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Dear User of Inspur Yingxin Server,
Heartfelt thank you for your use of Inspur Yingxin Server!
This manual introduces the technical characteristics, the system installation and
setup of the server to help you to fully understand and expediently use this server.
Please deliver the package of our product to the waste recycling station for recy-
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May, 2012

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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 with- out the consent of Inspur Group Co., Ltd. The Inspur Group Co., Ltd. reserves the right of revising this manual momentarily.
  • Page 2 5. Please read carefully our user manual before you use Inspur Yingxin server. If you have any doubt, please do not hesitate to contact our custom center.
  • Page 3 - 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 discon- necting 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 rated input label. To prevent your equipment from damages caused by momentary spike or plunge of the voltage, please use relevant voltage stabilizing equipment or uninterruptible power supply equipment. Warning 3: If extended cables are needed, please use the three-core cables matched with correct earthed plug, and check the ratings of the extended cables to make sure that the sum of rated current of all products inserted into the extended cables do not exceed 80% of the limits of the rated currents of the extended cables.
  • Page 7 do not put the flat batteries, the circuit boards that may include the batteries and other components with other wastes. For relevant battery recovery, please contact the local waste recovery and treatment mechanism. If what you bought is the chassis, besides carefully read the installation de- scription attached with the cabinet products and get known about the special warning notices and installation process, you must abide by the following preven- tive measures to guarantee the cabinet to be stable and safe:...
  • Page 8 ● Common Problems and Trouble-shooting We suggest you read this manual seriously before you use this server for sake of the unnecessary faults in your operation. Technical Service Hot-line: 86-531-88546554 Address: NO.1036 Inspur Road, Jinan, China (Inspur Group) Zip code: 250101...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Content Chapter 1 NX 5440 Computing Blade Introduction ..........1.1 NX5440 Computing Blade Technical Specification ........1.2 NX5440 Computing Blade View ..............1.3 Introduction of Unit Interfaces and Indicators in NX5440 Computing Blade ..1.4 NX5440 Computing Blade Application ............1.5 Jumper Settings .....................

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 Nx 5440 Computing Blade Introduction

    Chapter 1 NX 5440 Computing Blade Introduction 1.1 NX5440 Computing Blade Technical Specification Processor Type 1-2 processor(s) of Intel® Xeon Sandy Bridge-EP series Platform Type Romley-EP 2S(Socket-R) Memory Type DDR3-1600/1333/1066/800 ECC Registered Memory Slots Total Capacity Up to 256GB Monitor Controller Type Integrated graphics HDD Controller...

  • Page 11: Introduction Of Unit Interfaces And Indicators In Nx5440 Computing Blade

    For connecting USB devices. 1.4 NX5440 Computing Blade Application NX 5440 Computing Blade should accompany Inspur I8000 server, namely, the user should install the computing blade into the I8000 server system for proper applica- tion. Please refer to the relevant parts in the I8000 server user manual or the illustration pasted to the main chassis of the I8000 blade server for details about the installation.
  • Page 12 Open Upper Panel of the Chassis If you need to adjust the motherboard jumpers, please open the upper panel of the chassis with the authorization of Inspur Group. 1. Close the system, extract the blade unit, and press the unlocking springs;...
  • Page 13 Chapter 1 NX 5440 Computing Blade Introduction Introduction of Clear CMOS Jumper Figure 1-5 Jumper Location View Jumper NO. Description Function Short-cut pin 1-2, normal status: short- CMOS clear jumpers cut pin 2-3, clear CMOS. Notes: When you short-cut Pin 2-3 to clear CMOS, please remain the shortcut for 5 seconds;...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 System Bios

