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  • Page 1 G2SERO-B Single Server Motherboard (EATX Standard Motherboard) User Manual V1.1...
  • Page 2 Preface This manual is the product technical manual of single processor G2SERO-B. It mainly introduces and illustrates the parameters, system architecture, installation and basic operation of this type of product. This manual is for reference and research of professional system integrators and technicians.
  • Page 3 About this manual Chapter 1: Product Introduction This chapter describes specification of the motherboard and main characteristics. Chapter 2: Hardware Installation This chapter describes main components and installation of the motherboard and main connectors. Chapter 3: BIOS This chapter mainly introduces the parameter settings and main functions of BIOS. Chapter 4: RAID Setting Instruction This chapter mainly introduces how to set RAID.
  • Page 4 Disclaimers Gooxi provides this user Manual “Status Quo”. To the extent permitted by law, Gooxi does not provide any express or implied warranty and guarantee, including but not limited to commercial bestseller, applicability...
  • Page 5 Glossary: Name Meaning AMD EPYC™ 7002 ROME series processor M. 2 interface is a new generation interface standard tailored for Ultrabook, which is Intel® pushed a new interface specification to replace mSATA RJ45 Standard 8-bay modular interface AST2500 Aspeed BMC chip ®...
  • Page 6 RDIMM Registered DIMM 带寄存器的双线内存模块 LRDIMM Load-Reduced DIMM 低负载 DIMM 通过直接连接键盘、视频、鼠标 Keyboard Video Mouse 端口，能够访问和控制计算机 Complex Programmable Logic CPLD 复杂可编程逻辑器件 Device Error Correcting Code 错误检查和纠正 Cubic Feet Per Minute 立方英尺每分钟 Revolution Per Minute 转每分 Conventions: Caution: It is used to deliver equipment or environmental safety warning messages. If it is not avoided, it may lead to equipment replacement, data loss, equipment performance degradation or other unpredictable results.
  • Page 7 Revision Record: Version Date of issue Note V1.0 May-26-2020 First Release V1.1 June-10-2021 Optimized Description Version: V1.1...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Product Introduction..............................9 1.1 System Introduction ................................ 9 1.2 Product Specification..............................9 1.3 Product Features................................10 1.4 Motherboard Structure Diagram ..........................11 1.5 The motherboard block diagram:..........................12 Chapter 2 Installation of System Components ........................... 13 2.1 Removing and installing CPU............................13 2.2 Removing and installing heatsink ..........................
  • Page 9 3.2.30 BMC User Setting............................58 3.2.31 Add User................................59 3.2.32 Delete User..............................60 3.2.33 Change User Setting............................61 3.2.34 Event Logs...............................62 3.2.35 Change SMBIOS Event Log Settings......................63 3.2.36 Security menu..............................64 3.2.37 Secure Boot..............................65 3.2.38 Boot menu............................... 66 3.2.39 Save & Exit menu............................67 3.3 Caution ..................................

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 Product Introduction

    Chapter 1 Product Introduction 1.1 System Introduction Gooxi G2SERO-B is a single CPU standard E-ATX server motherboard which supports AMD EPYC 7002 (Rome series) processor. It is compatible with AMD EPYC 7003 (Milan series) and 7001 series (Naples series) and Hygon7100, 7200, 5100, 5200 series processors. The motherboard configured 16* DDR4 memory slots, onboard 2* MiniSAS SFF-8643 connectors, 1* M.2 port, 2* Gigabyte net ports, 1* RJ45...

  • Page 11: Product Features

    Accords requirement 1.3 Product Features G2SERO-B motherboard main features are as follows:  Single SP3 Socket, supports AMD EPYC™ 7002 series processors.  8* DDR4 channels per CPU, each channel supports 2* DIMMs, 16* DDR4 slots in total. Per DIMM supports 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, the whole system supports 4TBmemory capacity.

  • Page 12: Motherboard Structure Diagram

    1.4 Motherboard Structure Diagram Figure 1-1 Module Name Chassis fan-controlled 4pin interface Chassis fan-controlled 4pin interface ATX 8PIN power supply connector ATX 8PIN power supply connector PMBUS ATX 24PIN power supply connector M.2 slot Mini SAS HD1/HD2 8643 connector LPC TPM/80Port 2x10PIN Header FP USB3.0*2 Header FP VGA Header SPI TPM Header...

  • Page 13: The Motherboard Block Diagram

    VR I2C JSTBY IPMB Front panel pin Onboard system power button Onboard system power button CPLD JTAG USB3.0 Lithium battery SLOT10 PCIE4.0 X16 SLOT9 PCIE4.0 X8 SLOT8 PCIE4.0 X8 SLOT7 PCIE4.0 X16 SLOT6 PCIE4.0 X16 SLOT5 PCIE4.0 X8 SLOT4 PCIE4.0 X8 or X16 SLOT3 PCIE4.0 X8 or null SLOT2 PCIE4.0 X16 SLOT1 PCIE4.0 X8...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Installation Of System Components

    Chapter 2 Installation of System Components 2.1 Removing and installing CPU Before installing CPU, read these guides:  Make sure MB supports CPU  Before installing CPU, please turn off computer and unplug the power cord from the power socket to prevent damage to the hardware.
  • Page 15 Figure 2- 2 Figure 2- 3 Version: V1.1...

