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4U Server Blade
(Opteron™ 800MHz Hyper Transport Bus)
Aug. 2005 (Revision B)
P/N: 1230B0015201

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  • Page 1 User Manual 4U Server Blade (Opteron™ 800MHz Hyper Transport Bus) Aug. 2005 (Revision B) P/N: 1230B0015201...
  • Page 2 The copyright in all material provided in this User Manual is held by Inventec Enterprise System Corporation (IESC) or by the original creator of the material. Except as stated herein, none of the material may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of IESC.
  • Page 3 , the logos are registered trademarks of BroadCom Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ® Opteron™ is U.S. registered trademarks of AMD Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. ® ®...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    About This Manual ............................i Conventions..............................i Package Contents ............................ii Safety and Regulatory Information ......................iii Regulatory Compliance Identification Numbers..................iii Product Introduction .........................1-1 Product Features...........................1-2 Server Blade Layout........................1-3 1.2.1 Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade Overview..............1-3 Front panel............................1-4 Hardware Operation..........................2-1 Before You Start ...........................2-1 2.1.1 Power Off ..........................2-1 Battery ............................2-2...
  • Page 5 Champs BMC Updates.........................3-6 Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview.....................4-1 Figure 1-1 Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade Overview..............1-1 Figure 1-2 Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade Component Locations ..........1-3 Figure 1-3 Server Blade Front Panel Component Locations.............1-4 Figure 2-1 Powering off the server blade ..................2-1 Figure 2-2 Battery Location ......................2-2 Figure 2-3 Putting the battery into the holder ...................2-3 Figure 2-4 Pulling the battery out of the holder ................2-3...
  • Page 6: About This Manual

    About This Manual This chapter provides the safety and regulatory information of Server Blade.
  • Page 7: Conventions

    This guide provides step-by-step instructions for the installation and maintenance information of Blade Server. This guide is presented for service technicians of computer equipment. Blade Server supplier assumes that you are network administrators or IT personnel who are qualified in installing, configuring, maintaining and servicing system hardware and software.
  • Page 8: Package Contents

    This section lists the items included in the server package. Blade Unit Part List Item Description ® Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade PMC Card (Option) ® Opteron™ 200 series Processor with Heat Sink (800MHz Hyper Transport Bus) 2.5” SATA HDD 40GB/60GB Very low profile DDR1-400 ECC Registered DIMM 512MB/1G/2G (Option) Mini-backplane Kit*...
  • Page 9: Safety And Regulatory Information

    Regulatory Compliance Identification Numbers For the purpose of regulatory compliance certifications and identification, this server is assigned a series number. This server series number can be found on the product label, along with the required approval markings and information. When requesting certification information for this product, always refer to this series number.
  • Page 10 Warning: Your computer contains an internal lithium manganese dioxide, a vanadium pentoxide, or an alkaline battery pack. There is risk of fire and burns if the battery pack is not handled properly. To reduce the risk of personal injury, Do not attempt to recharge the battery. Do not expose to temperatures higher than 60°C.
  • Page 11: Product Introduction

    Chapter 1 Product Introduction This chapter describes the general product introduction information of the Server Blade.
  • Page 12: Figure 1-1 Opteron™ 200 Series Server Blade Overview

    This chapter provides the detailed features for battery, processor, system memory, HDD, system configuration switch with pictures for your reference. ® Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade Overview Figure 1-1 Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade Overview 1230B0015201 Product Introduction...
  • Page 13: Product Features

    ® This server blade uses serverwork HT-2000, HT-1000 chipset. The server blade supports dual AMD Opteron™ 200 series processors with 800MHz Hyper Transport Bus to accelerate even the most ® complicated server tasks. AMD Opteron™ 200 series processor based blades are designed to meet the needs of the most demanding applications.
  • Page 14: Server Blade Layout

    The layout of the server blade is shown as below. Each connector and major component is identified by the number. 1.2.1 Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade Overview Figure 1-2 Opteron™ 200 series Server Blade Component Locations DIMM Socket 1B System Battery DIMM Socket 1A Configuration Switch Processor 1...
  • Page 15: Front Panel

