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1. 3 15 Chapter 4 Blade Module Features 4 1 4 1 Gont ol Pan l ea ctc abe 4 2 Power Button sa euler varek ene m 4 3 KVM Button te cH ke Re 4 3 LED Indicators i tede eee due eus 4 3 KVM Gonneel rs 4 3 4 2 Mainboard v ek A 4 4 Nic RR 4 6 CMOS Gleai 1 ecce le ied 4 6 4 3 Blade Unit Components 4 7 Memioty Suppott ene ea es ete iR 4 8 Hard Disk Drives se eet tec ren 4 8 Chapter 5 BIOS u ne ne ee dia ad kak 5 1 5A Introduction anite euh eua d dies 5 1 System BIOS esse tan d ak am rr De T o EL DE 5 1 How To Change the Configuration Data 5 1 Starting the Setup Utility Aa cs u 5 1 5 2 BIOS Updates tet ea ue eee ets 5 2 Flashing BIOS ir ae HER UR e 5 2 5 3 Running Setup aar RR c une 5 3 5 4 Main BIOS Setup 5 4 5 5 Advanced Setup 5 4 La of BOOt em orar Re oA 5 14 Secutity so even d EDD ERE 5 15 5 8 4 ih sida e gie a iet m da e skin 5 16 Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 A 1 BIOS POST Messages senes A 1 2 BIOS POST Codes ce iie metae A 4 Recove
2. 3 1 3 1 OV6rVIOW orbit tie tee EN IU qM I OS 3 1 3 2 Installing Blade Modules sss 3 1 Powering Up a Blade Uni t u kk kek 3 1 Powering Down a Blade Unit kk kk 3 1 Removing a Blade Unit from the 3 1 Removing Replacing the Blade 3 2 Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure 3 2 3 3 Processor Installation sse 3 4 3 4 Onboard Battery Installation sse 3 7 3 5 Memory Installation sn 3 7 Populating Memory SIlO S uE EEE kk k kek k kk k r k KA 3 7 DIMM Installation ne 3 10 3 6 Hard Disk Drive Installation sss 3 11 3 7 Installing the PCI E Add on Card 3 12 3 8 Installing the Operating 3 14 Installing with an External USB CD ROM 3 14 Installing via PXE BOOT uii re e eet tres 3 14 Installing via Virtual Media Drive Redirection 3 15 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 3 9 Management Software 3 15 3 10 Configuring and Setting up RAID
3. 4 7 vii SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Notes viii List of Tables Table 1 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Specification 1 2 Table 1 2 RDIMM Population for the SBI 7426T SH w 5500 Processors Installed 2 22 SARE ee eA da aed ati a 1 3 Table 1 3 UDIMM Population for the SBI 7426T SH w 5500 Processors 1 3 Table 3 1 Populating Twelve Memory Slots for Interleaved Operation 3 8 Table 4 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module Features 4 1 Table 4 2 Blade Control 4 2 Table 4 3 Blade Module LED Indicators 4 3 Table 4 4 BBDTP Mainboard LaAyOUt uu Ek m 4 5 Table 4 5 Main Components of SBI 7426T SH Blade Module 4 7 Table 5 1 Main BIOS Setup Menu 5 4 Table 5 2 Advanced Setup Menu 5 4 Table 5 3 CPU and Clock Configuration Sub Menu 5 5 Table 5 4 IDE Configuration Menu essen 5 6 Table 5 5 PCIPnP Configuration Sub Menu eene 5 7 Table 5 6 SuperlO Configuration 5 8
4. Details on installation of the processor into the SBI 7426T SH blade module are found in Chapter 3 Setup and Installation on page 3 1 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Memory The SBI 7426T SH blade module has twelve 240 pin DIMM sockets that can support up to 128 GB of VLP ECC Registered VLP ECC and 24 GB of Unbuffered ECC DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM 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 Details on installation of memory modules into the SBI 7426T SH blade module are found in Chapter 3 Setup and Installation on page 3 1 Table 1 2 RDIMM Population for the SBI 7426T SH w 5500 Processors Installed DIMMs Ranks per DIMM u Populated DIMM Type Reg Speeds in MHz OR single Rank Channel nel Registered DR Dual Rank QR Quad Rank 3 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 SR or DR 3 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 QR 3 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 Mixing SR DR 3 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 Note Mixing SR DR QR 3 3 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 Note Mixing SR DR Note 1066 RDIMMs will run at 800 MHz BIOS automatic downgrading Table 1 3 UDIMM Population for the SBI 7426T SH w 5500 Processors Installed DIM
5. 2 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 2 2 General Safety Precautions Follow these rules to ensure general safety e 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 e 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
6. The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the MAIN BIOS SETUP screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options When you first power on the computer the BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt DELETE gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST press the lt DELETE gt key to activate the main SETUP menu 5 3 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 5 4 Main BIOS Setup All Main Setup options are described in this section Use the UP DOWN arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the LEFT RIGHT arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt ESC gt key to exit the CMOS SETUP menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use sub menus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the ENTER key to access the submenu Menu options found in the MAIN BIOS SETUP menu are described in Table 5 1 Table 5 1 Main BIOS Setup Menu Options Menu Option Description System Time System Date BIOS Date To set the system date and time
7. the BIOS Setup utility The system will reboot and implement the changes you have made to the BIOS Setup Highlight this item and hit ENTER to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Any changes you have made to the BIOS Setup will not take effect upon system bootup Highlight this item and hit ENTER to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Highlight this item and hit ENTER to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use and are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Highlight this item and hit ENTER to load fail safe settings that are designed for maximum system stability but not for maximum performance Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A 1 BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Table A 1 BIOS POST Messages BIOS Message Failure Fixed Disk Stuck key Keyboard error Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn System RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP System C
8. 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual f NOTE Blade Modules can be Hot Plugged from the enclosure Removing Replacing the Blade Cover The blade cover must be removed to access the mainboard when you need to install or remove processors memory units the onboard battery and so on Removing Replacing the Blade Cover 1 Remove the blade unit from the enclosure see Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure above 2 Depress the two buttons on the cover while pushing the cover toward the rear of the blade unit When it stops lift the cover off the blade unit 3 To replace the cover fit the six grooves in the cover into the studs in the sides of the blade then slide the cover toward the front of the blade to lock it into place Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure Make sure the cover of the blade unit has been replaced first before installing a blade unit in the enclosure Installing a Blade Unit into the Enclosure 1 Slowly push the blade unit into its bay with the handles fully pulled out see Figure 3 1 2 When the blade stops push the handles back in to their locked position making sure the notches in both handles catch the lip of the enclosure see Figure 3 2 IT f NOTE Blade Modules can be Hot Plugged into the enclosure WARNING Use extreme caution when inserting a blade module into the A enclosure If the blade s power connector becomes damaged it can damage pins on other bla
9. 86h Re initialize onboard I O ports 88h Initialize BIOS Data Area 8Ah Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area 8Ch Initialize floppy controller gt 9 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes Table A 2 Terminal POST Errors Continued 90h 92h 95h 98h 9Ah 9Dh 9Fh A2h Ash ACh BOh B2h B5h B7h BAh BCh BEh COh Initialize hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Install CD ROM for boot 1 2 Search for option ROMs One long two short beeps on check sum failure Shadow option ROMs Initialize security engine optional Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Check key lock Erase F2 prompt Enter SETUP Check for errors POST done prepare to boot operating system Terminate QuietBoot optional Initialize ACPI BIOS Initialize SMBIOS Clear parity checkers Clear screen optional Try to boot with INT 19 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table A 2 Terminal POST Errors Continued C2h C4h C6h C8h CAh CEh Initialize error logging Initialize system error handler Initialize note dock optional Force check optional Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video Initialize digitizer and display message The following are for the boot block in Flash ROM Table A 3 Boot Block Flash ROM Terminal POST Errors EOh E2h E4h
10. A R T in your system Selecting Enabled allows the AMI BIOS to use S M A R T to support the hard disk drive Option include DISABLED and Enabled Table 5 10 Event Log Configuration Sub menu Menu Option Description View Event Log Mark All Events as Read Clear Event Log Selecting this option allows you to view all unread events on the Event Log This option marks all events as read Options are OK and Cancel when selected This option clears the Event Log memory of all messages Options are OK and Cancel Table 5 11 IPMI Configuration Sub menu Menu Option Status of BMC IPMI FW Revision Description The Baseboard Management Controller BMC manages the interface between the system management software and platform hardware This non configurable informational feature shows the status code of the BMC micro controller This static setting displays the IPMI Firmware Revision SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table 5 11 IPMI Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option gt View BMC System Event Log Clear BMC System Event Log gt Set LAN Configuration Channel Number Channel Number Status IP Address Source PIP Address Parameter Selector IP Address Source IP Address Current IP Address in BMC MAC Address Description This feature displays the BMC System Event Log SEL This log shows the total number of entries of BMC system events To