  • Page 16: Removing And Installing Heatsink

    2.2 Removing and installing heatsink Before you start installing the heatsink, read the following guidelines: Be sure to turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power socket to avoid damaging the hardware. Unplug all cables from the power socket. Disconnect all communication cables from their ports.

  • Page 17: Installing Memory

    2.3 Installing memory Motherboard supports 8* DDR4 channels, each channel supports 2* DIMM, 1* CPU supports 16* DDR4 slots (when only one memory is inserted, it is preferred to insert the socket in the red box in the figure below. The plastic color of the socket on the board is blue). Note: For system’s stability, it is recommended to use AND AVL Memory List.

  • Page 18: Installing M.2 Ssd Module

    Figure 2- 7 Figure 2- 8 2.4 Installing M.2 SSD module Follow the steps below to install the M.2 SSD module on the motherboard (Note: the motherboard only supports M.2 of 2280 specification) Step 1: insert the M.2 SSD module into the slot on the motherboard. Step 2: tighten the fixing screws to fix the M.2 SSD module in place.

  • Page 19: Rear Panel Connector

    2.5 Rear panel connector Figure 2-10 ① Reset button: BMC reset. ② RJ45 Gigabit LAN port: the dedicated IPMI management interface provided by the motherboard supports IPMI remote management. ③ USB port: 2* USB ports, supporting USB 3.0 specification. ④ RJ45 Gigabit LAN port: the 2* service network ports provided by the motherboard use RJ45 connectors stacked up and down.

  • Page 20: Internal Connector

    2.6 Internal connector Figure 2- 11 1/2) FAN 1, FAN 2, FAN 3, FAN4, FAN5, FAN6, FAN7, FAN8 The motherboard has eight 4Pin fan connectors, which are placed near the backplane of the motherboard to connect the system fan. The fan pin signals are 1 TACH detection speed, 1 PWM control speed, 1 POWER and 1 GND.
  • Page 21 3/4/6) Power supply connector (J51/J53/J54) J51 is a 2x12pin ATX power connector with a spacing of 4.2mm. When the wire diameter is 18AWG, a single pin supports 6A. J53 and J54 are 2x4 ATX power connectors with a spacing of 4.2mm. When the wire diameter is 18AWG, a single pin supports 7A.
  • Page 22 9) Front USB3.0 connector/header The side USB3.0 connector is a 2x10pin 2.0mm spacing fenced pin. The detailed signal definition is as follows: Figure 2-15 10) Front VGA connector The motherboard provides a VGA interface that can be connected to the front panel to access the VGA screen and output the host information.
  • Page 23 17/18/19/20/21/22/23/24/25/26) PCIE SLOT 10* standard X16 PCIE slots on motherboard J1/J2/J3/J4/J8/J9/J10/J11/J12/J13, from which 6* PCIe 4.0 x8 (in PCIe 4.0 x16 slot) and 4* PCIe 4.0x16 (The 2 , 10 slot). Through PCIe Switch, the third slot is designed as X8 or no signal, and the fourth slot is designed as X8 or x16. 27) SP3 SOCKET The motherboard supports 1 SP3 Socket, 1 AMD EPYC 7002 series (Rome) processor, is compatible with AMD EPYC 7003 series (Milan), AMD EPYC 7001 series (Naples), Hygon7100, 7200, 5100/5200...

  • Page 24: Chapter 3 Bios

    Chapter 3 BIOS 3.1 Enter the BIOS setup interface Operation steps: 1. Power on the server motherboard and connect the keyboard; 2. In the process of POST (Power-On Self-Test), pay attention to the prompt of entering BIOS Setup interface at the bottom left of LOGO picture, “Press <DEL> or <ESC> to enter setup, <F7> to enter Boot Menu.”;...

  • Page 25: Main Menu Description

    3.2.2 Main menu description Main interface contains the basic information of BIOS system, such as BIOS version number, CPU model, memory capacity, and the system time that can be set. Figure 3- 1 BIOS Information Project Version Displays the version information of the single board BIOS. Build Date and Time Displays the compilation date and time of the single board BIOS.
  • Page 26 System Language Select the current system language. System Date: Display and set the current system date. The format of the system date is "week, month, day, year". Press “Enter” to switch between month, day and year. You can change the value in the following ways： ●...

  • Page 27: Advanced Menu Description

    3.2.3 Advanced Menu description Advanced menu contains advanced configuration items of BIOS system. Figure 3- 2 ●Trusted Computing (Trusted execution module configuration ●PSP Firmware Versions (Platform security processor firmware version) ●Boot Feature (Boot Feature configuration page) ●NB Configuration ●PCIE Port Bifurcation ●ACPI Settings ●Serial Port Console Redirection ●CPU Configuration...