    Figure 1-3 Server Blade Front Panel Component Locations Item Function Color Status Green Power On Power Switch / LED Power Off Green On: Link / Active Blade Switch LED  Off: No Link COM Port USB Connector 1 USB Connector 2 Green On: Link / Active NIC1 Status...
  • Page 16: Hardware Operation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Operation This chapter provides step-by-step instructions installation hardware information for this Server Blade.
  • Page 17: Before You Start

    This chapter provides the detailed information and installing steps for Server Blade, including Battery, HDD, Processor, System Memory, and System Configuration Switch. Take note of the following operations before you start to install or remove any internal components. 2.1.1 Power Off The server does not completely power off when the front panel power button is pressed.
  • Page 18: Figure 2-2 Battery Location

    If the server no longer automatically displays the correct date and time, check the battery that provides power to the real time clock. If necessary, replace the old battery with a CR2032 lithium battery. Under normal use, battery life is at least 5 years. The location of battery is shown as below: Figure 2-2 Battery Location Warning: This server contains either an internal lithium manganese dioxide, or a...
  • Page 19: To Install The Battery

    2.2.1 To install the battery Pull the battery retaining clip away. Put the battery into the holder until it fits the space completely. Figure 2-3 Putting the battery into the holder 2.2.2 To remove the battery Pull the battery retaining clip away from the battery.
  • Page 20: Processor

    ® The server blade uses AMD Opteron™ 200 series processors in 940-pin mPGA sockets with 800MHz Hyper Transport Bus. The location of the processor on the motherboard is shown as below: Figure 2-5 Processor Location Processor 1 Processor 2 You can install single or dual processors on the board according to your own needs. Please refer to the following points before the installation: 1.
  • Page 21: To Install The Processor

    Warning: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the internal system components to cool before touching them. Caution: Processor socket 1 must be populated at all times. Failure to replace the Processor results in the system failing to boot and halting during POST. This error prevents the system from functioning properly.
  • Page 22: To Install The Heat Sink

    2.3.2 To install the heat sink When installing the heat sinks, please pay more attention to the direction of them. The directions of the heat sinks and two pieces of sponge are shown as below: Figure 2-7 Heat Sink and Sponge Location Note: Make sure these two heat sinks must be installed as the above pictures shows.
  • Page 23: To Remove The Processor And Heat Sink

    Important: Before you put the heat sink on top of the installed processor, please don’t forget to check if the grease is complete on bottom of heat sink. And follow the instruction. 2.3.3 To remove the processor and heat sink Reverse the above steps to remove the processor and heat sink from the blade.
  • Page 24: System Memory

    The system supports 4 DDR1 400MHz very low profile DIMMs to provide up to 8GB of the total system memory that allows memory interleaving plus the ECC support. The DIMM sockets could support 512MB, 1G, 2G DIMM. There are two groups of DIMMs, two in each group on the motherboard to support the CPU1 and CPU2 correspondingly.
  • Page 25: To Install A Dimm

    The location of the DIMM sockets on the server blade is shown as below: Figure 2-10 System Memory Location Important: Before you install or remove the DIMM(s), please see “2.1 Before You Start”. 2.4.1 To install a DIMM Gently push the DIMM into the socket on the server blade.
  • Page 26: Hdd

    Caution: Use only the supplied DIMMs. DIMMs from other sources can adversely affect data integrity. The location of HDD is shown as below: Figure 2-13 HDD Location Important: Before you install or remove the HDD, please see “2.1 Before You Start”. 2.5.1 To install the HDD Locate the HDD on the tray and secure it with the four mounting screws.
  • Page 27: To Remove The Hdd

    Insert the HDD clasp into the narrow slot with an angel of inclination. Press down the HDD to make it fit into the two release buttons. Figure 2-15 Installing the HDD 2.5.2 To remove the HDD Press the HDD release buttons simultaneously.
  • Page 28: Pmc Card (Option)

    The location of PMC Card is shown as below: Figure 2-18 PMC Card Location Important: Before you install or remove the PMC card, please see “2.1 Before You Start”. 2.6.1 To install the PMC Card Locate the bezels to the PMC card with the four mounting screws.
  • Page 29: To Remove The Pmc Card