11. Detection Description Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allows the data transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and DISABLED PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Select 0 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 0 which has a data transfer rate of 3 3 MBs Select 1 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 1 which has a data transfer rate of 5 2 MBs Select 2 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 2 which has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 3 which has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow BIOS to use PIO mode 4 which has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive Selects the DMA Mode The o
12. Options include None HARDWARE or SOFTWARE SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table 5 12 Remote Access Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option Redirection After BIOS POST Terminal Type VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Sredir Memory Description This option allows you to specify redirection after BIOS POST Options include the following DISABLE Turns off the redirection after POST BOOT LOADER Redirection is active during Boot Loader Always Redirection is always active NOTE Some operating systems may not work if set to Always This option allows you to select the Terminal Type for your system Options include ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Use this option to enable VT UTF8 Combination Key support for ANSI VT100 terminals Options include Enabled and DISABLED This option gives the delay in seconds to display memory information Options System Health Monitor Information Display Delay include No Delay DELAY IN 1 SEC DELAY IN 2 SEC and DELAY IN 4 SEC Table 5 13 System Health Monitor Sub menu Menu Option Description This sub menu contains system health information for the following CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature System Temperature CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore 3 3V Vcc V 5Vin 12V Vcc V CPU1 DDR3 VTT CPU2 DDR3 VTT 5V Standby Battery Voltage 5 6 Boot Choose Boot from the AMI BIOS Setup
13. TE TYLERSBURG 36D To Middle Plane INFINIBAND ADAPTER CARD SAS2 SST25 VFO16 LSI SAS2008 5 1 USB3 4 amp 5 To Front INTERNAL 2a 1 OPTION T ICH1O To CMM1 amp CMM2 USBO amp 1 Lec LPC VO PCI 83527 I COM to Front Side DDR II To WINBOND Memory CMM TA HERMON 19 Front VGA 4 5 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Jumpers The jumpers present on the mainboard are used by the manufacturer only there are no jumpers used to configure the operation of the mainboard CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also clear any passwords JBT1 consists of two contact pads located near the BIOS chip Clearing CMOS 1 First power down the blade and remove it from the enclosure 2 Remove the blade cover to access the mainboard see Removing Replacing the Blade Cover on page 3 2 for further details Short the CMOS pads with a metal object such as a small screwdriver 3 Replace the cover install the blade back into the enclosure and power it on 4 6 Chapter 4 Blade Module Features 4 3 Blade Unit Components Figure 4 5 Exploded View of SBI 7426T SH Blade Module Main components of the SBI 7426T SH blade module are shown in Figure 4 5 and described in Table 4 5 Table 4 5 Main Components of SBI 7426T SH Blade Module Item Description nad Bi B
14. Table 5 7 Chipset Configuration Sub menu see 5 8 Table 5 8 ACPI Configuration Sub menu sene 5 10 Table 5 9 AHCI Configuration Sub menu eene 5 11 Table 5 10 Event Log Configuration 5 11 Table 5 11 IPMI Configuration Sub menu esee 5 11 Table 5 12 Remote Access Configuration 5 13 Table 5 13 System Health Monitor 5 14 Table 5 14 Boot Setup Menu 5 14 Table 5 15 Security Menu 5 16 Table 5 16 Exit Menu Options sssssseeeeneennenenennnnn 5 16 Table A 1 BIOS POST Messages sesseneeeneneneenene A 1 Table A 2 Terminal POST Errors A 4 Table A 3 Boot Block Flash ROM Terminal POST Errors A 8 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Notes Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The SBI 7426T SH blade module is a compact self contained server that connects into a pre cabled enclosure that provides power cooling management and networking functions One enclosure for the SBI 7426T SH blade module can hold fourteen blade units In this manual blade system refers to the
15. Utility main menu with the arrow keys to bring up the BOOT SETUP menu Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt ENTER gt All Security BIOS settings are described in Table 5 14 below Table 5 14 Boot Setup Menu Options Menu Option gt Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot Description This sub menu allows you configure settings during system boot This option allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Options include Enabled or DISABLED Chapter 5 BIOS Table 5 14 Boot Setup Menu Options Continued Menu Option Quiet Boot AddOn ROM Display Mode Bootup Num Lock PS 2 Mouse Support Wait for F1 If Error Hit Del Message Display Interrupt 19 Capture gt Boot Device Priority gt Hard Disk Drives gt Removable Drives CD DVD Drives USB Drives gt Network Drives Description When ENABLED your system displays its OEM Logo instead of POST messages and beeps When Disabled your system displays and emits normal POST messages This option allows you to set the display mode for Option ROM Options include Force BIOS or KEEP CURRENT Use this option to select a Power on state for Numlock during boot up Options include On Power on state or OFF Use this option to select support for a PS 2 mouse in your system Options incl
16. 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 following optional Mezzanine add on cards with InfiniBand Switch may be ordered for your blade module AOC IBH XDD AOC IBH XDS AOC IBH XQS 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 including instructions on how to install them NOTE Some of these add on cards may not be available at the time of this manual s publication Please refer to the Supermicro website for their availability 1 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 1 3 Blade Module Features Table 1 1 lists the main features of the SBI 7426T SH blade module See the proceeding section for components typically inclu
17. BLE or Disable PCI Express LOs and L1 link power states This setting allows you to ENABLE or Disable Intel VT d in your system This sub menu configures South Bridge features This feature allows you to enable USB functions in your system Options are Enabled or DISABLED This feature allows you to configure USB ports in your system Options include 6x6 USB Ports and 8x4 USB Ports This submenu contains further USB configuration options and USB Configuration information including the USB devices that are enabled on the System This option allows you to enable the use of Legacy USB devices If this option is Set to AUTO legacy USB support will be automatically enabled if a legacy USB device is installed on the mainboard and vice versa The options include DISABLED Enabled and AUTO This setting enables I O port 60h 64h emulation support This should be enabled for the complete USB keyboard legacy support for non USB aware Oses Options are either ENABLED or Disabled This setting allows you to select the USB 2 0 Controller mode Options include Hi Speed 480 Mbps and FULL SPEED 12 MBPS SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table 5 7 Chipset Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option BIOS EHCI Hand Off Legacy USB 1 1 HC Support Hotplug USB FDD Support SMBUS Controller Restore on AC Power Loss Power Button Description This option allows you to enable BIOS Enhanced Host Controlle
18. Blade Unit Module SAS2 SATA Hard Drive one per blade module SAS2 SATA Hard Drive Bays DIMMs system memory PCI E 2 0 x16 Expansion Slot CPU Heatsinks Top Cover 4 7 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Memory Support The SBI 7426T SH blade module supports up to 128 GB of VLP ECC Registered VLP ECC and 24 GB of Unbuffered ECC of DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM in twelve DIMM sockets See Section 3 5 for further details on mainboard memory installation Hard Disk Drives The SBI 7426T SH blade unit accommodates one 2 5 SAS2 SATA hard disk drive which is mounted in a drive carrier The drive is hot swappable and can be removed or replaced without powering down the blade unit it resides in These drives use a yellow color for the Blade HDD active LED WARNING To maintain proper airflow both hard drive bays must have drive A carriers inserted during operation whether or not a drive is installed in the carrier WARNING Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in A Supermicro chassis and servers For information on recommended HDDs visit the Supermicro Web site at http Awww supermicro com products nfo storage cfm 4 8 Chapter 5 BIOS 5 1 Introduction This chapter describes the BIOS for Intel SuperBlade modules The Intel Blade modules use a AMI ROM BIOS that is stored in a flash chip This BIOS can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program NOTE Due to per
