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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’ s Manual Revison 1.0a[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual ii The information in th is User ’ s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is bel ieved to be accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual, or to notify any per[...]

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    iii Preface About this Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators, Information T echnology professionals, service personnel and tech nicians. It provides information for the installation and use of Supermicro's SBI-7426T -S3 blade module. Installation and maintenance should be performed by exp erienced professionals only[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual iv Notes[...]

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    v Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ... ................... ................. .................... ............ 1-1 1-1 Overview ................... ................. ................... ................. ................. .... 1-1 1-2 Product Checklist of T ypical Components ................... ................. . 1-1 1-3 Blade Mo dule Feat[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual vi 3-9 Configuring and Setting up RAID ................... ................. ............. 3-12 Chapter 4 Blade Module Features ...................... .................... .... 4-1 4-1 Control Panel ................. ................ .................... ................. ............... 4-2 Power Button [...]

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    vii Appendix A BIOS POST Codes .............. ................. .................... .A-1 A-1 BIOS POST Messages ...................... ................. ................... ..........A-1 A-2 BIOS POST Codes ............ ................. .................... ................ ..........A-3 Recoverable POST Errors ..................... .............[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual viii Notes[...]

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    ix List of Figures Figure 1-1. Ful l Rack of Blade Enclosures and Blade Servers ........................ . 1-3 Figure 3-1. In serting a Blade into the Encl osure ....... ................... .................... . 3-3 Figure 3-2. Lockin g the Blade into Position... .......................................... .......... 3-3 Figure 3-3. Installing a Pr[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual x Notes[...]

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    xi List of Tables Table 1-1. SBI-7426T-S3 Blade Specification Features .................... ............... 1-2 Table 3-1 . Populating Twelve Memory Slot s for Interleaved Operation ............ 3-6 Table 4-1. SBI-7426T-S3 Blade Module Features ....................... ..................... 4-1 Table 4-2. Blade Control Panel ..................... ..[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual xii Notes[...]

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    1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview The SBI-7426T -S3 blade module is a compact se lf-contained server that connects into a pre-cabled enclosure that provides pow er, cooling, management and networking functions. One enclosure for the SBI-7426T -S 3 blade module ca n hold fourteen blade units. In this manual, “blade system” refers to the en[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 1-2 1-3 Blade Module Features T able 1-1 lists the main features of the SBI-7426T -S3 blade module. See the proceeding section for components typically included in a blade system and other optional components. S pecific details on the SBI-7426T -S3 blade module is found in Chapter 4: " Blade Module F[...]

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    1-3 Chapter 1: Introduction Sto ra ge The SBI-7426T -S3 blade module can ha ve th ree 2.5" SAS2 or SA T A (Serial A T A) hard disk drives in front-mounted easy removab le carriers. See Chapter 3: "Setup and Installation" on page 3-1 for storage installation det ails. Density A maximum of fourteen blade modules may be installed into a[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 1-4 1-4 Cont acting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer , Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. T el: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com ( General Information) support@supermicro.com (T echnical Sup port) Web S ite: www .supermicro.com Europe [...]

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    2-1 Chapter 2 System Safety 2-1 Electrical Safety Precautions Basic electrical safety prec autions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the SuperBlade from damage: • Be aware of how to power on/off the enclosure power supplies and the individual blades as well as the r oom's emergency power-of f switch, disconnection switch o[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 2-2 2-2 General Safety Precautions Follow these rules to ensure general safety: • Keep the area around the SuperBlade clean and fr ee of clutter. • Place the blade module cover and any system comp onent s that have been removed away from the system or on a table so that they won't accidentally be[...]

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    3-1 Chapter 3 Setup and Installation 3-1 Overview This chapter covers the setup and installation of the blade module and its components. 3-2 Inst alling Blade Modules Up to fourteen SBI-7426T -S3 blade modules may be installed into a single blade enclosure (depending upon your enclosure and blad). Blade modules with Windows and Linux operating syst[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 3-2 Removing/Replacing the Blade Cove r The blade cover must be removed to access the mainboard when you need to install or remove processors, memory units, the onboard battery and so on. Removing/Replacing the Blad e Cover 1. Remove the blade unit from the enclosure (see "R emoving a Blade Unit from[...]

