Inspur NP5540M3 User manual

Dear User of Inspur Yingxin Server,
Heartfelt thanks for your use of Inspur Yingxin Server!
This manual introduces the technical characteristics, the system instal-
lation and setup of the server to help you to fully understand and expediently
use this server.
Please deliver the package of our product to the waste recycling station
for recycling, in favor of pollution prevention and humankind’s benet.
This manual is the property of the Inspur Group Co., Ltd.
This User Manual is not to be copied by any group or person in any
manner without the consent of Inspur Group Co., Ltd. The Inspur Group
Co., Ltd. reserves the right of revising this manual momentarily.
Any alteration about the content of this manual will not be informed.
Please contact Inspur Group Co., Ltd. if you have any questions or ad-
vice about this manual.
Inspur Group Co., Ltd.
August, 2012
“Inspur” is registered trademark of Inspur Group Co., Ltd.
Other trademarks belong to other corresponding registered companies.

Statement
Please read the following statement before you use this server formally. Only
when you have read this statement hereinafter and agreed the following terms, you can
formally use this server. If you have any questions about the following terms, please
contact our supplier or us directly. If you have no questions about these terms and start
to use this server, it acquiesces that you have agreed the following terms.
1. We must call your attention that you must not alter any other parameters in the
main board BIOS of this server at any time, except for the parameters which we pro-
mote that you can alter.
2. If there are any hardware problems when you use this server, or you wish to
upgrade the hardware, please feed back the detail hardware conguration of your com-
puter to our Customer Service. Don’t disassemble the server chassis or any hardware
components in the chassis by yourself.
3. In this server, the MEMORY, CPU, CPU Heat Sink and Fan are in given stan-
dard. Please don’t use them with the corresponding components of any other computers
confusedly.
4. When you have any software problems during the application of this server,
we hope that you rstly contact the corresponding software supplier and then he will
contact us in favor of communication so as to solve your problem together, especially
the software problems about the database, the installation and running of the network
management software or other networking product.
5. The pictures in the attached printings are just for reference; please refer to the
real machine you purchased.
6. If you want to install this server, please rst read carefully the attached quick
manual. If you have any problem with usage, please contact our customer service center.
7. We must call your attention that in the application process you should pay
attention to doing necessary backup of your le.
8. This is a class A product. In living environment this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
9. The copyrights of the markers and names of the software and hardware product
referred in this manual are the property of corresponding companies.
10. In the above statement, “us” indicates the Inspur Group Co., Ltd.; Inspur
Group Co., Ltd. reserves the right of nal explanation about the above statement.

Regarding the Manual
● Chapter One Safety Information
In this chapter, safety information regarding server usage is introduced.
● Chapter Two Product Introduction
In this chapter, the technical characteristics, appearance characteristics and I/O
interface technical specication of this server are introduced.
● Chapter Three System Setup
In this chapter, the setup of the motherboard BIOS of this server and the usage
of some motherboard common jumper is introduced.
● Chapter Four SATA RAID Setup
In this chapter, how to set up the RAID of the onboard SATA controller is intro-
duced
● Chapter Five SAS RAID Setup
In this chapter, how to set up the RAID of the onboard SAS controller is intro-
duced.
● Chapter Six Operating System Installation
In this chapter, how to install the mainstream operating system to this server is in-
troduced.
● Chapter Seven Common Problem and Troubleshooting
In this chapter, solutions of some common problems are introduced.
● Chapter Eight Instruction of Integrated Management Card Management
Function
In this chapter, how to use the integrated management card is introduced
● Chapter Nine Sever Installation Guide
In this chapter, how to install server with rack-mounted conguration to the cabi-
net by slide rail is introduced.
We suggest you read this manual carefully before you use this server in case of
the unnecessary faults in your operation.
Address: NO.1036 Langchao Road, Jinan, China, Inspur Group Co., Ltd
Post Code: 250101

