Kontron MSP8040 Series User manual

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Revision History
Revision Brief Description of Changes Date of Issue
1.0 Initial Issue 2016-Mar-01
1.1 Corporate Identity and updated TPM information 2016-May-20
1.2 Added Xeon D-1559 support information. 2016-Oct-04
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Table of Contents
Symbols ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Table of Contents ...............................................................................................................................................................................................5
List of Tables........................................................................................................................................................................................................5
List of Figures ......................................................................................................................................................................................................6
List of Acronyms.................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Electrostatic Discharge ....................................................................................................................................................................................7
Limited Warranty................................................................................................................................................................................................7
1/ Product Description............................................................................................................................................................................ 8
1.1. Product Overview........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
1.2. Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................................................................................10
1.3. PCI Mapping..................................................................................................................................................................................................11
1.4. Node Key Components............................................................................................................................................................................12
1.5. Node Features............................................................................................................................................................................................13
1.6. Node Module LEDs and Buttons...........................................................................................................................................................14
1.7. Interfacing....................................................................................................................................................................................................15
1.7.1. Management Networking Connection.............................................................................................................................................16
1.7.2. Serial Console Connection ..................................................................................................................................................................18
1.7.3. Default User Names and Passwords .............................................................................................................................................20
2/ Extracting and Inserting a Node Module ....................................................................................................................................21
2.1. Extracting a Node Module......................................................................................................................................................................21
2.2. Inserting a Node Module.......................................................................................................................................................................22
2.3. System Behavior upon Hot Swap.......................................................................................................................................................22
3/ Software Configurations and Conventions............................................................................................................................... 23
4/ Configuring Node Modules.............................................................................................................................................................24
4.1. Node Reset .................................................................................................................................................................................................24
4.2. Boot Order .................................................................................................................................................................................................24
4.3. Boot from Virtual Media........................................................................................................................................................................ 25
4.4. OS Installation.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
5/ Performing Updates .........................................................................................................................................................................26
5.1. Processor Node Update .........................................................................................................................................................................26
5.2. One Click Upgrade to Update all Nodes ...........................................................................................................................................26
Appendix A – Sensor List .............................................................................................................................................................................. 27
List of Tables
Table 1: PCI mapping.........................................................................................................................................................................................11
Table 2: Node key components....................................................................................................................................................................12
Table 3: Node features ...................................................................................................................................................................................13
Table 4: LED status description and button behavior..........................................................................................................................14
Table 5: Link status and speed configurations.......................................................................................................................................15
Table 6: Default usernames and passwords .........................................................................................................................................20
Table 7: Sensor list.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Table 8: Detailed information for specific sensors..............................................................................................................................30

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List of Figures
Figure 1: SYMKLOUD layers ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Figure 2: MSP804x in rear of chassis ..........................................................................................................................................................9
Figure 3: MSP804x block diagram..............................................................................................................................................................10
Figure 4: MSP804x LEDs and buttons.......................................................................................................................................................14
Figure 5: Default IP addresses .....................................................................................................................................................................16
Figure 6: Diagram of interface paths with a management networking connection.................................................................. 17
Figure 7: Diagram of interface paths with a serial console connection.........................................................................................19
Figure 8: Processor node module safety lock location........................................................................................................................21
List of Acronyms
AMI American Megatrends Inc
API Application Programming Interface
BMC Base Management Controller
BP Backplane
CLI Command-Line Interface
DMI Desktop Management Interface
ECC Error Checking and Correction
HHHL Half height, half length
HPM PICMG Hardware Platform Management specification family
IOL IPMI-Over-LAN
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
KCS Keyboard Controller Style
KVM Keyboard Video Mouse
MEI Management Engine Interface
NCSI Network Communications Services Interface
PCIe PCI-Express
PXE Preboot eXecution Environment
RAM Random Access Memory
ShMC Shelf Management Controller
SKU Stock-Keeping Unit
SM System Monitor
SOC System on a Chip
SOL Serial Over LAN
SSD Solid-State Drive
SSH Secure SHell
TPM Trusted Platform Module
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
VLP Very Low Profile

