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This manual introduces the technical characteristics and the system installation and
setup of the server, and helps you to particularly understand and expediently use this
server.
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 Statement

Please read the following statement before you use this server formally. Only
when you have read this statement hereinafter and agreed the following terms, you can
formally use this server. If you have any questions about the following terms, please
contact our supplier or us directly. If you have no questions about these terms and start
to use this server, it acquiesces that you have agreed the following terms.
1. We must call your attention that you must not alter any other parameters in
the main board BIOS of this server at any time, except for the parameters which we
promote that you can alter.
2. If there are any hardware problems when you use this server, or you wish
to upgrade the hardware, please feed back the detail hardware configuration of your
computer to our Customer Service. Don’t disassemble the server case or any hardware
components in the case by yourself.
3. In this server, the MEMORY, CPU, CPU Fan and Fan are in given standard.
Please don’t use them with the corresponding components of any other computers
confusedly.
4. When you have any software problems during the application of this server,
we hope that you firstly contact the corresponding software supplier and then he will
contact us in favor of communication so as to solve your problem together, especially
the software problems about the database, the installation and running of the network
management software or other networking product.
5. Pictures in printings are for reference only, please refer to the machine
purchased actually.
6. Please firstly read the accompany Brief User Guide, when you install this
server. Please contact our Customer Service Center, if you have any questions about the
application.
 7. We must call your attention that in the application process, you should pay
attention to do necessary backup of your file.
8. This is a Grade A product, and this product may induce radio jamming. In this
case, users need to adopt feasible measures to the interference.
9. The copyrights of the markers and names of the software and hardware product
referred in this manual are the property of corresponding companies.
10. In the above statement, “us” indicates the Inspur Group Co., Ltd. The Inspur
Group Co., Ltd. holds the right of final explanation about the above statement.
 Regarding the Manual

● Chapter One Safety Information

In this chapter, safety information regarding server usage is introduced.
● Chapter Two Product Description
In this chapter, the technical characteristics, appearance characteristics and I/O
interface technical specification of this server are introduced.
● Chapter Three System Setup
In this chapter, the setup of jumper wire and the system BIOS of this server is
introduced.
● Chapter Four SATA RAID Setup
In this chapter, how to set up the RAID of the onboard SATA controller is
introduced.
● Chapter Five Operating System Installation
In this chapter, how to install the prevailing operating systems to the server is
introduced.
● Chapter Six Common Problem and Trouble-shooting
In this chapter, solutions of some common problems are introduced.
● Chapter Seven Use Instructions on Management Functions of Integrated
Management Card
In this chapter, how to use the onboard management card is introduced.
● Chapter Eight Installation Introduction
In this chapter, how to install the server into the cabinet through rails is
introduced.

We suggest you read this manual seriously before you use this server in case of
the unnecessary faults in your operation.
 Content

Chapter One Safety Information .........................................................................1

Chapter Two Product Introduction .....................................................................6
2.1 Server Technical Specification .................................................................6
2.2 Front Panel View ......................................................................................8
2.3 Back Panel View ......................................................................................11
2.4 RJ45 Interface Network Card Indicator Introduction ..............................11
Chapter Three System Setup ...............................................................................13
3.1 Mainboard BIOS Setup ............................................................................13
3.2 Mainboard Jumper Setting .......................................................................23
Chapter Four SATA RAID Setting ......................................................................25
4.1 How to Enter SATA HostRAID Configuration Interface .........................25
4.2 Application of Control Buttons ................................................................25
4.3 SATA HostRAID Configuration ...............................................................25
Chapter Five Operation System Installation ......................................................29
5.1 Inspur Drive U Disk Use Instructions ......................................................29
5.2 Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Manually .............................................33
5.3 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Manually .......................................37
Chapter Six Common Problems and Trouble-shooting.....................................43
6.1 Restarting Server ......................................................................................43
6.2 Problems When Starting the Machine ......................................................43
6.3 Machine Alarm .........................................................................................46
6.4 Additional Notes .......................................................................................46
Chapter Seven: Use Instructions on Management Functions of Integrated
Management Card ........................................................................................48
7.1 Management Chip BMC IP ......................................................................48
 7.2 Remote Login ...........................................................................................48
Chapter Eight Server Installation Guide ............................................................58
8.1 Cabinet Preparation ..................................................................................58
8.2 Components Needed in Server Installation ..............................................59
8.3 Installation of Inner Rail ..........................................................................59
8.4 Install Guide Rail into Cabinet .................................................................60
8.5 Install the Server to Cabinet .....................................................................62
 Chapter One Safety Information

