Supermicro SBI-7127R-S6 User manual

SBI-7127R-S6
Blade Module
User’s Manual
Revison 1.0

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WARNING: HANDLING OF LEAD SOLDER MATERIALS USED IN THIS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS AND OTHER
REPRODUCTIVE HARM.

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Preface
About this Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators, Information Technology
professionals, service personnel and technicians. It provides information for the
installation and use of the Supermicro SuperBlade®system’s SBI-7127R-S6 blade
module. Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced
professionals only.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1: Introduction
The first chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with
SBI-7127R-S6 blade module and describes their main features.
Chapter 2: System Safety
You should familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety
precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing SBI-7127R-S6 blade
module.
Chapter 3: Setup and Installation
Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI-7127R-S6 blade module into the
SuperBlade chassis. Other sections cover the installation and placement of memory
modules and the installation of hard disk drives into the blade module.
Chapter 4: Blade Module Features
This chapter coves features and component information about SBI-7127R-S6 blade
module. Included here are descriptions and information for mainboard components,
connectors, LEDs and other features of the blade module.
Chapter 5: BIOS
BIOS setup is covered in this chapter for SBI-7127R-S6 blade module.
Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes
BIOS POST Codes for SBI-7127R-S6 blade module are explained in this appendix.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.......................................................................1-1
1-1 Overview.............................................................................................1-1
1-2 Product Checklist of Typical Components.....................................1-1
1-3 Blade Module Features....................................................................1-2
Processors..............................................................................................1-2
Memory...................................................................................................1-2
Storage....................................................................................................1-3
RAID .......................................................................................................1-3
Density....................................................................................................1-3
1-4 Contacting Supermicro.....................................................................1-5
Chapter 2 Standardized Warning Statements.....................2-1
2-1 About Standardized Warning Statements......................................2-1
Warning Definition...................................................................................2-1
Installation Instructions ...........................................................................2-3
Circuit Breaker........................................................................................2-4
Power Disconnection Warning................................................................2-5
Equipment Installation.............................................................................2-6
Restricted Area.......................................................................................2-7
Battery Handling .....................................................................................2-9
Redundant Power Supplies ..................................................................2-10
Backplane Voltage................................................................................2-11
Comply with Local and National Electrical Codes.................................2-12
Product Disposal...................................................................................2-13
Hot Swap Fan Warning.........................................................................2-14
Power Cable and AC Adapter ..............................................................2-15
Chapter 3 Setup and Installation.................................................3-1
3-1 Overview.............................................................................................3-1
3-2 Installing Blade Modules..................................................................3-1
Powering Up a Blade Unit.......................................................................3-1
Powering Down a Blade Unit ..................................................................3-1
Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure............................................3-2
Removing/Replacing the Blade Cover....................................................3-2
Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure ...............................................3-2
3-3 Processor Installation.......................................................................3-4

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3-4 Onboard Battery Installation............................................................3-9
3-5 Memory Installation...........................................................................3-9
Populating Memory Slots........................................................................3-9
DIMM Installation ..................................................................................3-11
3-6 Hard Disk Drive Installation...........................................................3-12
3-7 Installing the Operating System....................................................3-13
Installing with an External USB CD-ROM Drive....................................3-13
Installing via PXE Boot..........................................................................3-14
Installing via Virtual Media (Drive Redirection) .....................................3-14
3-8 Management Software...................................................................3-15
3-9 Configuring and Setting up RAID .................................................3-15
Chapter 4 Blade Module Features..............................................4-1
4-1 Control Panel.....................................................................................4-2
Power Button ..........................................................................................4-3
KVM Button.............................................................................................4-3
LED Indicators ........................................................................................4-3
KVM Connector.......................................................................................4-3
4-2 Mainboard...........................................................................................4-4
Jumpers..................................................................................................4-6
CMOS Clear............................................................................................4-6
4-3 Blade Unit Components...................................................................4-7
Memory Support .....................................................................................4-8
Hard Disk Drives.....................................................................................4-8
Chapter 5 BIOS.......................................................................................5-1
5-1 Introduction.........................................................................................5-1
System BIOS ..........................................................................................5-1
How To Change the Configuration Data .................................................5-1
Starting the Setup Utility..........................................................................5-1
5-2 BIOS Updates....................................................................................5-2
Flashing BIOS.........................................................................................5-2
5-3 Running Setup...................................................................................5-3
5-4 Main BIOS Setup...............................................................................5-4
5-5 Advanced Setup................................................................................5-5
5-6 Event Logs Setup............................................................................5-14
5-7 IPMI Setup........................................................................................5-15
5-8 Boot...................................................................................................5-16

