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Inspur. The information in this manual is subject to change without notice. Inspur is the registered trademark of Inspur. All the other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective holders.
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4.Please install the product-compatible operating system and use the driver provided by Inspur. If you use an incompatible operating system or non-Inspur driver, it may cause compatibility issues and affect the normal use of the product, Inspur will not assume any responsibility or liability.
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9.22 Fan Speed Control (FSC) ......................129 9.23 Firmware Update ........................130 9.24 Restore Factory Default ......................135 9.25 Serial Over LAN (SOL) and System Serial Log Recording ............136 9.26 Console Redirection (KVM)....................... 138 9.27 Virtual Media ..........................142 9.28 Redfish ............................
For your safety, please do not attempt to remove the cover of the system to remove or replace any component without assistance provided by Inspur. Only service technicians trained by Inspur are authorized to remove the cover of the host, and to remove and replace internal components.
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The following considerations may help avoid the occurrence of problems that could damage the components or cause data loss, etc. In the event of the following, please unplug the power line plug from the power socket and contact Inspur’s customer service department:...
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Close the host cover, reconnect the system to the power socket, and then power on. In case of operation failure or other abnormal situations, please contact Inspur and get technical support.
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Upon receiving the proper authorization from Inspur and dismounting the internal components, please pay attention to the following: Switch the system power supply off and disconnect the cables, including all connections of the system.
2 Product Specification 2.1 Introduction Inspur NF8480M5 is a high-end, four-socket server with Intel® Xeon® scalable computing platform technology. It has powerful computing power, scalability and excellent RAS features. It is an ideal choice for memory database, ERP, CRM, business intelligence analysis system, large virtual applications and data-intensive applications.
Component Identification BMC serial port IPMI SATA connectors (2) M.2 HDD connector 0 M.2 HDD connector 1 SYS TF slot Front control panel connector DIMM slots (CPU0) CPU0 DIMM slots (CPU3) SLIM LINE2 connector (CPU3) PCIE0 slot (CPU0) SLIM LINE0 connector (CPU3) SLIM LINE1 connector (CPU3) Power board control signal connector CPU3...
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Note: It is required to shut down the system, as well as disconnect the power supply during CMOS clearing. Hold for 5 seconds after short-circuiting pin2-3, and then short-circuit pin1-2 (default setting) to restore to its original status.
Operations 4 Operations 4.1 Power up the Server Insert the power cord plug, then press the Power Button. 4.2 Power down the Server WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury, electric shock, or damage to the equipment, remove the power cord to remove power from the server. The front panel Power Button does not completely shut off system power.
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After performing the installation or maintenance procedure, slide the server back into the rack until it clicks into place. Tighten the screws to secure the chassis in place. WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury, be careful when sliding the server into the rack.
Leave a minimum clearance of 121.9 cm (48 in) from the back of the rack to the back of another rack or row of racks. Inspur Servers draw in cool air through the front door and expel warm air through the rear door. Therefore, the front and rear rack doors must be adequately ventilated to allow ambient room air to enter the cabinet, and the rear door must be adequately ventilated to allow the warm air to escape from the cabinet.
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allow 5,350 sq cm (830 sq in) of holes evenly distributed from top to bottom to permit adequate airflow (equivalent to the required 64 percent open area for ventilation). • Side—The clearance between the installed rack component and the side panels of the rack must be a minimum of 7 cm (2.75 in).
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Because of the high ground-leakage currents associated with multiple servers connected to the same power source, Inspur recommends the use of a PDU that is either permanently wired to the building’s branch circuit or includes a nondetachable cord that is wired to an industrial-style plug.
5.2 Rack Warnings WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, please be sure of the following: • The leveling jacks are extended to the floor. • The full weight of the rack rests on the leveling jacks. •...
Setup 5.4 Installing Hardware Options Install any hardware options before initializing the server. For options installation information, refer to the option documentation. For server-specific information, refer to “Hardware options installation”. 5.5 Installing the Server into the Rack CAUTION: Always plan the rack installation so that the heaviest item is on the bottom of the rack.
5.6 Installing the Operating System To operate properly, the server must have a supported operating system installed. For the latest information on supported operating systems, refer to the Inspur website (http://www. inspur.com/eportal/ui?pageId=2317460). To install the operating system on the server, you can download from the official website...
Hardware Options Installation 6 Hardware Options Installation 6.1 Introduction If more than one option is being installed, read the installation instructions for all the hardware options and identify similar steps to streamline the installation process. WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the internal system components to cool before touching them.
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Remove the heatsink. Install the processor: Step 1: Align the Clip’s triangle mark with the CPU’s corner mark, and then assemble the Clip and CPU together. Step 2: Align the heatsink position marked by “1” with the Clip’s triangle mark, vertically align the mounting holes on the heatsink with those on the Clip, and assemble the heatsink and Clip together.
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Hardware Options Installation Step 3: Install the assembled heatsink module onto the CPU socket, and the position marked by “1” should be aligned with the triangle mark on the CPU socket. Tighten the screws according to the sequence of 1, 2, 3, 4.
Notes: ● It is required to coat thermal grease evenly onto the contact position between CPU heatsink and CPU. ● The pins of the processor socket are easily damaged. If any pins are damaged, you may need to replace the motherboard. 6.3 Memory Option IMPORTANT: This server does not support mixing DIMMs.
