IBM QS21, BladeCenter QS21 Type 0792 Installation And User Manual
BladeCenter QS21 Type 0792
Before installing the BladeCenter QS21
in a BladeCenter unit, complete the
following procedures:
Installation and
User’s Guide
Welcome.
Thank you for buying an
IBM blade server.
server features superior
performance, availability,
and scalability.
This
Installation and User’s Guide
contains information for setting up,
configuring, and using your
blade server.
Additionally, a service information
label is attached to each BladeCenter
unit and blade server. This label
provides a graphical summary of
many of the installation and service
activities that are associated with
each device.
Your blade
Install and configure the rack according
to the documentation that came with the rack.
Install the BladeCenter unit into the rack and
configure it, according to the documentation
that comes with the BladeCenter unit.
Supply input power to the BladeCenter unit.
Install the latest firmware in all BladeCenter
components.
Before you install the blade server into the
BladeCenter unit, install optional components
such as memory modules and expansion cards
in the blade server.
Install the blade server in the BladeCenter unit.
See Chapter 4 for more information.
Configure the blade server.
See Chapter 5 for more information.
Install the operating system.
See Chapter 6 for more information.
Install additional applications
according to the instructions that
come with the applications.
For more information about your
BladeCenter components and
features, you can view the
publications on the
Documentation
CD or download them from the
IBM Support Web site.
Go to
http://www.ibm.com/bladecenter/
The blade server is now
ready to use. Be sure to
register and profile your
blade server on the
IBM Support Web site.
Server Support
Is the server working
correctly?
Ye s
No
Update the firmware to the
latest level.
Is the problem
solved?
Ye s
No
Register the server. Go to
http://www.ibm.com/support/mysupport/.
View information about IBM Support Line at
http://www.ibm.com/services/sl/products/
or view support telephone numbers at
http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/.
Check all cables for loose connections
and verify that all optional devices you
installed are on the ServerProven list at
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/
serverproven/compat/us/.
Is the problem
solved?
Ye s
No
See the troubleshooting
information that comes with
the server to determine
the cause of the problem
and the action to take.
Ye s
Is the problem
solved?
View support telephone numbers at
http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/.
Hardware
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Hardware or
software problem?
BladeCenter QS21 Ty pe 0792
Installation an d User’s Guide
Note
Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 81
and the Warranty and Support Information document for your blade server type on the Documentation CD.
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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
The BladeCenter QS21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Power configuration and power throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Boot support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Support for local storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Major components of the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Registering your BladeCenter QS21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Checking for software and firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Using this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
The Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Chapter 2. Blade server power, controls, and indicators . . . . . . . . .9
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Blade server controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
System board internal and expansion card connectors . . . . . . . . . .13
Chapter 3. Installing the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Installing the BladeCenter QS21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 4. Installing and removing replaceable units . . . . . . . . .19
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit . . . . . . . . . .21
Removing the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Opening and removing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Removing the BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit . . . . . . . .22
Installing the optional InfiniBand card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Adding I/O DDR2 memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Installing the SAS expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Installing the BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit . . . . . . . .29
Removing the blade-server front bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Finishing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Installing the front bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Closing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Input/output connectors and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Chapter 5. Configuring the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Communicating with the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Using the Advanced Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Using the Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
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Using the command-line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Using Serial over LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Using the serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Using the SMS utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Starting SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Viewing FRU information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Updating the system and BMC firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Updating steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Determining current blade server firmware levels . . . . . . . . . . .42
Updating the BMC firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Using the BMC update package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Using the Advanced Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Installing the system firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
The firmware update package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Using the package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Updating the system firmware automatically . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Installing the firmware manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Updating the system firmware images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Updating the optional expansion card firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Integrating the Gigabit Ethernet controller into the BladeCenter . . . . . . .49
