Supero SBA-7142G-T4 User manual

SBA-7142G-T4
Blade Module
User’s Manual
Revison 1.0a

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Manual Revison 1.0a
Release Date: August 19, 2013
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WARNING: HANDLING OF LEAD SOLDER MATERIALS USED IN THIS
PRODUCT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LEAD, A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE
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 Supermicro's SBA-7142G-T4 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 the
SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Module and describes its 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 the SBA-7142G-T4
Blade Module.
Chapter 3: Setup and Installation
Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBA-7142G-T4 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 covers features and component information about the SBA-7142G-T4
Blade Module. Included here are descriptions and information for mainboard
components, connectors, LEDs and other features of the blade module.
Chapter 5: RAID Setup Procedure
RAID setup and operations for the SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Module are covered in this
chapter.
Chapter 6: BIOS
BIOS setup is covered in this chapter for the SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Module.
Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes
BIOS POST Codes for the SBA-7142G-T4 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
Density....................................................................................................1-3
1-4 Contacting Supermicro.....................................................................1-5
Chapter 2 System Safety..................................................................2-1
2-1 Electrical Safety Precautions...........................................................2-1
2-2 General Safety Precautions.............................................................2-2
2-3 Electrostatic Discharge Precautions ..............................................2-2
2-4 Operating Precautions......................................................................2-3
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............................................3-1
Removing/Replacing the Blade Cover....................................................3-2
Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure ...............................................3-2
3-3 Processor Installation.......................................................................3-4
3-4 Onboard Battery Installation............................................................3-5
3-5 Memory Installation...........................................................................3-6
Populating Memory Slots........................................................................3-6
DIMM Installation ....................................................................................3-9
3-6 Hard Disk Drive Installation...........................................................3-10
Removing a Hard Drive Carrier.............................................................3-10
Installing a Hard Drive...........................................................................3-10
3-7 Installing the Operating System....................................................3-12
Installing with an External USB CD-ROM Drive....................................3-12
Installing via PXE Boot..........................................................................3-12

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Installing via Virtual Media (Drive Redirection) .....................................3-13
3-8 Management Software...................................................................3-13
3-9 Configuring and Setting up RAID .................................................3-13
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 RAID Setup Procedure...............................................5-1
5-1 BIOS Setup........................................................................................5-2
Chapter 6 BIOS.......................................................................................6-1
6-1 Introduction.........................................................................................6-1
Running Setup........................................................................................6-1
6-2 Main BIOS Setup Menu ...................................................................6-1
System Time/System Date .....................................................................6-2
6-3 Advanced Settings Menu.................................................................6-2
Boot Feature...........................................................................................6-3
Processor & Clock Options.....................................................................6-4
Advanced Chipset Control ......................................................................6-4
IDE Configuration....................................................................................6-6
PCI/PnP Configuration............................................................................6-7
Super IO Device Configuration...............................................................6-8
Remote Access Configuration ................................................................6-8
Hardware Health Configuration...............................................................6-9
ACPI Configuration.................................................................................6-9
IPMI Configuration................................................................................6-10
Event Log Configuration .......................................................................6-11
6-4 Security Menu..................................................................................6-11
6-5 Boot Menu........................................................................................6-12

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6-6 Exit Menu..........................................................................................6-13
Appendix A BIOS POST Codes....................................................A-1
A-1 BIOS POST Messages....................................................................A-1
A-2 BIOS POST Codes...........................................................................A-4
Recoverable POST Errors......................................................................A-4
Terminal POST Errors.............................................................................A-4
Uncompressed Initialization Codes......................................................A-4
Bootblock Recovery Codes..................................................................A-5
Uncompressed Initialization Codes......................................................A-6

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1. Full Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers.........................1-4
Figure 3-1. Inserting a Blade into the Enclosure...............................................3-3
Figure 3-2. Locking the Blade into Position.......................................................3-3
Figure 3-3. Installing a G34 Processor in a Socket...........................................3-5
Figure 3-4. Installing the Onboard Battery........................................................3-6
Figure 3-5. 16-Slot DIMM Numbering for Blade Module...................................3-8
Figure 3-6. Installing a DIMM into a Memory Slot.............................................3-9
Figure 3-7. Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier................................................3-11
Figure 4-1. SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Unit Front View ...........................................4-1
Figure 4-2. Blade Control Panel........................................................................4-2
Figure 4-3. BHQGE Mainboard.........................................................................4-4
Figure 4-4. BHQGE Block Diagram ..................................................................4-5
Figure 4-5. Exploded View of SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Module ...........................4-7
Figure 5-1. IDE Configuration Screen – Configure RAID Drives.......................5-2
Figure 5-2. Exit BIOS Setup..............................................................................5-3
Figure 5-3. Screen Message.............................................................................5-4

