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  • Page 1 J2024-04 NVMe JBOF User's Manual UM_J2024-04_v1.1_120219...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Preface ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� i Safety Instructions ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ii About This Manual ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ iv Chapter 1� Product Features �������������������������������������������������������������� 1 1�1 Box Content ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 1.2 Specifications������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2 1�3 Feature ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3 Chapter 2� Hardware Setup ���������������������������������������������������������������� 6 2�1 Removing and Installing the Top Cover ����������������������������������������������6 2.1.1 Installing the Top Cover..................6 2.1.2 Removing the top cover ..................6 2�2 Removing and Installing the Power Supply Unit Module ���������������������7...
  • Page 3 Copyright © 2019 AIC, Inc� All Rights Reserved� This document contains proprietary information about AIC products and is not to be disclosed or used except in accordance with applicable agreements.
  • Page 4 Document Release History Release Date Version Update Content August User's Manual release to public. 2019 December BMC update. 2019...

  • Page 5: Preface

    Disclaimer AIC shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information provided is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, neither AIC or its affiliates, subcontractors or suppliers will be liable for incidental, special or consequential damages including downtime cost;...

  • Page 6: Safety Instructions

    Safety Instructions Before getting started, please read the following important cautions: • All cautions and warnings on the equipment or in the manuals should be noted. • Most electronic components are sensitive to electrical static discharge. Therefore, be sure to ground yourself at all times when installing the internal components. •...
  • Page 7 • If one of the following situations arise, the equipment should be checked by service personnel: 1. The power cord or plug is damaged. 2. Liquid has penetrated the equipment. 3. The equipment has been exposed to moisture. 4. The equipment does not work well or will not work according to its user manual. 5.

  • Page 8: About This Manual

    About This Manual Chapter 1 Product Features J2024-04 is a highly commendable NVMe JBOF that is specifically designed to accommodate diverse corporations and enterprises who pursue flexibility and high speed performance. This product supports hotswap designs and is easily deployed for your benefit.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1� Product Features

    Chapter 1� Product Features J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 1. Product Features J2024-04 is a 2U high density JBOF with 24 hot swappable drive bays and hotswappable fans. For more information about our product, please visit our website at https://www.aicipc.com/en/productdetail/50938. Before removing the subsystem from the shipping carton, visually inspect the physical condition of the shipping carton.

  • Page 10: 1.2 Specifications

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 1. Product Features 1.2 Specifications Number of Controller PCIe Switch Broadcom PEX 9765 General Host/Expansion Optional Interface Drive Interface SFF-8639 Drives Supported Form Factor Admin/Firmware BMC Console Upgrade port Administration / Management LED Indicators, Audible Alarm...

  • Page 11: 1�3 Feature

    Chapter 1. Product Features 1�3 Feature J2024-04 is a reliable NVMe U.2 JBOF with 24 hotswap drives bays. This product is designed to accommodate 2 controllers. Featuring the PCIe switch, Broadcom PEX 9765, which is noted for its Express Fabric that...
  • Page 12 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 1. Product Features Front Panel 24 x 2.5" hotswap drive bays System PWR Switch Behavior Status Normal Press Boot up Long Press System shut down Node A Power LED Behavior Status Power Off Power On Green...
  • Page 13 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 1. Product Features Rear Panel Node A Node B BMC Console port AC 1300 W 1+1 redundant 80+ Platinum power supply...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2� Hardware Setup

    Chapter 2� Hardware Setup J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�1 Removing and Installing the Top Cover 2�1�1 Installing the Top Cover Position the top cover on the chassis and secure the screws x 10 pcs. 2�1�2 Removing the top cover...

  • Page 15: 2�2 Removing And Installing The Power Supply Unit Module

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�2 Removing and Installing the Power Supply Unit Module 2�2�1 Installing the Power Supply Unit Push module into the chassis. Make certain that the module is fully inserted to complete installation. 2�2�2 Removing the Power Supply Unit...

  • Page 16: 2�3 Removing And Installing The Solid State Drive

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�3 Removing and Installing the Solid State Drive 2�3�1 Installing the SSD Step 1 Insert the solid state drive into the tray. Make sure to align the number "2" screw holes on the tray and the SSD.