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Electrostatic Discharge
The MSP804x nodes are sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). Users must take the
appropriate precautions when handling ESD-sensitive devices.
Limited Warranty
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1/ Product Description
1.1. Product Overview
The MSP804x is a processor node for the MS2910 platform. Up to nine nodes can be installed in this platform, and
each node has one CPU engine.
MSP804x references through this guide refer to any variants of this Node Series as
described in Table 2 - Node key components, unless specified otherwise.
MSH89xx references through this guide refer to any variants of the SYMKLOUD Hub Series
(e.g., MSH8900, MSH8910), unless specified otherwise.
An OS must be loaded on the processor nodes for the system to be operational.
Figure 1: SYMKLOUD layers

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Figure 2: MSP804x in rear of chassis
For information on other SYMKLOUD MS2910 components, refer to the specific component’s
user manual.
To obtain the latest document version or to consult other SYMKLOUD documents, visit the
Kontron portal at kontron.com.

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1.2. Block Diagram
Figure 3: MSP804x block diagram

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1.3. PCI Mapping
Table 1: PCI mapping
Bus:Device.
Function
Device
ID
Component Description Note
CPU
00:00.0 6F00 Host bridge Intel Corporation Broadwell DMI2 (rev. 01) Intel XEON D-15xx processor
00:03.1 6F09 PCI bridge Intel Corporation Broadwell PCI Express Root Port 3
(rev. 01) NVMe port
00:03.3 6F0b PCI bridge Intel Corporation Broadwell PCI Express Root Port 3
(rev. 01) NVMe port
Chipset
00:16.0 8C3A Communication
controller
Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
MEI Controller No. 1 (rev. 04)
Broadwell-DE integrated
chipset
00:1c.0 8C10 PCI bridge Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
PCI Express Root Port No. 1 (rev. d5)
00:1c.5 8C1A PCI bridge Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
PCI Express Root Port No. 6 (rev. d5)
00:1c.6 8C1C PCI bridge Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
PCI Express Root Port No. 7 (rev. d5)
00:1d.0 8C26 USB controller Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
USB EHCI No. 1 (rev. 05)
00:1a.0 8C2D USB controller Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
USB EHCI No. 2 (rev. 05)
00:1f.0 8C54 ISA bridge Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
Desktop Super SKU LPC Controller (rev. 05)
00:1f.2 8C02 SATA controller Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev. 05)
00:1f.3 8C22 SMBus Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
SMBus Controller (rev. 05)
Network devices
0b:00.0 1537 Ethernet
controller Intel Corporation (rev. 03) Intel I210-IS 1Gb Ethernet to hub 1
0b:00.0 1537 Ethernet
controller Intel Corporation (rev. 03) Intel I210-IS 1Gb Ethernet to hub 2
BMC
06:00.0 0013 PCI bridge Renesas Technology Corp. SH7757 PCIe Switch [PS] Renesas SH7757 BMC
07:00.0 0013 PCI bridge Renesas Technology Corp. SH7757 PCIe Switch [PS]
07:01.0 0013 PCI bridge Renesas Technology Corp. SH7757 PCIe Switch [PS]
08:00.0 0012 PCI bridge Renesas Technology Corp. SH7757 PCIe-PCI Bridge
[PPB]
09:00.0 0534 VGA compatible
controller Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. G200eR2 Video controller of the remote access
Network devices
03:00.0 15AB Ethernet
controller Intel® Ethernet Connection X552 10GbE Backplane Intel X552 1Gb/10Gb to hub 1
03:00.1 15AB Ethernet
controller Intel® Ethernet Connection X552 10GbE Backplane Intel X552 1Gb/10Gb to hub 2