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    3-3 Chapter 3: Setup and Installation Figure 3-1. Inserting a Blade into th e Enclosure Figure 3-2. Locking the Blade into Po sition[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 3-4 3-3 Processor Inst allation One or two processors may be installed to the mainboard of each blade unit. See Chapter 1 for general information on the features of the bla de unit and the Supermicro web site for further details including processor , memory and operating system sup port. Removing a Proces[...]

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    3-5 Chapter 3: Setup and Installation 8. Place the heatsink on the processor then tighten two diagonal screws until snug, then the other two screws. 9. When all four screws are snug, tighten them all to secu re the heatsink to the mainboard. 10. Replace the cover on the blade unit and finish by installing the unit back into the blade enclosure. Fig[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 3-6 Figure 3-4. Inst alling the Onboard Battery 3-5 Memory Inst allation The mainboard of each blade unit must be populated with DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Modules) to provide system memory . The DIMMs should all be of the same siz e and speed and from the same man ufacturer due to comp atibility issues. [...]

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    3-7 Chapter 3: Setup and Installation NOTE: The DIMM slot number specified in T able 3-1 equa ls the DIMM slot to be populated. A “---” indicates that the DIMM slot should be left unpopulated. NOTE: Though multiple DIMM memory module types an d speeds may be supported, you need to use DIMM memory modules of the same speed and type. Figure 3-5. [...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 3-8 DIMM Inst allation Installing DIMM Memory Modules 1. Power down the blade module (see "Power ing Down a Blade Unit" on page 3-1 ). 2. Remove the blade from the enclosure and the cover from the blade (see "Removing/Replacing the Blade Cover" on page 3-2 ). 3. Remove the air shroud t[...]

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    3-9 Chapter 3: Setup and Installation 3-6 Hard Disk Drive Inst allation Hard disk drives are installed in “carrier s” which are hot-swappable and can be removed or replaced without powering down the blade unit they reside in. A blade module needs a hard disk drive with an operati ng system installed to operate. T o remove a hard drive carrier ,[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 3-10 Figure 3-7. Installing a Hard Drive in a Carrier[...]

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    3-1 1 Chapter 3: Setup and Installation 3-7 Inst alling the Operating System An operating system (OS) must be inst alled on each blade module. Blades with Microsoft Windows OS and blades with Linux OS can both occupy and operate within the same blade enclosure. Refer to the SuperMicro web site for a complete list of supported operating systems. The[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 3-12 Notes Installing via Virtual Media (Drive Redirect io n) Y ou can install the OS via Virtual Media through either the IPMIview (Java based client utility), IPMItool or the Web-based Management Utility . With this method, the OS is installed from an ISO image that resides on another system/blade. Refe[...]

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    4-1 Chapter 4 Blade Module Features Figure 4-1. SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module Front View This chapter describes the SBI-7426T-S3 blade module. Installation and maintenance should be performed by experience d technicians only . See Figure 4-1 for a front view of the blad e unit and T able 4-1 for its featur es. Table 4-1. SBI-7426T-S3 Blade Module Feat[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 4-2 4-1 Control Panel Each blade has a similar control panel ( Figur e 4-2 ) with power on/off button, a KVM connector , a KVM button and four LEDs on the top front of the unit. Th e numbers mentioned in Figure 4-2 are described in T able 4-2 . Figure 4-2. Blade Control Panel T able 4-2. Bla de Control Pa[...]

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    4-3 Chapter 4: Blade Module Features Power Button Each blade has its own power button so that in dividual blade units within the enclosure may be turned on or off independently of the others. Pre s s the power button (#1) to turn on the blade server . The power LED (#3) will turn green. T o turn off, press and hold the power button for >4 second[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 4-4 4-2 Mainboard The mainboard of the SBI-7426T-S3 blade unit is a pr opriet ary design, which is based on the Intel 5500 T ylersburg chipset. See Figure 4-4 for a block d iagram of this chip set, Figure 4-3 for a view of the B8DT6 Mainb oard and Figure 4-5 for an exploded view diagram of the blade unit.[...]

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    4-5 Chapter 4: Blade Module Features Figure 4-4. Intel 5500 T ylersburg Chip set Block Diag ram T able 4-4. B8DT6 Mainboa rd Layout Item Description 1 LGA 1366 CPU1 Socket 2 LGA 1366 CPU2 Socket 3 DIMM Slots (see Figure 3-5: "12-Sl ot DIMM Numbering" on page 3-7 for de tails) 4 3 SAS2/SA T A Hard Drive Bays 5 InfiniBand Connectors (for In[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 4-6 Jumpers The jumpers present on t he mainboard are used by the manufacturer only; there are no jumpers used to configure the operation of the ma inboard. CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS and will also cl ear any passwords. JBT 1 consists of two contact pads located near the BIOS chip (#12 in Figur[...]