Updating the Ethernet controller firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Using the update package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Firmware update steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Finishing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Chapter 6. Installing the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Preparing a boot device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Using a boot device on the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Configuring a SAS boot device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Preparing the installation source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Installing over the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Installing from the media tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Installing using an ISO image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Post installation configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Chapter 7. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Basic checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Problems indicated by the front panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Power problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Power throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Network connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Service processor problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Recovering the system firmware code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Checking the boot image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Booting from the TEMP image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Recovering the TEMP image from the PERM image . . . . . . . . . .63
System firmware startup messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Appendix A. Using the SMS utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Starting the SMS utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
The SMS utility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Select Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Setup Remote IPL (Initial Program Load) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
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IP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Adapter Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Ping Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Advanced Setup: DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Change SCSI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Select Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Select Boot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Firmware Boot Side Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Progress Indicator History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
FRU information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Adding FRU information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
SAS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Appendix B. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . .79
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . .79
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Appendix C. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Product recycling and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Battery return program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement . . . . . . . . .85
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement . . . . . . . .86
Avis de conformité à la réglementation d’Industrie Canada . . . . . . . .86
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement . . . . . . . . . . . .86
United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement . . . . . . . . .86
Deutschsprachiger EU Hinweis: Hinweis für Geräte der Klasse A
EU-Richtlinie zur Elektromagnetischen Verträglichkeit . . . . . . . . .86
Deutschland: Einhaltung des Gesetzes über die elektromagnetische
Verträglichkeit von Geräten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Zulassungsbescheinigung laut dem Deutschen Gesetz über die
elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit von Geräten (EMVG) (bzw. der EMC
EG Richtlinie 2004/108/EG) für Geräte der Klasse A . . . . . . . .86
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement . . . . . . . . .87
Taiwanese Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement . . .88
Korean Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
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Safety
Before installing this product, read the Safety Information.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações de Segurança.
Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.
Læs sikkerhedsforskrifterne, før du installerer dette produkt.
Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften.
Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen, lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information.
Avant d’installer ce produit, lisez les consignes de sécurité.
Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen.
Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza.
Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette produktet.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações sobre Segurança.
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Antes de instalar este producto, lea la información de seguridad.
Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten.
Important:
All caution and danger statements in this documentation begin with a
number. This number is used to cross reference an English caution or
danger statement with translated versions of the caution or danger
statement in the IBM Safety Information book.
For example, if a caution statement begins with a number 1,
translations for that caution statement appear in the IBM Safety
Information book under statement 1.
Be sure to read all caution and danger statements in this
documentation before performing the instructions. Read any additional
safety information that comes with the blade server or optional device
before you install the device.
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Statement 1:
DANGER
Electrical
current from power, telephone, and communication cables is
hazardous.
To avoid a shock hazard:
v Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation,
maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical
storm.
v Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical
outlet.
v Connect to properly wired outlets any equipment that will be attached to
this product.
v When possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal
cables.
v Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or
structural damage.
v Disconnect the attached power cords, telecommunications systems,
networks, and modems before you open the device covers, unless
instructed otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures.
v Connect and disconnect cables as described in the following table when
installing, moving, or opening covers on this product or attached
devices.
To Connect: To Disconnect:
1. Turn everything OFF.
2. First, attach all cables to devices.
3. Attach signal cables to connectors.
4. Attach power cords to outlet.
1. Turn everything OFF.
2. First, remove power cords from outlet.
3. Remove signal cables from connectors.
4. Remove all cables from devices.
5. Turn device ON.
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Statement 2:
CAUTION:
When replacing the lithium battery, use only IBM Part Number 43W9859 or
03N2449 or an equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. If
your system has a module containing a lithium battery, replace it only with
the same module type made by the same manufacturer. The battery contains
lithium and can explode if not properly used, handled, or disposed of.
Do not:
v Throw or immerse into water
v Heat to more than 100°C (212°F)
v Repair or disassemble
Dispose
of the battery as required by local ordinances or regulations.
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Statement 3:
CAUTION:
When laser products (such as CD-ROMs, DVD drives, fiber optic devices, or
transmitters) are installed, note the following:
v Do not remove the covers. Removing the covers of the laser product could
result in exposure to hazardous laser radiation. There are no serviceable
parts inside the device.
v Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than
those specified herein might result in hazardous radiation exposure.