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4CPU Configuration - DIMM Quantity & Location (excluding the Hardware Options Installation DIMM Qty. 9-11 13-16 17-20 21-24 25-28 DIMM0 Channel 0 Channel 3 Channel 1 Channel 4 Channel 2 Channel 5 Channel 0 Only DIMMs of the same type could be used in the same machine. Detailed DIMM CPU0 CPU1 population and combination principles are shown in the following figures:...
6.4 HDD Option CAUTION: For proper cooling, do not operate the server without the access panel, baffles, expansion slot covers, or blanks installed. If the server supports hot-plug components, minimize the amount of time the access panel is open. Check the status of the hard disk drive from the hot-plug HDD LED. Back up all data on the hard disk drive.
Hardware Options Installation Step 2: The lever on HDD tray pops up automatically, pull it outwards and remove the HDD tray. Step 3: Tilt and install the HDD into the tray. 6.5 Redundant Hot-plug Power Supply Option CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
Connect the power cord to the power supply. Route the power cord through the power cord anchor or cable management arm. Reposition the cable management arm into the operating position. Connect the power cord to the power source. Verify that the corresponding power supply LED is green. 6.6 Expansion Board Option CAUTION: To prevent damage to the server or expansion boards, power down the server and...
Hardware Options Installation CAUTION: For proper cooling, do not operate the server without the access panel, baffles, expansion slot covers, or blanks installed. If the server supports hot-plug components, minimize the amount of time the access panel is open. Power down the server. Extend the server from the rack.
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Power down the server. Extend the server from the rack. WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the machine to cool before touching it. Remove the access panel. Step 1: Remove the cables/capacitors above the air baffle. Step 2: Remove the front air baffle vertically according to the following figure.
Power on the server. The system will then start to boot. When the following content appears below Inspur logo on the screen: “Press<ESC> to Front Page Press<DEL> to Setup or <F11> to Boot Menu or <F12> to PXE Boot.” Press DEL key. When “Entering Setup …” appears in the lower right corner of the screen, it will enter the BIOS setup soon.
Execute commands or select a submenu Note: Options in grey are not available. Options with symbol “ ” have a submenu. 8.2 BIOS Parameter Description 8.2.1 Front Page When Inspur Logo appears during system boot, press ESC to enter the Setup Front Page...
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interface, as shown in the following figure: Front Page Interface Instruction Table Default Value Interface Parameters Function Description Product Name Display the current product name BIOS Version Display BIOS version CPU Type Display CPU type CPU Frequency Display CPU nominal frequency Memory Size Display the current system memory size Continue...
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BIOS Setup time. The specific parameters are shown in the following table, and the Main interface is shown in the following figure. Main Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Display current product name Product Name Display product serial number Serial Number Display the customer ID Customer ID...
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8.2.3 Advanced Menu Advanced interface includes the BIOS system parameters and related function settings, as shown in the follow figure and table. Advanced Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Peripheral Configuration Peripheral devices configuration submenu Video Configuration Video configuration submenu SIO AST2500 SIO configuration submenu Socket Configuration...
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BIOS Setup Peripheral Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value PCIe SR-IOV PCIe device SR-IOV setting Enabled PCIe ARI ARI capability setting Disabled ARI Forward ARI forward setting Disabled 8.2.3.2 Video Configuration Video Configuration interface is used to set the system display mode, as shown in the following figure and table.
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Video Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Display Mode Set display mode configure type Plug In First 8.2.3.3 SIO AST2500 SIO AST2500 interface is used for serial port settings, as shown in the following figure and table.
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BIOS Setup Socket Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Processor Configuration Processor configuration submenu Common RefCode Configuration Common reference code configuration submenu UPI Configuration UPI configuration submenu Memory Configuration Memory configuration submenu IIO Configuration IIO configuration submenu Advanced Power Management Configuration Advanced power management configuration submenu 8.2.3.4.1 Processor Configuration Processor Configuration interface is used for system processor related settings, as shown in...
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BIOS Setup CPU Socket Configuration Interface Instruction Table Default Value Interface Parameters Function Description Available Core Bitmap(Hex) Display the available core bitmap Core Disable Bitmap(Hex) Disabled core bitmap setting Enable Core Bitmap(Hex) Display the enable core bitmap Desired Core Count Display the number of enabled cores...
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Information of all processors will be displayed by entering Per-Socket Information submenu. 8.2.3.4.2 Common RefCode Configuration Common RefCode Configuration interface is used for common settings, as shown in the following figure and table.
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BIOS Setup Common RefCode Configuration Interface Introduction Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Chose socket to output serial message MRC serial message display setting Socket0 MMIO High Granularity Size MMIO high resources granularity size setting 256G Numa Numa switching setting Enabled 8.2.3.4.3 UPI Configuration UPI Configuration interface is used for UPI related settings, as shown in the following figure...
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UPI General Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value UPI Status UPI status display submenu Link Frequency Select UPI link frequency setting Auto UPI link power saving mode settings, which is made when Link L0p Enable Disabled bandwidth is half of the peak bandwidth.
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BIOS Setup Configuration submenu. UPI Per Socket Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Bus Resources Allocation Ratio Bus resources allocation ratio of each CPU 8.2.3.4.4 Memory Configuration Memory Configuration interface is used for memory related settings, as shown in the following figure and table.
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Memory Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Enforce POR Enforce POR settings Auto Memory Configuration Memory frequency select setting Auto Rank Margin Tool Rank margin tool setting Disabled Set the pattern length for the rank margin tool RMT Pattern Length 32767 when it’s enabled...