  • Page 28: Trusted Computing

    3.2.4 Trusted Computing Figure 3- 3 Display and set TCM / TPM module information. Different module options are set differently. Users can set according to Setup help. Version: V1.1...

  • Page 29: Psp Firmware Versions

    3.2.5 PSP Firmware Versions Figure 3- 4 Display the PSP firmware version and related information. Version: V1.1...

  • Page 30: Boot Feature

    3.2.6 Boot Feature Figure 3- 5 Quiet Boot Disable and enabled Quiet Boot function, and the menu options are： ●Disabled: now shows POST information ●Enabled : now shows OEM Logo Default value: Enabled Option ROM Messages Use this function to set Option ROM display model, and the menu options are： ●Force BIOS:Option ROM display model set by BIOS ●Keep Current: Option ROM display model set by ROM Default value: Force BIOS...

  • Page 31: Nb Configuration

    ●Postponed Default value: Immediate 3.2.7 NB Configuration Figure 3- 6 cTDP Control Set cTDP Control, and the menu options are: ●Manual ●Auto Default value: Auto IOMMU IOMMU switch, and the menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled ●Auto Default value: Auto ACS Enable ACS switch, and the menu options are: ●Enabled Version: V1.1...
  • Page 32 ●Disabled ●Auto Default value: Auto Package Power Limit Control Set Package Power Limit Control, and the menu options are: ●Manual ●Auto Default value: Auto APBDIS Set APBDIS, and the menu options are: ●0 ●1 ●Auto Default value: Auto DF Cstates DF Cstates switch, and the menu options are: ●Disabled ●Enabled...

  • Page 33: Memory Configuration

    3.2.8 Memory Configuration Figure 3- 7 Memory interleaving Memory interleaving switch, and the menu options are: ●Disabled ●Auto Default value: Auto Memory interleaving size Menu options are: ●256 Bytes ●512 Bytes ●1 KB ●2 KB ●Auto Default value: Auto Chipselect interleaving Set the interleaving memory block on the DRAM chip of control node 0, and the menu options are: ●Disabled ●Auto...

  • Page 34: Socket 0/1 Information

    Menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled ●Auto Default value: Auto DRAM scrub time Set the time to scrub the memory, menu options: ●Disabled ●1 hours ●4 hours ●8 hours ●16 hours ●24 hours ●48 hours ●Auto Default value: Auto ●Socket 0 Information 3.2.9 Socket 0/1 Information Figure 3- 8 Display system memory information...

  • Page 35: Acpi Settings

    3.2.10 ACPI Settings Figure 3- 9 Enable AER Cap PCI AER configuration switch ●Disabled ●Enabled ●Auto Default value: Auto NUMA Nodes Per Socket This function specifies the expected number of NUMA nodes for each slot. ●NPS0 ●NPS1 ●NPS2 ●NPS4 ●Auto Default value: Auto ACPI SRAT L3 Cache As NUMA Domain Use this option to disable or enable ACPI SRAT L3 Cache as NUMA Domain.

  • Page 36: Serial Port Console Redirection

    3.2.11 Serial Port Console Redirection Figure 3- 10 Console Redirection The information output from the Console (such as GPU) to the screen is redirected to the serial port. ●Disabled ●Enabled Default value: Disabled ●Console Redirection Settings ●Legacy Console Redirection Settings Windows Emergency Management Service (EMS) Console Redirection The console redirection function switch redirects the information output from the Console (such as...

  • Page 37: Console Redirection Settings

    3.2.12 Console Redirection Settings Figure 3- 11 Terminal Type This option allows you to select the preferred emulation type, which BIOS must match the mode selected in the terminal program. The menu options are: ●VT100 (ASCII character set) ●VT100+ (Extended VT100 that supports color and function keys) ●VT-UTF8 (UTF8 encoding is used to map Unicode chars onto 1 or more bytes) ●ANSI...
  • Page 38 ●Odd: odd parity ●Mark: parity is always 1 ●Space: parity is always 0 Default value: None Mark and Space parity are not allowed for error detection. Stop Bits Serial port packets stop flag bit, menu options are: ●1 ●2 Default value: 1 Flow Control Serial port redirection control flow selection switch, menu options are: ●None: disable Serial port redirection control flow...

  • Page 39: Legacy Console Redirection Settings

    3.2.13 Legacy Console Redirection Settings Figure 3- 12 Redirection COM Port Menu options are: ●COM0 Default value: COM0 Resolution Menu options are: ●80x24 ●80x25 Default value: 80x24 Redirect After POST Menu options are: ●Always Enable ●BootLoader Default value: Always Enable Version: V1.1...

  • Page 40: Cpu Configuration

    3.2.14 CPU Configuration Figure 3- 13 SMT Control Changing this option will take a power cycle to ensure that the setting takes effect. The menu options are: ●Disabled ●Auto Default value: Auto Core Performance Boost The menu options are: ●Disabled ●Auto Default value: Auto Global C-state Control...