DANGER
laser products contain an embedded Class 3A or Class 3B laser
Some
diode. Note the following.
Laser radiation when open. Do not stare into the beam, do not view directly
with optical instruments, and avoid direct exposure to the beam.
Class 1 Laser Product
Laser Klasse 1
Laser Klass 1
Luokan 1 Laserlaite
Appareil A Laser de Classe 1
`
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Statement 4:
≥ 18 kg (39.7 lb) ≥ 32 kg (70.5 lb) ≥ 55 kg (121.2 lb)
CAUTION:
Use safe practices when lifting.
Statement 5:
CAUTION:
The power control button on the device and the power switch on the power
supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device. The device
also might have more than one power cord. To remove all electrical current
from the device, ensure that all power cords are disconnected from the power
source.
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1
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Statement 8:
CAUTION:
Never remove the cover on a power supply or any part that has the following
label attached.
Hazardous voltage, current, and energy levels are present inside any
component that has this label attached. There are no serviceable parts inside
these components. If you suspect a problem with one of these parts, contact
a service technician.
Statement 13:
DANGER
Overloading a branch circuit is potentially a fire hazard and a shock hazard
under certain conditions. To avoid these hazards, ensure that your system
electrical requirements do not exceed branch circuit protection
requirements. Refer to the information that is provided with your device for
electrical specifications.
Statement 21:
CAUTION:
Hazardous energy is present when the blade is connected to the power
source. Always replace the blade cover before installing the blade.
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WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or cords associated with accessories
sold with this product, will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of
California to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash
hands after handling.
ADVERTENCIA: El contacto con el cable de este producto o con cables de
accesorios que se venden junto con este producto, pueden exponerle al plomo, un
elemento químico que en el estado de California de los Estados Unidos está
considerado como un causante de cancer y de defectos congénitos, además de
otros riesgos reproductivos. Lávese las manos después de usar el producto.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
This chapter gives an overview of the features of the IBM® BladeCenter® QS21 and
what options are available.
The BladeCenter QS21
The high performance BladeCenter QS21 is based on the 64-bit Cell Broadband
Engine™ (Cell/B.E.) processor with a frequency of 3.2 GHz. Two processors are
supported per blade and are directly mounted on the blade planar board to provide
multiprocessing capability. Each processor includes 32/32 KB L1 (data/instruction)
and 512 KB L2 cache.
The Cell/B.E. implementation of the broadband processor architecture includes one
PowerPC® Processor Element (PPE) element and eight synergistic processing
elements (SPE). Each SPE includes one synergistic processing unit (SPU) with its
own local store (LS), and one dedicated memory flow controller (MFC), which has
an associated memory management unit (MMU) to hold and process memory
protection and access permission information. To facilitate data flow on-chip and
externally, the Cell/B.E. also implements the broadband engine bus and other I/O
structures. The memory subsystem on BladeCenter QS21 consists of 18 XDR
memory modules per Cell/B.E. chip, creating 1 GB of error checking and correction
(ECC) memory per Cell/B.E. chip. The system board therefore has a total of 2 GB
system memory.
There is a high speed RAMBUS interface to the processor, a PCI-X connector for
BladeCenter I/O extension cards, a 4x PCI-Express channel providing high speed
I/O, a 1 Gigabit Ethernet NIC, a UART and an external bus controller. Attached to
the external bus are a Flash EPROM device (8 Mbyte), 1 MB of battery-backed
NVRAM and battery-backed real-time clock (RTC).
The local service processor supports environmental monitoring, front panel, chip
initialization and the BladeCenter unit Advanced Management Module interface.
To ensure compatibility with existing blades, the BladeCenter QS21 provides two
midplane connectors. These connectors contain Gigabit Ethernet links, USB ports
(for support of BladeCenter unit media tray devices), power and a unit management
bus. The blade includes support for an optional InfiniBand expansion card and an
optional Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) card.
For more information about the processor itself, see http://www.ibm.com/
developerworks/power/cell.
Features and specifications
The BladeCenter QS21 is a high-density, high-performance multiprocessor server
system. It is based on the Cell Broadband Engine processor (Cell/B.E.) and
provides leading edge performance density with its single wide 2-way blade server.