  • Page 17: Removing The Ssd

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�3�2 Removing the SSD Step 1 Press the lever on the SSD tray. The tray lever will auromatically be ejected. Step 2 Remove the SSD tray. Step 3 Remove the SSD from the tray.

  • Page 18: 2�4 Removing And Installing The Fan Module

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�4 Removing and Installing the Fan Module 2�4�1 Installing the Fan Step 1 Insert the module into the node. Make certain that the four rubber connectors are firmly inserted. Step 2 Secure the top cover of the node.

  • Page 19: 2�5 Removing And Installing The Node

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�5 Removing and Installing the Node 2�5�1 Removing the Node Step1 Loosen the retaining screws to release node module. Step 2 Pull the lever on the back of the module to the up.

  • Page 20: 2�6 Retimer Card Connection

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�6 Retimer Card Connection NOTE JBOF with Retimer Card Limitation List • Power on sequence requirement: The JBOF must be turned on before the host boot, because the PCIe reset signal comes from host system.

  • Page 21: Jumper Setting For Retimer Card

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�6�2 Jumper Setting for Retimer Card Setting Upstream/Downstream (J1) Upstream (host) Downstream (JBOF) Jumper2-3 Jumper1-2 (Default) Port Reset jumper (J5) Port Reset Jumper Jumper1-2 Device operates in 1x16/ 2x8 mode (J2, J4, J6) on host...

  • Page 22: 2�7 Stingray Card Connection

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�7 Stingray Card Connection NOTE JBoF with Broadcom PS1100R • Do not support interposer. Connect JBOF to the Stingray card with QSFP 28 to QSFP 28 connection cable. Primary Secondary The NVMe SSD location with the corresponding ports.

  • Page 23: 2�8 Removing And Installing Ssd Backplane Module

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�8 Removing and Installing SSD Backplane Module 2�8�1 Installing the SSD Backplane Step 1 Remove all of the node from the enclosure. Please refer to section 2.5. Step 2 Remove all of the SSD and SSD tray from the enclosure. Please refer to section 2.3.
  • Page 24 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2�9 Slide Blade Installation 1. Removing the inner slide rail. Pull the slide rail open by pressing the trigger downward. Pull chassis inner rail out Press the trigger down to release 2. Mounting the inner side of the slide rail Align the rectangular holes on the inner side of the chassis with the bayonets on the side of chassis.
  • Page 25 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 3. Attach the outer of cabinet to the slide rail Insert the stag into the upper and lower square holes on rail from the back of rail. Push the safety lock forward to secure the bracket.
  • Page 26 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 4. Mount the chassis into the cabinet Insert the inner side of chassis into the cabinet. Check if the ball retainer is fully opened before installing the chassis. It may cause catastrophic damage to the chassis if ball retainer is not in fully open position while mounting the chassis.

  • Page 27: Chapter 3. Bmc Configuration Settings

    Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�1 RS232 connect Host to JBOF The BMC default IP is 192�168�11�11 . If you want to set DHCP mode or change to other static IP, please follow steps below.
  • Page 28 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 2. Find LAN information Find LAN static IP /DHCP [30 00 02 01 04 00 00 ] Find LAN IP [30 00 02 01 03 00 00 ] Find submask [30 00 02 01 06 00 00 ]...
  • Page 29 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3. Set LAN information Set LAN static IP /DHCP [30 00 01 01 04 01/02 ] Set LAN IP [30 00 01 01 03 C0 A8 00 0A ] Set submask [30 00 01 01 06 FF FF FF 00 ]...

  • Page 30: 3�2 Login The Bmc Web Page

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�2 Login the BMC Web Page Open a browser and type in the IP in the address bar. Type in the default account and password. Account: admin Password: admin...

  • Page 31: 3�3 Web

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�3 Web UI 3�3�1 Dashboard Device Information Displays the Firmware Revision and Firmware Build Time (Date and Time). Network Information Shows network settings for the device. Click on the link Edit to view the Network Settings Page.

  • Page 32: Fru Information

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�3�2 FRU Information This page displays the BMC FRU file information. On selecting a particular FRU Device ID its corresponding FRU information will be displayed. Basic Information It displays the FRU device ID and device name for the selected FRU device ID.

