RSA 4 Series User manual

PCI Expansion Card Installation Guide

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August 2019

Contents
About this Document 4
Series 4 Host PCI Expansion Card Installation 5
PCI Expansion Card KitPackage Contents 5
RearView of NetWitness Platform Series 4S 5
R620Motherboard 6
Expansion Card and Risers in the R620 7
Installa PCI Expansion Card in an R620 Host 9
Series 5 Host PCI Expansion Card Installation 10
PCI Expansion Card KitPackage Contents 10
RearView of Series 5 Hosts (Except Hybrid) 10
R630System Board 11
Expansion Card Riser in the R630 12
Installa PCI Expansion Card in anR630 Host 12
RearView of Series 5 Hybrid Host 14
R730xd(Hybrid) System Board 15
Expansion Card Riser in the R730xd(Hybrid) 16
Installa PCI Expansion Card in an R730xd (Hybrid) Host 18
Series 6 Host PCI Expansion Card Installation 20
PCI Expansion Card KitPackage Contents 20
RearView of Series 6 Hosts (Except Hybrid) 20
R640System Board 21
Expansion Card Riser in the R640 22
Installa PCI Expansion Card in anR640 Host 22
RearView of Series 6 Hybrid Host 30
R740xd(Hybrid) System Board 31
Expansion Card Riser in the R740xd(Hybrid) 31
Installa PCI Expansion Card in anR740xd(Hybrid) Host 33
PERC Card Firmware Installation 38
Identify the PERC Card Model Number 38
Get the Latest Qualified Firmware and Install It 38

PCI Expansion Card Installation Guide
About this Document
This document is a step by step guide for installing PCI expansion cards in RSA NetWitness
Platform Series 4S, Series 5, and Series 6 physical hosts (appliances).
The hardware setup instructions in this document are for hardware only; they do not apply to a
specific release of NetWitness Platform software. After completing the hardware setup, please
continue setup and configuration of the NetWitness Server physical host as described in the
NetWitness Platform online documentationat RSA Link (https://community.rsa.com/docs/DOC-
40370).
This document is not a replacement for the original manufacturer's documentation; it contains
information specifically for the NetWitness Platform physical hosts.
Note: When viewing a printed guide, be aware that a newer version of the guide may be
available online at RSA Link in RSA NetWitness Platform under Hardware Setup Guides:
https://community.rsa.com/community/products/netwitness/hardware-setup-guides
About this Document 4