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1.4. Node Key Components
Table 2: Node key components
Component1Description
SOC
CPU
1 Intel® Storage/Comms 4 Cores Xeon® D-1518, 1.5 MB/core cache, 2.2 GHz, 35 W
OR
1 Intel® Storage/Comms 8 Cores Xeon® D-1548, 1.5 MB/core cache, 2.0 GHz, 45 W
OR
1 Intel® Storage/Comms 12 Cores Xeon® D-1559, 1.5 MB/core cache, 1.5 GHz, 45 W
OR
1 Intel® Storage/Comms 16 Cores Xeon® D-1577, 1.5 MB/core cache, 1.4 GHz, 45 W
PCH
Integrated
System memory
4 DIMM slots for up to 128 GB DDR4, supports VLP RDIMM and UDIMM 1.2V DDR4 with
ECC, up to 2400 MHz
Network connections
2 Intel® I210-IS 1GbE controllers
1 Intel® dual 10GbE controller (integrated in SOC)
Security
Optional TPM 2.0 SLB9660 TT2.0
Storage
Onboard M.2 42
mm or 60
mm SATA module
I/O devices
1 serial port through backplane and hub or through SOL via the integrated BMC
1 KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) accessible over LAN
1 USB storage via virtual media over LAN
1 micro-USB connection in faceplate
BIOS
16
MB SPI AMI UEFI BIOS
Optional configuration
2x HDD/SSD 2.5” up to 15
mm high (SATA)
OR
PCIe x8 add-on card plus 1x HDD/SSD 2.5” up to 15 mm high (SATA)2
OR
PCIe x16 HHHL add-on card2
Refer to the Intel website ark.intel.com for more information on Intel components.
1Some of the components are optional.
2For more information about the PCIe option, please contact Kontron.

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1.5. Node Features
Table 3: Node features
Feature Description
Remote management
IPMI 2.0 (subset)
IOL
SOL
KVM/virtual media
Remote firmware update
Comprehensive sensor network and event monitoring
Hot swap
Supported
Refer to the user guide of the hub used in the platform for information on system
behavior upon hot swap
Power consumption
May vary depending on CPU and riser options
MSP804x: 80
W without storage or PCIe option
Dual SATA storage adds up to 20 W
PCIe option power budget is 50 W
The maximums are typical. Tests were conducted with CPU D-1548, 128 GB of 2133 MHz
DDR4 RDIMMs, running a combination of CPU, memory, storage and network stress test
applications.
Power management
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1.6. Node Module LEDs and Buttons
Figure 4: MSP804x LEDs and buttons
Table 4: LED status description and button behavior
MSP804x
State ID (blue) Power (green) Status (amber)
Identify command in progress Blinking1Not affected Not affected
Payload power ON OFF ON ON: not healthy
OFF: healthy
Payload power OFF ON OFF ON: not healthy
OFF: healthy
1Fast blink, 1 Hz, 50%
Power button
State Short press Long press (4 seconds)
Power OFF Powers ON the CPU engine Nothing happens
Power ON Performs a clean shutdown of
the CPU engine
Turns the CPU off
immediately

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1.7. Interfacing
Two types of connections can be established with node components: a networking connection and a serial console
connection.
Refer to the user guide of the hub used in the platform for information on how to access the
SM and for the locations of the management and console ports.
Node used with hub MSH8900
When used with hub MSH8900, the MSP804x node supports four 1GbE ports when it is installed in chassis slots 1-6
or 8.
In slots 7 and 9, the link speed of the MSH8900 must be set to 1GbE for a link to be established with all four ports. If
the speed is set to 10GbE, no link will be established with F1 and F2 (see Table 5).
For a complete port mapping and network topology of the system, refer to the hub user
guide
.
Node used with hub MSH8910
When used with hub MSH8910, no matter the slot the MSP804x is installed in, two 1GbE ports (B1 and B2) and two
10GbE ports (F1 and F2) are available.
For a complete port mapping and network topology of the system, refer to the hub user
guide
.
Table 5: Link status and speed configurations
Configuration B1 B2 F1 F2
MSH8900 when speed of slots 7 and 9 is set to 1GbE 1GbE 1GbE 1GbE 1GbE
MSH8900 when speed of slots 7 and 9 is set to 10GbE 1GbE 1GbE No link No link
MSH8910 1GbE 1GbE 10GbE 10GbE