    Chapter 2 System BIOS 2.1 How to Enter the BIOS Setup Power up and start the server. When the picture of “Press <DEL> to SETUP or <TAB> to POST” is displayed, press [DEL] and then the system enters BIOS setup. If the system does not enter BIOS setup after previous steps, please press [Ctrl]- [Alt]-[Del] at the same time to reset the system, and repeat operations above.
  • Page 15 Chapter 2 System BIOS Introduction of operational keys: Description ↑ (up) For selecting the upper menu or value ↓ (down) For selecting the next menu or value ← (left) For selecting the left menu or value → (right) For selecting the right menu or value For returning to the superior menu or the main menu For changing the item value For changing the current menu item into the previous...
  • Page 16 Chapter 2 System BIOS Figure 2-1 ● BIOS Information Display BIOS’s version and modification time ● Memory Information Display the memory total capacity installed in system ● System Date Set the system date, in format of [week month/date/year]. ● System Time Set the system time, adopting 24 hour system, in format of [hour/minute/second] 2.2.2 Advanced menu Figure 2-2...
  • Page 17 Chapter 2 System BIOS Advanced menu includes the following submenus or setting items. Launch PXE OpROM WHEA Configuration CPU Configuration SATA Configuration SAS Configuration Serial Port Console Redirection Following are the introductions about main and common items. ◇ Launch PXE OpROM There two options, [Disabled] (defaulted) and [Enabled].
  • Page 18 Chapter 2 System BIOS ◇ Configuration Power Technology There are three items, namely, [Disable], [Energy Efficient] and [Custom]. ● SATA Configuration Enter this item and it will display the status of SATA devices connected to every SATA port. ◇ SATA Mode The item is used to set onboard SATA controller modes.
  • Page 19 Chapter 2 System BIOS North Bridge South Bridge ME Subsystem Following are the introductions about the main and common items. 2.2.3.1 North Bridge Figure 2-4 ● IOH Configuration The menu is used to open or close VT-d or set the rate of PCIE port. Figure 2-5...
  • Page 20 Chapter 2 System BIOS ◇ Intel(R) VT for Direct I/O Configuration Whether the Directed I/0 supports Intel virtualization technology, including [En- abled] and [Disabled] (defaulted) two items. ◇ Link Speed Used to set PCIE port rate, including [Gen1], [Gen2], [Gen3]. Note: if port rate is set to be Gen3, it requires to start [Gen3 Equalization WA’s] simultaneously.
  • Page 21 Chapter 2 System BIOS ● Demand Scrub This function enables the CPU to correct ECC errors while reading a certain sec- tion of the memory. ● Device Tagging When this function is enabled, if a certain particle in the rank of DIMM fails, then the correcting particle will replace it.
  • Page 22 Chapter 2 System BIOS Figure 2-6 ● Restore AC Power Loss Power status settings after power off. [Power Off] is the closed status, it requires manually start; [Last State] is the status when power was off last time; [Power On] is the automatically power on.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2 System BIOS 2.2.4 Server Mgmt Menu Figure 2-7 ● BMC Support There are two options, [Enable] and [Disable]. It is used to control whether BIOS has mutual information with BMC. ● BMC network Configuration This menu displays information configuration of BMC network port. 2.2.5 Boot Menu Boot menu is mainly used to the configuration of system boot devices priority.
  • Page 24 Chapter 2 System BIOS ● Quiet Boot There are two options, [Disabled] and [Enabled]. When [Disabled] is selected, the system will display self-detecting information as usual during the boot. When [Enabled] is selected, the system will display OEM LOGO instead during the boot. ●...
  • Page 25 Chapter 2 System BIOS 2.2.7 Save&Exit Menu This menu is used to save or cancel the BIOS settings. It also allows the user to exit the setup. Figure 2-10 ● Save Changes and Exit Select this item and press [Enter]. Then select [Yes] in the pop-up, and save the amendments you made in the BIOS Setup.
  • Page 26 Chapter 2 System BIOS amendments you made in the BIOS Setup. And you will not exit the BIOS Setup. ● Discard Changes Select this item and press [Enter]. Then select [Yes] in the pop-up, and discard the amendments you made in the BIOS Setup. And you will not exit the BIOS Setup. ●...