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    4-7 Chapter 4: Blade Module Features 4-3 Blade Unit Component s Figure 4-5. Exploded View of SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module Main components of the SBI-7426T -S3 blade module are shown in Figure 4-5 and described in T able 4-5 . T able 4-5. Main Co mponent s of SBI-7426T-S3 Blade Module Item Description 1 Blade Unit/Module 2 SAS2/SA T A Hard Drives (thr[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 4-8 Memory Support The SBI-7426T -S3 blade module supports up to 96 GB/24 GB of VLP ECC Registered/ Unbuffered ECC DDR3-1333/1066/800 SDRAM in twelve DIMM socke ts. See Section 3-5 for further details on mainboard memory installation. Hard Disk Drives The SBI-7426T -S3 blade unit accommodates up to three [...]

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    5-1 Chapter 5 RAID Setup Procedure Each SBI-7426T -S3 blade module supports three hard drives, which may be used to create a RAID array . For the blade’s B8DT6 mainboard when using SA T A drives, use the BIOS setup to configure for either the Intel or Adaptec RAID controller and utility: use the Intel driver for Windows and the Adapt ec driver fo[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 5-2 5-1 BIOS Configuration Utilities The SBI-7426T -S3 blade module uses either a Intel o r Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility to do the final RAID configuration on your system when us ing SA T A drives. The choice depends upon which configuration utili ty you ch ose in the BIOS setup. When using SAS driv[...]

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    5-3 Chapter 5: RAID Setup Procedure 5-2 BIOS Setup Use the BIOS setup when using SA T A drives to con figure for either the Intel or Adaptec RAID Utility and to set other RAID options. The BIOS setup procedure is shown below. See Chapter 6 for information on using your system’s BIOS setup. Setting up the BIO S for RAID 1. In the A DVANCED S ETTIN[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 5-4 2. In the IDE Configuration screen that appears ( Figure 5-2 ), select the SA T A drives you wish to configure as RAID drive s . For each drive, select the C ONFIGURE SA T A# AS menu option and se lect the RAID optio n for it. The screen will change to reflect your changes and display new men u option[...]

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    5-5 Chapter 5: RAID Setup Procedure 3. In the changed IDE C ONFIGURATION screen, select the M AX P ORT S ON SA T A # option and set your ports selection ( Figure 5-3 ). Figure 5-3. Selecting Max Ports Option[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 5-6 4. For the RAID ID Support menu option ( Figure 5-4 ), select either the Intel or Adaptec utility for configuring yo ur RAID configuration. Figure 5-4. Selecting RAID Utility[...]

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    5-7 Chapter 5: RAID Setup Procedure 5. The last option is for enabling or disabling Hot Plug support for your R AID configuration using the H OT P LUG menu o ption ( Figure 5-5 ). Figure 5-5. Enabling Hot Plu g[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 5-8 6. Press the Esc key once to exit the IDE C ONFIGURATION screen and go to the E XIT menu in the BIOS setup. From the Exit menu, select S AVE C HANGES AND E XI T to confirm your RAID configuration changes and e x it the BIOS Setup ( Figure 5- 6 ). Figure 5-6. Exit BIOS Setup[...]

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    5-9 Chapter 5: RAID Setup Procedure 7. Y our system will reboot. When the reboot displays the screen messag e in Figure 5-7 press C TRL -A to bring up the RAID Config uration Utility you chose in step 4 (Intel or Adaptec). Figure 5-7. Screen Message[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 5-10 Notes[...]

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    6-1 Chapter 6 BIOS 6-1 Introduction This chapter describes the BIOS fo r Intel SuperBlade modules. The Intel Blade modules use a AMI™ ROM BIOS that is stored in a flash chip. This BIOS can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based program. System BIOS BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. The AMI BIOS flash chip stores the system paramete[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-2 6-2 BIOS Up dates It may be necessary to update the BIOS used in the blade modules on occasion. However , it is recommended that you not update BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with a blade module. Updated BIOS files are located on our web site( w ww .su permicro.com/product s/ superblade/ ).[...]

