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1. License Agreement interface Select Yes I agree to the License Agreement and click lt Forward gt to continue the installation 22 The installation program enters Set Up Software Updates interface and click lt Forward gt to continue the installation 23 The installation program enters Create User interface Set user name and password to add user click lt Forward gt to continue the installation 24 The installation program enters Date and time interface please set the right time and date and click lt Forward gt to continue the installation 25 The installation program enters Kdump setting interface please set as needed Chapter 3 Operating System Installation o and click lt Finish gt to finish the installation 26 Input Username and Password to login the system 3 2 3 Load HCA Card Driver 1 Insert Inspur Driver CD into the driver click Applications gt Accessories Terminal on the desk 2 In the terminal window that appears input mount o ro loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX lt ver gt lt OS label gt iso mnt 3 Enter the directory of mnt to run installation script automatically complete the driver installation mnt minxofedinstall 1 after the driver installation in the terminal window input mst start Starting MST Mellanox Software Tools driver set Loading MST PCI module Success Loading MST PCI configuration module Success Create devices MST modules MST PCI mo2. and create RAID volume after the creation return to the main configuration interface of SATA RAID and the created RAID volume will be displayed in the RAID volume II Delete RAID Volume Menu After entering the configuration interface of SATA RAID you can select the menu with up and down arrow keys and then press Enter to create RAID volume menu Or simply input the digital key before the menu to Delete RAID Volume menu System warning Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non RAID Warning ALL DISKS DATA WILL BE DELETED If the user confirms to delete RAID volume please press DEL key and the sys tem will pop up the warning again ALL DATA IN THE VOLUME WILL BE LOST Are you sure you want to delete Volume Y N if yes please enter Y other wise please enter N II Reset Disks to Non RAID Menu After entering the configuration interface of SATA RAID you can select the menu by up and down arrows and then press Enter to the menu Or simply input it Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System The system will display all hard disks in RAID volume please select hard disks to be reset by Space key based on actual demand and then reset hard disk by pressing Enter The system will again warn whether there is a need to reset the hard disk and enter Y or N according to the prompt It should be noted that when resetting hard disks all data on hard disks will be lost And at the same t
3. 4 Click lt Install now gt in the confirmation page of the installation and continue 5 Select the operating system to install in the interface of Select the operating system to be installed if the product key interface prompts please enter your product keys 25 characters and click lt Next gt to continue If you select the auto activate Windows while online it means the auto activate function will try to activate your windows system three days after your first login after the windows installation completes you will have 30 days to activate windows online or via phone if you do not activate the system within the 30 days the Windows will stop automatically 6 The Microsoft software license clauses will be shown in the interface of Please read the license terms Select I accept the license terms after reading and click lt Next gt to continue 7 In the interface of Which type of installation do you want select the installa tion type and here the default set by us is the first installation Select Custom model to continue 8 The system enters the interface of Where do you want to install Windows If it prompts no driver is detected it means your configurations require Inspur Driver U Disk to load the driver of disk controller Please follow the steps below If Inspur driver U disk is used Please make the disk controller driver in the Inspur driver U disk 3 5 floppy dis
4. The menu is used to set user password After the setting the user has to input user password for system boot and BIOS Setup If administrator password and user pass word are all configured user password only allows lower right than administrator s in BIOS Setup interface Chapter 2 System BIOS 2 2 7 Save amp Exit Menu This menu is used to save or cancel the BIOS settings It also allows the user to exit the setup ptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Save Changes and Exit Figure 2 10 Save Changes and Exit Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and save the amendments you made in the BIOS Setup Then exit BIOS Setup You can also F10 to realize this function Discard Changes and Exit Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and discard the amendments you made in the BIOS Setup Then exit BIOS Setup Save Changes and Reset Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and save the amendments you made in the BIOS Setup Then exit BIOS Setup and the computer will be rebooted Discard Changes and Reset Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and ignore the amendments you made in the BIOS Setup Then exit BIOS Setup and the computer will be rebooted Saving Changes Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and save the Chapter 2 System BI
5. Network card driver Please do not withdraw the driver CD after the installation of chipset patches the system will enter the network card driver installation In the Select OS column select Windows 2008 R2 In the Select Hardware column select Network card driver 64 In the Select Component column select Network card driver _64bit Click lt Next gt to start the installation 4 In the setup menu click lt Install driver and software gt to continue Ol In the welcome page click lt Next gt to continue Enter the interface of License Agreement select I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click lt Next gt to continue Enter the interface of Setup Options and click lt Next gt to continue 8 Enter the interface of Ready to Install the Program and click lt Install gt to QCD Chapter 3 Operating System Installation continue Q The installation program starts to install when the installation is completed click lt Finish gt according to the prompt In the setup menu click lt Back gt 3 Install IB sub card HCA card driver Optional 4 Take out Inspur Driver CD the system will be rebooted Complete the installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 3 2 Manually Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1 3 2 1Preparation Prior to the Installation e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1 Installation CD X86_64bit version e Ins
6. RAIDS Parity and please select the levels based on the actual demand RAIDO it allows 2 or more than two hard disks to create this RAID volume RAID1 it allows two hard disks to create this RAID volume QD Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System RAID10 it allows four hard disks to create this RAID volume This option is only available when there are 4 or more than 4 hard disks RAIDS Parity it allows three and more than three hard disks to create this RAID volume Disks select hard disks to be used to create RAID volume select this option and press Enter and it will enter the hard disk option interface please press Space to select the hard disk in turn to create RAID volume and then press Enter to return the menu creation interface Strip Size please select the size of strip of volume and only volumes RAIDO and RAIDS can select this option Capacity Set the volume capacity which is defaulted as the maximum capacity After having done all the settings above please select lt Create Volume gt press Enter and the screen will display WARNING ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N If the creation of RAID volume is confirmed please enter Y the volume will then be created and at the same time all the data on the selected hard disk will be lost If not to create RAID volume please enter N and exit the creation of volume Here we enter Y
