Supermicro SBA-7121M-T1 Manuel utilisateur

SBA-7121M-T1

Blade Module

User’s Manual

Revison 1.0a

SBA-7121M-T1 Blade Module User’s Manual

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Manual Revison 1.0a

Release Date: July 1, 2009

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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-7121M-T1 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-7121M-T1 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-7121M-T1

Blade Module.

Chapter 3: Setup and Installation

Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBA-7121M-T1 Blade Module into the

SuperBladeSuperBlade 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 the SBA-7121M-T1

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-7121M-T1 Blade Module are covered in this

chapter.

Chapter 6: BIOS

BIOS setup is covered in this chapter for the SBA-7121M-T1 Blade Module.

Appendix A: BIOS POST Codes

BIOS POST Codes for the SBA-7121M-T1 Blade Module are explained in this appendix.

Appendix B: iSCSI Setup Procedure

The iSCSI setup procedure for the blade module is described 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.....................................................................1-4

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......................................................................2-2

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 ....................................................................................3-7

USB Memory Stick Installation................................................................3-8

3-6 Hard Disk Drive Installation.............................................................3-8

3-7 Installing the Operating System......................................................3-9

Installing with an External USB CD-ROM Drive....................................3-10

Installing via PXE Boot..........................................................................3-10

Installing via Virtual Media (Drive Redirection) .....................................3-10

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3-8 Management Software...................................................................3-10

3-9 Configuring and Setting up RAID.................................................3-11

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..................................................................................................4-5

CMOS Clear............................................................................................4-5

4-3 Blade Unit Components...................................................................4-6

Memory Support .....................................................................................4-7

Hard Disk Drives.....................................................................................4-7

Chapter 5 RAID Setup Procedure...............................................5-1

5-1 Preparing for Setup...........................................................................5-1

5-2 Changing BIOS Settings for RAID Configuration.........................5-1

5-3 Configuring RAID in the Media Shield BIOS Utility......................5-1

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 Features.......................................................................................6-3

CPU Configuration..................................................................................6-4

SATA Configuration.................................................................................6-4

PCI/PnP Configuration............................................................................6-6

Super IO Configuration...........................................................................6-7

Chipset Configuration .............................................................................6-7

NorthBridge Configuration....................................................................6-7

SouthBridge/MCP55 Configuration......................................................6-9

Event Log Configuration .......................................................................6-10

PCI Express Configuration....................................................................6-10

Remote Access Configuration ..............................................................6-10

System Health Monitor..........................................................................6-11

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6-4 Boot Menu........................................................................................6-11

6-5 Security Menu..................................................................................6-12

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-3

Recoverable POST Errors......................................................................A-4

Terminal POST Errors.............................................................................A-4

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List of Figures

Figure 1-1. Full Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers.........................1-3

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 Processor in a Socket...................................................3-5

Figure 3-4. Installing the Onboard Battery........................................................3-5

Figure 3-5. 8-slot DIMM Numbering..................................................................3-7

Figure 3-6. Installing a DIMM into a Memory Slot.............................................3-8

Figure 3-7. Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier..................................................3-9

Figure 4-1. SBA-7121M-T1 Blade Unit Front View...........................................4-1

Figure 4-2. Blade Control Panel........................................................................4-2

Figure 4-3. BHDME Mainboard.........................................................................4-4

Figure 4-4. NVidia MCP55 Pro Chipset: Block Diagram for SBA-7121M-T1....4-5

Figure 4-5. Exploded View of SBA-7121M-T1 Blade Module...........................4-6

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