Inspur NF5166M4 User manual

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Edition: 1
June 2016

Abstract
This manual contains technical information such as specications, hardware
operations, software conguration, fault diagnosis, etc. that are relevant to the
maintenance and operation of this server.
It is recommended that server installation, conguration, and maintenance to be
performed by experienced technicians only.
Target Audience
This manual mainly adapts to the following personnel:
●Technical support engineers
●Product maintenance engineers
It is suggested that server maintenance operation shall be carried out by professional
engineers with related server knowledge via referring to this manual.
Warnings:
TThis manual introduces the server’s technical features, system installation and
setup, which will help the user to understand how best to utilize the server and all its
functionalities.
1.For your safety, please do not disassemble the server’s components arbitrarily.
Please do not extend conguration or connect other peripheral devices arbitrarily. If
needed, please contact Inspur for our support and guidance.
2.Before disassembling the server’s components, please be sure to disconnect all
the power cords connected to the server.
3.BIOS and BMC setup is a signicant factor in correctly conguring your server. If
there are no special requirements, it is suggested to use the default values and not
alter the parameter settings arbitrarily.
4.Please use the driver shipped with the server or provided in Inspur ofcial website , if
you use non-Inspur driver, it may cause compatibility issues and affect the normal use of
the product, Inspur will not assume any responsibility or liability.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any damages, including loss of prots, loss of
information, interruption of business, personal injury, and/or any damage or consequential
damage without limitation, incurred before, during, or after the use of our products.

Table of Contents
1 Safety Instructions ........................................................................................... 1
2 Product Specications ..................................................................................... 6
2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 6
2.2 Features and Specications...................................................................... 6
2.3 Front Panel ............................................................................................... 7
2.4 Rear Panel ................................................................................................ 8
2.5 Motherboard Layout.................................................................................. 9
2.6 CLR_CMOS Jumper Introductions............................................................ 10
3 BIOS Setup...................................................................................................... 11
3.1 System BIOS Setup Methods ................................................................... 11
3.2 BIOS Settings ........................................................................................... 12
3.3 BIOS Update............................................................................................. 62
4 BMC Settings................................................................................................... 67
4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 67
4.2 Functional Modules................................................................................... 68
4.3 Web Interface Introduction........................................................................ 69
4.4 Command Line Introduction...................................................................... 97
4.5 Time Zone Table....................................................................................... 111
4.6 Key Features............................................................................................. 113
5 Hardware Maintenance.................................................................................... 115
5.1 Tool Preparation ....................................................................................... 115
5.2 Parts Replacement ................................................................................... 115

6 Common Faults, Diagnosis and Troubleshooting............................................ 126
6.1 Common Faults......................................................................................... 126
6.2 Diagnosis and Troubleshooting Instructions............................................. 127
7 Certications & Standards ............................................................................... 130
7.1 USA FCC Declaration ............................................................................... 130
7.2 CE Declaration of EU................................................................................ 130
7.3 China CCC................................................................................................ 131
7.4 China Environmental Labeling .................................................................. 131
Global Limited Warranty and Technical Support ................................................ 133
Hardware limited warranty .............................................................................. 133
How to obtain warranty service ...................................................................... 139
Types of warranty service ............................................................................... 140
Contacting Inspur............................................................................................ 141

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Safety Introduction
1 Safety Introduction
Warning: the following warnings show that there are potential dangers that may
cause property loss, personal injury or death:
1. The power supply equipment in the system may generate high voltage and
dangerous electrical energy and thus cause personal injury. Please do not
dismount the cover of the host or to dismount and replace any component in
the system by yourself, unless otherwise informed by Inspur; only maintenance
technicians trained by Inspur have the right to disassemble the cover of the
host, dismount and replace the internal components.
2. Please connect the equipment to appropriate power supply, and the power
should be supplied by external power supply which is indicated on the rated
input label. To prevent your equipment from damages caused by momentary
spike or plunge of the voltage, please use relevant voltage stabilizing equipment
or uninterruptible power supply equipment.
3. If extended cables are needed, please use the three-core cables matched with
correct earthed plug, and check the ratings of the extended cables to make sure
that the sum of rated current of all products inserted into the extended cables do
not exceed 80% of the limits of the rated currents of the extended cables.
4. Please be sure to use the supplied power supply component, such as power
lines, power socket (if supplied with the equipment) etc. For the safety of
equipment and the user, do not replace randomly power cables or plugs.
5. To prevent electric shock dangers caused by leakage in the system, please
make sure that the power cables of the system and peripheral equipment are
correctly connected to the earthed power socket. Please connect the three-
core power line plug to the three-core AC power socket that is well earthed and
easy to access, be sure to use the earthing pin of power lines and do not use
the patch plug or the earthing pin unplugged with cables. In case of the earthing
conductors not installed and it is uncertain whether there are appropriate
earthing protections, please do not operate or use the equipment. Contact and
consult with the electrician.