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BIOS Setup (b) It will display the memory RAS configuration by entering the Memory RAS Configuration submenu.
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Memory RAS Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Operation RAS mode Display current operation RAS mode Operation ext RAS mode Display current operation extra RAS mode Support RAS mode Display supported RAS mode Support ext RAS mode Display supported extra RAS mode Mirror Mode Mirror mode setting...
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BIOS Setup 8.2.3.3.6 Advanced Power Management Configuration Advanced Power Management Configuration interface is used for CPU power management settings, as shown in the following figure and table. Advanced Power Management Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description CPU P State Control CPU P state control configuration submenu Package C State Control Package C state setting submenu...
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CPU P State Control Interface Instruction Table Default Value Interface Parameters Function Description Uncore Fre Limit Uncore frequency limit setting Enabled SpeedStep (Pstates) CPU P state setting Enabled Turbo Mode Turbo mode setting It will display the package C state configuration menu by entering Package C State Control submenu.
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BIOS Setup Package C State Control Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Package C State Package C state setting C0/C1 State Select CPU Advanced PM Tuning menu, select Energy Perf BIAS, and enter power performance setting interface, as shown below: Energy Perf BIAS Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description...
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The general information of ME configuration will be displayed by entering Server ME Configuration submenu. Sever ME Configuration Interface Instruction Table...
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BIOS Setup Interface Parameters Function Description ME-BIOS Interface Ver. ME BIOS interface version ME SKU ME SKU ME Firmware Type ME FW type Operational Firmware Version Current operational ME FW version Backup Firmware Version Backup ME FW version Recovery Firmware Version Recovery ME FW version ME Firmware Features ME FW features...
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8.2.3.6.1 PCH Devices PCH Devices Interface Instruction Table Default Value Interface Parameters Function Description PCH state after G3 Select S0/S5 for ACPI state after a G3 8.2.3.6.2 PCI Express Configuration PCI Express Configuration Menu Interface Instruction Table...
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BIOS Setup Interface Parameters Function Description Default value PCI-E ASPM Support (Global) Setting ASPM support for all downstream devices L1 Only PCIE Ports X Bifurcation Bifurcation of PCIe port X 8.2.3.6.3 PCH SATA Configuration/PCH sSATA Configuration PCH SATA Configuration/PCH sSATA Configuration interface is used to set the onboard PCH SATA/sSATA options, as shown in the following figures.
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PCH SATA Configuration Menu Interface Instruction Table Default value Interface Parameters Function Description Enabled SATA Controller Enable or disable SATA controller AHCI Configure SATA as Set the SATA Controller as AHCI or RAID Enabled Port X Control Enable or disable SATA port X Port X Status SATA port X status PCH SATA/sSATA RAID mode setting...
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BIOS Setup pressing F10 and system reboot. When the logo appears during system startup, press ESC to enter the Front Page interface, enter the Device Management configuration interface, and select Intel RSTe SATA/sSATA Controller to configure RAID. When the Boot Type is Legacy mode and the Load EFI Driver for RAID is set to Disabled, the system will load Legacy Option ROM to manage the SATA/sSATA RAID after pressing F10 and system reboot.
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Key Instruction Table Description ↑↓ Used to move cursor in different menus or to change values of menu options. To select the next menu option. Enter To select a menu. To exit menu or return to previous menu from submenu. Menu Instruction Table Create RAID Volume To create an RAID volume.
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BIOS Setup Create RAID Menu Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Please enter a volume label name less than 16 characters without containing any Name special characters. Please select RAID volume level. If no volume has been created at present, there are four volume levels of RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID10 (RAID0+1) and RAID5 (Parity) for selection.
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according to the actual demand, and then press Enter to reset the HDD. The system will prompt “Are you sure you want to reset RAID data on selected disks? (Y/N)” again, enter “Y” or “N” according to the prompt. It is to be noted that all data on this disk will be lost after reset.
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BIOS Setup sure you want to exit? (Y/N)”, enter “Y” to exit, or enter “N” to cancel the exit operation. Take sSATA RAID configuration in Legacy Mode as an example to introduce the sSATA RAID configuration. When the logo appears during system startup, press ESC to enter the Front Page interface, enter the Device Management configuration interface, and select Intel RSTe sSATA Controller to configure RAID.
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information. Create RAID Volume. Enter this menu interface, as shown below.
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BIOS Setup Create RAID Menu Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Please enter a volume label name less than 16 characters without containing any Name special characters. Please select RAID volume level. If no volume has been created at present, there are four volume levels of RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID10 (RAID0+1) and RAID5 (Parity) for selection.
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8.2.3.6.4 USB Configuration USB Configuration interface is used to set USB related options, as shown in the following figure and table.
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H2oUve Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Enabled Enable/disable H2OUVE support H2OUVE Support 8.2.3.6.6 IPMI Configuration IPMI Configuration interface is used to set IPMI related options, as shown in the following figure and table. IPMI Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value...
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BIOS Setup BMC Configuration Menu Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Watchdog Timer Support Enable or disable BMC watchdog timer at start of POST Disabled Not disable in OS Enable or disable BMC watchdog timer when boot to OS Disabled Watchdog Timer Timeout Watchdog expiration time setting Watchdog Timer Action...