PCI Expansion Card Installation Guide
Series 4 Host PCI Expansion Card Installation
Expansion cardscan be installed in RSA NetWitness Platform physicalhosts toadd functionality
to the system.This topic provides a description of the Expansion Card kit for NetWitness
Platform Series 4S,and includes the general procedure for removing and installing expansion
cards.
PCI Expansion Card KitPackage Contents
The kit consists of the following:
lOne PCI Expansion Card
lESD Wrist Strap
lWarranty Label
An Emulex kit also includes two fiber channel LC-LC multimode 6M cables.
RearView of NetWitness Platform Series 4S
Slot 1 already contains a PERC H810. When adding an Intel NIC card and an EmulexFC card,
install theNIC card in slot 2 and theFC card in Slot 3. If only adding one card, install it in Slot
2.
Note: A missing or an unsupportedcardriser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent your
system from powering on and aBIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is not displayed.
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R620Motherboard
The following figure shows an overview of the motherboard.
Key Description Key Description
1 Control panel 9 Network daughter card
2 Cable securing clip 10 Card 1 Riser
3 Cooling fans (7) 11 Storage controller card
4 Cable securing bracket 12 Network daughter card cooling shroud
5 Cooling shroud 13 DIMMs (24)
6 Power supplies (2) 14 Heat sink for processor 2
7 Chassis intrusion switch 15 Hard-drive backplane
8 Card 3 Riser 16 Hard drives (10)
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Expansion Card and Risers in the R620
The following figures shows theparts involved whenremovingor installingexpansion cards.
There are twodifferent types of card risers.
Key Description
1 Card 1 Riser
2 Expansion card
3 Riser guide back (right)
4 Riser guide back (left)
5 Expansion card connector
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The following figure shows the parts involved when removing or installing thecard riser.
Key Description
1 Expansion card connector
2 Card 3 Riser
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Installa PCI Expansion Card in an R620 Host
Caution: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by RSAis not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety
instructions that came withtheproduct.
Note: As long as the repairs and servicing made are allowed under customer support, your
warranty will not be voided.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the
electrical outlets, any attached peripherals, and any network interface cables.
2. Make sure to protect yourself by wearing ananti-static wrist strap before touching any
internal parts. An ESD wrist strap is provided for this purpose.
3. Remove the Warranty label on the server.
4. Open the system.
5. Holding the touchpoints, lift the card riser from the riser connector on the motherboard.
6. Installthe expansion cardinto the card riser.
7. Align the card riser with the connector and the riser guide pin on the motherboard.
8. Lower the card riser into place until the card riser connector is fully seated in the connector.
9. Close the system.
10. Replace the Warranty label on the server with a new label provided with the PCI card.
11. Reconnect the system totheelectrical outlets and turn the system on, including any attached
peripherals.
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PCI Expansion Card Installation Guide
Series 5 Host PCI Expansion Card Installation
Expansion cardscan be installed in RSANetWitness Platform physicalhosts toadd functionality
to the system. This topic provides the general procedure for installing a PCI expansion cardinto
the NetWitness Platform Series 5 hosts. All but one of the Series 5 hosts arebased on the Dell
PowerEdge R630chassis. The exception isthe Hybrid host,which is based on the Dell
PowerEdge R730xd chassis.
PCI Expansion Card KitPackage Contents
The kit consists of the following:
lOne PCI Expansion Card
lESD Wrist Strap
lWarranty Label
An Emulex kit also includes two fiber channel LC-LC multimode 6M cables.
RearView of Series 5 Hosts (Except Hybrid)
Slot 3 already contains a PERC H830RAID controller.
When adding an EmulexFiber Channel (FC) PCI expansion card, install the FC cardin slot 2.
To install another PERC H830 controller so that you can connect DACs and PowerVaults to the
same Series 5 host, install the additional PERC H830 in slot 1. See also PERC Card Firmware
Installation.
Note: A missing or an unsupportedcardriser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent your
system from powering on and aBIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is not displayed.
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R630System Board
Key Description Key Description
1Control panellocation 9 Riser card 1
2 Cooling fans (7) 10 Riser card 2
3 Processor 1 11 DIMMs(6)
4 DIMMs (6) 12 Processor 2
5 PSU connector 13 DIMMs (12)
6 Power supply (2) 14 Expander board
7 Riser card 3 15 Hard drive
8 Network daughter card
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Expansion Card Riser in the R630
The following figureshows theparts involved whenremovingor installingthe expansion card
riser 1.
Key Description
1 Expansion-card riser 1
2 Connector
3 Riser guide pin
Installa PCI Expansion Card in anR630 Host
The following procedure shows how to remove and install the expansion-card riser to install
aPCI expansioncard in a NetWitness Platform Series 5 R630 host. When adding an
EmulexFiber Channel (FC) PCI expansion card for a Storage Area Network (SAN), such as
VNX or VNX2, install the FC cardin slot 2. To install another PERC H830 controller so that
you can connect DACs and PowerVaults to the same Series 5 host, install the additional PERC
H830 in slot 1. See also PERC Card Firmware Installation.
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Caution: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by RSAis not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety
instructions that came withtheproduct.
Note: As long as the repairs and servicing made are allowed under customer support, your
warranty will not be voided.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals.
2. Disconnect the system from the electrical outlets, any attachedperipherals, and any network
interface cables.
3. Make sure to protect yourself by wearing ananti-static wrist strap before touching any