7. the authorization of Inspur Group 1 Close the system extract the blade unit and press the unlocking springs 2 Pull outward to the direction as the arrow in the picture shows remove the up per panel 1 Press the notches of unlocking springs D 2 2 Pull the upper panel backwards to open it Figure 1 4 lt p gt Chapter 1 NX 5440 Computing Blade Introduction Introduction of Clear CMOS Jumper J12 Figure 1 5 Jumper Location View Jumper NO Description Function Short cut pin 1 2 normal status short cut pin 2 3 clear CMOS J12 CMOS clear jumpers Notes When you short cut Pin 2 3 to clear CMOS please remain the shortcut for 5 seconds then re short cut Pin 1 and Pin 2 default status of CLR CMOS jumper with jumper caps to recover the previous status Chapter 2 System BIOS 2 1 How to Enter the BIOS Setup Power up and start the server When the picture of Press lt DEL gt to SETUP or lt TAB gt to POST is displayed press DEL and then the system enters BIOS setup If the system does not enter BIOS setup after previous steps please press Ctrl Alt Del at the same time to reset the system and repeat operations above If the prompt displays to press DEL again please press it quickly Notes some items in BIOS cannot be configured for examples some system auto detecting and configuring information Some has a right pointed arrow which means if this i
8. the system memory to self check the POST again to re Power button start the operating system and to power up all peripherals again 5 2 Problems When Starting the Machine Some problems often occur when the machine is started generally due to incor rect hardware installation and configuration You may find and solve the problems by the following methods 5 2 1 System Can Not Be Powered on After pressing the power button the power light is not on and the system stays in non electric state Please try the following steps 1 Check whether your power socket can supply power normally and the power cable is correctly connected 2 Repeatedly press the power button to start the machine pay attention not to ex erting too much force Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble shooting 3 Disconnect the power cable from the system and open the chassis to check 4 Check the fastness of the cable connection and accessory plugging in the chas sis 5 Remove other external components other than Inspur s 6 Pack the chassis connect the power cable correctly and start the machine 5 2 2 Monitor Has No Display The server can be powered on the host can start and run normally but the moni tor doesn t work 1 Check the correctness and fastness of the signal cable and power cable con nected to the monitor 2 Make sure to power on the display 3 Adjust the contrast and brightness of the monitor to confirm whether it can
9. Dear User of Inspur Yingxin Server Heartfelt thank you for your use of Inspur Yingxin Server This manual introduces the technical characteristics the system installation and setup of the server to help you to fully understand and expediently use this server Please deliver the package of our product to the waste recycling station for recy cling in favor of pollution prevention and humankind s benefit This manual is the property of the Inspur Group Co Ltd This User Manual is not to be copied by any group or person in any manner with out the consent of Inspur Group Co Ltd The Inspur Group Co Ltd reserves the right of revising this manual momentarily Any alteration about the content of this manual will not be informed Please contact Inspur Group Co Ltd if you have any questions or advice about this manual Inspur Group Co Ltd May 2012 Inspur is registered trademark of the Inspur Group Co Ltd Other trademarks belong to other corresponding registered companies Statement Please read the following statements before you use this server Only when you have read this statement hereinafter and agreed the following terms you can formally use this server If you have any questions about the following terms please contact our supplier or us directly If you have no questions about these terms and start to use this server it acquiesces that you have agreed the following terms 1 We must call your attent
10. IOS 2 2 4 Server Mgmt Menu Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 Ameri BMC Support Enabled Figure 2 7 BMC Support There are two options Enable and Disable It is used to control whether BIOS has mutual information with BMC BMC network Configuration This menu displays information configuration of BMC network port 2 2 5 Boot Menu Boot menu is mainly used to the configuration of system boot devices priority Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 America Inc Setup Prompt Timeout Figure 2 8 Chapter 2 System BIOS O Quiet Boot There are two options Disabled and Enabled When Disabled is selected the system will display self detecting information as usual during the boot When Enabled is selected the system will display OEM LOGO instead during the boot Boot Option 1 2 3 Enter the menu select a boot item and press Enter The system will pop up the boot list Use the arrow to select a device then press Enter to finish the boot settings Hard Drive BBS Priority Press Enter to enter the submenu Then set the boot order for the device 2 2 6 Security Menu Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Administrator Password Figure 2 9 Administrator Password The menu is used to set system administrator password After the settings the user has to input the password of common user or level above to enter the BIOS Setup User Password
11. OS amendments you made in the BIOS Setup And you will not exit the BIOS Setup Discard Changes Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and discard the amendments you made in the BIOS Setup And you will not exit the BIOS Setup Restore Defaults Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and the system will load the default optimized settings You will not exit the BIOS Setup Also you can realize this function by F9 Save as User Defaults Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and all BIOS settings will be saved as the default configurations Restore User Defaults Select this item and press Enter Then select Yes in the pop up and the system will load the default settings Boot Override Select the device item in this menu and press Enter to confirm Then the system will boot from the selected device Chapter 3 Operating System Installation This Chapter mainly introduces how to install operation system into the server e Use OS Disk Guide to install manually During manual setup of the operating system some operating systems may need the floppy driver or Inspur driver CD to load the driver of hard disk controller Refer to the readme pdf file under the root directory in Inspur driver CD for the making method of the driver floppy disk Refer to the Inspur Driver U disk Manual for how to make In spur Driver U disk and consideration