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List of Tables
Table 1-1. SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Specification Features..................................1-2
Table 3-1. Populating Memory Slots for Interleaved Operation........................3-7
Table 4-1. SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Unit Features................................................4-1
Table 4-2. Blade Control Panel.........................................................................4-2
Table 4-3. Blade Module LED Indicators ..........................................................4-3
Table 4-4. BHQGE Mainboard Layout..............................................................4-5
Table 4-5. Main Components of SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Unit.............................4-8
Table 6-1. Boot Feature Submenu....................................................................6-3
Table 6-2. Processor & Clock Options Submenu..............................................6-4
Table 6-3. Advanced Chipset Control Submenu...............................................6-4
Table 6-4. IDE Configuration Submenu............................................................6-6
Table 6-5. PCI/PnP Configuration Submenu ....................................................6-7
Table 6-6. Super IO Configuration Submenu....................................................6-8
Table 6-7. Remote Access Configuration Submenu.........................................6-8
Table 6-8. Hardware Health Configuration Submenu.......................................6-9
Table 6-9. ACPI Configuration Submenu..........................................................6-9
Table 6-10. IPMI Configuration Submenu.......................................................6-10
Table 6-11. Event Log Configuration Submenu..............................................6-11
Table 6-12. Security Menu..............................................................................6-11
Table 6-13. Boot Menu....................................................................................6-12
Table 6-14. Exit Menu.....................................................................................6-13
Table A-1. BIOS POST Messages....................................................................A-1
Table A-2. Uncompressed Initialization Error Codes........................................A-4
Table A-3. Bootblock Recovery Error Codes....................................................A-5
Table A-4. Uncompressed Initialization Error Codes........................................A-6

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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
The SBA-7142G-T4 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 SBA-7142G-T4 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 in.
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/).
1-2 Product Checklist of Typical Components
Your blade module ships with its 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 optional AOC-XEH-iN2 Mezzanine add-on
card (with 10G Pass-Through or 10G Switch) may be ordered for your blade module
along with the following add-on cards:
• AOC-IBH-XDD
• AOC-IBH-XDS
• AOC-IBH-XQS
• AOC-IBH-XQD
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 SBA-7142G-T4 blade module. See the
proceeding section for components typically included in a blade system and other
optional components. Specific details on the SBA-7142G-T4 blade module is found in
Chapter 4: "Blade Module Features" on page 4-1.
Processors
The SBA-7142G-T4 blade module supports up to four 1944-pin G34 socket AMD
Opteron 6100 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 SBA-7142G-T4 blade module are found
in Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page 3-1.
Memory
The SBA-7142G-T4 blade module has sixteen 240-pin DIMM sockets that can support
up to 64 GB of ECC Unbuffered DDR3-1600/1333/1066 SDRAM or 256 GB of ECC
Registered DDR3-1600/1333/1066 SDRAM DIMMs. Both interleaved and
non-interleaved memory are supported, so you may populate any number of DIMM
slots.
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. SBA-7142G-T4 Blade Specification Features
Mainboard BHQGE (proprietary form factor)
Blade Module Chassis Dimensions (HxWxD): 11.32” x 1.67” x 20.5”
Processors Supports four 1944-pin G34 socket AMD Opteron 6100 series processors
per blade module. Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of
supported processors.
FSB Speed HyperTranport HT 3.0
Chipset AMD SR5650 & SP5100 chipset
Graphics Controller One embedded Matrox G200eW Graphics chip with 16MB of SDRAM
BIOS 16 Mb AMI®SPI Flash EPROM BIOS
Memory Capacity Sixteen 240-pin DIMM sockets per node supporting up to 256 GB of ECC Registered DDR3-1600/1333/1066 SDRAM DIMMs or 64 GB of ECC
Unbuffered DDR3-1600/1333/1066 SDRAM DIMMs.
SATA Controller SATA Controller SP5100 on-chip controller for four Serial ATA drives total.
Hard Drive Bays Four (4) hot-swap drive bays for 2.5" SATA disk drives or SSD drives.