internal parts.
An ESD wrist strap is provided for this purpose.
4. Remove the Warranty label on the server.
5. Open the system.
6. Holding the touchpoints, lift the expansion-card riser from the riser connector on the system
board.
7. Installthe PCI expansion cardinto the appropriate slotof the expansion-card riser.
8. Align the expansion-card riser with the connector and the riser guide pin on the system
board.
9. Lower the expansion-card riser into place until the expansion-card riser connector is fully
seated in the connector.
10. Close the system.
11. Replace the Warranty label on the server with a new label provided with the PCI card.
12. Reconnect the system totheelectrical outlets and any attached peripherals, including any
network interface cables.
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RearView of Series 5 Hybrid Host
Slot 3 already contains a PERC H830RAID controller. When adding an EmulexFiber Channel
(FC) PCI expansion card, install theFC card in slot 2. The Series 5 Hybrid does not currently
support additional PERC cards for DAC and Powervault mixed mode.
Note: A missing or an unsupportedcardriser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent your
system from powering on and aBIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is not displayed.
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R730xd(Hybrid) System Board
Key Description Key Description
1 Cooling fan in the cooling fan assembly (6) 8 Power supply unit (2)
2 Processor (2) 9 Expansion-card riser 3
3 DIMMs (24) 10 Network daughter card
4 Internal USB port 11 Expansion-card riser 2
5 Hard drive backplane (back) 12 Expansion-card riser 1
6 vFlash media slot 13 Hard drive backplane
7 Hard drive (2) (back)
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Expansion Card Riser in the R730xd(Hybrid)
The following figuresshowtheparts involved whenremovingor installingthe expansion-card
riser 1.
Key Description Key Description
1 Expansion-card riser 1 cage 4 Riser guide-back (left)
2 Expansion-card riser 1 5 Expansion-card riser 1 connector
3 Riser guide-back (right) 6 Riser guide-front
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The following figure shows the parts for removing or installing an expansion card from
expansion card riser 1.
Key Description Key Description
1 Tab A 4 Tab B
2 Expansion-card riser 1 cage 5 Latch
3 Expansion card connector 6 Expansion card
The following figure shows the connectors on expansion card riser 1.
Key Description
1 Expansion card slot 1
2 Expansion card slot 2
3 Expansion card slot 3
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PCI Expansion Card Installation Guide
Installa PCI Expansion Card in an R730xd (Hybrid) Host
The following procedure shows how to remove and install the expansion card riser to install
aPCI expansioncardin a NetWitness Platform Series 5 R730xd(Hybrid) host.When adding an
EmulexFiber Channel (FC) PCI expansion card for a Storage Area Network (SAN), such as
VNX or VNX2, install the FC cardin slot 2.The Series 5 Hybrid does not currently support
additional PERC cards for DAC and Powervault mixed mode.
Caution: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by RSAis not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety
instructions that came withtheproduct.
Note: As long as the repairs and servicing made are allowed under customer support, your
warranty will not be voided.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals.
2. Disconnect the system from the electrical outlets, any attachedperipherals, and any network
interface cables.
3. Make sure to protect yourself by wearing ananti-static wrist strap before touching any
internal parts.
An ESD wrist strap is provided for this purpose.
4. Remove the Warranty label on the server.
5. Open the system.
6. Remove expansion card riser 1.
7. Press tab A and rotate the latch clockwise.
8. Press tab B and rotate the latch down.
9. Remove the metal filler bracket from the appropriate slot.
10. Holding the card by its edges, position the PCI expansioncard so that the card-edge
connector aligns with the expansion card connector.
11. Insert the card-edge connector firmly into the expansion card connector until the card is fully
seated.
12. Close the latches of tab A and tab B.
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13. Align the expansion-card riser 1 with the connector and the riser guide pin on the system
board.
14. Lowerexpansion-card riser 1into place until the expansion-card riser connector is fully
seated in the connector.
15. Close the system.
16. Replace the Warranty label on the server with a new label provided with the PCI card.
17. Reconnect the system totheelectrical outlets and any attached peripherals, including any
network interface cables.
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PCI Expansion Card Installation Guide
Series 6 Host PCI Expansion Card Installation
Expansion cardscan be installed in RSANetWitness Platform physicalhosts toadd functionality
to the system. This topic provides the general procedure for installing a PCI expansion cardinto
the NetWitness Platform Series 6 hosts. All but one of the Series 6 hosts arebased on the Dell
PowerEdge R640chassis. The exception isthe Hybrid host,which is based on the Dell
PowerEdge R740xd chassis.
PCI Expansion Card KitPackage Contents
The kit consists of the following:
lOne PCI Expansion Card
lESD Wrist Strap
lWarranty Label
An Emulex kit also includes two fiber channel LC-LC multimode 6M cables.
RearView of Series 6 Hosts (Except Hybrid)
Slot 1 already contains a PERC H840RAID controller.
When adding an EmulexFiber Channel (FC) PCI expansion card, install the FC cardin Slot 2.
When adding an Intel Ethernet Quad Port (QP) or Intel FC Dual Port (DP) PCIexpansion card,
install the QP/DP card in Slot 2 or Slot 3.
To install another PERC H840 controller so that you can connect DACs and PowerVaults to the
same Series 6 host, install the additional PERC H840 in slot 3. See also PERC Card Firmware
Installation.
Note: A missing or an unsupportedcardriser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent your
system from powering on and aBIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is not displayed.
Series 6 Host PCI Expansion Card Installation 20
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