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The BladeCenter QS21 conforms to the generic BladeCenter infrastructure and is
designed for operation with the high-speed interconnect in the following
BladeCenter units:
v BladeCenter H Type 8852
v BladeCenter HT Types 8740 and 8750 (enterprise environment only)
v BladeCenter S Types 7779 and 8886 (non RAID type only)
BladeCenter
QS21 support is only available for the BladeCenter units listed above.
Figure 1. BladeCenter QS21
The BladeCenter QS21 has the following major components:
v 2 Cell/B.E. processor chips (Cell/B.E.-0 and Cell/B.E.-1) operating at 3.2 GHz
v 2 GB XDR system memory with ECC, 1 GB per Cell/B.E. chip
v 2 Cell/B.E. companion chips, one per Cell/B.E. chip
v 2 x 16 lanes PCIe, 2 masters per Cell/B.E. companion chip
v 1 PCI-X bus per Cell/B.E. companion chip, running at 100 MHz
v Interface to optional DDR2 memory, for use as the I/O Buffer
v Onboard Dual Channel Gb-Ethernet controller BCM5704S
v Onboard USB controller NEC uPD720101
v 1 BladeCenter PCI-X expansion card connector
v 1 BladeCenter High-Speed connector for 2 x 8 PCIe buses
v 1 Special additional I/O expansion connector for 2 x 16 PCIe buses
v 4 DIMM slots (2 slots per Cell/B.E. companion chip) for optional I/O Buffer DDR2
VLP DIMMs
v Integrated Renesas 2166 Service processor (BMC, IPMI compliant code stack)
average maximum for power budgeting is 300 W for a QS21 blade server
The
without options.
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Through the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module Web interface, you can
view the blade server firmware code and other hardware configuration information.
Note: Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced
system management are provided by the IBM BladeCenter. For more
information, see the relevant BladeCenter guide.
Power configuration and power throttling
Each blade server is powered by two BladeCenter redundant power-supply
modules. By enforcing a power policy known as power domain oversubscription, the
BladeCenter unit can share the power load between two power modules to ensure
efficient power for each device in the BladeCenter unit. This policy is enforced when
the initial power is applied to the BladeCenter unit or when a blade server is
inserted into the BladeCenter unit. Yo u can configure and monitor the power
environment by using the management module.
For more information about configuring power, see the management-module
documentation.
Boot support
The BladeCenter QS21 can boot from:
v The optical drive of the BladeCenter unit media tray
v A SAS storage device, typically one or more hard disks attached to the
BladeCenter unit
v A storage device attached to the network
Support for local storage
The BladeCenter provides a SAS solution for local storage. This comprises a SAS
Expansion Card attached to the blade server, a SAS switch in the rear of the
chassis, and various options to attach storage to that integrated SAS switch. An
optional SAS Expansion Card is available for the BladeCenter QS21.
Storage can be attached via the external SAS host controller. The BladeCenter
QS21 supports the SAS drives of the IBM System Storage™ DS3200 and the IBM
System Storage EXP3000 expansion unit. Check the IBM BladeCenter support Web
site for details of supported SAS drives at http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/
support/.
Major components of the blade server
In order to see the components of the BladeCenter QS21 you must remove it from
the BladeCenter unit and remove the cover. Figure 2 on page 4 shows the major
components of the blade server.
Chapter 1. Introduction 3
Expansion
option
connectors
Light path
diagnostics
switch
Light box
I/O buffer DIMM slots
1
Battery
Heat sinks
I/O buffer DIMM slots
Figure 2. BladeCenter components
Both Cell/B.E. processors and Cell/B.E. companion chips are underneath the heat
sinks and therefore not visible. The Cell/B.E. processors and the system XDR
memory are soldered onto the system board and are not removable.
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
System XDR
memory
Three important features in server design are reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS). These RAS features are designed to help ensure that your
blade server is available when you want to use it; and, in the event of a failure, help
you easily diagnose and repair the failure with minimal inconvenience.