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Select Exit -> Save Change Without Exit option to save, it takes effect immediately. BMC static IP setting method: Select Dedicated or Share BMC port. Modify the IP address acquisition mode of this port to Static through IPV4 source. Select IPV4 IP Address, press Enter, input IP, and press Enter to confirm; then set IPV4 Subnet Mask and IPV4 Gateway Address in the same way.
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BIOS Setup 8.2.5 Power Power interface is used to set the options related with system power status, as shown in the following figure and table. Power Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Auto wake on S5 setting. When set to Enabled, Auto Wake on S5 you can set to wake up the machine from S5 state Disabled...
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Boot Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Boot Type Select boot type UEFI Boot Type Network Stack Network stack support setting Enabled PXE Boot capability PXE boot setting UEFI:IPv4 EFI boot option setting submenu, the boot priority can be adjusted and set When Boot Type is set to Legacy Boot Type, save the setting and reboot the system.
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BIOS Setup Legacy Boot Configuration Interface Instruction Table Interface Parameters Function Description Default Value Boot Type Select boot type Legacy Boot Type PXE Boot capability PXE boot setting Enabled Legacy boot option setting submenu, the boot Legacy priority can be adjusted and set 8.2.7 Exit Exit interface is used to set the options related with save and exit after changing BIOS parameters, as shown in the following figure and table.
8.3.1 Update BIOS in UEFI shell When Inspur Logo appears during system startup, there is a prompt “Press <ESC> to Front Page or <DEL> to Setup or <F11> to Boot Menu or <F12> to PXE Boot.” on the bottom of the screen.
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BIOS Setup bin -ALL -BIOS –SSB to flash BIOS only, as shown in the following figure. Note: After updating ME+BIOS, please power off the machine, confirm that there is no residual electricity on the motherboard, and then power it on. 8.3.2 Update BIOS in Linux OS There’re 32bit and 64bit Linux OS H2OFFT tools.
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Notes: 1. For Linux system, it needs to run the H2OFFT tool as root. 2. After updating ME+BIOS, please power off the machine, confirm that there is no residual electricity on the motherboard, and then power it on.
BMC Settings 9 BMC Settings 9.1 Introduction This Specification describes the functional specifications for the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). It also describes the feature’s detail information. This document is written for software developers, system integrators, testers, server management users. 9.2 Server System Overview BMC is an independent system of host server system.
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ARM1176JZF-S 32-bit RISC CPU microcontroller. The following functionality is integrated into the component: Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) with peripherals ● Server-class Super I/O (SIO) ● Graphics controller ● Remote KVM redirection, USB media redirection, and HW Encryption ● Figure 1 BMC Hardware Architecture The eSPI/LPC interface to the host is used for SIO and BMC communication.
BMC Settings image), floppy and USB flash disk. Any of the storage devices can be used as a boot device and the host can boot from this remote media via redirection over the USB interface. 9.3 IPMI2.0 9.3.1 Channel ID Assignment for Each Interface Table 1 Channel ID Assignment for Each Interface Channel ID Interface...
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BMC Settings BMC Device and Messaging Commands Set BMC Global Enables Get BMC Global Enables Clear Message Flags Get Message Flags Enable Message Channel Receive Get Message Send Message Read Event Message Buffer Get BT Interface Capabilities Get System GUID Set System Info Parameters Get System Info Parameters Get Channel Authentication Capabilities...
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Suspend/Resume Payload Encryption Set Channel Security Keys Get System Interface Capabilities Firmware Firewall Configuration 60h-64h Chassis Device Commands Get Chassis Capabilities Chassis Get Chassis Status Chassis Chassis Control Chassis Chassis Reset Chassis Chassis Identify Chassis Set Front Panel Button Enables Chassis Set Chassis Capabilities Chassis...
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BMC Settings Get Sensor Threshold Set Sensor Event Enable Get Sensor Event Enable Re-arm Sensor Events Get Sensor Event Status Get Sensor Reading Set Sensor Type Get Sensor Type Set Sensor Reading And Event Status FRU Device Commands Get FRU Inventory Area Info Storage Read FRU Data Storage...
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Set Auxiliary Log Status Storage Get SEL Time UTC Offset Storage Set SEL Time UTC Offset Storage LAN Device Commands Set LAN Configuration Parameters Transport Get LAN Configuration Parameters Transport Suspend BMC ARPs Transport Get IP/UDP/RMCP Statistics Transport Serial/Modem Device Commands Set Serial/Modem Configuration Transport Get Serial/Modem Configuration...
BMC Settings Get Bridge Proxy Address Bridge Get ICMB Connector Info Bridge Get ICMB Connection ID Bridge Send ICMB Connection ID Bridge Discovery Commands (ICMB) Prepare For Discovery Bridge Get Addresses Bridge Set Discovered Bridge Get Chassis Device Id Bridge Set Chassis Device Id Bridge Bridging Commands (ICMB)
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Step 1 Enter “https: // BMC_IP” in browser address bar. Port number is modifiable (See the “Services” section) and the http port number is 80, https port number is 443. If you modify the port number, you need to specify the port number when login, such as https: // BMC_ IP: sslport.
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BMC Settings Device asset info and health state, include: Memory Device Inventory Network System Info Hard Disk Power Supply Unit Information Temperature Voltage BOIS Setup Options Display main setup options Last Day/Last Month/Last Year - Inlet history curve, History Record and total power history curve, Current Power, Minimum Power, Maximum Power, Average Power Controller...