  • Page 33: Hard Disk Status

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�3�3 Hard Disk Status This page displays all the HDD power on/off status, user the "Power On" and "Power Off" button to control HDD power, user the "Blue LED Off", "Blue LED On"...

  • Page 34: Storage Heath

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�3�4 Storage Heath 3.3.4.1 Sensor Readings A list of sensor readings will be displayed here. Click on a record to show more information about that particular sensor, including thresholds and a graphical representation of all associated events. Double click on a record to toggle (ON / OFF) the live widget for that particular sensor.
  • Page 35 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3.3.4.2 Event Log This page displays the list of events incurred by different sensors on this device. Double click on a record to see the details of that entry. You can also sort the list of entries by clicking on any of the column headers.

  • Page 36: 3.3.5 Configuration

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3.3.5 Configuration 3.3.5.1 Network This page is used to configure the network settings for available LAN channels. LAN Interface Select the LAN interface to be configured. LAN Settings Check this option to enable LAN support for the selected interface.
  • Page 37 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings IPv4 Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway If DHCP is disabled, specify a static IPv4 address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway to be configured for the selected interface. An IP Address consists of 4 sets of numbers separated by dots as in “xxx.
  • Page 38 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings NOTE VLAN ID cannot be changed without resetting the VLAN configuration. VLAN ID 0, 1, 4095 are reserved VLAN ID's. VLAN Priority Specify the priority for VLAN configuration. • Value ranges from 1 to 7.
  • Page 39 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings Link Speed Link speed will list all the supported capabilities of the network interface. It can be 10/100/1000 Mbps. Duplex Mode Select any one of the following Duplex Modes. - Half Duplex...
  • Page 40 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings NOTE As a year 2038 problem exists, the acceptable date range is from 01-01-2005 to 01-18- 2038. NTP Server Specify the NTP Server for the device. Check the ‘Automatically synchronize’ option to configure the NTP Server. The NTP Server will support the following: •...
  • Page 41 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3.3.5.4 PEF This page is used to configure the Event Filter, Alert Policy and LAN Destination. To view the page, the user must at least be an Operator. To modify or add a PEF, the user must be an Administrator.
  • Page 42 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings Send Test Alert Select a configured slot in the LAN Destination tab and click ‘Send Test Alert’ to send a sample alert to the configured destination. NOTE Test alerts can be sent only with SMTP configurations set to enabled. SMTP suppport can be enabled under Configuration->SMTP.
  • Page 43 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3.3.5.5 SMTP This page is used to configure the SMTP settings. LAN Channel Number Select the LAN channel to which the SMTP information needs to be configured. Sender Address Enter the ‘Sender Address’ valid on the SMTP Server.
  • Page 44 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings The server address will support the following: • IPv4 Address format. • IPv6 Address format. SMTP Server requires Authentication Check the option ‘Enable’ to enable SMTP Authentication. NOTE SMTP Server Authentication Types supported are: •...
  • Page 45 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3.3.5.6 Schedule This page displays the device's current date & time. It can be used to configure dates within a week or specific a date to power on/off the device. If you want to change the device date & time, please go to the NTP page.
  • Page 46 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3.3.5.7 User The displayed table shows any configured Users and available slots. You can modify or add new users from here. A maximum of 10 slots are available, including the default admin and anonymous. It is advised that the anonymous user’s privilege and password should be modified as a security...

  • Page 47: Remote Control

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�3�6 Remote Control 3.3.6.1 Storage power control This page helps you to view or perform any host power cycle operations. Power Off Storage Select this option to immediately power off the storage.
  • Page 48 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3.3.6.2 Java SOL This page you can connect to both Stingray cards console via BMC, launch the Java SOL, you must have Administrator privileges. NOTE A compatible JRE must be installed in the system prior to the launch of JNLP file.