  • Page 41: Node 0/1 Configuration

    L2 Strean HW Prefetcher The menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled ●Auto Default value: Auto SVM Mode CPU Virtualization switch. ●Disabled ●Enabled Default value: Enabled SMEE Secure memory encryption control switch. ●Disabled ●Enabled Default value: Enabled ●Node 0/1 Configuration 3.2.15 Node 0/1 Configuration Figure 3- 14 Display some details of CPU detected by motherboard.

  • Page 42: Sio Configuration

    3.2.16 SIO Configuration Figure 3- 15 Version: V1.1...

  • Page 43: Active*] Serial Port

    3.2.17 [*Active*] Serial Port Figure 3- 16 Use This Device The menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled Possible Select the optimal setting for the serial port according to the demand. The menu options are: ●Use Automatic Settings ●IO=3F8h; IRQ=4; DMA; ●IO=3F8h;...

  • Page 44: Pci Subsystem Settings

    3.2.18 PCI Subsystem Settings Figure 3- 17 Above 4G Decoding The decoding control switch of memory space resources above 4G, and the menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled SR-IOV Support SR-IOV support switch configuration. The menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled...

  • Page 45: Usb Configuration

    are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled OnBrd/Ext VGA Select Select the VGA output port, and the menu options are: ●Onboard ●External Default value: Onboard ●Slot #X …… Modify the onboard PCI device or PCI slot settings. 3.2.19 USB Configuration Figure 3- 18 Display USB controller and USB device information.

  • Page 46: Csm Configuration

    This feature specifies the owner of the control over USB 3.0 ports. ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled USB Mass Storage Driver Support The menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled Port 60/64 Emulation 60/64 port emulation switch, menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled...
  • Page 47 Default value: Enabled GateA20 Active A20 Control mode setting of address line, menu options are: ●Upon Request ●Always Default value: Upon Request Boot option filter The menu options are: ●UEFI and Legacy：UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) and Legacy boot option ●UEFI only：UEFI boot option ●Legacy only：Legacy boot option Default value: UEFI and Legacy...

  • Page 48: Nvme Configuration

    3.2.21 NVMe Configuration Figure 3- 20 Figure 3- 21 Displays the details of the NVMe hard disk. Version: V1.1...

  • Page 49: Sata Configuration

    3.2.22 SATA Configuration Figure 3- 22 Displays information about the current system SATA. SATA Enable The internal SATA controller switch of the chip has the following menu options: ●Disabled ●Enabled ●Auto Default value: Auto Version: V1.1...

  • Page 50: Tls Auth Configuration

    3.2.23 Tls Auth Configuration Figure 3- 23 Tls Certification Configuration Version: V1.1...

  • Page 51: Network Stack Configuration

    3.2.24 Network Stack Configuration Figure 3- 24 Network Stack Network Stack control switch.The menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Disabled Ipv4 PXE Support Ipv4 UEFI PXE function control switch, and the menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Disabled Ipv4 HTTP Support Ipv4 HTTP function control switch, and the menu options are: ●Enabled...

  • Page 52: Iscsi Configuration

    Default value: Disabled Ipv6 HTTP Support Ipv6 HTTP function control switch, and the menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Disabled PXE boot wait time PXE boot wait time, user can input the waiting time of PXE startup, and press "ESC" to give up PXE startup during the waiting process, which is 0 by default.

  • Page 53: Server Mgmt Menu

    3.2.26 Server Mgmt menu Figure 3- 26 Display BMC self-test status, device ID, device version, BMC software version and support IPMI specification version. BMC Support Link BMC port switch settings, and the menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled Wait For BMC Specify the time to wait for BMC.

  • Page 54: System Event Log

    3.2.27 System Event Log Figure 3- 27 SEL Components Control switch of system event log function in startup process, menu options: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled Erase SEL Clear the system event log control switch, menu options: ●No ●Yes, On next reset ●Yes, On every reset Default value: No When SEL is Full...

  • Page 55: Bmc Network Configuration

    ●Disabled ●Both: record Error code & Progress code ●Error code: only record Error code ●Progress code: only record Progress code Default value: Error code 3.2.28 BMC network configuration Figure 3- 28 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 56 Figure 3- 29 Figure 3- 30 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 57 Configure IPV4 support BMC sharelink Management Channel Configuration Address source Configurate BMC IP Address source, and the menu options are: ●Unspecified: do not change BMC parameter ●Static: BIOS static IP configuration ●DynamicBmcDhcp: BMC runs Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol dynamically to allocate IP ●DynamicBmcNonDhcp: BMC runs Non-DHCP dynamically to allocate IP Default value: Unspecified Change the parameters from Unspecified to other parameters.

  • Page 58: View System Event Log

    BMC Dedicated Management Channel IPV6 Support Select to support IPV6 or not. The menu options are: ●Enabeld: support IPV6 ●Disabled: do not support IPV6 Default value: Enabeld Change the parameter from unspecified to other parameters. After saving the restart execution, the option will restore the unspecified value.

  • Page 59: Bmc User Setting

    3.2.30 BMC User Setting Figure 3- 32 ●Add User Add User submenu ●Delete User Delete User submenu ●Change User Setting Change User Setting submenu Version: V1.1...