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6. To avoid short circuit of internal components and re or electric shock hazards,
please do not ll any object into the open pores of the system.
7. Please place the system far away from the cooling plate and at the place with
heat sources, and be sure not to block the air vents.
8. Be sure not to scatter food or liquid in the system or on other components, and
do not use the product in humid and dusty environment.
9. The replacement of batteries with those of another model may cause explosion.
When replacement of batteries is required, please consult rst the manufacturer
and choose batteries of the same or a similar model recommended by the
manufacturer. Do not dismount, extrude and pink the batteries or make
the external connection point short circuit, and do not expose them in the
environment over 60°C. Never throw them into re or water. Please do not
try to open or repair the batteries, and be sure to reasonably deal with the at
batteries and do not put the  at batteries, the circuit boards that may include
the batteries and other components with other wastes. For relevant battery
recovery, please contact the local waste recovery and treatment mechanism.
10. Before installing equipment in the chassis, please install front and side
supporting feet on the independent chassis; for cabinet connecting with
other chassis, it shall install the front supporting foot rst. If you fail to install
correspondingly the supporting foot before installing equipment in the chassis, it
may cause the cabinet to turn over in some cases, and thus may cause personal
injury. Therefore, it is necessary to install supporting feet before installing
equipment in the chassis. After installing the equipment and other components
in the chassis, it can only pull out one component from the cabinet through its
sliding component at one time. Pulling out several components at the same time
may lead the cabinet to turn over and cause serious personal injury.
11. Please do not move the chassis independently. Considering the height and
weight of the chassis, at least two people are needed to complete its movement.
12. Please do not carry out direct contact operation on power copper busbar when
the cabinet is powered on, and it is prohibited to carry out direct short circuit of
power copper busbar.
13. The product is Grade A product, and in the living environment, it may cause radio
interference. In such case, it may need the user to take feasible measures for the

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Safety Introduction
interference.
Note: In order to help you use the equipment, the following considerations can help
avoid the occurrence of problems that may damage the components or cause data
loss etc.
1. In case of the following cases, please unplug the power line plug of products
from the power socket and contact customer service department of Inspur:
1) The power cables, extended cables or power plugs are damaged.
2) The products get wet by water.
3) The products have fallen off or been damaged.
4) Objects fall into the products.
5) When operating according to the operation instructions, the products cannot
function normally.
2. If the system becomes damp, please dispose according to the following steps:
1) Switch off the power supplies of the system and the equipment, disconnect
them with the power socket, wait for 10 to 20 minutes, and then open the
cover of the host.
2) Move the equipment to the ventilation place to dry the system at least for 24
hours and make sure that the system is fully dried.
3) Close the cover of the host, re-connect the system to the power socket, and
then start the equipment.
4) In case of operation failure or abnormal situation, please contact Inspur and
get technical support.
3. Pay attention to the position of the system cables and power cables, wire them
in places not to be stepped on or knocked down and ensure not to place other
objectives on the cables.
4. Before dismounting the cover of host or contacting the internal components, you
shall cool down the equipment rst; to avoid damaging the main-board, please
power off the system and wait for 5 seconds, and then dismount the components
from the main-board or disconnect the connection of peripheral equipment of
the system.
5. If there are modulator-demodulator, telecommunication or local area network
options in the equipment, please pay attention to the following matters:

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1) In case of thunder and lightning weather, please do not connect or use the
modulator-demodulator. Otherwise, it may be subject to lightning strike.
2) Never connect or use modulator-demodulator in moist environment.
3) Never insert the modulator-demodulator or telephone cables to the socket of
network interface controller (NIC).
4) Before unpacking the product package, contacting or installing internal
components or contacting un-insulated cables or jacks of the modulator-
demodulator, please disconnect the modulator-demodulator cables.
6. In order to prevent the electrostatic discharge from damaging the electronic
components in the equipment, please pay attention to the following matters:
1) You shall conduct off the static electricity on the body before dismounting
or contacting any electronic component in the equipment. You can conduct
off the static electricity on the body by contacting the metal earthing objects
(such as the unpainted metal surface on the chassis) to prevent the static
electricity on the body from conducting itself to the sensitive components.
2) For electrostatic sensitive components not ready to be installed for
application, please do not take them out from the antistatic package
materials.
3) During the work, please touch the earthing conductor or the unpainted metal
surface on the cabinet regularly to conduct off the static electricity on the
body that may damage the internal components.
7. When dismounting the internal components with the approval of Inspur, please
pay attention to the following matters:
1) Switch off the system power supply and disconnect the cables, including
disconnecting any connection of the system. When disconnecting the
cables, please grab the connector of cables and plug it out, and never pull
the cables.
2) Before dismounting the cover of cabinet or touching the internal
components, the products need to be cooled down.
3) Before dismounting and touching any electronic component in the
equipment, you shall conduct off the static electricity on the body by
touching the metal earthingobjectives.
4) During the dismounting process, the operation shall not be too big, so as to

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Safety Introduction
prevent damage to the components or scratching of the arms.
5) Carefully deal with the components and plug-in cards, and please never
touch, the components or connection points on the plug-in cards. When
taking the plug-in cards or components, you should grab the edges of the
plug-in cards or components or their metal xed supports.
8. During the process of cabinet installation and application, please pay attention
to the following matters:
1) After the installation of cabinet is nished, please ensure that the supporting
feet have been xed to the rack and supported to the ground, and all weight
of the rack have been fell onto the ground.
2) It shall install into the cabinet according to the sequences from the bottom to
the top, and rst install the heaviest component.
3) When pulling out the components from the cabinet, it shall apply force
slightly to ensure the cabinet to keep balance and stabilization.
4) When pressing down the release latch of the sliding rail of components and
sliding in or out, please be careful, as the sliding rail may hurt your gures.
5) Never make the AC power branch circuit in the cabinet overload. The sum
of cabinet load shall not exceed 80% of the ratings of branch circuits.
6) Ensure that components in the cabinet have good ventilation.
7) When repairing components in the cabinet, never step on any other
components.

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2 Product Specications
2.1 Introduction
NF5166M4 is a 1U high-density storage server, supporting up to 2 Intel XEON E5-
26**V4 processors, 16 DDR4 DIMMs, 12 3.5-inch hot-plug SAS/SATA hard disks,
4 2.5-inch hot-plug SSDs, and 2 M.2 SSDs of 2280 specication; there are 2 1GbE
network ports on the motherboard; supporting OCP NIC slot; the system uses 700W
1+1 redundant power supply.
2.2 Features and Specications
Processor
Processor type Intel 2-socket XEON E5-2600V4 series (up to 2 135w processors)
Processor interface Socket-R3 (2)
Chipset
Chipset type PCH C612 (Wellsburg)
Memory
Memory type DDR4 ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM
Memory slot Qty. 16
Total memory capacity Support up to 512GB (32G per DIMM)
I/O interface
USB interface 2 rear USB 2.0 interfaces, 1 front USB 2.0 interface
Display interface 1 rear VGA interface
Serial Interface 1 rear serial interface
ID LED interface 1 ID LED (blue) and button
Display controller
Controller type Integrated in Aspeed2400 chip, support up to 1280*1024 resolution
SAS backplane
SAS backplane The internal SAS backplane supports hot-plug SAS/SATA HDDs.
The front SAS backplane supports hot-plug SSD HDDs.
Management chip
Management chip Integrate 1 independent 1000Mbps network interface, special for
IPMI remote management.
NIC
NIC controller
1 onboard Intel I350 dual-port Gigabit NIC, provide 2 1000M
adaptive RJ45 network interfaces; support 1 external network
daughter card.