19. C3 based on uncore auto demote information Options include Enabled and DISABLED This setting allows you to ENABLE or Disable Spread Spectrum Mode in your system Table 5 4 IDE Configuration Menu Menu Option SATA 1 Configuration Configure SATA 1 as SATA 2 Configuration gt Primary Secondary Third Fourth IDE Master Slave Type LBA Large Mode Description If Compatible is selected this sets SATA 1 to legacy compatibility mode Selecting Enhanced sets SATA 1 to native SATA mode The options are COMPATIBLE and Enhanced This setting allows you to select the drive type for SATA 1 The options are IDE and AHCI Choosing the RAID or AHCI changes which further menu options appear on the screen Selecting Enhanced sets SATA 2 to native SATA mode The options are DISABLED and Enhanced This submenu contains IDE Master Slave settings This setting specifies the type of device connected to the system Options include Auto CD DVD and ARMD This setting allows you to enable disable LBA Mode Options include DISABLED and Auto which enables LBA mode if the device supports it and the device is not already formatted with LBA mode disabled Chapter 5 BIOS Table 5 4 IDE Configuration Menu Continued Menu Option Block Multi Sector Transfer PIO Mode DMA Mode S M A R T 32 bit Data Transfer Hard Disk Write Protect IDE Detect Tie Out Sec ATA PI 80Pin Cable
20. E6h E8h EAh ECh EEh Initialize the chipset Initialize the CPU Initialize system I O Checksum BIOS ROM Set Huge Segment Initialize OEM special code Initialize Memory type Shadow Boot Block 8 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes Table A 3 Boot Block Flash ROM Terminal POST Errors Continued FOh Initialize interrupt vectors F2h Initialize video F4h Output one beep F6h Boot to Mini DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the low order byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously A 9 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Notes A 10 Disclaimer The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic p
21. INIQ VeWWIG gsININIQ V ININIG VENNIGA gend gSeINWIG Toward CPU Edge of Board 3 9 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual DIMM Installation WARNING Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules A to prevent any possible damage Installing DIMM Memory Modules 1 Power down the blade module see Powering Down a Blade Unit on page 3 1 2 Remove the blade from the enclosure and the cover from the blade see Removing Replacing the Blade Cover on page 3 2 3 Remove the air shroud that covers the DIMM slots 4 Insert each DIMM vertically into its slot starting with slots 1A and 2A Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM incorrectly see Figure 3 6 Figure 3 6 Installing a DIMM into a Memory Slot To Install Insert module vertically a li B B Anna E li and press down until i Snaps imo place Pay attention to the bottom notch J To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to free the DIMM from the slot 5 Gently press down on the DIMM until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see Table 3 1 for installing DIMMs into the slots in the correct order 6 Replace the air shroud and the blade cover and install the blade module back into the enclosure 7 Power up the blade unit see P
22. MOS checksum bad Default configuration used System timer error Real time clock error Check date and time settings Description Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard not working Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 SBI 7426T SH B
23. Mask setting for your IPMI connection This static display shows the current Subnet Mask used for your IPMI Mask connection Galewa Enter the Gateway address for your system using this sub menu This should be eis in decimal and dotted quad form such as 192 168 10 253 The value of each three digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255 lee This static display shows the parameter of your Gateway Address configuration The BIOS will automatically enter the Gateway address of your system however Gateway it may be over ridden MAC addresses are 6 two digit hexadecimal numbers Address base 16 0 9 A B C D E and F separated by dots such as 00 30 48 D0 D4 60 wala This static display shows the current Gateway address used for your IPMI BMC connection Table 5 12 Remote Access Configuration Sub menu Menu Option Description Remote Access Serial Port Number Serial Port Mode Flow Control This option allows you to select your remote access type Options include COM1 and COM2 This option allows you to select a serial port for console redirection if the selected port is enabled Options include COM1 and COM2 The Base Address IRQ is displayed statically under this option for your reference Use this option to select the serial port mode setting Options include 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 09600 8 n 1 This option allows you to select Flow Control for redirection
24. Ms ee por DIMM DIMM Slots any combination pere d ka gar Speeds in MHz SR Single Rank Channel Crone Seg DR Dual Rank QR Quad Rank Unbuffered DDR3 3 1 ECC Non ECC 800 1066 1333 SRorDR Unbuffered DDR3 3 2 ECC Non ECC 800 1066 Mixing SR DR 3 3 Not Available Not Available Not Available Storage The SBI 7426T SH blade module can have one 2 5 SAS2 or SATA Serial ATA hard disk drive in a front mounted easy removable carrier See Chapter 3 Setup and Installation on page 3 1 for storage installation details 1 3 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Density A maximum of fourteen blade modules may be installed into a single blade enclosure Each blade enclosure is a 7U form factor so a standard 42U rack may accommodate up to six enclosures with eighty four blade modules or the equivalent of eighty four 1U servers With the inclusion of six CMM modules twelve Gigabit Ethernet switches and six InfiniBand switches this would occupy up to 132U space in a conventional 1U server configuration Figure 1 1 displays a view of a full rack with six blade enclosures in it each with fourteen blades to an enclosure Figure 1 1 Full Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Web Site Europe Address Tel Fax Email Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Web Site Technical Support Ema
25. Not Installed means that a User password has not been used Select this option and hit the lt ENTER gt key to access the sub menu and then type in the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or change the Supervisor password which allows access to the System s BIOS Select this option and hit the lt ENTER gt key to access a sub menu with the following options Full Access default This grants full user read and write access to the BIOS Setup Utility VIEw ONLY This allows access to the BIOS Setup Utility but does not allow the fields to be changed LIMITED This allows only limited fields to be changed such as DATE and TIME No Access This prevents User access to the BIOS Setup Utility NOTE This option is only available when the Supervisor Password has been set above When ENABLED the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector ofthe hard disk drive Options include ENABLED and Disabled Choose EXIT from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to display the Exit SETUP menu All Exit BIOS settings are described in Table 5 16 below Table 5 16 Exit Menu Options Menu Option Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Description Highlight this item and hit ENTER to save any changes you made and to exit
26. 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 2 4 Operating Precautions Care must be taken to assure that the cover of the blade unit is in place when the blade is operating to assure proper cooling Out of warranty damage to the blade can occur if this practice is not strictly followed Any drive carrier without a hard drive installed must remain fully installed in the drive bay when the blade module is operating to ensure proper airflow 2 2 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation 3 1 Overview This chapter covers the setup and installation of the blade module and its components 3 2 Installing Blade Modules Up to fourteen SBI 7426T SH blade modules may be installed into a single blade enclosure depending upon your enclosure and blad Blade modules with Windows and Linux operating systems may be mixe
27. SUPERMICR SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Revison 1 0a SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software and documentation is the property of Supermicro and or its licensors and is supplied only under a license Any use or reproduction of this product is not allowed except as expressly permitted by the terms of said license IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPERMICRO SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes ari
28. TH DEFECTS AND OTHER REPRODUCTIVE HARM Manual Revison 1 0a Release Date May 18 2011 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2011 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 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 SBI 7426T SH 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 SBI 7426T SH 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 SBI 7426T SH blade module Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Refer to this chapter for details on installing the SBI 7426T SH blade module into the Superblade chassis Other sections cover the installation and place