Content
Chapter One Safety Information..............................................................................1
Chapter Two Product Introduction..........................................................................6
2.1 Server Technical Specication ......................................................................6
2.2 Front Panel View...........................................................................................8
2.3 Back Panel View ...........................................................................................11
Chapter Three System Setup ....................................................................................13
3.1 System BIOS Setup.......................................................................................13
3.2 Motherboard Jumper Settings .......................................................................21
Chapter Four Setup of SATA RAID.........................................................................25
4.1 How to Enter the Conguration Interface of SATA......................................25
4.2 Control Key Application ...............................................................................25
4.3 SATA HostRAID Setup.................................................................................25
Chapter Five SAS RAID Setup.................................................................................29
5.1 How to Enter the Conguration Interface of SAS RAID .............................29
5.2 Control Key Application ...............................................................................29
5.3 SAS RAID Setup...........................................................................................29
Chapter Six Install Operating System .....................................................................33
6.1 Application Instructions for Inspur driver U disk .........................................33
6.2 Manually Install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition..........................38
6.3 Manually Install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition..........................44
6.4 Manually Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 ............................................49
Chapter Seven Common Problems and Trouble-shooting.....................................54
7.1 Restarting Server...........................................................................................54
7.2 Problems When Starting the Machine...........................................................54
7.3 Machine Alarm..............................................................................................56
6.2 Manually Install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

7.4 Additional Notes............................................................................................57
Chapter Eight Instruction of Integrated Management Card Management Function.....59
8.1 Management Chip BMC IP...........................................................................59
8.2 Remote Login................................................................................................59
8.3 Function Menu Introduction .........................................................................60
Chapter Nine Server Installation Guide .................................................................68
9.1 Cabinet Preparation.......................................................................................68
9.2 Install Server Chassis Handles ......................................................................69
9.3 Server Slide Rail Suite ..................................................................................70
9.4 Install Inner Rail............................................................................................71
9.5 Install Outer Rail to Cabinet ........................................................................72
9.6 Install Server to Cabinet...............................................................................73

1
Chapter One Safety Information
Warning: the following warnings show that there are potential dangers
that may cause property loss, personal injury or death:
Warning 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.
Warning 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.
Warning 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.
Warning 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.
Warning 5: To prevent electric shock dangers caused by leakage in the sys-
tem, please make sure that the power cables of the system and peripheral equip-
ment 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 earth-
ing protections, please do not operate or use the equipment. Contact and consult
with the electrician, please.
Warning 6: To avoid short circuit of internal components and re or electric
！

2
Chapter One Safety Information
shock hazards, please do not ll any object into the open pores of the system.
Warning 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.
Warning 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.
Warning 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 environ-
ment 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.
If what you bought is the chassis, besides carefully read the installation de-
scription attached with the cabinet products and get known about the special
warning notices and installation process, you must abide by the following preven-
tive measures to guarantee the cabinet to be stable and safe:
Warning 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 cor-
respondingly 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.
Warning 11: Please do not move the chassis. Considering the height and
weight of the chassis, at least two people are needed to complete its movement.
Warning 12: Declaration
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

3
Chapter One Safety Information
the interference.
Notes: 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:
1. In case of the following cases, please unplug the power line plug of products
from the power socket and contact the customer service department of Inspur:
- The power cables, extended cables or power plugs are damaged.
- The products get wet by water.
- The products have fallen off or been damaged.
- Objects fall into the products.
- When operating according to the operation instructions, the products cannot
function normally.
2. If the system becomes damp, please treat it according to the following steps:
- 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.
- 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.
- Close the cover of the host, re-connect the system to the power socket, and then
start the equipment.
- 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 first; 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:
- In case of thunder and lightning weather, please do not connect or use the modu-
lator-demodulator. Otherwise, it may be subject to lightning strike.
- Never connect or use modulator-demodulator in moist environment.
- Never insert the modulator-demodulator or telephone cables to the socket of net-

