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Operating Manual - English
PRIMERGY RX600 S6 Server
Operating Manual
July 2011
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Before reading this manual For your safety This manual contains important information for safely and correctly using this product. Carefully read the manual before using this product. Pay particular attention to the accompanying manual "Safety Notes and Regulations" and ensure these safety notes are understood before using the product. Keep this manual and the manual "Safety Notes and Regulations" in a safe place for easy reference while using this product. Radio interference This product
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These uses include control of nuclear reactions in nuclear power plants, automatic airplane flight control, air traffic control, traffic control in mass transport systems, medical devices for life support, and missile guidance control in weapons systems (hereafter, "high safety use"). Customers should not use this product for high safety use unless measures are in place for ensuring the level of safety demanded of such use. Please consult the sales staff of Fujitsu if intending to use this
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Only for the Japanese market: I Although described in this manual, some sections do not apply to the Japanese market. These options and routines include: – CSS (Customer Self Service) – Replacing the lithium battery RX600 S6 Operating Manual
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Operating Manual RX600 S6
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Contents 1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual . . . . . . . . . 11 1.2 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.4 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1.5 Technical data . . . .
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Contents 4.5 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 55 5 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5.1 Control elements and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5.1.1 Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5.1.1.1 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 5.1.1.2 Indicators on the control pane
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Contents 7.6 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 7.7 Drives reported as "dead" when starting system . . . . . . 82 7.8 Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 7.9 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 8 CSS components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 8.1 Hot-plug components . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents 8.3 Opening/Closing the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 8.3.1 Opening the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 8.3.2 Closing the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 9 Appendix: server specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Operating Manual RX600 S6
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1 Preface The scalable PRIMERGY RX600 S6 server is an Intel-based rack server for critical company scenarios, e.g. as database management system for medium or large-sized databases or as a consolidation basis to run an immensely large number of different applications using virtualization technologies. Thanks to its highly developed hardware and software components, the server offers a high level of data security and availability. These include hot-plug HDD/SSD modules, hot-plug system fans,
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Preface 1.2 Documentation overview More information on your PRIMERGY RX600 S6 can be found in the following documents: – "Quick Start Hardware - PRIMERGY RX600 S6" leaflet " はじめにお読 みください -PRIMERGY RX600 S6" for the Japanese market (only included as a printed copy) – "Quick Start Software - Quick Installation Guide" DVD booklet (only included with the ServerView Suite as a printed copy) – "Safety Notes and Regulations" manual " 安全上のご注 意 " for the Japanese market – "Warranty" manual " 保証書 " for
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Preface I PRIMERGY manuals are available in PDF format on the ServerView Suite DVD 2. The ServerView Suite DVD 2 is part of the ServerView Suite supplied with every server. If you no longer have the ServerView Suite DVDs, you can obtain the relevant current versions using the order number U15000-C289 (the order number for the Japanese market: please refer to the configurator of the server http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/primergy/system/). The PDF files of the manuals can also be downloaded f
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Preface 1.3 Features Customer Self Service (CSS) The PRIMERGY Customer Self Service (CSS) concept enables you to identify and replace the affected component yourself in the case of certain error scenarios. In the CSS concept, you can replace the following components yourself in the event of an error: – Hot-plug hard disk drives and solid state disks – Hot-plug power supply units – Hot-plug Memory modules – Hot-plug System fans – Expansion cards (as soon as released) For information on replaci
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Preface System board The features of the system board are described in the "System Board D3141 for PRIMERGY RX600 S6 Technical Manual" for the hardware and in the "System Board D3141 BIOS Setup Utility for PRIMERGY RX600 S6" manual for the firmware. Hot-plug PCI slots The server has ten PCI-Express slots, where two of them are hot-plug slots. These hot-plug PCI-Express slots allow installation and removal of boards during operation when the operating system supports this function (for furth
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Preface The accessible drives/components integrated in these locations cannot be replaced during operation. Power supply The server has up to four hot-plug power supply units that automatically switch to a mains voltage of 100 - 127 V / 200 - 240 V. This ensures redundant power supply. If one power supply unit is defective, the other(s) then guarantee(s) unimpaired operation. The faulty power supply unit can be replaced during operation (for further details see "Hot-plug power supply units"
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Preface ASR&R (Automatic Server Reconfiguration and Restart) restarts the system in the event of an error and automatically "hides" the defective system components. The PDA (Prefailure Detection and Analysis) technology from Fujitsu analyzes and monitors all components that are critical for system reliability. The SAS/SATA controller card supports the RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 thus increasing system availability and reliability. Additional reliability is provided by the hot-p
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Preface iRMC S2 with integrated management LAN connector I The features of the iRMC S2 Advanced Video Redirection and Remote Storage are available as an option. The iRMC S2 (integrated Remote Management Controller) is a BMC with integrated management LAN connector and expanded functionality that was previously only available with additional plug-in cards. In this way, the iRMC S2 enables complete control of PRIMERGY servers, regardless of system status, and thus particularly the control of
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Preface Server management Server management is implemented using the ServerView Operations Manager supplied and the PDA (Prefailure Detection and Analysis) technology from Fujitsu. PDA reports the threat of a system error or overload at an early stage, allowing preventive measures to be taken. The ServerView Operations Manager enables the management of all PRIMERGY servers in the network via a central console. The ServerView Operations Manager supports the following functions: ● Round-the-
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Preface ServerView Installation Manager You can configure the PRIMERGY server quickly and precisely with the ServerView Installation Manager software provided. User-guided menus are available for installing the server operating system (for further details see section "Configuring the server" on page 72). Service and support PRIMERGY servers are service-friendly and modular, enabling quick and easy maintenance. For easier and immediate recognition, handles and locks (touch points) are color
