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Inspur NX5760M3 User Manual

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This manual introduces the technical characteristics and the system installation and setup of
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NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server
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Inspur Group Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2013

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  • Page 1 This manual is the property of the Inspur Group Co., Ltd. This User Manual is not to be copied by any group or person in any manner without the consent of Inspur Group Co., Ltd. The Inspur Group Co., Ltd. reserves the right of revise this manual momentarily.
  • Page 2 7. The copyrights of the markers and names of the software and hardware product referred in this manual are the property of corresponding companies. 8. In the above statement, “us” indicates the Inspur Group Co., Ltd. The Inspur Group Co., Ltd. holds the right of final explanation about the above statement.

  • Page 3: Safety Information

    — Close the cover of the host, re-connect the system to the power socket, and then start the equipment. — In case of operation failure or abnormal situation, please contact Inspur and get technical support. 3. Pay attention to the position of the system cables and power cables, wire them in places not to be stepped on or knocked down and ensure not to place other objectives on the cables.
  • Page 4 7. When dismounting the internal components with the approval of Inspur, please pay attention to the following matters: — Switch off the system power supply and disconnect the cables, including disconnecting any connection of the system.
  • Page 5 Inspur; only maintenance technicians trained by Inspur have the right to disassemble the cover of the host, dismount and replace the internal components.
  • Page 6 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server earthed power socket. Please connect the three-core power line plug to the three-core AC power socket that is well earthed and easy to access, be sure to use the earthing pin of power lines and do not use the patch plug or the earthing pin unplugged with cables.
  • Page 7 Common Problem and Trouble-shooting We suggest you read this manual seriously before you use this server for fear the unnecessary faults in your operation. Technical Service Tel.: 86-531-88546554 Address: No.1036 Inspur Road, Jinan City, China ( Inspur Group Co., Ltd.） Postcode: 250101...

  • Page 8: Chapter One Nx5760M3 Computer Blade Overview

    Supports 2 25-inch hot plug SATA and SAS hard disks. Extension Card PCIE Controller Supports 1 half-height and half-length PCIE 1.2 NX5760M3 Computer Blade View NX5760M3 computer blade view is as shown in the following Figure 1-1: Figure 1-1 NX5760M3 View...
  • Page 9 NX5760M3 computer blade shall use with Inspur I500 server, and computer blade could only be used when installed in I5000 server system, about how to install NX5760M3 blade onto an I5000 server, please refer to related parts in I5000 server use manual or illustration on chassis of I5000 blade server host, which is not repeated here.

  • Page 10: Chapter Two System Bios

    NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Figure 1-4 Illustration for Opening Chassis Upper Cover Chapter Two System BIOS How to Enter the BIOS Setup Power on the server, system starts to boot, when the following content appears at the bottom of the screen: “Press <DEL>...
  • Page 11 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Menu Name Menu Function Main To configure basic system settings, i.e. system time, system date, BIOS, Memory information display etc. Advanced To configure advanced features of CPU, integrated SATA controller and SAS controller etc. Event Logs...
  • Page 12 Sets system date, the format is [Week Day/Month/Year]  System Time Sets system time, adopting 24-hour system, and the format is [Hour/Minute/Second].  Memory Information Displays system memory volume.  Inspur B9DRP Version & Build Date Displays system BIOS version, BIOS modification time.
  • Page 13 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server 2.2.2 Advanced Menu Figure 2-2 Advanced menu options mainly contain the following sub-menus or setup options: Boot Feature CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration SATA Configuration PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration Serial Port Console Redirection ACPI Settings ME Subsystem Main and common options will be introduced in the following.
  • Page 14 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Enabled, Disabled. *Interrupt 19 Cspture This option is used to set enable status of interrupt 19, which is Enabled by default. If there’s a system configured external card, this option shall be set to Enabled. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 15 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server improve network connection and system performance, so it is suggested to select Enabled. Options: Enabled, Disabled. * Intel® Virtualization Technology Intel CPU virtualization technology setting. If set to Enabled, it will allow multiple independent partitions on one platform to operate different operation systems. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 16 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server -DCA Support Dynamic channel distribution technology setting. Options: Enabled, Disabled. - IIO 1 PCIe Port Bifuracation Control Under this menu are options allowed by IIO 1 PCIe to be set by users. - IOU1-PCIe Port IOU1-PCIe bus speed setting. Options: “x4x4”, “x8”.
  • Page 17 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server QPI link speed setting. Options: “Auto”, “6.4 GT/s”, “7.2 GT/s” and “8.0 GT/s”. ● SATA Configuration * SATA Configuration SATA configuration -SATA Configuration Status of each port during BIOS self-checking. -SATA Mode SATA mode setting. Options: Disabled, IDE Mode, AHCI Mode and RAID Mode.
  • Page 18 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server - Console Redirection Settings COM control redirection setting. &SOL Setting options allowed under SOL. -Console Redirection Settings Whether to enable SOL control port to redirect. If enabled, the next option “Console Redirection Settings” changes to be configurable. Options: Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 19: Event Logs

    NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Menu 2.2.3 Event Logs Figure 2-3 ●Change SMBIOS Event Log Settings SMBIOS event log settings. *SMBIOS Event Log Whether to enable SMBIOS Event Log. Options: Enabled, Disabled. *Runtime Error Logging Support Whether to enable runtime error logging. Options: Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 20 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server * MECI Multiple event count increment. It could be set to 1-255.It is 1 by default. * METW This option could set the time to be spent waiting for event timer before a new event is generated.
  • Page 21 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server *Enabling/Disabling Options Enable/disable options. *SEL Components SEL component settings. Options: Enabled, Disabled. *Erasing Settings Deleting settings. *Erase SEL Whether to erase SEL. Options: No; Yes, Next reset; Yes Every reset. *When SEL is Full When SEL is full. Options: Do Nothing, Erase Immediately.
  • Page 22 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server 2.2.5 Boot Menu Figure 2-5 ●Boot Option Priorities Boot priority settings. ●Boot Option #1 / Boot Option #2 / Boot Option #3 To set devices to be booted firstly, secondly and thirdly. ● Network Devices Network boot sequence settings.

  • Page 23: Save & Exit Menu

    NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Menu 2.2.6 Security Figure 2-6  Administrator Password This option is used to set system administrator password. When administrator password is set, it is required to input password on user level or above when entering BIOS setup.
  • Page 24 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Figure 2-7  Save Changes and Exit Select this option, press [Enter], and select [Yes] in prompt popped up, all changes made in BIOS configuration will be saved, and system will exit BIOS configuration. This menu function could be realized using shortcut key [F10].

  • Page 25: Chapter Three Operation System Installation

    During manual installation of operation system, some operation systems may need to use floppy drive or Inspur U drive disk to load driver of hard drive controller, as for methods to make floppy drive of driver, users could refer to readme.pdf file under root directory of Inspur system CD driver, for methods to make Inspur U drive disk and drive load notices, please refer to Inspur U Drive Disk Manual Instruction.
  • Page 26 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Figure 3-1 Input account ADMIN, and password ADMIN. Figure 3-2 Select Launch on interface, to enter remote control interface: Figure 3-3 Hang image of operation system to be installed onto a virtual CD driver, reboot the system to...

  • Page 27: Manual Installation Of Windows Server 2008 R2

    ● For the above drives, is a USB floppy drive is used, please make driver program into a floppy disk; if an Inspur drive U disk is used, please make driver program into an Inspur drive U disk; if a normal drive U disk is used during drive make, input drive occupied by normal U disk and directory to store drive according to hints, to make the drive to a normal U disk.
  • Page 28 If an Inspur drive U disk or a normal U disk is used: ① Make hard disk controller driver program into [3.5 floppy disk (A:)] of an Inspur drive U disk or a normal U disk; ② When power on server to install operation system, connect an Inspur drive U disk or a normal U disk to USB interface of server;...