The following is a list of some of the RAS features that your blade server supports:
v Transparent CPU Hardware error recovery
v ECC for XDR and DDR2 memory
v PFA for CEs on the Cell/B.E. companion chip attached I/O Buffer DDR2 DIMMs
v Memory Scrubbing on XDR system memory
v XDR System memory failure isolation for memory errors to a single memory
interface (Cell/B.E.-0 or Cell/B.E.-1 attached)
v DDR2 I/O Buffer memory failure isolation to a single DIMM
v PCI Bus Parity
level features include:
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v Degraded boot for both XDR and DDR2 memory errors. XDR memory errors
may create holes in the memory map.
v Automatic server recovery and restart:
– Automatic reboot after boot hangs (with switch of the boot flash to the backup
image)
– Automatic reboot after checkstop (without switch of the boot flash side)
Environmental monitors and alerts
v
v System VPD and VPD on all major electronic components
v Lightbox LEDs
v System Management Services (SMS) menu support
v Checkstop detection with data logging and automated reboot
BladeCenter unit supports the following features:
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v Redundant power supplies
v Power Supply error detection
v Remote Power control
v System Event Logs through Advanced Management Module
v Redundant Blowers, switches, Advanced Management Modules
v Hotplug of all BladeCenter unit field replaceable units (FRUs) including blowers,
switches and power supplies
Registering your BladeCenter QS21
Record information about the blade server in the following table. You need this
information when you register the blade server with IBM. Yo u can register the blade
server at http://www.ibm.com/support/mysupport/.
Product name BladeCenter QS21
Machine type 0792
Model number _____________________________________________
Serial number _____________________________________________
The machine type, model number, and serial number are on the label that covers
the base of the blade server. The label is visible when the blade server is not in the
BladeCenter unit.
Checking for software and firmware updates
Occasionally, firmware and software updates become available. To check for
updates and download the latest device drivers, firmware updates or documents, go
to http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/.
Notices and statements used in this document
The caution and danger statements that appear in this document are also in the
multilingual Safety Information document, which is on the IBM BladeCenter
Documentation CD. Each statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding
statement in the Safety Information document.
The following notices and statements are used in this document:
v Notes: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
v Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or problem situations.
v Attention: These notices indicate potential damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which
damage could occur.
v Caution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous
to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially
hazardous procedure step or situation.
v Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the
description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or
situation.
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Using this book
This Installation and User’s Guide provides information to help you:
v Set up the BladeCenter QS21
v Start and configure the BladeCenter QS21
v Install options
v Install the operating system
v Perform basic troubleshooting of the BladeCenter QS21
The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from the hardware.
Note:
Updates might be available for this document. Yo u can check for the most recent
version at http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/.
Related documentation
In addition to this document, the following documentation also comes with the
server:
v Problem Determination and Service Guide
This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Documentation CD.
It contains information to help you solve problems yourself, and it contains
information for service technicians.
v Safety Information
This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Documentation CD.
It contains translated caution and danger statements. Each caution and danger
statement that appears in the documentation has a number that you can use to
locate the corresponding statement in your language in the Safety Information
document.
v Warranty and Support Information
This document is in PDF on the IBM Documentation CD. It contains information
about the terms of the warranty and about service and assistance.
v IBM Software Development Kit for Multicore Acceleration Version 3.0.0
Installation Guide
This document is in PDF and can be downloaded from http://www.ibm.com/
alphaworks/tech/cellsw/download. It contains information about how to install the
operating system and how to program applications for the blade server.
Depending
Documentation CD.
The blade server can have features that are not described in the documentation
that comes with the server. Additionally, the documentation might be updated
occasionally to include information about those features, or technical updates might
be available to provide additional information that is not included in the blade server
documentation on the CD. Yo u can check for the most recent versions of all
BladeCenter documentation at http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/.
In addition to the documentation in this library, be sure to review the planning and
installation documents for your BladeCenter hardware available at
http://www.ibm.com/support/us/en/.
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on the server model, additional documentation might be included on the
The Documentation CD
The Documentation CD contains documentation for the blade server in PDF and
includes the IBM Documentation Browser to help you find information quickly.