  • Page 60: Add User

    3.2.31 Add User Figure 3- 33 User Name: user name setting, up to 16 characters. User Password: user password setting, password characters must contain upper and lower case letters, special characters and numbers, at least 8 characters, maximum 20 characters. Channel No: BMC channel setting, enter 1 or 8 User Privilege Limit User permission settings, the menu options are:...

  • Page 61: Delete User

    3.2.32 Delete User Figure 3- 34 User Name: enter the name of the user to delete. User Password: enter the password of the user to be deleted. When the password is correct, a prompt "User Delete!!!" will pop up, The successful deletion of the user will take effect immediately in BMC, and the user will not be able to log in to BMC Web interface.

  • Page 62: Change User Setting

    3.2.33 Change User Setting Figure 3- 35 User Name: enter the user name to modify. User Password: enter the user password to be modified. The following options can only be modified if the name and password are entered correctly. User User permission switch settings.

  • Page 63: Event Logs

    ●Operator ●Administrator 3.2.34 Event Logs Figure 3- 36 ● Change SMBIOS Event Log Settings ● View SMBIOS Event Log Version: V1.1...

  • Page 64: Change Smbios Event Log Settings

    3.2.35 Change SMBIOS Event Log Settings Figure 3- 37 Smbios Event Log Smbios event logging switch, menu options: ●Enabled ●Disabled Default value: Enabled Erase SEL Clear the system event log control switch, menu options: ●No ●Yes, On next reset ●Yes, On every reset Default value: No When SEL is Full When the storage space of system event log is full, operate the control switch and the following menu...

  • Page 65: Security Menu

    ●Disabled: do not record ●Enabled: record Default value: Enabled MECI Enter a value increment for multiple event counters. Enter a number between 1 and 255. The default setting is 1. METW This is used to determine how long (in minutes) multiple event counters should wait before generating a new event log.

  • Page 66: Secure Boot

    User Password The status of user password is displayed. If there is a user password in the system, Installed is displayed. If there is no user password, Not Installed is displayed; ●Secure Boot 3.2.37 Secure Boot Figure 3- 39 Secure Boot Secure Boot switch, the menu options are: ●Enabled ●Disabled...

  • Page 67: Boot Menu

    Allow professional users to modify the security startup policy variables without full authentication. 3.2.38 Boot menu Figure 3- 40 Setup Prompt Timeout: Setup prompts timeout setting, set the time to wait for the Setup activation key, the maximum value is 65535 seconds, the default value is 1. Boot Option Priorities This list is dynamic display and is determined by the number of startup options in the system.

  • Page 68: Save & Exit Menu

    3.2.39 Save & Exit menu Figure 3- 41 Save Changes and Exit Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup menu; Discard Changes and Exit Discard the save settings and exit the BIOS Setup menu; Save Changes and Reset Save the settings and restart the system; Discard Changes and Reset Discard saving settings and restart the system;...

  • Page 69: Caution

    Save as user default settings; Restore user Defaults Restore user default configuration; Boot Override Boot list of options, select boot options here. 3.3 Caution 1. With options, you need to understand the operation specification in detail when you need to operate. 2.