BMC Settings SNMP Set supports local users or network users to switch machine and other operations. ● SNMP Trap supports IPM-based Trap messages. ● snmptrap Fault snmptrapd Detect snmpget snmpd snmpset Figure 3 SNMP Schematic 9.6 Smash-Lite CLI BMC supports Smash-Lite CLI, users can login to BMC via SSH and enter Smash-Lite CLI. And it supports ipconfig, sensor, fru, chassis, user, mc, fan, psu, id, diagnose commands, as the figure shows.
Figure 14 Diagnose 9.7 System Information and State Login WEB GUI, go to page “Information-> System Information”, this page displays information and health status of main components of platform, including CPU, Memory, PCIE Device, Network, Hard Disk Backplane, Power Supply Unit, Fan, Temperature, and Voltage.
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BMC Settings Table 7 CPU Information Attribute Value CPUx, x is CPU No., starting from 0. Processor Name Product Model Normal State Warning State Processor Status Critical State State unavailable or current power is off The State depends on CPUx_Status sensors. Processor Speed (MHz) Processor Speed Core...
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9.7.3 Device Inventory Go to table “Device Inventory” in System Information page. Figure 17 PCIE Information Table 9 PCIE Information Attribute Value x, x is PCIE device number, starting from 0. Slot on Board Onboard slot number where device is located. Slot on Riser Riser slot number where the device is located.
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BMC Settings Figure 18 Network Information Table 10 BMC Adapter Attribute Value x, x denotes the device number. Name eth0 or eth1 MAC Address Mac Address IP Address IP Address Table 11 System Adapter Attribute Value x, x denotes the device number. Present Present Absent...
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Attribute Value x, x denotes the device number. Present Present Absent Front/Rear Hard disk location, front or rear Hard Disk Backplane Hard Disk Backplane Number Normal State Error Error State Absent Locating Locate Absent or Non Locate Rebuilding Rebuild Absent or Non Locate NVME YES or NO 9.7.6 Power Supply Unit...
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BMC Settings Table 15 Power Supplies Attribute Value PSUx, x denotes the power supply number. Present Present Absent Status Error Status, depends on PMBus Status Word command, 97h. MFR ID Manufacture ID MFR Model Manufacture Model Serial Number Serial Number Rated Power (W) Rated Power FW Version...
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Table 16 Fan Information Attribute Value FANx_y, x denotes FAN or FAN group number, y denotes FAN number in group. Present Present Absent Status Normal State Critical State State unavailable or current power is off Speed (rpm) Speed in rpm Duty Ratio (%) Speed in duty Fan Power (Optional)
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BMC Settings Note : Threshold value N/A means not configured. 9.7.9 Voltage Go to table “Voltage” in System Information page. Figure 23 Voltage Information Table 18 Voltage Information Attribute Value Sensor Sensor Name Normal State Warning State Status Critical State State unavailable or current power is off Reading (V) Temperature Reading...
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9.7.10 Global Running State Login WEB GUI, go to first page “Overview”, main devices’ running state are displayed. Figure 24 Global Running State Table 19 System Running State Device State Denotation Power On Current Power Status Power Off UID LED On UID Status UID LED Off CPU Healthy state:...
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BMC Settings PSU Healthy state: Normal State Power Supply Unit Warning State – One or more PSUx_Status warning Critical State – One or more PSUx_Status critical Power Off PSU Redundant state: Normal State Power Redundancy Warning State –PSU_Redundant Sensor warning Critical State –...
Chassis Part Number: ** Chassis Serial Number: ** Board Information Area Format Version: * Language: * Manufacture Date Time: weekday month day time year Board Manufacturer: Inspur Board Information Board Product Name: ***** Board Serial Number: ** Board Part Number: **...
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BMC Settings Sensor type. Temperature: BMC monitors temperature of system components like CPU, PCH, DIMM, ● PSU and HSBP, and monitors Inlet/Outlet temperatures. Voltage: System P12V, P5V, P3V3, PVNN, PVDDQ, PVCCIO, PVCCIN. ● Fan Speed: System fan. ● Power Consumption: BMC monitors Total Power, CPU Power, Memory Power, PSU Input ●...
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Version 2.0. Event Offset: ● If sensor event type is generic, please refer to Generic Event/Reading Type Code table in IPMI Specification, Version 2.0. If sensor event type is sensor-specific, please refer to Sensor Type Code tables in IPMI Specification, Version 2.0. Assertion/De-assertion ●...
BMC Settings 9.8.5 PSU Table 25 PSU Health State Monitored State Level Related Model Present Info SDR/SEL/ Blackbox Power Supply Failure Critical SDR/SEL/ Blackbox Predictive Failure Warning SDR/SEL/ Blackbox Power Supply AC lost Critical SDR/SEL/ Blackbox 9.9 Logs Logs provide the history record of main devices state changes, used for fault diagnostic. 9.9.1 System Event Log BMC provides the ability to record IPMI sensor based event history.
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Figure 24 System Event Log Table 26 SEL Attributes Event ID Event ID in SEL Time Stamp Event generate time Severity Event error level, include Error, Warning, Information Sensor Name Sensor Name, locate the device Sensor Type Sensor Type defined in IPMI2.0 Description Event details 9.9.2 Audit Log...