12. RAID Configuration After entering the SATA RAID configuration interface these information will pops out including the menu list information the information of the HDDs connected to the SATA controller HDD port number HDD model HDD capacity and whether the HDD is part of the volume etc the existing RAID volume information including volume ID number name RAID level capacity state and whether can boot informa tion as show in the below picture Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System Ezz The executable menus of the configuration interface of SATA RAID are the fol lowing four e Create RAID Volume Create RAID Volume e Delete RAID Volume Delete the existing RAID Volume e Reset Disks to Non RAID Reset the HDD in the RAID volume and restore the HDD to non RAID status e Exit Exit the configuration interface of SATA RAID I Create RAID Volume Menu After entering the configuration interface of SATA RAID you can select the menu with up and down arrow keys and then press Enter to create RAID volume menu Or simply input the digital key before the menu to Create RAID menu The system will display the following menu options Name Please input the volume name which contains less than 16 characters without special characters RAID Level Please select RAID volume level if it has not created volume at present there are four volume levels for selection namely RAIDO Stripe RAID1 Mirror RAID10 RAID0 1 and
13. S 1 3 Introduction of Unit Interfaces and Indicators in NX5440 Comput ing Blade Figure 1 2 Blade Unit Interface and Indicator NO NAME STATUS FUNCTION F Blue it lights blue when KVM is acti A Blade NE See Midea vated Blue Manually activate the KVM tor KVM Button unit of current blade Switch Button Power Indi Open or close the blade unit it lights B aior when blade is under normal status and it ais blinks when BMC is started green Reboot Button Fault Indi It lights when the blade fails or is reboot cator ed red D USB Interface For connecting USB devices 1 4 NX5440 Computing Blade Application NX 5440 Computing Blade should accompany Inspur 18000 server namely the user should install the computing blade into the I8000 server system for proper applica tion Please refer to the relevant parts in the I8000 server user manual or the illustration pasted to the main chassis of the 18000 blade server for details about the installation 1 5 Jumper Settings Motherboard jumper setting is an operation that changes interface function by short cutting two pins please refer to the following figure and adjust the motherboard lt gt Chapter 1 NX 5440 Computing Blade Introduction o 32 I Pin Me ii E Jumper Cap function Figure 1 3 Jumper Setting View Open Upper Panel of the Chassis If you need to adjust the motherboard jumpers please open the upper panel of the chassis with
14. bove us indicates Inspur Group Co Ltd Inspur Group Co Ltd holds the right of final explanation about the above statements Safety Information For the sake of safety and to avoid potential dangers that may cause property loss and personal injury or death please read this part carefully before you use this server Notes in order to help you use the equipment the following considerations can help avoid the occurrence of problems that may damage the components or cause data loss 1 In case of the following cases please unplug the power line plug of products from the power socket and contact the customer service department of Inspur The power cables extended cables or power plugs are damaged The products get wet by water The products have fallen off or been damaged Objects fall into the products When operating according to the operation instructions the products cannot function normally 2 If the system becomes damp please treat it according to the following steps Switch off the power supplies of the system and the equipment disconnect them with the power socket wait for 10 to 20 minutes and then open the cover of the host Move the equipment to the ventilation place to dry the system at least for 24 hours and make sure that the system is fully dried Close the cover of the host re connect the system to the power socket and then start the equipment In case of operation failure or abnormal
15. display or not 4 Shut down the system and disconnect the power cable to check whether there is curve in the pin at the connecting end of the monitor signal cable and the host 5 Find another monitor for test if possible 6 If the machine is installed with components other than Inspur ones please re move them first 7 With the permission of Inspur technical support personnel you may pull and plug RAM and clear CMOS for test 5 2 3 Installation System Can t Find Hard Disk 1 When installing the system directly booted with the system CD if it prompts that no hard disk can be found please check the normality of the disk state and power on self check hard disk state 2 If the power on self check can detect the hard disk but the hard disk can t be detected when installing the system it may be caused by the following conditions e When you use Ruijie Management Software Kit if the system prompts no storage controller matches after you input navigation code and system installation in formation please check whether you input the navigation code correctly e As the navigation code will change while storage configurations vary please ask for new navigation code from Inspur Technical Support while you change the stor age configurations e If you are using the system CD to boot and install the operating system directly GD Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble shooting the hard disk drive is generally added through the f
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17. dule loaded MST PCI configuration module loaded If the information above is displayed it means the load runs normally 2 Input mst status MST devices dev mst mt4099_pciconf0 PCI configuration cycles access bus dev fn 02 00 0 addr reg 88 data reg 92 Chip revision is 01 dev mst mt4099_pci_cr0 PCI direct access bus dev fn 02 00 0 bar 0xdfb00000 size 0x 100000 Chip revision is 01 If the information above is displayed it means that the HCA device normal detec tion can be used 4 Unload the driver Execute usr sbin ofed_uninstall sh the system will automatically complete the QD driver unload Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System This chapter mainly introduces the configuration of onboard SATA controller Raid and its application method To use onboard SATA RAID you have to enter the BIOS set the Chipset PCH SCU devices as Enabled and set Onboard SATA Oprom as Enabled 4 1 How to Enter the Configuration Interface of SATA RAID 1 During boot the screen will display Press CTRL I to enter Configuration Utility 2 Press Ctrl I to enter SATA RAID configuration interface 4 2 Control Key Application Description For moving cursor and modifying menu option value in differ ent menus For selecting the next menu configuration item Enter For selecting menu Esc For exiting menu or back to the previous menu from submenu 4 3 SATA
18. elevant Model tested and authenticated by us when expanding and equipping components 3 Please guarantee the fine electricity utilization environment of the server nor mal voltage input and earth connecting condition and temperature and humidity and so GD Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble shooting on within the normal range 4 For special needs when transferring the server pay attention to avoiding the vibration and carry out in power off condition 5 For more notices of our products please refer to the FAQ for server in the of ficial website of Inspur http www inspur com support Channel_ Home support_sv asp 5 4 Technical Support Information If you have any doubt or unsolved problems in using Inspur server please take the following measures 1 If you have doubt in product configuration and specification details please con tact your supplier 2 If there is system problem in using the machine please contact the customer service center of Inspur server directly please record the product serial number on your host chassis After receiving your service request our technical support personnel will provide you with solution or field maintenance 3 Inspur Server Customer Service Center Contact Technical Support Hot line 86 531 88546554 Free Consultancy Hot line 800 8600011 400 8600011 Email sv_str_pcs inspur com Download address of drive and product information for Inspur server http www inspur com supp