  • Page 70: Chapter 4 Raid Setting Instruction

    Chapter 4 RAID Setting Instruction 4.1 LSI 9361-8i builds RAID 4.1.1 Configuring RAID in UEFI boot mode  Enter RAID card configuration interface a) During the server startup, press Delete/ESC according to the prompt to enter the BIOS Setup interface. b) Select Advanced>AVAGO MegaRAID<AVAGO MegaRAID SAS 91311-8i>Configuration Utility, press Enter.
  • Page 71  Common tasks Switch disk mode: Raid card supports switching the following three disk modes. 1. Unconfigured Good: indicates that the physical disk is normal and can be used to configure RAID or hot spare. 2. Unconfigured Bad: indicates that there is residual RAID information on the physical disk, which needs to be cleared manually.
  • Page 72 Figure 4- 3 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-4, select Operation, press Enter, then select Make Unconfigured Bad in the pop-up dialog box, and press Enter. Figure 4- 4 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-5, select Go and press Enter. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 73 Figure 4- 5 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-6 to complete the operation of switching disk mode. Figure 4- 6 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 74 Configure RAID: a) As shown in Figure 4-7, in the RAID card configuration interface, select Configuration Management and press Enter. Figure 4- 7 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-8, select Create Virtual Drive and press Enter. Figure 4- 8 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 75 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-9, select Select RAID Level, set RAID level, and press Enter. Figure 4- 9 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-10, select Select Drives From, set the RAID disk capacity source, and press Enter. ...
  • Page 76 Figure 4- 10 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-11, select Select Drives and press Enter. Figure 4- 11 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 77 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-12 and select the disk to configure RAID. [Enabled] means selected, then select Apply Changes and press Enter. If the state of the disk is JBOD or Unconfigured Bad, it cannot be selected. Figure 4- 12 g) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-13, set the corresponding parameters (see Table for parameter description), then select Save Configuration and press Enter.
  • Page 78 Parameter description  Parameter Description The name of RAID, only supports letters, numbers and Virtual Drive Name underscores, but not case sensitive RAID capacity Virtual Drive Size Virtual Drive Size RAID capacity unit Unit The size of the Striped data block written to each disk Stripe Size Divided into Read Ahead and No Read Ahead Read Policy...
  • Page 79 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-15, complete the RAID configuration operation, select OK and return to the RAID card configuration interface. Figure 4- 15 As shown in Figure 4-16, select Virtual Drive Management in the RAID card configuration interface and press Enter.
  • Page 80 k) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-17 to see the created RAID. Select the RAID you want to view and press Enter. Figure 4- 17 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-18, select View Associated Drives, and press Enter to view the details of the RAID (including RAID name, level, disk information, etc.).
  • Page 81 Configure hot spare disk: After configuring RAID, hot spare disk is usually configured to improve data security. You can configure a global hot spare or a dedicated hot spare as needed.  The hot spare disk is only used for redundant RAID level. ...
  • Page 82 Figure 4- 20 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-21, select Operation and press Enter, then select Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Drive and press Enter. Figure 4-21 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-22, select Go and press Enter. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 83 Figure 4- 22 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-23, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 4- 23 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-24 to complete the global hot spare configuration. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 84 Figure 4- 24 Delete RAID: a) As shown in Figure 4-25, in RAID card configuration interface, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 4- 25 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 85 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-26, select the logical disk to be deleted, and press Enter. Figure 4- 26 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-27, select Operation and press Enter, then select Delete Virtual Drive in the pop-up dialog box and press Enter. Figure 4-27 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 86 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-28, select Go and press Enter. Figure 4-28 e) Enter the interface shown in figure 4-29, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 4-29 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-30 to complete the RAID deletion operation. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 87 Figure 4-30 Locate disk location: 1. Locate physical disks a) As shown in Figure 4-31, select Drive Management in the RAID card configuration interface and press Enter. Figure 4-31 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 88 b) Enter the interface in Figure 4-32, select the disk to be located, and press Enter. Figure 4-32 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-33, select Operation and press Enter, then select Start Locate in the pop-up dialog box and press Enter. Figure 4-33 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 89 d) Enter the interface in Figure 4-34, select Go and press Enter. Figure 4-34 e) Enter the interface in Figure 4-35 to complete the operation of locating the physical disk. Figure 4-35 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 90 2. Locate all the disks in the logical disk a) As shown in Figure 4-36, in RAID card configuration interface, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 4- 36 b) Enter the interface in Figure 4-37, select the logical disk to be located, and press Enter. Figure 4-37 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 91 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-38, select Operation and press Enter, then select Start Locate in the pop-up dialog box and press Enter. Figure 4-38 d) Enter the interface in Figure 4-39, select Go and press Enter. Figure 4- 39 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 92 e) Enter the interface in Figure 4-40 to complete the operation of locating all the disk positions in the logical disk. Figure 4- 40 Initialize logical disk: This function is used to initialize the internal data space of the logical disk so that it can be recognized and used by the operating system.
  • Page 93 Figure 4- 41 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-42, select the logical disk to be initialized, and press Enter. Figure 4- 42 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-43, select Operation and press Enter, then select Fast/Slow Initialization in the pop-up dialog and press Enter.
  • Page 94 Figure 4- 43 The difference between Fast Initialization and Slow Initialization is that the former can write data immediately, while the latter needs to wait until all disk space is initialized before writing data d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-44, select Go and press Enter. Figure 6- 44 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 6-45, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter.
  • Page 95 Figure 4- 45 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-46 to complete the initialization of logical disk. Figure 4- 46 Initialize physical disk: As shown in Figure 4-47, select Drive Management in the RAID card configuration interface and press Enter. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 96 Figure 4- 47 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-48, select the disk to be initialized, and press Enter. Figure 4- 48 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-49, select Operation and press Enter, then select Initialize Drive in the pop-up dialog box and press Enter.
  • Page 97 Figure 4- 49 d) Enter the interface in Figure 4-50, select Go and press Enter. Figure 4- 50 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-51, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 98 Figure 4- 51 Enter the interface in Figure 4-52 to complete the initialization of physical disk. Figure 4- 52 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 99 Erase disk data: This function is used to delete the internal data of disk, including erasing the data of physical disk and logical disk. Erase physical disk data As shown in Figure 4-53, select Drive Management in the RAID card configuration interface and press Enter. Figure 4- 53 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-54, select the disk to erase data, and press Enter.
  • Page 100 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-55, select Operation and press Enter, then select Drive Erase in the pop-up dialog box and press Enter. Figure 4- 55 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-56, press Enter, and then select the erase mode in the pop-up dialog box (recommended to use the default mode: simple).
  • Page 101 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-57, select Go and press Enter. Figure 4- 57 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-58, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 4- 58 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 102 g) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-59 to complete the operation of erasing physical disk data. Figure 4- 59 To avoid disk failure, do not perform other operations while erasing physical disk data. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 103 2. Erase logical disk data a) As shown in Figure 4-60, in RAID card configuration interface, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter. Figure 4- 60 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-61, select the logical disk to be erased, and press Enter. Figure 4- 61 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 104 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-62, select Operation and press Enter, then select Virtual Drive Erase in the pop-up dialog box and press Enter. Figure 6-62 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-63, press Enter, and then select the erase mode in the pop-up dialog box (the default mode is recommended: simple).
  • Page 105 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-64, select Go and press Enter. Figure 4- 64 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-65, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 4- 65 g) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-66 to complete the operation of erasing logical disk data. Version: V1.1...
  • Page 106 Figure 4- 66 Migrate RAID Level: The function is used to modify RAID level to meet the configuration requirements without affecting current data integrity. a) As shown in Figure 4-67, in RAID card configuration interface, select Virtual Drive Management and press Enter.
  • Page 107 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-68, select the logical disk to be rebuilt, and press Enter. Figure 4- 68 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-69, select Operation, press Enter, and then select Reconfigure Virtual Drive in the pop-up dialog box, and press Enter. Figure 4- 69 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 108 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-70, select Go and press Enter. Figure 4- 70 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-71, set the RAID Level, select Add Drives, and press Enter. Figure 4- 71 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 109 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-72, select the disk to be added, make it Enabled, select Apply Changes, and press Enter. Figure 4- 72 g) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-73, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 4- 73 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 110 h) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-74, select Start Operation and press Enter. Figure 4- 74 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-75, select OK and press Enter. Figure 4- 75 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 111 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-76 to view the current migration progress. Figure 4- 76 Clear RAID information of disk: The function is used to clear the residual RAID information in disk, so the disk can be used to configure RAID again.
  • Page 112 Figure 4- 77 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-78, select Manage Foreign Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 4- 78 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 113 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-79, select Clear Foreign Configuration, and press Enter. Figure 4- 79 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-80, select Confirm, make it Enabled, select Yes, and press Enter. Figure 4- 80 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 114 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-81 to complete the operation of clearing RAID information. Figure 4- 81 Version: V1.1...