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    6-3 Chapter 6: BIOS 3. Go to the V IRTUAL M EDIA menu and select F LOPPY I MAGE U PLOAD . 4. B ROWSE or O PEN to locate the *. img file on your d esktop and select it. 5. Press the U PLOAD button and wait a fe w seconds for the image to upload to the CMM. 6. Once the upload finishes, turn on the bla de module and press <D EL > to enter the BI[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-4 6-4 Main BIOS Setup All Main Setup options are described in this section. Use the U P /D OWN arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu. Use the L EFT /R IGHT arrow keys to change the options for each setting. Press the <E SC > key to exit the CMOS S ETUP menu. The next section[...]

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    6-5 Chapter 6: BIOS 6-5 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the BIOS Setup Utility ma in menu with the arrow keys to display the A DVANCED S ETUP menu ( Figure 6-2 ). T able 6-1. Main BIOS Setu p Menu Options Menu Option Description System Time T o set the system date an d time, key in the correct i nformat ion in the appropr iate fields. Then pres[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-6 The items with a triangle beside them are sub-menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing <E NTER >. Options for PIR se ttings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing <E NTER >. T able 6-2 describes all sub-menus found in the [...]

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    6-7 Chapter 6: BIOS T ab le 6-3. CPU and Clo ck Configuration Sub-menu Menu Option Description Ratio CMOS Setting Sets the ratio between CPU core clock and the FSB frequency . The default setting depends upon th e type of CPU installed on the mainboard. The default setting for the CPU installed in your ma inboard is 18 . Press + or - on your keyboa[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-8 RAID ID Support This setting allows you to select either t he Intel or A DAPT EC RAID Configuration Utility to be u sed for configuring your RA ID setup. This setting is on l y av ailable when RAID is selected for SA T A#1 Configuration. Hot Plug This setting allows you to enab le the Hot Plug feature[...]

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    6-9 Chapter 6: BIOS T able 6-6. SuperIO Configuration Sub- menu Menu Option Description Serial Port1 Address This option specifies the base I/O port address and the Interr upt Request address of Serial Port 1. Select Disable d to pre vent the serial port from accessing any system resource s. When this option is Disabled, the serial port physically [...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-10 Serial Debug Message Level This feature specifies what level of debug messages to disp lay . The default option is None .  North Bridge Configuration This sub-menu conf igures North Bridge feat ures Crystal Beac h/ DMA This feature works with Intel’ s I/O Acceleration T echno logy (A T) to accel[...]

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    6-1 1 Chapter 6: BIOS Restore on AC Power Loss This option allows you to specify what your system will do when power is restored af ter an AC power loss. Opt ions include Power Off , P OWER O N and L AST S TAT E . Power Button Function This option allows you to specify the power button function for turning off your system. Options include 4 S ECOND[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-12 T able 6-9. A HCI Co nfiguration Sub-menu Menu Option Description AHCI BIOS Support This option enables AHCI BIOS support on your system. Options include Enabled and D ISABLED . AHCI CD/DVD Boot Tim e Ou t This sets the timeout time in seconds fo r AHCI CD/DVD boot drives. Some S A T A CD/DVD drives [...]

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    6-13 Chapter 6: BIOS Clear BMC System Event Log This option allows you to clear the BMC system log. Select Cancel to keep the BMC system log and Ok with the <E NTER > key to clear the BMC system log. W ARNING: Any cl eared informatio n is unrecoverable. Make ab solutely sure tha t you no longer need any data st or ed in the log before clearin[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-14 Notes T a ble 6-12. MPS Configuratio n Sub-menu Menu Option Description MPS Revision This option allows you to select the M PS revision used for your system. Options include 1.1 and 1.4 . T able 6-13. PC I Express Configuration Sub-menu Menu Option Description Active State Power-Management This optio[...]

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    6-15 Chapter 6: BIOS 6-6 Security T ab le 6-16. System Health Mon itor Sub-menu Menu Option Description System Heal t h Monitor Screen This screen displays information about your system’ s health and includes the following health information : • CPU T emperat ures (for both CPUs) • S ystem T empera ture • CPU Vcore (for both CPUs) • 3.3V [...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-16 Choose Security from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to bring up the S ECURITY S ETUP menu ( Figur e 6-3 ). Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pre ssing <E NTER >. All Security BIOS settings are described in T abl[...]