19. ere is the possibility of abnormal fans or hard disk module e If the alarm sound is from the rear of the chassis please check whether a redun dant power supply is configured or not and whether there is an abnormal status light of the power supply module or a module without power cable when power alarm goes on the shield switch can be pressed to stop it e If the alarm sound is in the chassis the alarm may be from motherboard RAID card or hard disk back plane If it is also accompanied by no display on the monitor or power on faults there is high possibility of something wrong with motherboard You can try to pull or plug RAM or clear CMOS If the starting self check is normal and the alarm starts when the RAID card is under test and there is abnormal array information then it is likely that the RAID card has set off the alarm There may be array abnormal ity when the hard disk back plane alarms there is always abnormal status light of the hard disk on the front panel which can be used to help analysis 3 After having collected the basic information please feedback the detailed alarm information to Inspur technical support personnel in a timely manner We will make further analysis and judgment and help you solve the problem as soon as possible 5 3 Additional Notes 1 The server does not support system hibernation function 2 In order to guarantee the reliability of the system it is suggested that you use the component of the r
20. eripheral equip ment are correctly connected to the earthed power socket Please connect the three core power line plug to the three core AC power socket that is well earthed and easy to access be sure to use the earthing pin of power lines and do not use the patch plug or the earthing pin unplugged with cables In case of the earthing conductors not installed and it is uncertain whether there are appropriate earth ing protections please do not operate or use the equipment Contact and consult with the electrician please Warning 6 To avoid short circuit of internal components and fire or electric shock hazards please do not fill any object into the open pores of the system Warning 7 Please place the system far away from the cooling plate and at the place with heat sources and be sure not to block the air vents Warning 8 Be sure not to scatter food or liquid in the system or on other components and do not use the product in humid and dusty environment Warning 9 The replacement of batteries with those of another model may cause explosion When replacement of batteries is required please consult first the manufacturer and choose batteries of the same or a similar model recommended by the manufacturer Do not dismount extrude and pink the batteries or make the external connection point short circuit and do not expose them in the environ ment over 60 C Never throw them into fire or water Please do not try to open or repair the batteri
21. ers or the setting cannot be successful 13 After logging in the system select Do not show this window at logon at the bottom of the Initial Configuration Tasks interface and then click lt Close gt In the new interface of Server Manager select Do not show this console at logon and Chapter 3 Operating System Installation close the interface 3 1 3 Install the Driver 1 Install Chipset patch Insert Inspur driver CD into the optical drive click the blue dolphin icon un der the installation or operation procedure item in the automatically playing interface popped out after the disk s running Input the navigation code on the driver CD case in the navigation code confirmation page and click lt OK gt to enter the installation inter face automatically In Select OS column select Windows 2008 R2 3 In the Select Component column select Chipset Patch _64bit Click lt Next gt to start the installation Enter the interface of Welcome to the Setup Program and click lt Next gt to continue the installation Enter the interface of License Agreement and select lt Yes gt to continue the installation Enter the interface of Readme File Information and click lt Next gt to con tinue the installation 8 The installation program begins to install and click lt Next gt according to the prompts Complete the installation click lt Finish gt 2 Install
22. es and be sure to reasonably deal with the flat batteries and do not put the flat batteries the circuit boards that may include the batteries and other components with other wastes For relevant battery recovery please contact the local waste recovery and treatment mechanism If what you bought is the chassis besides carefully read the installation de scription attached with the cabinet products and get known about the special warning notices and installation process you must abide by the following preven tive measures to guarantee the cabinet to be stable and safe Warning 10 Before installing equipment in the chassis please install front and side supporting feet on the independent chassis for cabinet connecting with other chassis it shall install the front supporting foot first If you fail to install cor respondingly the supporting foot before installing equipment in the chassis it may cause the cabinet to turn over in some cases and thus may cause personal injury Therefore it is necessary to install supporting feet before installing equipment in the chassis After installing the equipment and other components in the chassis it can only pull out one component from the cabinet through its sliding component at one time Pulling out several components at the same time may lead the cabinet to turn over and cause serious personal injury Warning 11 Please do not move the chassis Considering the height and weight of the chassis at leas
23. f devices will your installation involve interface please select the type according to your actual needs Here we select Basic Storage Devices click lt Next gt to continue If Storage Device Warning interface prompts please select according to your actual needs and continue the installation 8 Please select the Hostname according to your actual needs select lt Configure Network gt on the lower left corner to configure the network here you can make net work configurations such as add or delete network card set network IP address After the network configuration click lt Next gt to continue 9 The installation program goes to the time zone selection interface Please select the nearest city in your time zone Select Asia shanghai and then click lt Next gt to continue the installation 10 The installation program enters Root Password setting interface set at least six figures as needed and click lt Next gt to continue the installation If the safety of the password you set is too weak the system will prompt Weak Password please select according to your actual needs and then continue 11 The installation program enters Which type of installation would you like Here we illustrate the installation by the example of customer manually partition select Create Custom Layout and click lt Next gt to continue 12 The installation program enters the interface of Select the hard disk to in