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BMC Settings Figure 25 BMC Audit log Table 27 Audit Log Attributes Event ID Event ID Time Stamp Event generate time Host Name BMC host name Description Event details 9.9.3 Blackbox Log BMC supports blackbox function used to record some details when event occurred. Record each CPU’s MSR, CSR Registers, used for fault diagnostic.
9.9.4 System Serial Log Refer to section “Serial over LAN (SOL) and System Serial Log Recording”. 9.10 Event Alerting BMC supports SNMP Trap and SMTP email alerts. 9.10.1 SNMP Trap Alert BMC supports SNMP Trap. Users open trap receiver and set trap destination IP in BMC Web GUI.
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BMC Settings Figure 28 Event Filter Step 3 Set alert type and destination. Firstly enable one of three items. If SNMP selected, user should set destination to his IP, if Email selected, user should set LAN Channel to dedicated or shared network, then set destination to a user configured email. Figure 29 Alert Policy Configure 9.10.2 SMTP Email Alert SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol, defined in RFC821) email alert is supported.
Step 2 Configure destination email for related user. Figure 31 Email Settings Step 3 Set destination in Figure “Alert Policy Configure” like SNMP Trap Alert Step 3. 9.10.3 Syslog Syslog supports on/off, supports log level filtering, supports 4 receiving targets and every target can configure the receiving server address (IPv4 / IPv6 / FQDN), port number, log type, enable status and send test information.
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BMC Settings 9.11.1 BIOS Post Code (Port 80h) BIOS sends Post code to IO port 80h. If there are any errors during power on, the last post code is on port 80h. BMC is able to trace post code via port 80h to figure out the cause of issue happened.
9.11.3 BMC Watchdog for System Software watchdog can be used for a number of system timeout function by system management or by BIOS. If software watchdog is triggered, the following actions are available. System Reset ● System Power Off ● System Power Cycle ●...
BMC Settings timeout is more than 1 minute, BMC will reset. When entering the flash mode, set watchdog time to 20 mins, if timeout BMC will reset ● automatically. When flashing image starts, the watchdog will update to 20 mins, if timeout BMC will reset automatically.
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Maximum bandwidth: Dedicated NIC – 1000M, Shared NIC – 100M. ● BMC network interface compatibly supports IPV4 and IPV6, supports automatic access ● or IP address manual setting, and MAC address is stored in the EEPROM. Support VLAN. ● By default, IPMI LAN channels are assigned as below: ●...
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BMC Settings Network Bonding: Enable/Disable the Network Bonding. If VLAN is enabled, Network Bonding cannot be enabled. Default Interface: Select the default network interface. Auto Configuration: Enable/Disable Auto Configuration. If Auto Configuration is disabled, then interface service can be configured via IPMI command.
NCSI to anther NIC, user should set in Web GUI. Supported NCSI cards on PURLEY platform, include onboard NIC, PHY card, OCP A/B/C card, Inspur designed and NCSI-supported PCIE NIC. Different projects support one or more NCSI cards.
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BMC Settings OS users. Users created by IPMI or WEB will have IPMI, WEB and BMC OS user privilege. As BMC OS user, it only has common user privilege, without root user privilege. Sysadmin is BMC OS root user, it only has BMC OS root privilege, and cannot access IPMI ●...
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Complexity check is disabled by default, we strongly suggest you enable this function for ● security. Password Expiration Password Expiration, the range of the expiration is 0~90 days, and 0 presents forever. ● Disabled by default, we strongly suggest you enable this function for security. ●...
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- White space is not allowed. - No more than 64 characters. 9.15.3 SNMP User SNMP user is used to support SNMP Get/Set. Default read community: cmccread and inspur@0531 ● Default write community: cmccwrite ● SNMPV3 supports user authentication, supported authentication algorithm is SHA and ●...
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9.15.4.2 User Privilege for Management Web GUI Only IPMI/WEB/BMC OS Unified User supports Web GUI. Table 32 User Privilege for Management Web GUI Menu Subdirectory System Information Information History Record Console Redirection Locate Server Remote Control Remote Session Virtual Media Mouse Mode Power Supply Monitor Server Power Control...
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BMC Settings Note N = No Access Privilege level U = User Privilege level O = Operator Privilege level A = Administrator Privilege level RW = Support Read and Write operation RO = Support Read operation only For “Operator” and “User” privilege, if with RO attribute, the settings are visible, but the input fields and buttons are disabled, so users cannot modify the settings;...
Note N = No Access Privilege level of Unified User U = User Privilege level of Unified User O = Operator Privilege level of Unified User A = Administrator Privilege level of Unified User R = Root user - sysadmin of BMC OS YES = Support NO = Not Support 9.16 Protocol and Ports...
BMC Settings Table 34 Fixed Protocols Service Usage State Port SNMP SNMP Get/Set Enable syslog syslog Enable Websockify KVM on HTML5 Enable 9666 Websockify Virtual Media on HTML5 Enable 9999 srvloc Sever location Enable smux Enable 9.17 Time and NTP BMC supports that system describes instants in time.
9.18 BIOS and BMC BIOS and BMC cooperate very closely in the server. BIOS uses IPMI command to communicate with BMC by means of KCS interface on LPC bus. BIOS provides following features to BMC. Sync Host RTC time with BMC by “Set SEL Time Command”. ●...
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BMC Settings 9.18.1 BIOS Setup Options BMC supports BIOS Setup Option getting and setting. BIOS sends BIOS Setup Options to BMC When BIOS POST completes. ● Users can use IPMI OEM CMD to change setup option value. BIOS will update setup ●...