29. ard to Riser Card 4 Install the riser card and add on card combination into the blade module s PCI E slot Maker sure that they are securely attached in place before closing and securing the blade module s cover 3 13 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 3 8 Installing the Operating System An operating system OS must be installed on each blade module Blades with Microsoft Windows OS and blades with Linux OS can both occupy and operate within the same blade enclosure Refer to the SuperMicro web site for a complete list of supported operating systems There are several methods of installing an OS to the blade modules Installing with an External USB CD ROM Drive The most common method of installing the OS is with an external USB CD ROM drive Take the following steps to install the OS to a blade module WARNING Installing the OS from an external CD ROM drive may take several A hours to complete 1 Connect an SUV cable Serial port USB port Video port cable to the KVM connector on the front of the blade module You will then need to attach a USB hub to the USB port on this cable to provide multiple USB ports 2 Connect the external CD ROM drive a USB keyboard and a mouse to the USB hub You will also need to connect a monitor to the video connector on the SUV cable Turn on the blade module 3 Insert the CD containing the OS into the CD ROM drive 4 Follow the prompts to begin the installation In
30. ble then reconnect it to the new blade See the Web based Management Utility User s Manual on your Superblade system CD ROM for further details on using the KVM function remotely 4 3 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 4 2 Mainboard The mainboard of the SBI 7426T SH blade unit is a proprietary design which is based on the Intel IOH 36D Tylersburg chipset See Figure 4 4 for a block diagram of this chipset Figure 4 3 for a view of the BBDTP Mainboard and Figure 4 5 for an exploded view diagram of the blade unit Figure 4 3 BBDTP Mainboard 8 Il m uz wT B 4 VR SUPERS Wc 260 K Chapter 4 Blade Module Features Table 4 4 BBDTP Mainboard Layout 11 13 LGA 1366 CPU1 Socket DIMM Slots see Figure 3 5 8 Slot DIMM Numbering on page 3 9for details InfiniBand Connectors for InfiniBand cards or 10G card ICH10 South Bridge chip Onboard Battery BIOS Chip PCI E 2 0 x16 Expansion Slot Figure 4 4 Intel IOH 36D Tylersburg Chipset Block Diagram 2t 2 t gt 2 api i amp amp PROCESSOR 0 1 PROCESSOR 1 amp 2 N 1 2 Nw WESTMERE WESTMERE N g g E 8 8 jl Kawela tra
31. core is enabled Options are Enabled or DISABLED SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table 5 3 CPU and Clock Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option Active Processor Cores A20M Intel R Speed Step TM tech Intel R TurboMode Tech Intel R C STATE tech C3 State C6 State C State package limit setting C1 Auto Demotion C3 Auto Demotion Spread Spectrum Mode Description This setting specifies the number of cores to enable in each processor package Options include All 1 or 2 Legacy OSes and APs may need this setting enabled Options include ENABLED and Disabled This setting allows you to ENABLE or Disable GV3 This setting allows the processor cores to run faster than the marked frequency in specific conditions Options are either Enabled or DISABLED This setting allows you to ENABLE or Disable the CPU idle setting at C2 C3 C4 This setting allows you to select the Nehalem C state action as either DISABLED ACPI C2 or ACPI C3 This setting allows you to select the Nehalem C state action as either Enabled or DISABLED The selected option for this setting will program into C State package limit register Options include Auto C1 C3 C6 and C7 When enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C3 C6 C7 requests to C1 based on uncore auto demote information Options include Enabled and DISABLED When enabled the CPU will conditionally demote C6 C7 requests to
32. d together in the same blade enclosure Powering Up a Blade Unit Each blade unit may be powered on and off independently from the rest of the blades installed in the same enclosure A blade unit may be powered up in two ways Press the power button on the blade unit Use IPMIView or the web browser based management utility to apply power using either a CMM module or by the use of the onboard BMC chip in the blade module Powering Down a Blade Unit A blade unit may be powered down in either of five ways Press the power button on the blade unit e Use IPMIView or web browser based management utility to power down if you have Operator or Admin privileges on the CMM e Use IPMItool when connected to the CMM to power down if you have Operator or Admin privileges on the CMM Use IPMlview or a browser connected to the onboard BMC chip attached to the blade to power down Use IPMItool Command Line Interface CLI to the onboard BMC chip if you have Operator or Admin privileges Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure Although the blade system may continue to run individual blades should always be powered down before removing them from the enclosure Removing a Blade Unit from the Enclosure 1 Power down the blade unit see Powering Down a Blade Unit above 2 Squeeze both handles to depress the red sections then pull out both handles completely and use them to pull the blade unit from the enclosure 3
33. de bays that it is inserted into 3 2 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Figure 3 1 Inserting a Blade into the Enclosure 2 Locking the Blade into Position Figure 3 3 3 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 3 3 Processor Installation One or two processors may be installed to the mainboard of each blade unit See Chapter 1 for general information on the features of the blade unit and the Supermicro web site for further details including processor memory and operating system support WARNING This action should only be performed by a trained service A technician Allow the processor heatsink to cool before removing it Removing a Processor 1 Power down and remove the blade unit from the enclosure see Section 3 2 Installing Blade Modules on page 3 1 for details Remove the cover of the blade unit see Removing Replacing the Blade Cover on page 3 2 Loosen the four screws that secure the heatsink to the mainboard Remove the heatsink by gently rotating it back and forth sideways with your fingers to release it from the processor Set the heatsink aside and upside down so that nothing comes into contact with the thermal grease on its underside Raise the lever of the processor socket up until the processor is released from the socket then lift the silver cover plate and remove the processor WARNING This action should only be performed by a trained serv
34. ded in a blade system and other optional components Specific details on the SBI 7426T SH blade module is found in Chapter 4 Blade Module Features on page 4 1 Table 1 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Specification Features Mainboard Processors FSB Speed Chipset Graphics Controller BIOS Memory Capacity Drive Controller Hard Drive Bays Expansion Slots B8DTP proprietary form factor Chassis Dimensions HxWxD 11 32 x 1 19 x 18 9 Single or dual Intel Xeon 5500 5600 Sequence processors Please refer to our web site for a complete listing of supported processors QPI speed up to 6 4 GT s bus speed Intel IOH 36D Tylersburg Intel ICH10 Northbridge Southbridge Onboard Matrox G200eW Graphics chip with 16MB of SDRAM 32 Mb AMI SPI Flash EPROM BIOS Twelve 240 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB of VLP ECC Registered VLP ECC and 24 GB of Unbuffered ECC DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM LSI SAS2 on board controller for one SAS2 or SATA disk drive One 1 hot swap drive bays for a 2 5 SAS2 or SATA disk drive One 1 PCI E 2 0 x16 expansion slot Processors The SBI 7426T SH blade module supports up to dual 1366 pin Intel Xeon 5500 5600 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
35. e carrier into its slot keeping the Open button at the bottom When the carrier reaches the rear of the bay the release handle will retract 6 Push the handle in until you hear the carrier click into its locked position WARNING Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in all Supermicro chassis and servers For information on recommended HDDs visit A the Supermicro Web site at http www supermicro com products nfo storage cfm 3 11 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Figure 3 7 Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier 3 7 Installing the PCI E Add on Card The SBI 7426T SH blade module contains a single slot for a PCI E 2 0 x16 add on card Your add on card uses a riser card that allows the add on card to be properly installed parallel to the blade module s mainboard There is also cover shield that you must attach to the add on card in order to maintain proper air flow to the blade module Use the procedure below to install the add on card to the blade module Installing an Add on Card to the Blade Module 1 Remove the chassis cover from the blade module 2 Attach the add on card bracket to the add on card cover shield Figure 3 8 3 12 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Figure 3 8 Attaching Add On Card to Cover Shield 3 Fully seat the riser card to the add on card pushing down with your thumbs evenly on both sides of the card Figure 3 9 Figure 3 9 Attaching Add On C
36. ecify the boot sequence from all available CD DVD drives installed on your system The settings for each are list of all available CD DVD drives in your system that have been detected or DISABLED This sub menu feature allows you to specify the boot sequence from all available USB drives installed on your system The settings for each are list of all available USB drives in your system that have been detected or DISABLED This sub menu feature allows you to specify the boot sequence from all available Network drives installed on your system The settings for each are list of all available Network drives in your system that have been detected or DISABLED 5 7 Security Choose Security from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to bring up the SECURITY SETUP menu Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt ENTER gt All Security BIOS settings are described in Table 5 15 below 5 15 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table 5 15 Security Menu Options Menu Option Supervisor Password User Password Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection 5 8 Exit Description This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Not Installed means that a Supervisor password has not been used This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system