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Details on installation of memory modules into the SBA-7142G-T4 blade module are
found in Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page 3-1.
Storage
The SBA-7142G-T4 blade module can have four 2.5" SATA (Serial ATA) hard disk drives
in front-mounted easy removable carriers. See Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on
page 3-1 for storage installation details.
Density
A maximum of ten blade modules may be installed into a single blade enclosure with
two nodes. Each blade enclosure is a 7U form factor, so a standard 42U rack may
accommodate up to six enclosures with 60 blade modules. With the inclusion of six
CMM modules, twelve Gigabit Ethernet switches and twelve 10G or InfiniBand switches,
this would occupy up to 84U space in a conventional 1U dual processor server
configuration.
Figure 1-1 displays a view of a full rack with six blade enclosures in it, each with ten
blades to an enclosure.

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Figure 1-1. Full Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1-4 Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
980 Rock Ave.
San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail] (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
Web Site: www.supermicro.com
Europe
Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.
Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML
‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email:
[email protected]l (General Information)
[email protected] (Technical Support)
[email protected] (Customer Support)
Asia-Pacific
Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.
Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw
Technical Support:
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone], ext. 132 or 139

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Chapter 2
System Safety
2-1 Electrical Safety Precautions
Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and
the SuperBlade from damage:
• Be aware of how to power on/off the enclosure power supplies and the individual
blades as well as the room's emergency power-off switch, disconnection switch or
electrical outlet. If an electrical accident occurs, you can then quickly remove power
from the system.
• Do not work alone when working with high voltage components.
• Power should always be disconnected from the blade module when removing or
installing such system components as the mainboard, memory modules and
processors.
• When working around exposed electrical circuits, another person who is familiar
with the power-off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary.
• Use only one hand when working with powered-on electrical equipment. This is to
avoid making a complete circuit, which will cause electrical shock. Use extreme
caution when using metal tools, which can easily damage any electrical components
or circuit boards they come into contact with.
• Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from
electrical shock. Instead, use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as
electrical insulators.
• The power supply power cords must include a grounding plug and L line. It must be
plugged into grounded electrical outlets. Power input requires 110-240 VAC,
depending upon your power supply module.
• Mainboard Battery: This battery must be replaced only with the same or an
equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer (CR2032 Lithium 3V battery).
Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Mainboard replaceable soldered-in fuses: Self-resetting PTC (Positive Temperature
Coefficient) fuses on the mainboard must be replaced by trained service technicians
WARNING: There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed
upside down, which will reverse its polarities.
WARNING: Please handle used batteries carefully. Do not damage the battery in
any way; a damaged battery may release hazardous materials into the
environment. Do not discard a used battery in the garbage or a public landfill.
Please comply with the regulations set up by your local hazardous waste
management agency to dispose of your used battery properly.

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only. The new fuse must be the same or equivalent as the one replaced. Contact
technical support for details and support.
2-2 General Safety Precautions
Follow these rules to ensure general safety:
• Keep the area around the SuperBlade clean and free of clutter.
• Place the blade module cover and any system components that have been removed
away from the system or on a table so that they won't accidentally be stepped on.
• While working on the system, do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and
unbuttoned shirt sleeves, which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be
pulled into a cooling fan.
• Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body, which are excellent metal
conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with
printed circuit boards or areas where power is present.
• After accessing the inside of the system, replace the blade module's cover before
installing it back into the blade enclosure.
2-3 Electrostatic Discharge Precautions
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is generated by two objects with different electrical
charges coming into contact with each other. An electrical discharge is created to
neutralize this difference, which can damage electronic components and printed circuit
boards.
The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before
contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD:
• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
• Keep all components and printed circuit boards (PCBs) in their antistatic bags until
ready for use.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag.
• Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing, which may
retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap.
• Handle a board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips,
memory modules or contacts.
• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
• Put the mainboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use.
• For grounding purposes, make sure the blade enclosure provides excellent
conductivity between the power supplies, the blade modules and the mainboard.
WARNING: This product may be connected to an IT power system. In all cases,
make sure that the unit is also reliably connected to Earth (ground).