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1.7.1. Management Networking Connection
The SYMKLOUD platform comes with a System Monitor (SM). The SM includes a web user interface and a
programmatic API to access system components, including its ShMC and nodes.
The IOL IP address of the component you want to connect to might be required when using certain paths. The IP
address of external entities must be in the same subnet as that of the SYMKLOUD components as no default gateway
is configured. The default IOL IP addresses are shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5: Default IP addresses
The MSP804x nodes have a KVM functionality that allows users remote access to the CPU engine. The remote
console redirects the screen, keyboard and mouse of the remote host system. Through media redirection, users can
mount a device, e.g. a USB drive or ISO image, as a remote device to the CPU engine. Once mounted, the device
appears as a local device.
Figure 6shows the possible network paths to access the various interfaces of the system components.

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Figure 6: Diagram of interface paths with a management networking connection
Terminal emulator software such as PuTTY can be used.
The Kontron ipmitool package can be downloaded from kontron.com
, in the “Software
Tools” section.
Ensure the protocol is enabled for the interface you want to access (SSH, TELNET, etc).

API calls can be made using a tool such as cURL. The configuration sections of this
document detail the availability of such calls for specific configurations. Refer to the API
documentation (available from the SM).
To access SOL from the SM dashboard Console Access:
oLog in to the SM;
oFrom the Console Access dropdown list of the Dashboard screen,
select a
platform;
oLog in with username "console" and password "admin";
oWhen prompted, enter the number of the node to connect to;
oWhen prompted, enter the payload number (the number is always 1).

An IOL connection allows users to send ipmitool commands over the LAN for immediate
execution by the addressed node BMC.

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Example of SOL connection to the node CPU serial console (OS):
1. Connect to the management port with a cable or via a network.
2. Establish an SOL connection using ipmitool: ipmitool –H <node BMC ip address> -U admin
–P admin –I lanplus sol activate.
3. The OS specific prompt is displayed, e.g. Login.
* When an SOL session is activated on a node, the serial connection via the hub is no longer
available until the session is deactivated.
Example of an HTTP connection to the node KVM:
1. Connect to the management port with a cable or via a network.
2. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the hub to access the SM.
3. From the Dashboard screen, click on
REMOTE ACCESS
.
4. Click on
Node n
under the platform in which the node is installed.
5. Click on
REMOTE ACCESS
to start the session.
*In the examples above, the IP addresses of the SM (Shared IP and/or ShMC IP) and the target
node (BMC IP) must be in the same subnet.
1.7.2. Serial Console Connection
The serial interface of the hubs includes a multiplexing functionality that can establish a link with each component
through a series of hotkeys (Figure 7).
The console port of the hubs has a redundancy feature with its partner hub. This means that the console port of
either hub installed in a SYMKLOUD chassis can be used to communicate with any hub/node in the chassis. The ports
are mirror images of each other: any output or user input is reflected in both.

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Figure 7: Diagram of interface paths with a serial console connection
The serial port communication parameters are 115200 baud, no parity, 8 data bits and backspace key set to "Ctrl-h".
BIOS POST and configuration menu redirection is VT100+.
The ASCII control code for “Ctrl-g” is 7. To type “Ctrl-gg”, use the “Ctrl-g” ASCII control code
twice in a row.
Example of a serial connection to the node CPU serial console (OS):
1. Connect a PC’s serial port to the active hub’s console port.
2. Establish a connection using the PC terminal emulator with parameters 115200 8n1.
3. To configure the hub console port MUX, type Ctrl-g <Node No. (1-9)>, then Ctrl-gg 1.

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1.7.3. Default User Names and Passwords
Table 6: Default usernames and passwords
Configuration interface Username and password
SM (UI) admin
admin
ShMC CLI admin
admin
Node CPU serial console (OS) Customer specific