24. g function calculating index the altitude of the machine Rank Margin Used in the memory test while the system runs slowly and the performance is ad versely affected Default to close Serial Message Debug Level Rank Margin tests relative settings DIMM Information This menu item displays the memory information including memory capacity and current memory modes 2 2 3 2 South Bridge This menu mainly display PCH relative information and settings aD Chapter 2 System BIOS o D Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Restore AC Power Loss Power Off Figure 2 6 Restore AC Power Loss Power status settings after power off Power Off is the closed status it requires manually start Last State is the status when power was off last time Power On is the automatically power on SCU device This item is used to open or close SAS controller there are Enabled and Dis abled two options If SAS HDD connection is required set this item as Enabled Onboard SATA RAID Oprom This item is used to open or close onboard SATA RAID controller rom here are Enabled and Disabled two options If SATA mode is selected as raid mode this item must be set as Enabled USB Configuration Open or close USB 2 2 3 3 ME Subsystem This menu displays the relative information about ME subsystem including BIOS port version FW status FW fault report code aD Chapter 2 System B
25. g of the arms Carefully deal with the components and plug in cards and please never touch the components or connection points on the plug in cards When taking the plug in cards or components you should grab the edges of the plug in cards or components or their metal fixed supports 8 During the process of cabinet installation and application please pay attention to the following matters After the installation of cabinet is finished please ensure that the supporting feet have been fixed to the rack and supported to the ground and all weight of the rack have been fell onto the ground It shall install into the cabinet according to the sequences from the bottom to the top and first install the heaviest component When pulling out the components from the cabinet it shall apply force slightly to ensure the cabinet to keep balance and stabilization When pressing down the release latch of the sliding rail of components and slid ing in or out please be careful as the sliding rail may hurt your figures Never make the AC power branch circuit in the cabinet overload The sum of cabinet load shall not exceed 80 of the ratings of branch circuits Ensure that components in the cabinet have good ventilation When repairing components in the cabinet never step on any other components Warning the following warnings show that there are potential dangers that may cause property loss personal injury or death Warning 1 The
26. ime the hard disk will never again belong to the RAID volume IV Exit Menu After entering the configuration interface of SATA RAID you can select the menu by the up and down arrows and then press Enter to enter the menu System prompts Are you sure you want to exit Y N input Y and then it will exit the configuration interface of SATA RAID input N and it will cancel the operation and exit Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble shooting Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble shooting This chapter focuses on the common problems and Trouble shooting of the server If you are not sure about the cause of a failure and its removal method please contact our customer service center for solution Notes When replacing or installing hardware device for the server you should disconnect the power cable from the server completely It is recommended to use the anti static wrist strap and to earth connect the other end to provide electrostatic protec tion in dismounting the server 5 1 Restarting Server When a failure occurs please try to restart the machine according to the following methods first Purpose How to operate Restart the software clear up system memory and restart the oper ating system lt Ctrl Alt Del gt Clear system memory re self test the POST and reboot the opera Reset button tion system Cold boot again switch off and restart the system power so that to clear up
27. install it For the installation process you can refer to the user manual or call 8008600011 for help 4 If all above operations failed to solve the problem it is suggested that you backup the file winnt minidump in disk C and call the service center for support from professional technical engineers who may ask you to provide minidump file for further analysis on the cause for blue screen and halt If there is no minidump folder in disk C please refer to the following steps right click on My Computer select lt Property gt gt lt advanced gt lt startup and recovery gt then select lt settings gt change lt write debugging information gt in the next page to small RAM dump and restart the machine The system will produce minidump file automatically in the next blue screen GD Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble shooting O D 5 2 6 Machine Alarm If there s machine alarm in startup or utilization process please refer to the fol lowing measures 1 If this happens after you plugged in some external board you may need to pull off this device and to do another test If the alarm goes off it shows that your external board is incompatible with the machine It is suggested not to use it any more if the alarm is still on please go on referring to the following steps 2 Locate the alarm sound e When the alarm sound is from the front of the chassis usually we notice abnor mal changes of the fault indicating light Th
28. ion that you must not alter any other parameters in the motherboard BIOS of this server at any time except for the parameters which we pro mote that you can alter 2 If there are any hardware problems when you use this server or you wish to up grade the hardware please feed back the detailed hardware configuration of your server to our Customer Service Don t disassemble the server case or any hardware compo nents in the case by yourself 3 In this server the MEMORY CPU CPU Fan Fan and so on are all in given standard Please don t use them together with the corresponding components of any other computers 4 When you have any software problems during the application of this server we hope that you firstly contact the corresponding software supplier and then he will contact us in favor of communication so as to solve your problem together especially for the software problems about the installation and operation of the database network management software or other networking products 5 Please read carefully our user manual before you use Inspur Yingxin server If you have any doubt please do not hesitate to contact our custom center 6 We must call your attention that in the application process you should pay at tention to doing necessary backup of your file 7 The copyright of the marks and names of all the software and hardware prod ucts involved in this manual is reserved by the relevant companies 8 In the statements a