    Securing the PMC card to the blade with four screws. Figure 2-21 Securing the PMC card to the blade 2.6.2 To remove the PMC Card Reverse the above steps to remove the PMC Card from the blade. 1230B0015201 Hardware Operation 2-13...
  • Page 30: System Configuration Switch

    The location of server blade board switch is shown as below: Figure 2-22 Server Blade Board Switch Location Switch Function Configuration Data *Disable Enable Configuration Data Lock *Disable Enable Clear Password Function *Disable Enable Disaster Mode *Disable Enable Table 2-3 Server Blade Board Switch Note: * means default setting.
  • Page 31: Server Blade

    The location of the sever blade is shown as below: Figure 2-23 Server Blade Location Important: Before you install or remove the server blade, make sure the power is off. To power off the server, see “2.1.1 Power Off”. 2.8.1 To Install and Remove the Server Blade To install server blade: Slide the server blade fully into the bay.
  • Page 32: Figure 2-26 Removing The Server Blade

    Release the handle. Grab the handle and slide the single blade server from the blade server enclosure. Figure 2-26 Removing the server blade 1230B0015201 Hardware Operation 2-16...
  • Page 33: Bios Setup

    Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter provides information about BIOS Setup.
  • Page 34: Bios Setup Utility

    This section describes the BIOS Setup Utility options. You can run BIOS Setup with or without an operating system being present. On-board devices are configured with the BIOS Setup utility that is embedded in flash ROM. The configuration utilities allow you to modify the CMOS RAM and NVRAM. The actual hardware configuration is accomplished by the BIOS POST routines and the BIOS Plug-N-Play auto-configuration manager.
  • Page 35: Entering The Bios Setup Utility

    Note: The BIOS options described in this section may or may not be present in pre-production versions of the system BIOS. This section describes the BIOS utility as it is planned to be at production and is subject to change. Option locations, in a given menu of the BIOS Setup utility as described in this section, may be different from those observed on any one pre-production version of the system BIOS.
  • Page 36: Keyboard Command Bar

    The right portion of the Setup screen provides a list of commands that are used to navigate through the Setup utility. These commands are displayed at all times. Each menu page contains a number of configurable options and/or informational fields. Depending on the level of security in affect, configurable options may or may not be changed.
  • Page 37: Table 3-2 Keyboard Command Bar Description

    Option Description Select Field The Tab key is used to move between fields. For example, Tab can be used to move from hours to minutes in the time item in the main menu. Change The minus key on the keypad is used to change the value of the Value current item to the previous value.
  • Page 38: Bios Updates

    3.4.1 BIOS Requirements Utilities File Name Description Flash BIOS Image AFUDOS.EXE AMIBIOS Flash Utility Under DOS ROM image file & ROM image Autoexec.BAT Recovery Mode AMIBOOT.ROM ROM image Table 3-3 BIOS Requirements Description 3.4.2 ROM Flash Update under DOS Prompt Copy AFUDOS.EXE, Autoexec.BAT and RomFileName.rom (ROM image) to bootable storage.
  • Page 39: Blade Bmc Updates

    Recovery Mode Prepare disk on key for recovery 1. Format disk on key with FAT16/FAT32 format. 2. Copy ROM image and rename it to AMIBOOT.ROM. Recovery method 1. Short Disaster Jumper. 2. Plug Disk on Key. 3. Power on computer wait for recovery process complete. 4.
  • Page 40 Key in the order: get mgmt-blade-bmc (the format of the order is tftp://ip address/file name). Key in order “dir” to check whether the downloading of the files has been finished. Key in the order: update mgmt-blade-bmc file name(e.g. t.img). Key in which chassis management will be updated (with Active or Standby). Ex: update mgmt-blade-bmc bmc.bin active (This command will update Active champs BMC).
  • Page 41 Chapter 4 Diagnostic Tool This chapter provides information about the Diagnostic Tool.
  • Page 42: Table 4-1 Diagnostic Tools

    The following utilities can identify potential hardware problems, monitor and manage server operations. Tool What it is How to run it IPMI Event A log of system events such View events in the IPMI event log from as system failures or non the BIOS setup.

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