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5-9 Security.............................................................................................5-16
5-10 Save & Exit.....................................................................................5-17
Appendix A BIOS POST Codes....................................................A-1
A-1 BIOS POST Messages....................................................................A-1
A-2 BIOS POST Codes...........................................................................A-3
Recoverable POST Errors......................................................................A-4
Terminal POST Errors.............................................................................A-4

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
This user’s manual covers the SBI-7127R-S6 blade module. This blade module is a
compact self-contained server that connects into a pre-cabled enclosure that provides
power, cooling, management and networking functions. One enclosure for the
SBI-7127R-S6 blade module can hold ten blade units.
In this manual, “blade system” refers to the entire system (including the enclosure and
blades units), “blade” or “blade unit” refers to a single blade module and “blade
enclosure” is the chassis that the blades, power supplies and modules are housed
within.
Please refer to our web site for information on operating systems that have been
certified for use with the SuperBlade (www.supermicro.com/products/superblade/).
Note: A complete list of safety warnings is provided on the Supermicro web site at
http://www.supermicro.com/about/policies/safety_information.cfm.
1-2 Product Checklist of Typical Components
Your blade module ships with its B9DR7 mainboard already installed in its chassis.
Memory, hard disk drives and the CPU must all be installed by the user after shipment.
See Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page 3-1 for details on installation of these
components.
Aside from the blade module unit itself, the following optional Mezzanine add-on cards
(with 10GbE or Infiniband Switch) may be ordered for your blade module:
• AOC-XEH-iN2
• AOC-IBH-XDD
• AOC-IBH-XQD
• AOC-IBH-XQS
• AOC-IBH-XDS
See the Supermicro website and the SuperBlade Network Modules User’s Manual on
your SuperBlade system’s CD-ROM for more details on these add-on cards.

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1-3 Blade Module Features
Table 1-1 lists the main features of the SBI-7127R-S6 blade module. See the
proceeding section for components typically included in a blade system and other
optional components. Specific details for the SBI-7127R-S6 blade module are found in
Chapter 4: "Blade Module Features" on page 4-1.
Processors
The SBI-7127R-S6 blade module supports dual 2011-pin Socket R (LGA 2011) E5-2600
series processors.
Refer to the Supermicro web site for a complete listing of supported processors (http://
www.supermicro.com/products/superblade). Please note that you will need to check the
detailed specifications of a particular blade module for a list of the CPUs it supports.
Details on installation of the processor into the SBI-7127R-S6 blade module are found in
Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page 3-1.
Memory
Both the SBI-7127R-S6 blade module have sixteen (16) 240-pin DIMM sockets that can
support up to 512 GB RDIMM or 128 GB UDIMM of DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
speed, 32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB, 2GB and 1GB size SDRAM memory. Memory is
interleaved, which requires modules of the same size and speed to be installed in
groups (of two or three).
Please refer to the Supermicro web site for a list of supported memory
(www.supermicro.com/products/superblade). The detailed specifications for a blade
module will contain a link to a list of recommended memory sizes and manufacturers.
Table 1-1. SBI-7127R-S6 Blade Module Specification Features
Mainboard B9DR7 (proprietary form factor)
Chassis Dimensions (HxWxD): 11.32" x 1.67" x 18.9" (288mm x 42.4mm x
480mm)
Processors Eight/six/four core Intel™Xeon®E5-2600 series 2011-pin processors.
Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors.
FSB Speed QPI up to 8 GT/s
Chipset Intel C602J
Graphics Controller Integrated Matrox G200 Graphics
BIOS 16 Mb SPI Flash EEPROM with AMI® BIOS
Memory Capacity Supports up to 512 GB of RDIMM and 128 GB UDIMM SDRAM memory of DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz speed and 32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB, 2GB
and 1GB size in sixteen (16) 240-pin DIMM sockets
HDD Controller LSI™2208®RAID controller
Hard Drive Bays Includes six hot-swap drive bays for 2.5" SATA/SAS/SSD disk drives