  • Page 115: Configure Raid In Legacy Boot Mode

    6.1.2 Configure RAID in Legacy boot mode  Enter RAID card configuration interface a) During BIOS startup, press Ctrl + R after the interface shown in Figure 4-82 appears. Figure 4- 82 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-83 Please refer to the key operation prompt at the bottom border of the interface to realize navigation and modify settings in the interface.
  • Page 116  Common tasks Configure RAID ： c) As shown in Figure 4-84, in the VD Mgmt interface, press F2 and select Create Virtual Drive. Figure 4- 84 d) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-85, set the RAID Level and press Enter. Figure 4- 85 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 117 e) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-86, select the disk used to configure RAID, and press Enter. Figure 4- 86 Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-87, set Size and Name, select Advanced, and press Enter. Figure 4- 87 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 118 g) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-88, set relevant parameters, then select OK and press Enter. Figure 4- 88 h) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-89, select OK, and press Enter to complete the RAID configuration operation. Figure 4- 89 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 119 Select the RAID to be viewed and press Enter to view the details of the RAID (including RAID name, level, disk information, etc.), as shown in Figure 4-90. Figure 4- 90 Configure hot spare disk: After configuring RAID, hot spare disk is usually configured to improve data security. The global hot spare and the dedicated hot spare can be configured as needed.
  • Page 120 Figure 4- 91 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-92, select Make Global HS, and press Enter to complete the configuration of global hot spare. Figure 4- 92 c) Return to the interface shown in Figure 4-93 and select hot spare to view the global hot spare information.
  • Page 121 Figure 4- 93 Delete RAID： This function is used to delete damaged or difficult to meet the requirements of RAID. a) As shown in Figure 4-94, select the logical disk to be deleted in the VD Mgmt interface and press F2. Figure 4- 94 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 122 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-95, select Delete VD and press Enter. Figure 4- 95 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-96, select Yes, and press Enter to complete the RAID deletion operation. Figure 4- 96 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 123 Locate disk location: The function lights up the blue indicator of the corresponding slot of the disk to facilitate you to quickly find the disk. You can locate a single physical disk or all the member disks including a logical disk. a) As shown in Figure 4-97, select the disk to be located on the PD Mgmt interface and press F2.
  • Page 124 Locate-〉Start: start locating disks  Locate-〉Stop: stop locating disks  Version: V1.1...
  • Page 125 Initialize logical disk: The function is used to initialize the internal data space of the disk so it can be recognized and used by the a) As shown in Figure 4-99, select the disk to be initialized in the VD Mgmt interface and press F2. Figure 4- 99 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-100, select Initialization-〉Start FGI.
  • Page 126 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-101, select Yes, and press Enter to complete the disk initialization operation. Figure 4- 101 Erase disk data: This function is used to delete the internal data of disk, including erasing the data of physical disk and logical disk. Erase physical disk data As shown in Figure 4-102, select the physical disk to be erased on the PD Mgmt interface and press F2.
  • Page 127 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-103, select the erase mode (the default mode is recommended to use Simple), and press Enter. Figure 4- 103 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-104, select Yes and press Enter to erase the physical disk data. Figure 4- 104 Version: V1.1...
  • Page 128 To avoid disk failure, do not perform other operations while erasing physical disk data. 2. Erase logical disk data a) As shown in Figure 4-105, select the logical disk to be erased on the VD Mgmt interface and press F2. Figure 4- 105 b) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-106, select the erase mode (the default mode is recommended to use Simple), and press Enter.
  • Page 129 c) Enter the interface shown in Figure 4-107, select Yes, and press Enter to erase the logical disk data. Figure 4- 107 Clear disk RAID information: This function is used to clear the residual RAID information in the disk, so the disk can be used to configure RAID again.
  • Page 130 Figure 4- 108 c) In the pop-up dialog box shown in Figure 4-109, select OK and press Enter to complete the operation of clearing disk RAID information. Figure 4- 109 Version: V1.1...