Hardware and software requirements
The Documentation CD requires the following minimum hardware and software:
v Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Windows XP or Red Hat Linux
v 100 MHz microprocessor
v 32 MB of RAM
v Adobe® Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later) or xpdf, which comes with Linux operating
systems
Note: Acrobat Reader software is included on the CD, and you can install it
when you run the Documentation Browser.
®
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Using the Documentation Browser
Use the Documentation Browser to browse the contents of the CD, read brief
descriptions of the books, and view books using Adobe Acrobat Reader or xpdf.
The Documentation Browser automatically detects the regional settings in use in
your system and displays the books in the language for that region (if available). If
a book is not available in the language for that region, the English version is
displayed.
Use one of the following procedures to start the Documentation Browser:
v If Autostart is enabled, insert the CD into your CD or DVD drive. The
Documentation Browser starts automatically.
v If Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users:
– If you are using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into your CD or
DVD drive and click Start Run. In the Open field, type:
x:\win32.bat
where x is the drive letter of your CD drive, then click OK.
– If you are using a Linux operating system, insert the CD into your CD drive;
then, run the following command from the /mnt/cdrom directory:
sh runlinux.sh
The Available Topics list displays all the books for the blade server. Some books
might be in folders. A plus sign (+) indicates each folder or book that has additional
books under it. Click the plus sign to display the additional books.
When you select a book, a description of the book appears under Topic
Description. To select more than one book, press and hold the Ctrl key while you
select the books. Click View Book to view the selected book or books in Acrobat
Reader or xpdf. If you selected more than one book, all the selected books are
opened in Acrobat Reader or xpdf.
To search all the books, type a word or word string in the Search field and click
Search. The books in which the word or word string appears are listed in order of
the most occurrences. Click a book to view it, and press Crtl+F to use the Acrobat
search function or Alt+F to use the xpdf search function within the book.
Click Help for detailed information about using the Documentation Browser.
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Chapter 2. Blade server power, controls, and indicators
This chapter describes the power features, how to turn on and turn off the blade
server, and what the controls and indicators mean. This chapter also identifies the
system board connectors.
Turning on the blade server
The BladeCenter QS21 is hot-swappable and can be inserted into the BladeCenter
unit when the unit is already powered up. However, it can only be powered on by
one of the methods described in this section. While the blade server is powering up,
the power-on LED on the front of the server is lit. See “Blade server controls and
LEDs” on page 11 for the power-on LED states.
After you have installed the BladeCenter QS21 into a powered up BladeCenter unit,
wait until the power on LED on the blade server flashes slowly before turning on the
blade server.
You can turn on the blade server in any of the following ways:
Using the power control button
You can press the power-control button Figure 3 which is behind the
control-panel door on the front of the blade server if local power control is
enabled for the blade server. Local power control is enabled and disabled
through the BladeCenter Management Module Web interface.
Figure 3. Blade server power button
Using the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
Using the Wake on LAN® feature:
In the event of a power failure the BladeCenter unit and then the blade server can
start automatically when power is restored. Yo u must configure this through the
BladeCenter Advanced Management Module. See the BladeCenter Management
Module User's Guide for further information about this feature.
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Power-control
button
You can use the BladeCenter Management Module Web interface to turn on
the blade server remotely.
If you want to use the Wake on LAN feature, the feature must be enabled in
the installed operating system and it must not have been disabled through
the Advanced Management Module.
Turning off the blade server
When you turn off the blade server, it is still connected to power through the
BladeCenter unit and can continue to respond to requests from the service
processor, including remote requests to turn the blade server on. To remove all
power from the blade server, you must physically remove it from the BladeCenter
unit or power off the BladeCenter unit.
To avoid loss of data, shut down the Linux operating system before you turn off the
blade server. Shut down the operating system by entering the shutdown -h now
command at the command prompt or by choosing shutdown if you are using a
graphical user interface (GUI). See your operating system documentation for
additional information about shutting down the operating system.