  • Page 27: Chapter 3 Operating System Installation

    Inspur driver CD for the making method of the driver floppy disk. Refer to the Inspur Driver U disk Manual for how to make In- spur Driver U disk and considerations during driver loading.
  • Page 28 8. The system enters the interface of “Where do you want to install Windows?”, ⊙ If it prompts “no driver is detected”, it means your configurations require Inspur Driver U Disk to load the driver of disk controller. Please follow the steps below: If Inspur driver U disk is used: ①...
  • Page 29 Chapter 3 Operating System Installation ⊙ It can delete the existing partitions by selecting the existing partitions and then clicking <Delete>. ⊙ It can format the partitions by selecting the existing partitions and clicking <Format>. ⊙ It can create new partitions by selecting unallocated disk spaces and then click- ing <New>...
  • Page 30 3.1.3 Install the Driver 1. Install Chipset patch ① Insert Inspur driver CD into the optical drive, click the blue dolphin icon un- der the installation or operation procedure item in the automatically playing interface popped out after the disk’s running. Input the navigation code on the driver CD case in the navigation code confirmation page , and click <OK>...

  • Page 31: Manually Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux

    □ In the setup menu, click <Back>. 3.Install IB sub-card (HCA card) driver (Optional) 4.Take out Inspur Driver CD, the system will be rebooted. Complete the installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. 3.2 Manually Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 3.2.1Preparation Prior to the Installation...
  • Page 32 Chapter 3 Operating System Installation “U.S. English” and click <Next> to continue the installation. 7. The installation program goes to “What type of devices will your installation involve” interface, please select the type according to your actual needs Here we select Basic Storage Devices, click <Next> to continue. If “Storage Device Warning”...
  • Page 33 Chapter 3 Operating System Installation the boot partition in the same way: /boot. ② Create a swap partition (Swap). Select “Swap” in File system Type, select the hard disk to install the system in Allowable Drives window and input the size (MB) of the swap partition and click <OK>...
  • Page 34 26. Input Username and Password to login the system. 3.2.3 Load HCA Card Driver 1. Insert Inspur Driver CD into the driver, click 【 Applications 】 → 【 Accessories 】 → 【 Terminal 】 on the desk. 2. In the terminal window that appears, input: mount -o ro,loop MLNX_OFED_LINUX-<ver>-<OS label>.iso /mnt...

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Integrated Raid System

    Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System This chapter mainly introduces the configuration of onboard SATA controller Raid and its application method. To use onboard SATA RAID, you have to enter the BIOS, set the “Chipset→PCH →SCU devices” as [Enabled], and set “Onboard SATA Oprom” as [Enabled]. 4.1 How to Enter the Configuration Interface of SATA RAID 1.
  • Page 36 Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System The executable menus of the configuration interface of SATA RAID are the fol- lowing four: ● Create RAID Volume Create RAID Volume. ● Delete RAID Volume Delete the existing RAID Volume. ● Reset Disks to Non-RAID Reset the HDD in the RAID volume, and restore the HDD to non-RAID status.
  • Page 37 Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System RAID10: it allows four hard disks to create this RAID volume. This option is only available when there are 4 or more than 4 hard disks. RAID5 (Parity): it allows three and more than three hard disks to create this RAID volume.
  • Page 38 Chapter 4 Integrated RAID System The system will display all hard disks in RAID volume; please select hard disks to be reset by [Space] key based on actual demand, and then reset hard disk by pressing [Enter]. The system will again warn whether there is a need to reset the hard disk, and enter “Y”...

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 Common Problems And Trouble-Shooting

    Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble-shooting Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble-shooting This chapter focuses on the common problems and Trouble-shooting of the server. If you are not sure about the cause of a failure and its removal method, please contact our customer service center for solution.
  • Page 40 5. Find another monitor for test if possible. 6. If the machine is installed with components other than Inspur ones, please re- move them first.
  • Page 41 Chapter 5 Common Problems and Trouble-shooting the hard disk drive is generally added through the floppy driver or Inspur driver U disk. When using USB floppy driver to add the drive, please set the BIOS first and close the onboard floppy driver controller.

  • Page 42: Additional Notes

    3. After having collected the basic information, please feedback the detailed alarm information to Inspur technical support personnel in a timely manner. We will make further analysis and judgment and help you solve the problem as soon as possible.

  • Page 43: Technical Support Information

    Inspur: http://www.inspur.com/support/Channel_Home/support_sv.asp 5.4 Technical Support Information If you have any doubt or unsolved problems in using Inspur server, please take the following measures: 1. If you have doubt in product configuration and specification details, please con- tact your supplier.

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