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Product Specications
PCI expansion slot
PCI expansion slot 2 onboard PCI Express 3.0 x8 slots (non-standard interfaces,
used for supporting network daughter card and SAS card)
HDD
HDD type Support up to 4 front 2.5-inch SSD HDDs, 12 internal 3.5-inch
SAS/SATA HDDs or 2.5-inch SAS HDDs, and 2 M.2 SSD HDDs.
External memory driver
USB drive Optional USB drive
Power supply
Specications
700W and above output power; 1+1 redundancy; 2 power
modules; support PMBus power supply, realize Node Manager
3.0 function
Power input Please refer to the nameplate label on the host
Physical specications
Package size W(width)721mm; H(height)279mm; D(depth)1168mm
Host size W(width)447mm; H(height)43mm; D(depth)900mm
Weight
Full conguration
Host weight: 30kg
Gross weight:41kg (it includes: Host + Packing box + Rail +
Parts box)
Environment parameter
Operating environment
temperature 10℃-35℃
Storage and transport
temperature -40℃-55℃
Operating humidity 35％-80％relative humidity
Storage and transport
humidity 20％-93％ (40℃) relative humidity
2.3 Front Panel
2.3.1 Buttons and LEDs on the Front Panel

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No. Name
1 Server switch button
2ID light and button
3 USB interface
4NI0 status LED
5NI1 status LED
6HDD fault LED
7Power fault LED
8System fault LED
2.3.2 LEDs on the HDD Bracket
No. Name Description
1HDD activity status LED Steady green: normal
Blinking green: HDD is going on read-write activity
2HDD fault alarm LED
Steady red: HDD fails
Steady blue: HDD locating
Steady blue: RAID Rebuilding
2.4 Rear Panel
No. Name
1 VGA interface
2 10 GbE port 1
3 10 GbE port 0
4 IPMI management interface
5 GbE port 0
6 GbE port 1
7 USB port
8 Serial interface
9 BMC reset button
10 UID LED and button
11 PSU1
12 PSU0
Note: according to system settings, the external 10 Gigabit NIC has a higher priority
than Gigabit NIC.

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Product Specications
For example: if the server is congured with an external dual-port 10 Gigabit NIC,
the priority is 10 GbE port0> 10 GbE port1> GbE port0> GbE port1.
2.5 Motherboard Layout
No. Name
1DIMMs (corresponding to CPU1)
2 CPU1
3DIMMs (corresponding to CPU0)
4 CPU0
5System fan interface (6)
6 Linkboard signal interface
7 14pin power interface
8 6pin power interface
9 CLR_CMOS jumper

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No. Name
10 Power backplane signal interface
11 UID LED and button
12 BMC Reset button
13 Serial interface
14 PCIE3.0 X8 slots
15 USB port (2)
16 GbE port 1
17 GbE port 0
18 IPMI management port
19 PCIE3.0 X8 slots
20 VGA interface
21 SATA_M.2 interface
22 TPM interface
2.6 CLR_CMOS Jumper Introductions
See [2. 5 Motherboard Layout] for jumper positions.
Jumper No. Name Jumper Functions
CLR_CMOS CMOS clear jumper Short-circuit pin1-2, normal status; short-circuit
pin 2-3, clear CMOS.
Note:
It is required to shut down the system, as well as disconnect power supply during
CMOS clearing, keep for 5 seconds after short-circuiting Pin2-3; then short-circuit
Pin1 and Pin2 of CLR_CMOS jumper (the default status) with a jumper cap, to
restore to its original status.

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BIOS Setup
3 BIOS Setup
This chapter introduces how to congure BIOS. All operations described in this
section are only limited to operators or administrators with system maintenance
qualication.
BIOS is a basic input and output system. The system parameters and hardware
parameters can be adjusted through special setup procedure. BIOS has a great
impact on the system booting and running, setting parameters improperly may cause
conicts among hardware resources, or degrade the system running performance.
Hence understanding the BIOS setup is signicant to the conguration of your
server. If no especial requirement, you are suggested to use the default value and
not alter the parameters arbitrarily.
1. Before changing the BIOS setup, please record the corresponding original setup.
Hence when there are operating problems in the system due to the option altered,
the setup can revert to the previous state.
2. Ordinarily the factory default settings are the optimal settings. Don’t try to alter the
parameters before you understand their denotations.
3. The common settings are introduced in detail in this chapter. The less referred
options during using are simply explained or not.
4. The BIOS content varies according to different congurations of the products;
hence the detailed introduction is elided.
3.1 System BIOS Setup Methods
Power on the server, system starts to boot, when the following content appears
below Inspur logo on the screen:
“Press <DEL> to SETUP or <TAB> to POST or <F12> to PXE Boot.”, press [DEL]
button; when “Entering Setup...” appears in the lower right corner, it will enter system
BIOS conguration later, and you could select options in BIOS main menu using
arrow buttons to enter sub-menu.
Note: Options in grey are not available. Options with symbol “ ” have a sub-menu.