If the BladeCenter unit has not been turned off, the blade server can be turned off
in any of the following ways:
Using the power control button
You can press the power control button behind the control-panel door on
the front panel of the blade server. This starts an orderly shutdown of the
operating system, providing your operating system supports this feature,
before turning off the BladeCenter QS21. If the operating system stops
functioning, pressing and holding the power control button for more than 4
seconds turns off the blade server.
Using the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
You can use the Advanced Management Module Web interface to turn off
the blade server remotely. Yo u can also configure the Advanced
Management Module to turn off the blade server automatically if the system
is not operating correctly.
Note: After turning off the blade server, wait at least 5 seconds before turning it on
again.
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Blade server controls and LEDs
This section describes the controls and LEDs on the front panel of the blade server.
For further information about the LEDs and how they can be used to assist in
troubleshooting, see Problem Determination and Service Guide.
Information
LED
Location
LED
Activity
LED
Power-on
LED
Media-tray
select button
Power-control
button
Blade-error
LED
NMI
reset-button
CD
Figure 4. Power-control button and LEDS
Note: The control panel door which normally covers the LEDs and power-control
button is omitted for reasons of clarity.
Activity LED:
This green LED lights when there is network activity.
Location LED:
This blue LED is turned on remotely by the system administrator to assist in
locating the blade server. The location LED on the BladeCenter unit lights
at the same time.
Information LED:
This amber LED lights to indicate that information about a system error has
been placed in the Advanced Management Module Event Log. The
information LED remains on until turned off by Advanced Management
Module or through IBM Director Console.
Blade error LED:
This amber LED lights when a system error has occurred in the blade
server.
Power control button:
Press this button to turn the blade server on or off. The power control
button only has effect if local power control is enabled for the blade server.
Local power control is enabled and disabled through the BladeCenter
Advanced Management Module Web interface.
Media tray select button:
This button associates the shared BladeCenter unit media tray (DVD/CD
drive and USB ports) with the blade server. The LED on the button flashes
while the request is being processed, then lights when the ownership of the
media tray has been transferred to the blade server.
It can take approximately 20 seconds for the operating system on the blade
server to recognize the media tray.
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Power on LED:
reset button
NMI
Note: The blade error LED, information LED, and location LED can be turned off
System board LEDs
The BladeCenter QS21 has status LEDs on the system board to indicate the health
of various components. Some are within the light box while others are in different
location. A lit LEDs indicates an error condition. Complete information about the
LEDs can be found in the Problem Determination and Service Guide.
This green LED indicates the power status of the blade server as follows:
v Flashing rapidly - The service processor on the blade server is
communicating with the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module.
v Flashing slowly - The blade server has power but is not turned on.
v Lit continuously (steady) - The blade server has power and is turned on.
v Not lit. Either the BladeCenter unit is powered off, or a power failure has
occurred on the blade server or the BladeCenter unit.
If the operating system has been installed, pressing this with a paper clip or
pin causes the operating system to call the system debugger.
through the BladeCenter Management Module Web interface. For additional
information about errors, see “Problems indicated by the front panel LEDs”
on page 60.
To find out what if any errors have occurred on the system board, you must:
1. Remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit
2. Open the cover
3. Press the light path diagnostics switch
lights any error LEDs that were turned on during processing. It also lights a
This
green LED to indicate the capacitor is charged and the light path diagnostics
system is operating.
Figure 5 on page 13 shows the location of the light path LEDs and the diagnostics
switch.
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Temperature fault LED
System board LED
CPU fail LED
NMI error LED
TEMP
S BRD
CPU
NMI
LP
Light box
1
Error LED (JDIM )00
Light path
diagnostics
LED
Light path
diagnostics
switch
Error LED (JDIM10)
JDIM11 slot
JDIM10 slot
JDIM01 slot
JDIM00 slot
Error LED (JDIM01)
Error LED (JDIM11)
Figure 5. System-board LEDs
Pressing the light path diagnostics switch lights the LED(s) to indicate where an
error has occurred.
System board internal and expansion card connectors
The following illustration shows the location of the connectors for user-installable
options.
Connector at J201
Connector at J22
Connector at JFC_18
Connector at J200
1
Figure 6. Locations of the expansion option connectors on the system board
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