37. he CMM module then push the KVM button on the control panel of the blade module you wish to access LED Indicators Blade module LEDs are described below in Table 4 3 Table 4 3 Blade Module LED Indicators LED State Description Green Power On Power LED Amber Standby Red Power Failure Steady On Indicates that KVM has been initialized on this blade module KVM UID LED Blue Flashing Serves as a UID indicator the UID function is activated with a Network LED Green Flashing Green management program Flashes on and off to indicate traffic Tx and Rx data on the LAN connection to this blade module Network LED Flashing Flashes on and off to indicate traffic over the InfiniBand module Orange Orange when present in the system System Fault This LED illuminates red when a fatal error occurs This may be the Y Steady On result of a memory error a VGA error or any other fatal error that LED Red prevents the operating system from booting up a In the event of a power failure the N 1 Redundant Power Supply if included in your System s configuration picks up the system load to provide uninterrupted operation The failed power supply should be replaced with a new one as soon as possible KVM Connector Alternatively you may connect a KVM cable CBL 0218L with a keyboard video mouse attached to the KVM connector 7 of the blade you wish to access To switch to another blade disconnect the ca
38. his section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the AMI BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes One long and two short beeps video configuration error Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Table A 2 Terminal POST Errors Post Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag 0Ah Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Initialize PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size 18h 8254 timer initial
39. ice A technician Installing a Processor 1 If present remove the protective black PnP cap from the processor socket 2 Raise the lever ofthe processor socket until it reaches its upper limit 3 Lift the silver cover plate completely up and out of the way f NOTE Be careful not to damage the pins protruding from the CPU socket 4 Align the CPU key the semi circle cutout with the socket key the notch below the gold color dot on the side of the socket Figure 3 3 Once the CPU and the socket are aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down into the socket Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the socket or its pins to avoid damaging the CPU or the socket With the CPU in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it sits level and is properly installed 3 4 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation 7 Once the CPU is securely seated in the socket lower the CPU load plate to the socket 8 To install the heatsink apply thermal grease to the top of the processor If reinstalling a heatsink first clean off the old thermal grease with a clean lint free cloth 9 Place the heatsink on the processor then tighten two diagonal screws until snug then the other two screws 10 When all four screws are snug tighten them all to secure the heatsink to the mainboard f NOTE Do not overtighten the screws as this may damage the processor or the heatsink 11 Replace the cover
40. il Tel Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 6416525 sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Notes 1 6 2 1 Chapter 2 System Safety 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 process
41. iodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the http www supermicro com products SuperBlade module web site for further details on BIOS setup and the BIOS menus for your SuperBlade blade module System BIOS BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System The AMI BIOS flash chip stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the blade unit is turned off a backup battery provides power to the BIOS flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the blade is powered on it is configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt DELETE gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See Starting the Setup Utility below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt DELETE gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus WARNING To prevent possible boot failure do not shut dow
42. ion of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu 5 4 Chapter 5 BIOS Table 5 2 Advanced Setup Menu Options Continued Sub menu gt ACPI Configuration gt AHCI Configuration gt Event Log Configuration gt IPMI Configuration y Remote Access Configuration gt System Health Monitor Description See Table 5 8 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 9 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 10 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 11 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 12 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 13 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu Table 5 3 CPU and Clock Configuration Sub menu Menu Option CPU Ratio Hardware Prefetcher Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch MPS and ACPI MDAT Ordering Max CPUID Value Limit Intel Virtualization Tech Execute Disable Bit Capability Intel R HT Technology Description This setting allows you to set the CPU Ratio to either Auto Maximum Ratio or MANUAL Manual Ratio If set to Enabled the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of data and instructions from the main memory to the L2 cache in the forward or backward manner to improve CPU performance Options are Enabled and DISABLED For UP platforms lea
43. ization A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes Table A 2 Terminal POST Errors Continued 1Ah 20h 28h 2Ah 2Eh 32h 36h 3Ah 3Dh 42h 46h 48h 4Ah 4Ch 4Fh 51h 54h 58h 8237 DMA controller initialization 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh Auto size DRAM Clear 512 kB base RAM 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus Test CPU bus clock frequency Warm start shut down Auto size cache Load alternate registers with CMOS values Initialize interrupt vectors 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice Check video configuration against CMOS Initialize all video adapters in system Shadow video BIOS ROM Initialize MultiBoot Initialize EISA board Set key click if enabled 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table A 2 Terminal POST Errors Continued 5Ah Display prompt Press F2 to enter SETUP 5Ch Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB 62h Test extended memory address lines 66h Configure advanced cache registers 68h Enable external and CPU caches 6Ah Display external L2 cache size 6Ch Display shadow area message 70h Display error messages 76h Check for keyboard errors 7Dh Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 84h Detect and install external parallel ports
44. key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data for the system date Press the Enter key to save the data The BIOS Date field displays the date when this version of the BIOS was built This option is not configurable 5 5 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to display the ADVANCED SETUP menu The items with a triangle beside them are sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt ENTER gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt ENTER gt Table 5 2 describes all sub menus found in the ADVANCED SETUP menu Table 5 2 Advanced Setup Menu Options Sub menu gt Processor and Clock Configuration PIDE SATA Configuration PCIPnP Configuration gt SuperlO Configuration gt Chipset Configuration Description See Table 5 3 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 4 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu Access this submenu to make changes to settings for PCI PnP devices See Table 5 5 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 6 for a description of BIOS setup menu options in this sub menu See Table 5 7 for a descript
45. lade Module User s Manual Table A 1 BIOS POST Messages Continued Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup CPU ID DMA Test Failed Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed Allocation Error for device Entering SETUP Fixed Disk n I O device IRQ conflict ServerBlOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long CPU socket number for Multi Processor error ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device Starting Setup program Fixed disk n 0 3 identified I O device IRQ co
46. leaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Populating three slots at a time DIMM1A DIMM2A etc with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel interleaved memory which is faster than single channel non interleaved memory See Table 3 1 and Figure 3 5 for details For an interleaved configuration memory modules of the same size and speed must be installed in pairs You should not mix DIMMs of different sizes and speeds 3 7 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table 3 1 Populating Twelve Memory Slots for Interleaved Operation Number Processor 1 Processor 2 of DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 2 DIMMs 1A 1A 4 DIMMs 1A 2A 1A 2A 6 DIMMs 1A 2A 3A 1A 2A 3A 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 3A 1A 1B 2A 3A 10 DIMM 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 12 DIMM 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B NOTE The DIMM slot number specified in Table 3 1 equals the DIMM slot to 7 be populated A blank space indicates that the DIMM slot should be left unpopulated NOTE Though multiple DIMM memory module types and speeds may be supported you need to use DIMM memory modules of the same speed type 3 8 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Figure 3 5 8 Slot DIMM Numbering Edge of Board fido P emoL gcIN
47. me Flashing a BIOS using the USB Ports on the CMM 1 Copy the contents of the zip file to a bootable USB pen drive 2 Connect your bootable USB pen drive to one of the two USB slots on the CMM located on the back side of the enclosure 3 Boot to the USB pen drive and go to the directory where you saved the contents of the zip file 4 Type flash filename rom replace filename rom by the actual ROM file name Flashing a BIOS using a Floppy Image File This method must be performed remotely 1 Copy the image file from the zip file to your desktop 2 Use the web browser or IPMIView to access your CMM remotely using its IP Address 5 2 Chapter 5 BIOS 3 Go to the VIRTUAL MEDIA menu and select FLOPPY IMAGE UPLOAD 4 BROWSE or OPEN to locate the img file on your desktop and select it 5 Press the UPLOAD button and wait a few seconds for the image to upload to the CMM 6 Once the upload finishes turn on the blade module and press lt DEL gt to enter the BIOS setup utility 7 Inthe MENU bring USB LS120 PEPPCMM VIRTUAL DISC 1 to the top of the boot priority list 8 Exit while saving the changes The blade module will boot to the virtual media floppy image A gt 9 Type flash filename rom NOTE Replace filename rom by the actual ROM file name such as B8DTE142 rom for example in the command 5 3 Running Setup gt f NOTE Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted
48. ment 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 SBI 7426T SH blade module Included here are descriptions and information for mainboard components connectors LEDs and other features of the blade module Chapter 5 BIOS BIOS setup is covered in this chapter for the SBI 7426T SH blade module Appendix A BIOS POST Codes BIOS POST Codes for the SBI 7426T SH blade module are explained in this appendix SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Notes Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 1 1 Overview nnn nnns 1 1 1 2 Product Checklist of Typical Componen e 1 1 1 3 Blade Module 1 2 PrOCeSSOIS inui a P d ACIE ERN ER AREA 1 2 Mug essen sel Inkl 1 3 SIOf age 4 ient ue o RU AUR eade eget iun 1 3 Density ite e nte vro lite ua ette es 1 4 1 4 Contacting Supermicro sss 1 5 Chapter 2 System Safety 2 1 2 1 Electrical Safety Precautions sss 2 1 2 2 General Safety Precautions ennenennnennn 2 2 2 3 Electrostatic Discharge Precautions 2 2 2 4 Operating 2 2 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation
49. mes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for its interrupt address Options are DISABLED 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Same as above but options are DISABLED 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 This setting allows the BIOS to select the mode for Serial Port 2 Options are Normal IRDA and ASK IR User this setting to ENABLE or Disable the Watch Dog Timer Table 5 7 Chipset Configuration Sub menu Menu Option CPU Bridge Configuration QPI Links Speed QPI Frequency QPI LOs and L1 Memory Frequency Description This sub menu configures CPU Bridge features as well as showing Configuration information This option allows you to transition QPI links to Full Speed or leave them in SLow MobE for the data transfer speed This option selects the desired QPI frequency Option include Auto 4 800 GT 5 866 GT and 6 400 GT This option enables the power state to low power with LOs and L1 automatically selected by the mainboard The options are DISABLED and Enabled This feature forces a DDR3 frequency slower than what the system has detected The available options are Auto DDR 800 FORCE DDR 1066 and FORCE DDR 1333 Chapter 5 BIOS Table 5 7 Chipset Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option Memory Mode Demand Scrubbing Patrol Scrubbing Throttling Closed Loop gt North Bridge Configura
50. n DIMM typically 14 5W 4 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 4 1 Control Panel Each blade has a similar control panel Figure 4 2 with power on off button a KVM connector a KVM button and four LEDs on the top front of the unit The numbers mentioned in Figure 4 2are described in Table 4 2 Figure 4 2 Blade Control Panel Table 4 2 Blade Control Panel Item Function State Description 1 Power Button N A Turns blade module on and off 2 KVM Button N A Initiates KVM function Green Amber 3 Power LED See Table 4 3 for details Red 4 KVM UID LED ale See Table 4 3 for details Flashing Green 5 Network IB LED Flashing Orange See Table 4 3 for details System Fault LED Red See Table 4 3 for details 7 KVM Connector N A Connector for SUV KVM cable 4 2 Chapter 4 Blade Module Features Power Button Each blade has its own power button so that individual blade units within the enclosure may be turned on or off independently of the others Press the power button 1 to turn on the blade server The power LED 3 will turn green To turn off press and hold the power button for gt 4 seconds and the power LED will turn orange KVM Button KVM stands for Keyboard Video Mouse With KVM a user can control multiple blades with a single keyboard video mouse setup Connect your keyboard mouse and monitor to the USB and VGA connectors on t
51. n or reset the A system while updating the BIOS 5 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual 5 2 BIOS Updates It may be necessary to update the BIOS used in the blade modules on occasion However it is recommended that you not update BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with a blade module Updated BIOS files are located on our web site www supermicro com products superblade Please check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your current BIOS before downloading There are several methods you may use to upgrade flash your BIOS After downloading the appropriate BIOS file in a zip file format follow one of the methods described below to flash the new BIOS Flashing BIOS Use the procedures below to Flash your BIOS with a new update using the KVM dongle USB ports on the CMM module or by use of a Floppy disk Flashing a BIOS using the KVM Dongle For this method you must use a KVM dongle cable CBL 0218L included with the system 1 Copy the contents of the zip file to a bootable USB pen drive 2 Connect the KVM dongle CBL 0218L to the KVM connector at the front of the blade you will be flashing the BIOS to 3 Connect your bootable USB pen drive to one of the two USB slots on the KVM dongle 4 Boot the USB pen drive and go to the directory where you saved the contents of the zip file 5 Type flash filename rom replace filename rom by the actual ROM file na
52. nflict error A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes Table A 1 BIOS POST Messages Continued nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed One or 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu Parity Check 1 nnnn Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous PS 2 Mouse System BIOS shadowed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block storage devices Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays 2222 Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen PS 2 mouse identified System BIOS copied to shadow RAM Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 3 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual A 2 BIOS POST Codes T
53. nly option is Auto Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk drive support Select Disabled to prevent AMI BIOS from using the S M A R T Select Enabled to allow AMI BIOS to use the S M A R T to support hard drive disk The options are DISABLED ENABLED and Auto Select Enabled to activate the function of 32 Bit data transfer Select Disabled to deactivate the function The options are Enabled and DISABLED This setting enables disables device write protection and is effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS The default is Disabled This setting allows you to select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI devices Press or on your keyboard to change this value The default is 35 This setting allows you to select the mechanism for detecting 80P in ATA PI cable to either HOST DEVICE or Host amp Device Table 5 5 PCIPnP Configuration Sub menu Menu Option Clear NVRAM Plug amp Play O S PCI Latency Timer Description This setting allows you to clear NVRAM during a system boot The options are No and YES Selecting YES allows the OS to configure Plug amp Play devices Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in your system NOTE This is not required for system boot select No if your system has an OS that supports Plug amp Play Thi