29. is set to be Sparing or Mirroring mode it requires to set corresponding memory At this time the Sparing or Mirroring information on this item will display support This means the settings are effective otherwise it means that the settings fail Patrol Scrub This function enables CPU to read and verify all the memories installed in the system in a certain period 24 hours If ECC fault is detected the CPU will correct it automatically Chapter 2 System BIOS Demand Scrub This function enables the CPU to correct ECC errors while reading a certain sec tion of the memory Device Tagging When this function is enabled if a certain particle in the rank of DIMM fails then the correcting particle will replace it After this this rank has no Device tagging func tion and the correction ability drops Data Scrambling This function can help to avoid the signal errors when single bit consecutively displays 0 or 1 in memory visit Thermal Throttling There three options Disable CLTT OLTT Thermal Throttling is a protective function for memory overheat Two available options CLTT gt the memory temperature is read by the in built sensor TSOD when the temperature reaches a certain threshold value the bandwidth will be automatically re duced OLTT gt for memory without in built sensor TSOD the bandwidth will be lim ited in the value of OLTT Peak BW Altitude Thermal Throttlin
30. isplay the status of SATA devices connected to every SATA port SATA Mode The item is used to set onboard SATA controller modes There are Disabled IDE Mode AHCI Mode and RAID Mode Serial ATA Controller 0 This item only appears when SATA Mode is set to be IDE Mode There are three options Disabled Enhanced and Compatible SAS Configuration Enter this item to view the status of SAS devices connected to every SAS ports When Chipset gt South Bridge gt Scu devices is set to be Disable this item will disappear Serial Port Console Redirection The item can be used to configure the serial port redirection 2 2 3 Chipset Menu 9 Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 Americ gt North Bridge Figure 2 3 The Chipset menu mainly includes the following submenus lt gt Chapter 2 System BIOS North Bridge South Bridge ME Subsystem Following are the introductions about the main and common items 2 2 3 1 North Bridge IOH Configuration Figure 2 4 IOH Configuration The menu is used to open or close VT d or set the rate of PCIE port Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc gt Intel R VT for Directed 1 0 Configuration Figure 2 5 Chapter 2 System BIOS o D Intel R VT for Direct I O Configuration Whether the Directed I 0 supports Intel virtualization technology including En abled and Disabled defaulted two ite
31. k A partition Please connect Inspur driver U disk to the USB interface of the server 3 In the interface of Where do you want to install Windows select lt Load Driver gt 4 The system will search the driver automatically In the interface of Choose to install the driver select the driver and click lt Next gt to continue The system will automatically install the driver searched and back to the homepage If the system installs the driver of CD controller automatically the disk parti tion and available space will display in the homepage Click lt Driver Selection gt to start the disk partition 9 In the disk partition operation interface we can perform the following operation Chapter 3 Operating System Installation It can delete the existing partitions by selecting the existing partitions and then clicking lt Delete gt It can format the partitions by selecting the existing partitions and clicking lt Format gt It can create new partitions by selecting unallocated disk spaces and then click ing lt New gt to create new partitions You can operate according to the actual demands Here we d expound on the issue when there are no existing partitions in the disk Select the unallocated space click lt New gt delete the number in the Size input box then input the one you want to create unit MB and click lt Apply gt to continue If the confirmation window pops up clic
32. k lt OK gt to continue Note we suggest the partition should be larger than 30GB If the system prompts window requires additional partition for the system files to perform all functions normally click lt Yes gt to continue This will make another partition in the disk to be saved by the system 8 Select the newly formed partition main partition and click lt Format gt Then in the confirmation page click lt Yes gt to continue After formatting the partition click lt Next gt to continue 10 The system starts to install Windows and it will complete operations of Copying files Expanding files Installing functions Installing updates and Completing installation etc In this course the system may automatically reboot for several times 11 After the installation the system would boot to the interface of The user s password must be changed before logging on the first time Take out the installation CD and driver U disk and then click lt OK gt to continue 12 Follow the prompt to set the Administrator password and then click the arrow button at the right of the password input box to continue If the password meets the re quirements it will prompt Your password has been changed and then click lt OK gt to confirm that the password has been changed Windows Server 2008 R2 has strict requirement for the password so it must con tain letters numbers and special charact
33. loppy driver or Inspur driver U disk When using USB floppy driver to add the drive please set the BIOS first and close the onboard floppy driver controller e Please check whether the driver having been made is correct or not the drive for external RAID card should be made directly from the attached RAID card driver CD and whether there is fault in the floppy disk 5 2 4 Keyboard and Mouse Do Not Work 1 Check whether the cable joint of the mouse and keyboard is plugged and con nected correctly Make sure the joint pin has no curve 2 Check whether the mouse setting in the control panel of the operating system is correct or not 3 Clean the scrolling and drive shaft of the mouse 4 It is suggested that you use the keyboard and mouse tested for compatibility by Inspur group or replace with other keyboard and mouse for testing 5 2 5 System Blue Screen Halt or Restart For blue screen restart or halt of the machine in the utilization of the system you may refer to the following measures 1 If other external non Inspur components or some application program software are installed before the fault it is suggested removing it and going on to test your serv er 2 Use the latest antivirus software for antivirus test 3 It is suggested that you record the displayed information code for blue screen such as stop c000000218 stop 0x0000007b This kind of information reveals prob lems in the system It is suggested that you re
34. ms Link Speed Used to set PCIE port rate including Gen1 Gen2 Gen3 Note if port rate is set to be Gen3 it requires to start Gen3 Equalization WA s simultaneously QPI Configuration This menu can be user to set items such as QPI rate mode and frequency Memory Mode Set Memory mode including Independent default configuration Mirroring Lock Step and Sparing four items To realize lt Mirroring gt function the user has to set the same memory of DIMM 0 1 and 2 3 under every CPU After mirroring starts the system will set CPU0 2 as mir ror master and 1 3 as the mirror slave to the 0 2 When the system write the memory it will write into the master and slave In this mode system available memory capacity reduces to half To realize Lock Step function the user has to set the same memory of DIMM 0 1 and 2 3 under every CPU Enabling this function can enhance the correction ability of the memory To realize lt Sparing gt function two pieces of 2 Rank memory or above should be installed After the enabling the function the system will select a rank for spare when the faults in the other ranks on this memory reach a certain threshold number and the fault rank is mapped out the spare rank will replace it After this the DIMM has no sparing function If the model has been set as the sparing mode the number viewed under the system will be less than the practical memory number Notes when the system