  • Page 49: 3�4 Firmware Update

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�4 Firmware Update 3�4�1 Requirement Browsers: FireFox 24.0 or later version Chrome 35.0 or later version I.E. 7.0 or later version Linux: Redhat 6.4 If you want to update a new version firmware for BMC, please clear the web browser cookies when the update process is complete.
  • Page 50 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 5. This page will show the update warning. If you really want to update the BMC firmware, click the “Enter Update Mode” button. 6. Wait few minutes and it will pop up a window. Click the “Select file” to...
  • Page 51 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 7. Wait a minutes and a window for checking the update section will pop up. Check the “Check this option to do all full firmware flash” option. 8. Click “OK” and the firmware will start the update process.
  • Page 52 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 9. In the update process, it will take about 3 to 5 minutes. NOTE Please do not close this webpage during the update process to prevent the system from crashing down. When the “Device has been reset” window appears, it means the...

  • Page 53: Image Transfer Protocol

    J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 3�4�2 Image Transfer Protocol This page is used to configure the firmware image protocol information. ACTIONS Protocol Type Protocol to be used to transfer the firmware image into the BMC. Server Address Address of the server where the firmware image is stored.
  • Page 54 J2024-04 User Manual Chapter 3. BMC Configuration Settings 4. Click the “Firmware Update” and a drop-down menu will pop up. Click the “Firmware Update.”...

  • Page 55: Chapter 4� Technical Support

    Chapter 4� Technical Support Taiwain, Global Headquarters South California, United States Address: No� 152, Section 4, Address: 21808 Garcia Lane Linghang N� Rd, Dayuan District, City of Industry, CA 91789, Taoyuan City 337, Taiwan United States Tel: +886-3-433-9188 Toll free: +7-4997019998 Fax: +886-3-287-1818 Tel: +1-909-895-8989 Sales Email: sales@aicipc�com�tw...

  • Page 56: Appendix

    Appendix 1�1 Stingray Setup for Testing Broadcom - Smart NIC card: Stingray 1. Pre-configure the Stringray card before testing.  Configure LAN setting as demonstrated below. Host Server – 100G LAN adapter : 192.168.1.100 Host Server – 1G onboard : 192.168.11.10 Stingray -100G default : 192.168.1.10 Stingray-BMC default : 192.168.11.11 - Use “ping”...
  • Page 57  Stingray Login via BMC SOL Function Top Slot ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.11.11 -U admin -P admin sol deactivate ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.11.11 -U admin -P admin raw 0x36 0x54 0x0 ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.11.11 -U admin -P admin sol set non-volatile-bit-rate 115.2 ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.11.11 -U admin -P admin sol set volatile-bit-rate 115.2 ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.11.11 -U admin -P admin sol info ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.11.11 -U admin -P admin sol activate...
  • Page 58 make clean make make install insmod bnxt_en.ko cd /bnxt_re-214.0.157.0 make clean make make install insmod bnxt_re.ko Step 2 Link the NVMe drive one by one (0 ~ 11).  Execute the commands below to connect the drives. nvme connect -t rdma -a 192.168.1.10 -s 1023 -n nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode0 -i 8 nvme connect -t rdma -a 192.168.1.10 -s 1023 -n nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 -i 8 nvme connect -t rdma -a 192.168.1.10 -s 1023 -n nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode2 -i 8 �...

  • Page 59: 1�2 Bridge Board Pcie Switch Firmware Update

    1�2 Bridge Board PCIe Switch Firmware Update 1. Configure the retimer card to upstream mode by setting J1 jumper. Upstream Jumper 2-3 2. Insert retimer(host) card to host server. NOTE SFF-8644 cable must be connected to the slot nearest to the gold finger.
  • Page 60 3. Configure the other retimer card to downstream mode by setting J1 jumper. Downstream Jumper 1-2 Default 4. Insert the retimer card (downstream) according to the corresponding slot and jumper to update. (J5: slot0 ; J7: slot 1) NOTE SFF-8644 cable must be connected to the slot nearest to the gold finger.
  • Page 61 5. Use CentOS 7.4 kernel: 3.10-693 Download PCI/PCIe SDK Linux Package Only (v7.25 Final, 2017-03-14) https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/SDK-Linux-Package-Only 6. Extract folder “PlxSdk.” 7. #Build driver. cp -r PlxSdk/ /usr/src cd /usr/src/PlxSdk/Driver ./buildalldrivers ./buildalldrivers d cd /usr/src/PlxSdk/Bin ./Plx_load Svc 8. Build firmware upgrade tool. cd /usr/src/PlxSdk/Samples/PlxApi make cd /usr/src/PlxSdk/Samples/PlxEep...

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