item LED Status Description
1 Management Port Activity
LED
Off
No activity
Flashing Passing traffic; flashing frequency indicates traffic intensity
2 Management Port Link LED Off A link has not been established
Solid green Valid Ethernet link
3 SFP Port 1 Link/Activity
LED
Off A link has not been established
Solid green Valid Ethernet link
Flashing green Passing traffic; flashing frequency indicates traffic intensity Solid
amber
Link fault
4 SFP Port 2 Link/Activity
LED
Off A link has not been established
Solid green Valid Ethernet link
Flashing green Passing traffic; flashing frequency indicates traffic intensity Solid
amber
Link fault
5 System status LED Off System is not powered
Solid amber Power is up, software has not booted yet
Solid green
System is up and fully operational

Component identification 19
NS204i-u Boot Device components
Item Description
1 Boot device cage
2 M.2slots
3 Boot device carriers
NS204i-u Boot Device LED definitions