  • Page 29: Install Driver

    3. Install chip set patch ① Input Inspur drive CD into the drive, in automatic play interface popped up after running CD, click install or run blue dolphin icon under operation program option, enter navigation code on CD cover of driver in navigation code interface, click [Ok] to enter installation interface automatically;...
  • Page 30 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server ① Install Inspur driver CD into the drive, in automatic play interface popped up after CD running, click Install or blue dolphin icon under operation program options, please input navigation code on driver CD cover in Please Input Navigation Code Interface, click [Ok] to enter installation interface automatically;...
  • Page 31 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server ⑤ Enter “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for MLNX_VPI” interface, and click [Next] option; ⑥ Enter “License Agreement” interface, select “I accept the terms in the license agreement”, then click [Next] to continue; ⑦ Enter “Destination Folder” interface, click [Next] to continue;...
  • Page 32 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Installs or upgrades to enterprise devices such as Storage Area Networks (SANs).This option will allow you to add Foe/Ischia/Zech disks and to filter out devices the installer should ignore. Here we select Basic Storage Devices, and then select [Next] to continue.
  • Page 33 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server in lower right corner, system will pop up “Add Partition”. ① Create root partition (/) and boot partition: In Mount point select root partition: /, in Allowable Drives window select a hard drive needing to install system, input partition size in Size(MB), click [OK] to complete creation of root partition.
  • Page 34 [Finish] to finish installation. 26. Input Username and Password to login the system. 3.3.3 Load HCA Card Drive 1. Insert Inspur drive CD into the driver, left click [Applications]→[Accessories/System Tools]→[Terminal] on desktop 2. Input mount -o ro,loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>.iso /mnt in terminal window occurred: 3.

  • Page 35: Chapter Four Integrated Raid System

    NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server bus:dev.fn=02:00.0 addr.reg=88 data.reg=92 Chip revision is: 01 /dev/mst/mt4099_pci_cr0 - PCI direct access. bus:dev.fn=02:00.0 bar=0xdfb00000 size=0x100000 Chip revision is: 01 If the above information is displayed, it indicates HCA device is recognized normally and could be used 4.

  • Page 36: Sata Raid Configuration

    NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server 4.3 SATA RAID Configuration After entering SATA RAID configuration interface, menu list information, information of hard disk connecting to SATA controller (hard disk ID number, hard disk type, hard disk capacity as well as whether hard disk is a volume member etc.), existed RAID volume information (including volume ID number, name, RAID level, capacity, status, whether information bootable) will all display.

  • Page 37: Reset Disks To Non-Raid

    NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server RAID5（Parity）: This RAID volume is allowed to be made on 3 or above hard disks. Disks: Select hard disks to make RAID volume, press enter after this option is selected, system will enter hard disk selection interface, please select hard disks to make RAID volume using space key in succession, and then press enter to return to volume create menu.

  • Page 38: Chapter Five Common Problems And Troubleshooting

    NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Chapter Five Common Problems and Troubleshooting This chapter introduces the information concerning common problems and trouble removal. If you are not sure the failure cause and removal method, please contact our customer service center for solution.
  • Page 39 5. Replace another display for test if possible. 6. If the machine is installed with other components than Inspur ones. Please remove it first. 7. With the permission of Inspur technical support personnel, pull and plug RAM and clear CMOS for test.
  • Page 40 2. Check whether the mouse setting in control panel of the operating system is normal or not. 3. Clean the rolling wheel and drive shaft of the mouse. 4. It is suggested that you use the keyboard and mouse tested for compatibility by Inspur group or replace with other keyboard and mouse for testing.
  • Page 41 4. For special needs, when transferring the server, pay attention to avoid the vibration and carry out in power off condition. 5. For notices of more products, please refer to the FAQ for server in official website of Inspur: http://www.inspur.com/support/Channel_Home/support_sv.asp...
  • Page 42 NX5760M3 Computer Blade Server Technical support information If you have any doubt or unsolved problems in using Inspur server, please take the following measures: 1. If you have doubt in product configuration and detail specification, please contact your supplier. 2． If there is system problem in using the machine, please contact the customer service center of Inspur server directly, please record the product serial number on your host case.

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