54. on the blade unit and finish by installing the unit back into the blade enclosure 3 5 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Figure 3 3 Installing a Processor in a Socket 3 6 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation 3 4 Onboard Battery Installation A battery is included on the mainboard to supply certain volatile memory components with power when power has been removed from the blade module If this battery dies it must be replaced with an equivalent CR2032 Lithium 3V battery Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions See Figure 3 4 for a diagram of installing a new onboard battery WARNING There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed A upside down which reverses its polarities Figure 3 4 Installing the Onboard CR2032 Battery Lithium Battery Battery Holder 3 5 Memory Installation The mainboard of each blade unit must be populated with DIMMs Dual In line Memory Modules to provide system memory The DIMMs should all be of the same size and speed and from the same manufacturer due to compatibility issues See details below on supported memory and our web site www supermicro com products superblade for recommended memory WARNING For all SBI 7426 series blades ONLY VLP Very low profile memory A can be used Populating Memory Slots The mainboard of a SBI 7426T SH blade module has twelve memory slots depending upon the blade model Both inter
55. ors 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 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 WARNING There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed A upside down which will reverse its polarities Mainboard replaceable soldered in fuses Self resetting PTC Positive Temperature Coefficient fuses on the mainboard must be replaced by trained service technicians only The new fuse must be the same or equivalent as the one replaced Contact technical support for details and support
56. owering Up a Blade Unit on page 3 1 3 10 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation 3 6 Hard Disk Drive Installation Hard disk drives are installed in carriers which are hot swappable and can be removed or replaced without powering down the blade unit they reside in A blade module needs a hard disk drive with an operating system installed to operate WARNING To maintain proper airflow both hard drive bays must have drive A carriers inserted during operation whether or not a drive is installed in the carrier To remove a hard drive carrier do the following Removing a Hard Drive Carrier 1 Locate the colored Open button at the bottom of the drive carrier and press it with your thumb This action releases the drive carrier from the drive bay 2 Pull the release handle out about 45 degrees then use it to pull the drive carrier out To Install a hard drive use the following procedure Installing a Hard Drive 1 Remove a blank drive carrier from the blade see removal procedure above 2 Insert a drive into the carrier with the PCB side facing down and the connector end toward the rear of the carrier 3 Align the drive in the carrier so that the screw holes of both line up Note that there are holes in the carrier marked SAS SATA to aid in correct installation 4 Secure the drive to the carrier with four screws as shown in Figure 3 7 Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier on page 3 12 5 Insert the driv
57. prehensive set of functions and monitored data to keep tabs on the system and perform management activities Refer to the manuals on your Superblade CD ROM for further details on the various functions provided by these management programs 3 10 Configuring and Setting up RAID The SBI 7426T SH blade module accommodates only one hard drive therefore this blade module cannot be configured or setup for a RAID configuration 3 15 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Notes Chapter 4 Blade Module Features Figure 4 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module Front View This chapter describes the SBI 7426T SH blade module Installation and maintenance should be performed by experienced technicians only See Figure 4 1 for a front view of the blade unit and Table 4 1 for its features Table 4 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module Features Feature Description Processors Supports single or dual 1366 pin Intel Xeon 5500 5600 series processors Memory Supports up to 128 GB of VLP ECC Registered VLP ECC and 24 GB of Unbuffered ECC of DDR3 1333 1066 800 SDRAM in twelve DIMM slots Storage One 2 5 hot plug SAS2 SATA hard disk drive Expansion Slots One 1 PCI E 2 0 x16 expansion slot Ports KVM port 1 Onboard Hermon graphics chip IPMI 2 0 ATA 100 Plug and Play APM Features 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 SMBIOS 2 3 Real Time Clock Watch Dog Base Power Draw 35W Power per CPU 60W 80W 95W Power per Power Consumptio
58. ption allows you to include an ACPI APIC table pointer in the Root System Support Description Table RSDT pointer list Options include Enabled and DISABLED AMI OEMB Table Headless Mode NUMA Support gt Chipset ACPI Configuration Energy Lake Feature APIC ACPI SCI IRQ USB Device Wakeup From S3 S4 This option allows you to include the OEMB table pointer to R x SDT pointer lists Options include DISABLED or Enabled This option allows you to enable your system to function without a keyboard monitor or mouse attached Options include Disabled or ENABLED When Enabled this setting allows the system to efficiently execute software for a NUMA aware OS When DISABLED this setting allows better memory access performance for a non NUMA OS This sub menu allows you to configure Chipset ACPI configurations This option allows you to enable the Energy Lake Feature in your system Options include ENABLED and Disabled This option allows you to enable the APIC ACPI SCI IRQ in your system Options include ENABLED and Disabled This option allows you to enable disable USB device wakeup from S3 S4 Options include Disabled or ENABLED Chapter 5 BIOS Table 5 8 ACPI Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option High Performance Event Timer gt General WHZA Configuration WHZA Support Description Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET This produces periodic inte
59. r Interface support in order to provide a workaround solution for an operating system that does not have EHCI Hand Off support When Enabled the EHCI Interface will be changed from the BIOS controlled to the OS controlled Options include Enabled and DISABLED This setting allows you to support USB 1 1 HC Options are either Enabled or DISABLED This option allows you to create a dummy Floppy Disk Drive FDD that will be associated with the hotplugged FDD later AUTO creates this dummy device only if there is no USB FDD present Options include DISABLED ENABLED and Auto This option allows you to enable your SMBUS controller in your system Options include Enabled and DISABLED This option allows you to specify what your system will do when power is restored after an AC power loss Options include Power Off POWER ON and LAST STATE This option allows you to specify the power button function for turning off your Function system Options include 4 SECOND OVERRIDE and Instant Off Table 5 8 ACPI Configuration Sub menu Menu Option Description This sub menu allows you to configure Advanced Configuration and Power n Interface ACPI power management setting for your system 9 Please refer to ACPI s website http www acpi info for more information ACPI Version This option allows you to enable RSDP pointers to 64 bit fixed system Features description tables Options include ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC This o
60. rable POST tiene npe eed A 4 Terminal POST EftOIs e nen ann aeei A 4 vi Figure 1 1 Figure 3 1 Figure 3 2 Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 Figure 3 5 Figure 3 6 Figure 3 7 Figure 3 8 Figure 3 9 Figure 4 1 Figure 4 2 Figure 4 3 Figure 4 4 Figure 4 5 List of Figures Full Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers 1 4 Inserting a Blade into the 3 3 Locking the Blade into POositlOn iu er 3 3 Installing a Processor in a 3 6 Installing the Onboard CR2032 3 7 8 Slot DIMM Numbering cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeteeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeeeeeens 3 9 Installing a DIMM into a Memory 5 0 3 10 Installing a Hard Drive in a 3 12 Attaching Add On to Cover Shield 3 13 Attaching Add On Card to Riser Card 3 13 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module Front 4 1 Blade Control Panel essent 4 2 B8DTP Mainboard tete e 4 4 Intel IOH 36D Tylersburg Chipset Block Diagram 4 5 Exploded View of SBI 7426T SH Blade Module
61. roperty damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale 0 1 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Notes 0 2
62. rrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU The HPET is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer Options include ENABLED and Disabled This sub menu allows you to configure General WHZAI configurations This setting allows you to Enable or DISABLE Windows Hardware Error Architecture Table 5 9 AHCI Configuration Sub menu Menu Option AHCI BIOS Support AHCI CD DVD Boot Time Out gt AHCI PortO Port5 Description This option enables AHCI BIOS support on your system Options include Enabled and DISABLED This sets the timeout time in seconds for AHCI CD DVD boot drives Some SATA CD DVD drives in AHCI mode need to wait longer than others Options include 0 sec 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 While entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This setting displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices For this setting select the type of device connected to the system Select Auto care Fono to allow the AMI BIOS to automatically detect a hard disk drive in your system Options include Auto and NOT INSTALLED Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict SMART impending drive failures Select DISABLED to prevent the AMI BIOS from using EL d S M