Enter “BMC settings->BIOS Boot Options” page to check and set BIOS Boot Options. Figure 40 Boot Option 9.19 Storage Server storage subsystem generally consists of RAID and SAS hard disks. BMC physically interacts with the RAID and SAS controllers through I2C to obtain information such as controllers, disks, and arrays, and to set RAID.
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Table 37 Storage Management Information Device Monitored Information Product Name Serial Number Vendor (ID) SubVendor (ID) Device (ID) SubDevice (ID) Host Interface Firmware Version WebBIOS Version BIOS Version Firmware Package Version Firmware Time Device Interface Chip Temperature (Cel) Unconfigured Good Spin Down Hot Spare Spin Down Cluster Mode Coercion Mode...
BMC Settings Device ID Enclosure ID Firmware State Media Type Vendor (ID) Product Revision Level Max Speed (Gbps) Temperature (Cel) Raw Size (GB) Media Error Count User Data Block Size (B) Certified Disabled for Removal FW Download Allowed Security Rebuild Locate Copy Back Hard disk...
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The “Remote Control -> Locate Server” page shows the status of UID. Turn on UID: Specify the light time period, and click “Turn On Led” button to turn on UID for specified time. Turn off UID: Click “Turn Off Led” button to turn off UID. Figure 42 Server Location 9.20.2 Server Virtual Power Button This function allows users to power on, off, and reset the managed server via BMC.
BMC Settings 9.21 Power Supply and Power Consumption 9.21.1 Power Supply Redundancy BMC usually supports PSU Redundancy, which means if one or more PSUs cannot normally output power, server will work normally powered by other power supply. 9.21.2 PSU Active Standby In the case of meeting the normal work, BMC provides a way to manually set the power supply to standby to improve power conversion efficiency.
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9.21.3 Power Peak Power peak is used to prevent many servers from being started at the same time when first time A/C power is restored, which would cause heavy power loading. Power peak can be enabled or disabled. Disabled by default. ●...
BMC Settings current power, CPU total power, total memory power and a specific period of peak power, average power, the cumulative power consumption. Figure 47 Inlet Temperature History Record Figure 48 Total Power History Record 9.22 Fan Speed Control (FSC) 9.22.1 Fan Speed Control BMC supports Auto Fan Control by default, and the fan module speed is controlled by the algorithm provided by thermal team.
Users can enable Manually Fan Control in Web GUI, if enabled, users can select one of four fan speeds predefined for each fan module. These predefined fan speed are Low, Medium, High and Full. Click “Power and Fan -> Fan Speed Control” to go to the configuration page. Select Manually Fan Control, and click the fan speed you want.
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BMC Settings directly erase and overwrite flash with new image without Firmware Integrity Checking. All configuration will be erased. This is an inband mode, users should accept user permission. 9.23.1.1 Firmware Integrity Checking Each firmware image has a MD5 code calculated by MD5 tool (Hash.exe). Before firmware update, users must check integrity using MD5 tool to make sure the firmware image file is the correct one.
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to Both Images, which means both image will be updated. If configuration should be preserved, click “Enter Preserve Configuration” to select items that need to be preserved. Click “Enter Update Mode” to go to update page. Figure 50 BMC Update Step 1 Step 2 Select image file, click Upload button to upload file, BMC will enter flash mode, IPMI service will stop, and then BMC will verify image.
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BMC Settings Figure 51 BMC Update Step 2 Step 3 Check image version and current image version, then click “Proceed to Update” button to start update. Wait for about 15mins (both images), then flash is complete. Figure 52 BMC Update Step 3 9.23.1.4 SOC Flash Update SOCflash tool will directly erase and overwrite flash with new image without Firmware Integrity Checking.
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Intel ME firmware is packaged with BIOS firmware as a single firmware image. Support two upgrade modes: “BIOS+ME” and “BIOS Only”. ● Power off the system before performing BIOS firmware update. ● After BIOS firmware update, BIOS NVRAM will be cleared, all BIOS configurations will be ●...
Items Preserved configuration Note SEL Log IPMI, including PEF data, SOL data, IPMI user IPMI information, SMTP, DCMI data, etc. Select IPMI option while including this configuration. Select IPMI option while including this configuration. Select IPMI option while including this SMTP SMTP configuration.
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BMC Settings Figure 56 SOL Setting in BIOS Figure 57 Default Serial Setting...
LPC Bus SupperIO UART2 UART1 Internet UART3 Port COM0 Port Figure 58 SOL Schematic 9.25.2 System Serial Log Recording BMC can record system serial information. The logs BIOS or OS sends to the serial port will be recorded to the BMC’s DDR, and keep up to 2M bytes of system serial logs. When more than 2M, log will loop to store, and the old log content will be deleted.
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BMC Settings 9.26.1 HTML5 KVM BMC supports HTML5 KVM, supported on Chrome 58 and above, IE 11 and above. Not depend on JAVA, .NET. Go to “Remote Control -> Console Redirection” in WEB GUI, click “Launch KVM HTML5 Viewer” to launch HTML5 KVM. Figure 60 Console Redirection Figure 61 KVM Screen 9.26.2 Java KVM...