4
Chapter One Safety Information
work interface controller (NIC).
- Before unpacking the product package, contacting or installing internal compo-
nents 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:
- 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 conduct-
ing itself to the sensitive components.
- For electrostatic sensitive components not ready to be installed for application,
please do not take them out from the antistatic package materials.
- During the work, please touch the earthing conductor or the unpainted metal sur-
face 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:
- Switch off the system power supply and disconnect the cables, including discon-
necting any connection of the system. When disconnecting the cables, please grab the
connector of cables and plug it out, and never pull the cables.
- Before dismounting the cover of cabinet or touching the internal components,
the products need to be cooled down.
- Before dismounting and touching any electronic component in the equipment,
you shall conduct off the static electricity on the body by touching the metal earthing
objectives.
- During the dismounting process, the operation shall not be too big, so as to pre-
vent damage to the components or scratching of the arms.
- 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:

5
Chapter One Safety Information
- 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.
- It shall install into the cabinet according to the sequences from the bottom to the
top, and rst install the heaviest component.
- When pulling out the components from the cabinet, it shall apply force slightly
to ensure the cabinet to keep balance and stabilization.
- When pressing down the release latch of the sliding rail of components and slid-
ing in or out, please be careful, as the sliding rail may hurt your gures.
- 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.
- Ensure that components in the cabinet have good ventilation.
- When repairing components in the cabinet, never step on any other components.

6
Chapter Two Product Introduction
2.1 Server Technical Specication
Processors
Processor Type Intel Sandy Bridge-EN E5-2400 series CPU
Processor Number 1~2
Processor Interface Socket 1356
Chipset
Chipset Type Intel C600 chipset
Memory
Memory Type DDR3 ECC Unbuffered/Registered
Number of memory slots Up to 12
Total Memory
When single 8G memory is adopted, it can support up
to 96GB.
The maximum memory capacity will increase with the
increase of capacity of single memory board.
I/O Interface
USB Interface 2 front USB interfaces, 4 rear USB interfaces, 1 built-in
Type A USB interface
Serial Interface 1 rear serial interface, 1 built-in serial interface
Network Interface 2 RJ45 network interfaces, 1 exclusive management
interface
Display Interface 1 rear VGA interface
ID Indicators and Buttons
ID Indicators and Buttons In the back part of the chassis, 1 ID indicator (blue) &1
ID button
Display Controller
Controller Type Onboard AST2300 display controller
Video Memory 16MB video memory
HDD Controller
SAS Controller Onboard 8-interface SAS, all ROM supported, various
RAID levels supported.

7
Chapter Two Product Introduction
SATA Controller
South bridge integrates SATA controller. The mother-
board has 4 SATA II interfaces and 2 SATA III interfac-
es. When standard optical drive is congured, 1 SATA
interface is used to connect SATA optical drive.
Management Card
Management Card Chip Onboard Aspeed 2300 chip, IPMI2.0+IKVM supported
Management Card Inter-
face
Special IPMI management interface can be used, or re-
use the rst network card of Intel 82574
Network Card
Network Card Controller Onboard Intel 82574 dual-gigabit network card;
PCI Expansion Slot
PCI Bus Type PCI/PCI-Express bus, supports vertically inserted full-
height expansion card
PCI Slot
3 * PCIE 2.0 x8 slots, support 3 with dual CPU; sup-
port 2 with single CPU
2 * PCIE 2.0 x4 slots, support 2 with dual CPU; sup-
port 1 with single CPU
1 * PCI slot
Hard Disk
Hard Disk Type
3.5″ SATA hard disks, 2.5″ SATA and SAS hard disks;
different models support different disk types, please re-
fer to the actual conguration.
Hard Disk Number
Support up to 4 pieces of built-in 3.5″SATA hard disks
Support up to 16 pieces of hot-swap 2.5″SATA/SAS
hard disks
External Storage Drive
Optical drive (Optional) Optional SATA optical drive
Inspur driver U disk
Optional Inspur driver U disk used to load hard disk
controller driver when installing the operating system
manually
Power Supply
Specication 500W single power supply or above 1+1 redundant
power supply
Power Input Please refer to the specification on the nameplate of
host machine.
Physical Specications
External size of Package W (width) 601mm; H (height) 472mm; D (depth)
733mm