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    6-17 Chapter 6: BIOS 6-7 Boot Choose Boot from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to bring up the B OOT S ETUP menu ( Figure 6-4 ). Security setting opti ons are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing <E NTER >. Al l Security BIOS settings are described in T able 6-18 below . Figure 6-4. [...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-18 AddOn ROM Display Mode This option allows you to set the display mode for Opti on ROM. Options include Force BIOS or K EEP C URRENT . Bootup N um -Lock Use this option to select a Power-on st ate for Numlock during boot-up. Options include On (Power-on st at e) or O FF . PS/2 Mouse Support Use this o[...]

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    6-19 Chapter 6: BIOS 6-8 Exit Choose E XIT from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to display the E XIT S ETUP menu ( Figure 6-5 ). All Exit BIOS settings are described in T able 6-19 below . Figure 6-5. Exit Setup Menu T a ble 6-19. Exit Menu Options Menu Option Description Save Changes and Exit Highlight this ite m and hit &[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-20 6-9 Hardware Health Information This section provides further details concerning the S YSTEM H EALTH M ONITOR screen information described briefly in T able 6-16 . CPU T emperature This feature displays current temperat ure readings for the CPUs installed in your system. The CPU’s temperature is re[...]

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    6-21 Chapter 6: BIOS System T empera ture The system temperature is displayed (in degrees Celsius and Fahrenhe it) as it is detected by the BIOS. V olt age Monitoring The following voltage infomation is displayed: • CPU Vcore (for both CPUs) • 3.3V Vcc (V) •+ 5 V i n • +12V Vcc (V) • 5V S tandby • Battery V oltage NOTE: The system may s[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual 6-22 Notes[...]

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    A-1 Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A-1 BIOS POST Messages During the Power-On Self-T est (POST), the BI OS will check for problems. If a problem is found, the BIOS will activate an alarm or di splay a message. The following is a list of such BIOS messages. T a ble A-1. BIOS POST Messages BIOS Message Description Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not wor[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual A-2 Previous boot incomplete - Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully . POST loads default values and of fers to run Se tup. If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not correcte d, the next boot will likely fail. On syst ems with control of wait states , [...]

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    A-3 : A-2 BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST (Power-On Self -T est) code s for the AMI BIOS. POST codes are divided into two categories: recoverable and terminal. nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested. nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes success[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual A-4 Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs durin g POST , the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem. BIOS may also issu e one of the following beep codes: • One long and two sho rt beep s – video configuration error • One repetitive long bee p – no memo[...]

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    A-5 : 22h 1-3-1-3 T est 8742 Keyboard Controller 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1-3-4-1 RAM failure on address line xx xx * 2Eh 1-3-4-3 RAM failure on data bit s xxxx * of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h T e st CPU bus-clock freq uency 33h Initialize Phoenix [...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual A-6 5Ch T est RAM between 512 and 640 kB 60h T est extended memory 62h T est extended memory address lines 64h Jump to UserPatch1 66h Configure advanced cache registers 67h Initialize Multi Processor APIC 68h Enable external and CPU caches 69h Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area 6Ah Display external L[...]

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    A-7 : 93h Build MPT ABLE for multi-processor boards 95h Install CD ROM for boot 96h Clear huge ES segment register 98h 1-2 Search for option ROMs. One long, two short beeps on check-sum failu re 99h Check for SMART Drive (optional) 9Ah Shadow option ROMs 9Ch Set up Power Manageme nt 9Dh Initialize security engine (op tional) 9Eh Enable hardware int[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual A-8 The following are for the boot block in Flash ROM: C4h Initialize system error handler C5h PnPnd dual CMOS (optiona l) C6h Initialize note dock (opt ional ) C7h Initialize not e dock late C8h Force check (opti onal) C9h Extended checksum (optional) CAh Redirect Int 15h to enab le remot e keyboard CBh [...]

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    A-9 : If the BIOS detects error 2C, 2E, or 30 (base 512K RAM error), it displays an addit ional word-bitmap ( xxxx ) indicating the address lin e or bits that failed. For example, “2C 0002” means address line 1 (bit one set) has failed. “2E 1020" means data bits 12 and 5 (bits 12 and 5 set) have failed in the lower 16 bits . The BIOS als[...]

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    SBI-7426T -S3 Blade Module User ’s Manual A-10 Notes[...]

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    Disclaimer The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems, medical equipment, nuclear facilitie s or syste ms, aircraf t, aircraft devices, aircraft/emergency communication devices or other critica l systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant inju ry or loss of[...]

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