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to launch Java KVM. Figure 62 Java KVM 9.26.3 KVM Reconnect Support reconnection after network disconnection, the retry count is 3 by default, and the retry time interval is 10s. Users could change reconnect setting in page “Remote Control -> Configure Remote Session”.
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BMC Settings 9.26.4 Mouse Mode To open KVM Mouse setting page, click “Remote Control -> Mouse Mode”. Figure 64 Mouse Mode Settings Table 39 KVM Mouse Mode Client OS Host OS Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 RHEL 5.2 Relative Relative...
9.27 Virtual Media The media redirection will allow users to take various media devices and images that presented on the client side (Local Media Support) or remote (Remote Media Support), and attach them as virtual USB on the server side in which the BMC is resident. The virtual media supports: Simultaneous hard disk, floppy, USB key, CD/DVD, folder redirection.
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BMC Settings Local Media Support: To enable or disable Local Media support, check/uncheck the ‘Enable’ check box. Remote Media Support: To enable or disable Remote Media support, check/uncheck the ‘Enable’ check box. Mount CD/DVD: To enable or disable Mount CD/DVD support, check/uncheck the ‘Enable’ check box. Note: You can also select all the media types simultaneously.
9.28 Redfish Redfish is a new management standard that uses the hypermedia RESTful interface to express data. It is oriented to the model, can express the relationship between modern system components and the semantics of services and components, and be easy to expand. For servers that provide Redfish, the client can obtain the BMC information by sending HTTP request and specify the operation for the BMC.
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BMC Settings deleted address. 9.28.4 Steps Get the resources provided by Redfish, Redfish's root directory visit does not require authorization. Get the accessible resource URL through visiting the Redfish root directory. Request: curl -k -u username:password https://IP/redfish/v1 Response: “@odata.context”: “/redfish/v1/$metadata#ServiceRoot.ServiceRoot”, “@odata.id”: “/redfish/v1/”, “@odata.type”: “#ServiceRoot.v1_0_2.ServiceRoot”, “AccountService”: {...
If there is a machine and a power module of the same type, you could change the power module to test whether there is a power module fault. If the instructions above do not resolve the problem, please contact Inspur customer service.
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KVM to check whether there is output on the monitor. If there is normal output, it indicates the VGA port may be abnormal, please contact Inspur customer service. If above operations could not resolve the problem, please contact Inspur customer service.
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RAID card management interface for recovery. ② Remove the HDD until the HDD motor stops completely, to prevent damage to the motor. For the operations on the RAID card management interface, please refer to Inspur technical website: www.4008600011.com. Chassis fans make excessive noise...
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When tested in a non-system situation, if the keyboard or mouse performance turns out to be normal, a system fault could be considered. If the keyboard or mouse fault still exists, a mainboard interface fault could be considered, and Inspur technical hotline can be called for support.
If the C disk utilization is too large after system installation, open Computer Property-> Advanced System Property-> Advanced-> Performance-> Settings-> Change Virtual Memory, turn down the virtual memory or allocate the virtual memory to other partitions. If above operations could not resolve the problem, please contact Inspur customer service. Abnormal memory capacity...
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Common Faults, Diagnosis and Troubleshooting If above operations could not resolve the problem, please contact Inspur customer service. Abnormal network Description: The network is disconnected, or the rate is lower than the actual rate of the network port. Suggestions: Check whether the network cable is connected well and whether the network LED flashes normally, re-insert the network cable to test again.
11 Battery Replacement If the server no longer automatically displays the correct date and time, you may need to replace the battery that provides power to the real-time clock. WARNING: The computer contains an internal lithium manganese dioxide, a vanadium pentoxide, or an alkaline battery pack.
Regulatory Compliance Notices 12 Regulatory Compliance Notices 12.1 Regulatory Compliance Identification Numbers For the purpose of regulatory compliance certifications and identification, this product has been assigned a unique regulatory model number. The regulatory model number can be found on the product nameplate label, along with all required approval markings and information.
Compliance with these directives implies conformity to applicable harmonized European standards (European Norms) that are listed in the EU Declaration of Conformity issued by INSPUR for this product or product family and available (in English only) within the product documentation.
Regulatory Compliance Notices 12.5 Korean Notice Class A Equipment Class B Equipment 12.6 Chinese Notice Class A Equipment 12.7 Battery Replacement Notice WARNING: The computer contains an internal lithium manganese dioxide, a vanadium pentoxide, or an alkaline battery pack. A risk of fire and burns exists if the battery pack is not properly handled.
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Batteries, battery packs, and accumulators should not be disposed of together with the general household waste. To forward them to recycling or proper disposal, use the public collection system or return them to Inspur, an authorized Inspur Partner, or their agents.
Use a portable field service kit with a folding static-dissipating work mat. If you do not have any of the suggested equipment for proper grounding, have an authorized reseller install the part. For more information on static electricity or assistance with product installation, contact Inspur Customer Service.
14 Warranty 14.1 Introduction Inspur warrants that all Inspur-branded hardware products shall provide a period of three (3) year warranty. This document describes Warranty Service, including a detailed description of service-level. The warranty terms and conditions may vary by country, and some services and/or parts may not be available in all countries.
Electrostatic Discharge service request. Inspur may, at its discretion, repair or replace the defective parts. Repair or replacement parts may be new, used, or equivalent to new in performance and reliability. Replaced or repaired parts are warranted to be free of defects in material or workmanship for ninety (90) calendar days or, for the remainder of the warranty period of the product, whichever is longer.
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