Bull NovaScale R410B F2 Hardware Owner's manual

NovaScale R410B F2

Hardware Owner's Manual

NOVASCALE

REFERENCE

86 A1 89FG 01

NOVASCALE

NovaScale R410B F2

Hardware Owner's Manual

Hardware

September 2011

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Contents 1

Contents

1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Accessing System Features During Startup . . . . . . . 9

Front-Panel Features and Indicators. . . . . . . . . . 10

Back-Panel Features and Indicators

. . . . . . . . . . 12

Guidelines for Connecting External Devices

. . . . . 13

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Diagnostic Lights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

System Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Diagnostics Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Alert Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Other Information You May Need

. . . . . . . . . . . 21

2 Using the System Setup Program

and Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Entering the System Setup Program

. . . . . . . . . . 24

Responding to Error Messages

. . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys

24

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System Setup Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Main Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Memory Settings Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SATA Settings Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Boot Settings Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen

. . . . . . . . . . 30

Serial Communication Screen

. . . . . . . . . . 31

Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 32

System Security Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Exit Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Entering the Boot Manager

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the Boot Manager Navigation Keys

. . . . 35

Boot Manager Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System Utilities Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System and Setup Password Features

. . . . . . . . . 38

Using the System Password

. . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the Setup Password

. . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Embedded System Management

. . . . . . . . . . . 41

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration

. . . 42

Entering the BMC Setup Module

. . . . . . . . 42

iDRAC6 Configuration Utility

. . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Entering the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility

. . . 43

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Contents 3

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 45

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Front Bezel (Optional)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing the Front Bezel

. . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Installing the Front Bezel

. . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Opening and Closing the System

. . . . . . . . . . . 48

Opening the System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Closing the System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Optical Drive (Optional)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Removing an Optical Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing an Optical Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Filler Panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Removing a Filler Panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Installing a Filler Panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Hard Drives

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive

. . . . . . . . . 54

Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive

. . . . . . . . . 56

Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive From a

Hard-Drive Carrier

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive Into a

Hard-Drive Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Expansion Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

. . . . . 59

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . 59

Installing an Expansion Card

. . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing an Expansion-Card Riser

. . . . . . . 61

Installing an Expansion-Card Riser

. . . . . . . 63

Internal USB Memory Key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Cooling Shroud

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Removing the Cooling Shroud

. . . . . . . . . . 65

Installing the Cooling Shroud

. . . . . . . . . . 67

System Memory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

General Memory Module Installation Guidelines

67

Mode-Specific Guidelines

. . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing Memory Modules

. . . . . . . . . . . 69

Removing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . 71

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing a Cooling Fan

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Installing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . 74

Installing an iDRAC6 Express Card

. . . . . . . 74

Removing an iDRAC6 Express Card. . . . . . . 76

iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)

. . . . . . . . . 77

Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card

. . . . . . 77

Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card

. . . . . 79

VFlash Media (Optional)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing a VFlash Media Card

. . . . . . . . . 80

Removing a VFlash Media Card

. . . . . . . . . 80

Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Removing a Processor

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing the Power Supply

. . . . . . . . . . . 85

Installing the Power Supply

. . . . . . . . . . . 87

System Battery

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Replacing the System Battery

. . . . . . . . . . 87

Control Panel Assembly

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removing the Control Panel Assembly

. . . . . 89

Installing the Control Panel Assembly

. . . . . . 91

System Board

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Removing the System Board

. . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing the System Board

. . . . . . . . . . . 93

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 95

Safety First—For You and Your System. . . . . . . . 95

Troubleshooting System Startup Failure. . . . . . . . 95

Troubleshooting External Connections

. . . . . . . . 95

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem

. . . . . . . . 96

Troubleshooting a USB Device

. . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device

. . . . . . . . . 97

Troubleshooting a NIC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Troubleshooting a Wet System

. . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Troubleshooting a Damaged System

. . . . . . . . . 99

Troubleshooting the System Battery

. . . . . . . . . . 100

Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 101

Troubleshooting a Fan

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key

. . . . . . . . . 104

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Troubleshooting an Expansion Card

. . . . . . . . . . 107

Troubleshooting the Processor

. . . . . . . . . . . . 108

5 Running the System Diagnostics. . . . . 109

Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Embedded System Diagnostics Features

. . . . . . . 109

When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics

. . . 110

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 110

System Diagnostics Testing Options

. . . . . . . . . 110

Using the Custom Test Options

. . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Selecting Devices for Testing

. . . . . . . . . . 111

Selecting Diagnostics Options

. . . . . . . . . . 111

Viewing Information and Results

. . . . . . . . 111

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6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 113

System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

System Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Disabling a Forgotten Password

. . . . . . . . . . . . 116

7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Contacting Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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About Your System 9

1

About Your System

Accessing System Features During Startup

The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.

Keystroke Description

<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup

Program and Boot Manager" on page 23.

<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator

(USC). The USC allows you to access utilities such as embedded

system diagnostics. For more information, see the Unified Server

Configurator documentation.

<F11> Enters the Boot Manager, depending on the system’s boot configuration.

See "Using the System Setup Program and Boot Manager" on page 23.

<F12> Starts PXE boot.

<Ctrl><E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or iDRAC

Configuration Utility, which allows access to the System Event Log

(SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system. For more

information, see the BMC or iDRAC user documentation.

<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see your

SAS adapter documentation.

<Ctrl><R> Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the

documentation for your SAS RAID card.

<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more

information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.

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10 About Your System

Front-Panel Features and Indicators

Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators

Item Indicator, Button, or

Connector

Icon Description

1 Power-on indicator/

power button

The power-on indicator lights when the

system power is on.