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36. power supply equipment in the system may generate high voltage and dangerous electrical energy and thus cause personal injury Please do not dismount the cover of the host or to dismount and replace any component in the system by yourself unless otherwise informed by Inspur only maintenance technicians trained by Inspur have the right to disassemble the cover of the host dismount and replace the internal components Warning 2 Please connect the equipment to appropriate power supply and the power should be supplied by external power supply which is indicated on the rated input label To prevent your equipment from damages caused by momentary spike or plunge of the voltage please use relevant voltage stabilizing equipment or uninterruptible power supply equipment Warning 3 If extended cables are needed please use the three core cables matched with correct earthed plug and check the ratings of the extended cables to make sure that the sum of rated current of all products inserted into the extended cables do not exceed 80 of the limits of the rated currents of the extended cables Warning 4 Please be sure to use the supplied power supply component such as power lines power socket if supplied with the equipment etc For the safety of equipment and the user do not replace randomly power cables or plugs Warning 5 To prevent electric shock dangers caused by leakage in the sys tem please make sure that the power cables of the system and p
37. pur Driver CD 3 2 2 Installation Steps 1 Power up and start the system put the installation CD into the optical drive here taking using DVD installation disk as example enter BIOS to set and make the server boot from the CD 2 The system enters the interface of Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1 which includes the following items Install or upgrade an existing system Install system with basic video driver Rescue installed system Boot from local driver Memory test You can use up and down arrow key to select items Here we default that this is the first installation Select Install or upgrade an existing system and press Enter to continue installation 3 The system prompts Disc Found Here select lt Skip gt to skip the disk testing click Enter to continue the installation 4 The installation program goes to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 interface click lt Next gt to continue the installation 5 Select the language you would like to use during the installation process Here we Select English English for installation and click lt Next gt to continue 6 The installation program enters Select the appropriate keyboard for the sys tem interface Please select keyboard type according to actual situation Here we select Chapter 3 Operating System Installation o U S English and click lt Next gt to continue the installation 7 The installation program goes to What type o
38. ricity on the body before dismounting or contacting any electronic component in the equipment You can conduct off the static electricity on the body by contacting the metal earthing objects such as the unpainted metal surface on the chassis to prevent the static electricity on the body from conduct ing itself to the sensitive components For electrostatic sensitive components not ready to be installed for application please do not take them out from the antistatic package materials During the work please touch the earthing conductor or the unpainted metal sur face on the cabinet regularly to conduct off the static electricity on the body that may damage the internal components 7 When dismounting the internal components with the approval of Inspur please pay attention to the following matters Switch off the system power supply and disconnect the cables including discon necting any connection of the system When disconnecting the cables please grab the connector of cables and plug it out and never pull the cables Before dismounting the cover of cabinet or touching the internal components the products need to be cooled down Before dismounting and touching any electronic component in the equipment you shall conduct off the static electricity on the body by touching the metal earthing objectives During the dismounting process the operation shall not be too big so as to pre vent damage to the components or scratchin
39. rt Console Redirection Following are the introductions about main and common items Launch PXE OpROM There two options Disabled defaulted and Enabled WHEA Configuration WHEA Support WHEA provides a common infrastructure function to tackle hardware faults on the Window platform There two options Disabled and Enabled defaulted CPU Configuration Socket 0 1 CPU Information It displays detailed information about CPU0 1 including CPU main frequency maximum frequency minimum frequency CPU cores whether support hyper threading and VT X first lever cache second cache and third cache Hyper threading CPU hyper treading function setup includes Enabled defaulted and Disabled two items Active Processor Cores Activated all the cores in the CPU It includes AL 1 2 4 6 the items may vary according to different CPU cores configured for example when the CPU is configured with 4 core the items are All 1 2 and All is the default option to open all Intel R Virtualization Technology CPU virtualization tech supports function setup including Enabled defaulted and Disabled two items CPU Power Management Configuration This item is for CPU power consumption management Chapter 2 System BIOS o D Configuration Power Technology There are three items namely Disable Energy Efficient and Custom SATA Configuration Enter this item and it will d
40. s during driver loading Log into the driver making interface of Inspur driver CD to check and make con troller drivers required during Operating System Installation under relative configura tions All the descriptions about manually OS installation in this Chapter is based on 64 bit system The installation introduction illustrates how to install OS under external Intel RSTe 3 0 RAID configurations If your server is configured with other external RAID cards please refer to the User Manual in the disk attached for how to add hard disk controller drivers For network card driver graphics driver and system patches please still refer to this Chapter Please first confirm that the configurations of your server supports the operation system to be installed 3 1 Manually Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition 3 1 1 Preparation Prior to Installation e Windows Server2008 R2 Enterprise Installation Disk X86_64bit version e Inspur Driver CD 3 1 2 Installation Steps 1 Power up and start the server put the installation CD of Windows Server 2008 R2 into the optical drive and boot the server from the CD 2 When the system prompts Press any key to boot from CD or DVD press any key If there is no prompt the system will start Windows installation program from CD 3 Select or set the language and other items in the language setting interface and Chapter 3 Operating System Installation O press lt Next gt to continue