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Control key instruction table
Press Key Function
<Esc> Exit or return from sub-menu to main menu
<←> or <←> Select a menu
<←> or <←> Move the cursor up or down
<Home> or <End> Move the cursor to the top or bottom of the screen
<+> or <-> Select the previous or next numerical value or setting of the
current one
<F1> Help
<F2> Restore to the last conguration
<F9> Restore to default conguration
<F10> Save and exit
<Enter> Execute commands or select a sub-menu
3.2 BIOS Settings
3.2.1 Main Menu

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BIOS Setup
Main Interface Instruction Table
Interface Parameters Function Des cription
BIOS Information BIOS information
BIOS Version BIOS version information
Build Date and Time BIOS build date and time
Customer ID Customer ID
Processor Information Processor information
Socket 0 CPU0 model information
Socket 1 CPU1 model information
Current Speed CPU current speed
Memory Information Memory information
Total Memory Memory total memory
Current Speed Memory current speed
System Date
Display and set system date
Use <Tab> or <Enter> to switch between options of the
system date and time, directly input the number or use +/-
keys to change the value (press + key once, the value will
increase by 1, press - key once, the value will decrease by 1)
System Time
Display and set system time
Use <Tab> or <Enter> to switch between options of the
system date and time, directly input the number or use +/-
keys to change the value (press + key once, the value will
increase by 1, press - key once, the value will decrease by 1)
3.2.2 Advanced Menu

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Advanced Interface Instruction Table
Interface Parameters Function Description
Trusted Computing Trusted computing conguration
ACPI Settings Advanced conguration and power interface
settings
AST2400 Super IO Conguration AST2400 I/O chip parameter conguration
Serial Port Console Redirection Serial port console redirection settings
PCI Subsystem Settings PCI subsystem settings
Network Stack Conguration Network stack conguration
CSM Conguration CMS conguration
NVMe Conguration NVMe conguration
USB Conguration USB conguration
Onboard LAN Conguration Onboard network card conguration
iSCSI Conguration iSCSI conguration
Intel® I350 Gigabit Network
Connection Intel® I350 GbE NIC connection settings
3.2.2.1 Trusted Computing

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BIOS Setup
Trusted Computing Interface Instruction Table
Interface Parameters Function Description Default
Security Device Support
Security device support on/off settings,
option parameters:
Enabled
Disabled
BIOS supports TPM TCG version 1.2/2.0.
BIOS supports TPM module through TPM
software binding, if the software binding
validation fails, BIOS will record the error to
the SEL.
Enabled
3.2.2.2 ACPI Settings
Advanced Interface Instruction Table
Interface Parameters Function Description Default
Enable ACPI
Auto Conguration
ACPI auto conguration on/off settings, option
parameters:
Enabled
Disabled
If enabled, the Lock Legacy Resources will be
hidden, and manual modication is not allowed.
Disabled
Lock Legacy Resources
Lock legacy resources on/off settings, option
parameters:
Enabled
Disabled
If enabled, OS will lock the device’s legacy
resources.
Disabled

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3.2.2.3 AST2400 Super IO Configuration
AST2400 Super IO Conguration Interface Instruction Table
Interface Parameters Function Description
Super IO Chip Display the super I/O chip that the motherboard uses
currently
Serial Port 1 Conguration
Serial port 1 conguration, the conguration interface
provides this serial port on/off control and resource
adjustment functions. The resource adjustment function
can manually adjust the IO PORT and IRQ number that
COM PORT uses.
Serial Port 2 Conguration
Serial port 2 conguration, the conguration interface
provides this serial port on/off control and resource
adjustment functions. The resource adjustment function
can manually adjust the IO PORT and IRQ number that
COM PORT uses.
3.2.2.4 Serial Port Console Redirection