8
Chapter Two Product Introduction
Whole Chassis Size W (width) 220mm; H (height) 435mm; D (depth)
610mm
Weight
Full conguration:
Net weight: 25 Kg
Gross weight: 28.75 kg (full configuration includes:
single power supply + 2 * 2.5″ module + 2 pieces of
RAID adapters)
Environment Parameters
Operating Environment
Temperature 10℃-35℃
Non-Operating Environ-
ment Temperature -40℃-55℃
Operating Humidity 35%-80% (relative humidity)
Non-operating Humidity 20%-93%(40℃)(relative humidity)
2.2 Front Panel View
The front door of this server can be locked by the chassis lock, as shown in the
following picture:
Front door view

9
Chapter Two Product Introduction
The front panel will appear when the front door is opened, and the conguration
can be divided into 2.5″ hard disk conguration and 3.5″ hard disk conguration ac-
cording to the congured different hard disk types. The following picture is just for
reference. The actual purchased machine will prevail.
The front panel view of 2.5″ hard disk conguration
The front panel view of 3.5″ hard disk conguration

10
Chapter Two Product Introduction
1Power supply failure indicator
light
Provide the warning function of power supply
failure
Off: normal state;
On: power supply failure
2System overheat/fan failure
alarm light
Provide the advanced warning function of chas-
sis system overheat and fan failure
Off: normal state;
On: overheat state or fan failure
3 Network 2 indicator light Blinking: network connected or transferring data
Off: no network connection
4 Network 1 indicator light
5 Hard disk status indicator Blink when the non hot-swap SATA hard disk
is reading and writing
6 Power indicator light Always on when the server is operating
7 Reset button System restart button
8 Power button Server on/off button
9 Chassis safety lock Use the chassis key in the accessory box to
open the chassis safety lock
10 Optical drive Different congurations will lead to the differ-
ent installation places of optical drive
11 USB interface For connecting USB device
12 USB interface For connecting USB device
13 9-16 hard disks 2.5″ hard disk conguration: 9-16 pieces of 2.5″
hard disk installation position
14 1-8 hard disks 2.5″ hard disk conguration: 1-8 pieces of 2.5″
hard disk installation position
15 Hard disk failure alarm light
2.5″ hard disk conguration
When the hard disk fails, this light is on(Red)
When the hard disk is doing the RAID adapter
Building, this light is on (Purple)
When the hard disk is doing the location, this
light is on (Blue)
16 Hard disk status indicator light
2.5″ hard disk conguration
SAS hard disk: always on when installing hard
disk; blink when the hard disk is reading and
writing (Green)
SATA: blink when the hard disk is reading and
writing (Green)

11
Chapter Two Product Introduction
17 Built-in hard
disk 1 installation position
3.5″ hard disk conguration: install built-in 3.5″
SATA hard disk
18 Built-in hard
disk 2 installation position
3.5″ hard disk conguration: install built-in 3.5″
SATA hard disk
19 Built-in hard
disk 3 installation position
3.5″ hard disk conguration: install built-in 3.5″
SATA hard disk
20 Built-in hard
disk 4 installation position
3.5″ hard disk conguration: install built-in 3.5″
SATA hard disk
2.3 Back Panel View
Back panel view
Number Name Function and Introduction
1 Power supply switch
When the switch is on, the server can be
started by pressing the Power button on the
frontend of the chassis, while some optional
power supply has no this switch
2Power supply input interface
For connecting the power cord (the picture
above is single power supply configuration
example)