63. s include STATIC or DHCP The BIOS will automatically enter the IP address of your system however it may be over ridden IP addresses are 6 two digit hexadecimal numbers base 16 0 9 A B C D E and F separated by dots such as 00 30 48 D0 D4 60 This static display shows the current IP address used for your IPMI connection Enter the MAC address for your system using this sub menu This should be in decimal and dotted quad form such as 192 168 10 253 The value of each three digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255 5 12 Chapter 5 BIOS Table 5 11 IPMI Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option Parameter Selector MAC Address Current MAC Address in BMC gt Subnet Mask Parameter Selector Subnet Mask Current Subnet Description This static display shows the parameter of your MAC Address configuration The BIOS will automatically enter the MAC address of your system however it may be over ridden MAC addresses are 6 two digit hexadecimal numbers base 16 0 9 A B C D E and F separated by dots such as 00 30 48 D0 D4 60 This static display shows the current MAC address used for your IPMI connection Subnet masks tell the network which subnet this system belongs The value of each three digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255 This static display shows the parameter of your Subnet Masks configuration This static display shows the current Subnet
64. s sets the latency timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus For example select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles The options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 an 248 SBI 7426T SH Blade Module User s Manual Table 5 5 PCIPnP Configuration Sub menu Continued Menu Option Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Palette Snooping PCI IDE BusMaster SR IOV Support Onboard NIC Option ROM Description Select Yes to assign IRQ to the PCI VGA card if the card requests IRQ Selecting No does not assign IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if the card requests an IRQ When ENABLED this informs PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so the card will function correctly The default is Disabled When enabled the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading writing to IDE devices The options are DISABLED and Enabled This setting Enables or Disables SR IOV Support This setting allows you to specify the option used for Onboard NIC Option ROM Options include Disabled PXE or ISCSI Table 5 6 SuperlO Configuration Sub menu Menu Option Serial Porti Address Serial Port2 Address Serial Port2 Mode Watch Dog Timer Description This option specifies the base I O port address and the Interrupt Request address of Serial Port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is Disabled the serial port physically beco
65. sing between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate for further details WARNING HANDLING OF LEAD SOLDER MATERIALS USED IN THIS A PRODUCT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LEAD A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE BIR
66. stalling via PXE Boot PXE Preboot Execution Environment is used to boot a computer over a network To install the OS via PXE the following conditions must be met 1 The PXE BOOT option in BIOS must be enabled 2 APXE server has been configured this can be another blade in the system 3 The PXE server must be connected over a network to the blade to be booted 4 The blade has only non partitioned unformatted hard drives installed and no bootable devices attached to it Once these conditions are met make sure the PXE server is running Then turn on the blade on which you wish to boot and or install the OS The BIOS in the blade will look at all bootable devices and finding none will connect to the PXE server to begin the boot install 3 14 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation Installing via Virtual Media Drive Redirection You can install the OS via Virtual Media through either the PMiview Java based client utility PMItool or the Web based Management Utility With this method the OS is installed from an ISO image that resides on another system blade Refer to the manuals on your Superblade CD ROM for further details on the Virtual Media CD ROM or Drive Redirection sections of these two utility programs 3 9 Management Software System management may be performed with either of three software packages IPMlview IPMItool or a Web based Management Utility These are designed to provide an administrator with a com
67. tion IOFT Max Payload Size Active State Power Management Intel VT d gt South Bridge Configuration USB Functions USB Port Configure USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Port 6x 60 Emulation USB 2 0 Controller Mode Description This option sets the system memory mode Options are the following Independent default All DIMMs are available to the operating system CHANNEL MIRROR The mainboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy LOCKSTEP The mainboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel SPARING A preset threshold of correctable errors is used to trigger fail over The spare memory is put online and used as active memory in place of the failed memory This feature is a memory error correction scheme whereby the processor writes corrected data back into the memory block from where it was read by the processor The options are Enabled or DISABLED This feature is a memory error correction scheme that works in the background looking for and correcting resident errors The options are Enabled or DISABLED This setting allows BIOS to program Closed Loop Throttling for memory components Options are Enabled or DISABLED This sub menu configures North Bridge features and shows configuration information This setting allows you to specify IOFT Max Payload size as either 128B or 256B This setting allows you to ENA
68. ude Auto for automatically detecting if a PS 2 mouse is present DISABLED or ENABLED This option when Enabled causes your system to wait for the F1 key to be pressed if an error occurs during bootup Options include Enabled and DISABLED When enabled this feature displays a Press DEL to run Setup message in POST Options are Enabled and DISABLED When enabled this feature allows option ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 Options include Enabled and DISABLED This sub menu feature allows you to specify the sequence of priority for the boot device such as hard disk drives USB devices CD ROM drives Network drives and so on The menu options are for 1ST BOOT DEVICE 2ND BOOT DEVICE and 3RD BOOT DEVICE 4TH BOOT DEVICE and 5TH BOOT DEVICE Each numbered boot device can be set to a specific device installed in your system or to DISABLED NOTE A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu This sub menu feature allows you to specify the boot sequence from all available hard disk drives installed on your system The settings for each are list of all available hard disk drives in your system that have been detected or DISABLED This sub menu feature allows you to specify the boot sequence from all available Removable drives installed on your system The settings for each are list of all available Removable drives in your system that have been detected or DISABLED This sub menu feature allows you to sp
69. ve it enabled for DP MP servers this setting may be used to tune performance to the specific application The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to DISABLED The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled For UP platforms leave it enabled for DP MP servers this setting may be used to tune performance to the specific application This setting allows you to specify MPS and ACPI MADT ordering Options include Modern Ordering for Windows XP or later OSes or LEGACY ORDERING for Windows 2000 or earlier OSes This setting is Disabled for Windows systems Select Enabled to use this Virtualization Technology feature to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer system The options are Enabled and DISABLED Please refer to the Intel website for further detailed information NOTE A full reset of the system is required when you change this setting The Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can be executed and where it cannot This prevents a worm or virus from flooding illegal codes into the system to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The default setting is Enabled Please refer to the Intel and Microsoft websites for more information When disabled only one thread per enabled
70. view an event select an entry number and press ENTER to display the information as shown in the screen This screen contains the following information Total Number of Entries SEL Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Event Timestamp Generator ID Event Message Format User Event Sensor Type Event Sensor Number Event Dir Type Event Data This option allows you to clear the BMC system log Select Cancel to keep the BMC system log and Ok with the lt ENTER gt key to clear the BMC system log WARNING Any cleared information is unrecoverable Make absolutely sure that you no longer need any data stored in the log before clearing the BMC Event Log This sub menu is used to configure the IPMI LAN adapter with a network address This static display shows the channel number for the SET LAN Config command This static display shows the channel status for the channel number It will either display CHANNEL NUMBER IS OK or WRONG CHANNEL NUMBER Use this option for selecting the IP Address source Options include STATIC or DHCP This sub menu contains static displays and options for specifying the IP address for your system This should be in decimal and in dotted quad form such as 192 168 10 253 The value of each three digit number separated by dots should not exceed 255 This static display shows the parameter of your IP Address configuration Use this option for selecting the IP Address source Option

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