The power button controls the DC power

supply output to the system. When the

system bezel is installed, the power button

is not accessible.

NOTE: When powering on the system,

the video monitor can take from several

seconds to over 2 minutes to display an

image, depending on the amount of

memory installed in the system.

NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating

systems, turning off the system using the

power button causes the system to

perform a graceful shutdown before

power to the system is turned off.

2 NMI button Used to troubleshoot software and device

driver errors when using certain operating

systems. This button can be pressed using

the end of a paper clip.

Use this button only if directed to do so

by qualified support personnel or by the

operating system's documentation.

12345 8

9

1067 9

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About Your System 11

3 Video connector Connects a monitor to the system.

4 Hard-drive activity

indicator

Lights up when the hard drive is in use.

5 Diagnostic indicator

lights (4)

The four diagnostic indicator lights

display error codes during system startup.

See "Diagnostic Lights" on page 15.

6 System status

indicator

Lights blue during normal

system operation.

Lights amber when the system needs

attention due to a problem.

7 System identification

button

The system identification buttons on the

front and back panels can be used to

locate a particular system within a rack.

When one of the buttons is pushed, the

system status indicators on the front and

back panels light blue until one of the

buttons is pushed again.

8 USB connectors (2) Connect USB devices to the system. The

ports are USB 2.0-compliant.

9 System identification

panel

A slide-out panel for system information

including the Express Service Tag,

embedded NIC MAC address, and

iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address.

Space is provided for an additional label.

10 Optical drive

(optional)

One optional slim-line SATA DVD-ROM

or DVD+/-RW drive, or combination CD-

RW/DVD drive (when available).

NOTE: DVD devices are data only.

Item Indicator, Button, or

Connector

Icon Description

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12 About Your System

Back-Panel Features and Indicators

Figure 1-2 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the

system's back panel.

Figure 1-2. Back-Panel Features and Indicators

Item Indicator, Button, or

Connector

Icon Description

1 iDRAC6 Enterprise port

(optional)

Dedicated management port for the

optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card.

2 VFlash media slot

(optional)

Connects an external SD memory card

for the optional iDRAC6 Enterprise

card.

3 PCIe expansion card slot Connects a PCI Express expansion card.

4 Serial connector Connects a serial device to the system.

5 Video connector Connects a VGA display to the system.

6 eSATA Connects additional storage devices.

7 USB connectors (2) Connect USB devices to the system. The

ports are USB 2.0-compliant.

8 Ethernet connectors (2) Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC

connectors.

9 System status indicator Lights blue during normal

system operation.

Lights amber when the system needs

attention due to a problem.

12 4

13

5678 91011 12

3

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About Your System 13

Guidelines for Connecting External Devices

• Turn off power to the system and external devices before attaching a new

external device. Turn on any external devices before turning on the system

(unless the documentation for the device specifies otherwise).

• Ensure that the appropriate driver for the attached device has been installed

on the system.

• If necessary to enable ports on your system, use the System Setup program.

S

ee "Entering the System Setup Program

" on page 24

.

10 System identification

button

The system identification buttons on the

front and back panels can be used to

locate a particular system within a rack.

When one of the buttons is pushed, the

system status indicators on the front and

back panels light blue until one of the

buttons is pushed again.

11 System identification

connector

Connects the optional system status

indicator assembly through the optional

cable management arm.

12 Power supply 250 W power supply.

13 Retention clip Secures the power cable.

Item Indicator, Button, or

Connector

Icon Description

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14 About Your System

NIC Indicator Codes

Figure 1-3. NIC Indicator Codes

1 link indicator 2 activity indicator

Indicator Indicator Code

Link and activity

indicators are off

The NIC is not connected to the network.

Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid network link at 1000 Mbps.

Link indicator is amber The NIC is connected to a valid network link at 10/100

Mbps.

Activity indicator is green

blinking

Network data is being sent or received.

1

2

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About Your System 15

Diagnostic Lights

The four diagnostic indicator lights on the system front panel display error codes

during system startup. Table 1-1 lists the causes and possible corrective actions

associated with these codes. A highlighted circle indicates the light is on; a non-

highlighted circle indicates the light is off.

Table 1-1. Diagnostic Indicator Codes

Code Causes Corrective Action

The system is in a normal

off condition or a possible

pre-BIOS failure has

occurred.

The diagnostic lights are

not lit after the system

successfully boots to the

operating system.

Plug the system into a working

electrical outlet and press the

power button.

The system is in a normal

operating condition after

POST.

Information only.

BIOS checksum failure

detected; system is in

recovery mode.

See "Getting Help" on page 117.

Possible processor failure. See "Troubleshooting the

Processor" on page 108.

Memory failure. See "Troubleshooting System

Memory" on page 102.

Possible expansion card

failure.

See "Troubleshooting an

Expansion Card" on page 107.

Possible video failure. See "Getting Help" on page 117.

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16 About Your System

Hard drive failure. Ensure that the diskette drive and

hard drive are properly connected.

See "Hard Drives" on page 54 for

information on the drives installed

in your system.

Possible USB failure. See "Troubleshooting a USB

Device" on page 96.

No memory modules

detected.

See "Troubleshooting System

Memory" on page 102.

System board failure. See "Getting Help" on page 117.

Memory configuration

error.

See "Troubleshooting System

Memory" on page 102.

Possible system board

resource and/or system

board hardware failure.

See "Getting Help" on page 117.

Possible system resource

configuration error.

See "Getting Help" on page 117.

Other failure. Ensure that the optical drive and

hard drives are properly connected.

See "Troubleshooting Your

System" on page 95 for the

appropriate drive installed in your

system. If the problem persists, see

"Getting Help" on page 117.

Code Causes Corrective Action

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