41. situation please contact Inspur and get technical support 3 Pay attention to the position of the system cables and power cables wire them in places not to be stepped on or knocked down and ensure not to place other objectives on the cables 4 Before dismounting the cover of host or contacting the internal components you shall cool down the equipment first to avoid damaging the main board please power off the system and wait for 5 seconds and then dismount the components from the main board or disconnect the connection of peripheral equipment of the system 5 If there are modulator demodulator telecommunication or local area network options in the equipment please pay attention to the following matters In case of thunder and lightning weather please do not connect or use the modu lator demodulator Otherwise it may be subject to lightning strike Never connect or use modulator demodulator in moist environment Never insert the modulator demodulator or telephone cables to the socket of net work interface controller NIC Before unpacking the product package contacting or installing internal compo nents or contacting un insulated cables or jacks of the modulator demodulator please disconnect the modulator demodulator cables 6 In order to prevent the electrostatic discharge from damaging the electronic components in the equipment please pay attention to the following matters You shall conduct off the static elect
42. stall In the Data Storage Devices to be mounted only list the system shows the detected storage device Please select the hard dick to install the system according to the actual demand and add this hard disk to Install Target Devices Then select a hard disk as Boot Loader and click lt Next gt to continue the installation 13 When the installation program enters Please Select A Device partition creat ing interface if partition has been created on the hard disk it will be displayed and you can delete it if you do not need it Select hard disk first then click lt Create gt the system will pop out Create Stor age interface click Create Partition Standard Partition then click lt Create gt to enter Add Partition partition Create root partition and boot partition Select root partition in Mount point select the hard disk to install the system in Allowable Drives window and input the Size MB of partition and click lt OK gt to finish the creating of root partition Create QD Chapter 3 Operating System Installation the boot partition in the same way boot Create a swap partition Swap Select Swap in File system Type select the hard disk to install the system in Allowable Drives window and input the size MB of the swap partition and click lt OK gt to finish the creating of swap partition You can also create other partitions as needed and click lt Next g
43. t to continue the installation after the creation If Format Warning interface pops out please confirm according to the prompts 14 The system prompts Writing storage configuration to disk select Write changes to disk to continue installation the system will start formating the hard disk 15 The installation program enters Boot Loader setting interface set as needed and click lt Next gt to continue the installation 16 Please select the type to install and the software package that needs custom ization according to actual demand so select Customize now and click lt Next gt to continue the installation 17 The installation program enters program package selection interface Please select according to the actual demand After confirming the selected software package to install and click lt Next gt to continue the installation Here we select the Desktop and X Windows System in Desktops and Devel opment tools software package in Development 18 The installation program begins to build file system and copy files 19 Entering Congratulations your Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation is com plete interface indicates the success of installation Then click lt Reboot gt and take out the installation CD The system would reboot automatically 20 The system reboots to enter Welcome interface click lt Forward gt to con tinue the installation 21 The installation program enters
44. t two people are needed to complete its movement Warning 12 Declaration The product is Grade A product and in the living environment it may cause radio interference In such case it may need the user to take feasible measures for the interference Regarding the Manual e Product Introduction e System BIOS e Integrated Raid System e Common Problems and Trouble shooting We suggest you read this manual seriously before you use this server for sake of the unnecessary faults in your operation Technical Service Hot line 86 53 1 88546554 Address NO 1036 Inspur Road Jinan China Inspur Group Zip code 250101 Content Chapter 1 NX 5440 Computing Blade Introduction 200 000 0000 eeeeeeeeneeeeeeees 1 1 NX5440 Computing Blade Technical Specification 0 0 cee eeeeesenteeteeeees 1 2 NX5440 Computing Blade Views sisemeri rai A 1 3 Introduction of Unit Interfaces and Indicators in NX5440 Computing Blade 1 4 NX5440 Computing Blade Application 2 0 0 eeceeeeeseeseeereeteeeseeeeneeneeenensnes LS Jumper Seti OS ess seceersdec eh cea taeeseei cieeticces asa atten ee ea eee tas Chapter 2 System BIOS sennie inneni i id 2 1 How to Enter the BIOS Setup cccccsssscsstessrecsstecsenecsnecsenerssseestersnseeseaes 2 2 BIOS System Menu Introduction ccecesseeceeseeeeeeeeeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeees Chapter 3 Operating System Installation 0 00 cc ccceceeceeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeenenteenneesees 3 1 Manually Install Win
45. tem is selected and Enter is pressed the screen will display its submenu 2 2 BIOS System Menu Introduction Next the following main function menus of BIOS are introduced Function Menu Menu name Menu Function Configuring the basic system settings such as system time Main system date super user and user password setup displaying version of BIOS CPU and memory information etc Configuring advanced characteristics such as CPU configura Advanced tion integrated SATA controller and SAS controller configura tion Chipset Configure memory models CPU characteristics and etc Server Mgmt Display the BMC network configuration index Boot Configure the boot order of system devices Security Configure system administrator and password Save amp Exit Save BIOS configuration exit BIOS configuration and etc Chapter 2 System BIOS Introduction of operational keys Key Description T up For selecting the upper menu or value down For selecting the next menu or value lt left For selecting the left menu or value right For selecting the right menu or value Esc For returning to the superior menu or the main menu For changing the item value For changing the current menu item into the previous item value The key only displays the item values relevant to the item itself rather than all the item values For changing the item value For changing
46. the current menu item into the next item value The key only displays the item values relevant to the item itself rather than all the item values Fl The help key for displaying the relevant introduction of current menu F2 For restoring the value saved last time 9 F For back to the system default configuration with the best performance For saving CMOS settings and exiting For executing current command or entering the submenu Declaration We just introduce some common items in BIOS It is unnecessary and we also do not recommend you to change or configure the items This declaration will not reap pear 2 2 1 Main menu Entering BIOS setup utility you can see Main menu displayed firstly In this menu you can do some operations such as check BIOS version and set system time and date Chapter 2 System BIOS Figure 2 1 BIOS Information Display BIOS s version and modification time Memory Information Display the memory total capacity installed in system System Date Set the system date in format of week month date year System Time Set the system time adopting 24 hour system in format of hour minute second 2 2 2 Advanced menu gt Serial Port Console Redirection Figure 2 2 Chapter 2 System BIOS ES Advanced menu includes the following submenus or setting items Launch PXE OpROM WHEA Configuration CPU Configuration SATA Configuration SAS Configuration Serial Po
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