12
Chapter Three System Setup
3 Serial interface For connecting serial interface device
4 VGA interface For connecting display device with VGA in-
terface
5 USB interface For connecting the USB devices
6 USB interface For connecting the USB devices
7 IPMI management interface Onboard IPMI management special interface
882574 network card 2 inter-
face Integrated 82574 network card 2nd interface
982574 network card 1 inter-
face
Integrated 82574 network card 1st interface
Used as onboard IPMI multiplex manage-
ment interface
10 USB interface For connecting the USB device
11 USB interface For connecting the USB device
12 ID light and ID button
After the server connects with the power sup-
ply, press this button and this light is blue
to locate the machine. The light will be off
when you press it again
13 PCI and PCI-E expansion
slot
Support external full height PCI and PCIE
expansion card
14 Power supply fan Power supply attached cooling fan
15 System fan System cooling fan

13
Chapter Three System Setup
In this chapter, the regular jumper of motherboard and BIOS function setup of
this server are introduced. Only operator or administrator with qualication of system
maintenance can implement these operations described in this part.
3.1 System BIOS Setup
BIOS is a basic input and output system. With some special setting programs, it
can adjust the system parameter and the hardware parameter. As BIOS has great inu-
ence on the starting and running of the system, setting parameters improperly may arise
the conict among hardware resources, or affect the system’s performance. Hence un-
derstanding the BIOS setup is signicant to server conguration. If there is no especial
requirement, we suggest you use the default value and not alter the parameters.
Notes:
1.Before the server BIOS setup is altered, please record the corresponding origi-
nal setup. Hence when there are operating problems in the system due to the alteration,
the setup can be restored.
2.The factory default system setup is usually the optimized setup. Don’t try to al-
ter the parameters before you understand their denotations.
3.The common setup is introduced in detail in this chapter. For items less used in
the application, this chapter only offers simple instruction or just omits the instruction.
4.The contents of the BIOS may differ due to the different congurations of prod-
ucts; no detailed introduction will be provided here.
3.1.1 How to Enter the BIOS Setup
Power up and start the server. When the picture of “Press <DEL> to SETUP or
<TAB> to POST”, press [DEL], wait for a while and then the system enters BIOS set-
up.
If the system does not enter BIOS setup after previous steps, please press [Ctrl]-
[Alt]-[Del] at the same time to reset the system, and repeat operations above. (If the
prompt displays to press [DEL] again, please press it quickly.)
Notes: some items in BIOS cannot be congured, for example, information of sys-

14
Chapter Three System Setup
tem detecting and conguration. For some items, there is a right pointer, which means
if you select this item and press [Enter], cascading menu or submenu will be displayed
on the screen.
3.1.2 BIOS System Menu Introduction
Next the following main function menus of BIOS are introduced.
Menu Name Menu Function
Main Conguring the basic system settings, such as system time,
system date, displaying BIOS information, etc.
Advanced Conguring CPU, integrated SATA controller and other ad-
vanced characteristics
Chipset Conguring memory mode, CPU characteristics, etc.
Server Mgmt Conguring server management functions.
Boot Conguring boot priority of system devices
Security Conguring the super system user and password.
Save & Exit Saving or exiting BIOS setup, etc
Introduction of operational keys:
Button Description
↑(up) For selecting the upper menu or value
↓(down) For selecting the next menu or value
←(left) For selecting the left menu or value
→(right) For selecting the right menu or value
Esc For returning to the superior menu or the main menu
+
For changing the item value
For changing the current menu item into the previous item value
The key only displays the item values relevant to the item itself rather
than all the item values
-For changing the item value
For changing the current menu item into the next item value
F1
The help key for displaying the relevant introduction of current menu
The key only displays the item values relevant to the item itself rather
than all the item values
F2 For recovering the previous default conguration
F9 For recovering the optimized performance conguration
F10 For saving CMOS settings and exiting
Enter For executing current command or entering the submenu