  • Page 131: Chapter 5 Ipmi Deployment

    Chapter 5 IPMI Deployment 5.1 Fast development of IPMI How to fast deploy the IPMI function of the server is shown in Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1 Development of IPMI process 5.1.1 Confirm the motherboard supports IPMI function Check your motherboard manual and confirm that your motherboard supports IPMI, and then find the dedicated IPMI network port of the motherboard, or select the shared network port, as shown in Figure 5-2.

  • Page 132: Enter Bios To Set Ipmi Function

    5.1.2 Enter BIOS to set IPMI function Restart your system hard and press ESC or DEL key to enter the BIOS system of the motherboard when the device starts. The BIOS setting interface is shown in Figure 5-3 below. Figure 5-3 motherboard BIOS setting interface After entering the interface, switch the menu item to the Server Mgmt option through the left and right buttons of the keyboard, and you will see the page as shown in Figure 5-4.
  • Page 133 After entering the interface, enter the BMC network configuration option through the keyboard to enter the following interface, as shown in Figure 5-5. Figure 5-5 BMC net configuration option interface In this page, you can see two configurable network ports, one is Dedicated network port and the other is Sharelink network port.

  • Page 134: Ipmi Interface Configuration Static Mode

    manually, and DHCP is dynamic mode. Setting this option allows BMC to automatically obtain IP address from DHCP server. 5.1.3 IPMI interface configuration Static mode If you choose to configure Static mode for IPMI interface, you should pay attention to the following problems: (1) If there are multiple IPMI devices in your LAN, you should pay attention to the IP address between devices can not be repeated, otherwise communication can not be established.

  • Page 135: Ipmi Quick Introduction Of Functions

    Redirection and press < ENTER > to set the state to [Enabled]. In order to ensure the normal operation of IBMC, this option has been set to [Enabled] by default. 5.2 IPMI quick introduction of functions After completing the previous configuration steps, we can start to log in the IPMI management interface.

  • Page 136: Default User Name And Password

    Figure 5-9 IPMI management login interface 5.2.2 Default user name and password Factory default user name: admin Factory default password: admin When you log in with this user name, you will get all the privileges of the administrator. It is recommended that you modify your password after logging in.
  • Page 137 Management interface menu description IPMI （1） Instrument panel On this page, users can view the basic information of IPMI management system. Including firmware information, network information and sensor monitoring information. Firmware information includes BMC firmware version information, BIOS version information, motherboard CPLD version information, backplane CPLD version information and BMC firmware compilation time information.

  • Page 138: Kvm Remote Management

    5.2.4 KVM remote management Start KVM remote management As shown in Figure 5-11, KVM can be started under the remote control menu KVM & Java SOL. Figure 5-11 Starting KVM Version: V1.1...

  • Page 139: Kvm Interface Introduction

    5.2.5 KVM interface introduction Figure 5-12 shows the KVM interface after starting KVM. Figure 5-12 KVM interface As shown in Figure 5-13, the KVM interface consists of two parts: one is the menu and shortcut button, the other is the remote desktop window, that is, the server desktop information returned remotely. Version: V1.1...

  • Page 140: Remote Control Shortcut Operation

    Shortcut Bar Server remote screen display Figure 5-13 Composition of KVM interface 5.2.6 Remote control shortcut operation Stop KVM On CD image, usually used for remote installation of operating system Host displays unlocking and server on / Version: V1.1...

  • Page 141: Sol Introduction

    5.2.7 SOL introduction Click activate Java SOL under the page shown in Figure 5-14 to open the interface shown in Figure Figure 5-14 Enable Java SOL 1. Click activate to display the SOL interface as shown in Figure 5-15. 2. Press Enter to activate the screen. Figure 5-15 SOL Operation interface Note: the operation function of SOL interface has only been tested for BIOS screen synchronization, and Version: V1.1...

  • Page 142: Other Ways To Connect To Ipmi

    other interfaces have not been tested. This is an operation demonstration without specific description. 5.3 Other ways to connect to IPMI AST2500 firmware meets the IPMI 2.0 specification, so users can use the standard IPMI driver assigned by the operating system. 5.3.1 IPMI Drive AST2500 supports Intel referenced drivers, which can be obtained from the following website: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/ipmi/ipmi-technical-resources.html via Windows...

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