！ Warning: the following warnings show that there are potential dangers
that may cause property loss, personal injury or death:
Warning 1: The power supply equipment in the system may generate high
voltage and dangerous electrical energy and thus cause personal injury. Please do
not dismount the cover of the host or to dismount and replace any component in
the system by yourself, unless otherwise informed by Inspur; only maintenance
technicians trained by Inspur have the right to disassemble the cover of the host,
dismount and replace the internal components.
Warning 2: Please connect the equipment to appropriate power supply, and
the power should be supplied by external power supply which is indicated on the
rated input label. To prevent your equipment from damages caused by momentary
spike or plunge of the voltage, please use relevant voltage stabilizing equipment or
uninterruptible power supply equipment.
Warning 3: If extended cables are needed, please use the three-core cables
matched with correct earthed plug, and check the ratings of the extended cables to
make sure that the sum of rated current of all products inserted into the extended
cables do not exceed 80% of the limits of the rated currents of the extended cables.
Warning 4: Please be sure to use the supplied power supply component, such
as power lines, power socket (if supplied with the equipment) etc. For the safety of
equipment and the user, do not replace randomly power cables or plugs.
Warning 5: To prevent electric shock dangers caused by leakage in the
system, please make sure that the power cables of the system and peripheral
equipment are correctly connected to the earthed power socket. Please connect the
three-core power line plug to the three-core AC power socket that is well earthed
and easy to access, be sure to use the earthing pin of power lines and do not use
the patch plug or the earthing pin unplugged with cables. In case of the earthing
conductors not installed and it is uncertain whether there are appropriate earthing
protections, please do not operate or use the equipment. Contact and consult with
the electrician, please.
Warning 6: To avoid short circuit of internal components and fire or electric
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shock hazards, please do not fill any object into the open pores of the system.
Warning 7: Please place the system far away from the cooling plate and at
the place with heat sources, and be sure not to block the air vents.
Warning 8: Be sure not to scatter food or liquid in the system or on other
components, and do not use the product in humid and dusty environment.
Warning 9: The replacement of batteries with those of another model may
cause explosion. When replacement of batteries is required, please consult first the
manufacturer and choose batteries of the same or a similar model recommended
by the manufacturer. Do not dismount, extrude and pink the batteries or make the
external connection point short circuit, and do not expose them in the environment
over 60°C. Never throw them into fire or water. Please do not try to open or repair
the batteries, and be sure to reasonably deal with the flat batteries and do not
put the flat batteries, the circuit boards that may include the batteries and other
components with other wastes. For relevant battery recovery, please contact the
local waste recovery and treatment mechanism.
If what you bought is the chassis, besides carefully read the installation
description attached with the cabinet products and get known about the special
warning notices and installation process, you must abide by the following
preventive measures to guarantee the cabinet to be stable and safe:
Warning 10: Before installing equipment in the chassis, please install front
and side supporting feet on the independent chassis; for cabinet connecting with
other chassis, it shall install the front supporting foot first. If you fail to install
correspondingly the supporting foot before installing equipment in the chassis,
it may cause the cabinet to turn over in some cases, and thus may cause personal
injury. Therefore, it is necessary to install supporting feet before installing
equipment in the chassis. After installing the equipment and other components in
the chassis, it can only pull out one component from the cabinet through its sliding
component at one time. Pulling out several components at the same time may lead
the cabinet to turn over and cause serious personal injury.
Warning 11: Please do not move the chassis. Considering the height and
weight of the chassis, at least two people are needed to complete its movement.
Warning 12: Declaration
The product is Grade A product, and in the living environment, it may cause
radio interference. In such case, it may need the user to take feasible measures for
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the interference.
Notes: In order to help you use the equipment, the following considerations can
help avoid the occurrence of problems that may damage the components or cause data
loss:
1. In case of the following cases, please unplug the power line plug of products
from the power socket and contact the customer service department of Inspur:
- The power cables, extended cables or power plugs are damaged.
- The products get wet by water.
- The products have fallen off or been damaged.
- Objects fall into the products.
- When operating according to the operation instructions, the products cannot
function normally.
2. If the system becomes damp, please treat it according to the following steps:
- Switch off the power supplies of the system and the equipment, disconnect them
with the power socket, wait for 10 to 20 minutes, and then open the cover of the host.
- Move the equipment to the ventilation place to dry the system at least for 24
hours and make sure that the system is fully dried.
- Close the cover of the host, re-connect the system to the power socket, and then
start the equipment.
- In case of operation failure or abnormal situation, please contact Inspur and get
technical support.
3. Pay attention to the position of the system cables and power cables, wire them
in places not to be stepped on or knocked down and ensure not to place other objectives
on the cables.
4. Before dismounting the cover of host or contacting the internal components,
you shall cool down the equipment first; to avoid damaging the main-board, please
power off the system and wait for 5 seconds, and then dismount the components from
the main-board or disconnect the connection of peripheral equipment of the system.
5. If there are modulator-demodulator, telecommunication or local area network
options in the equipment, please pay attention to the following matters:
- In case of thunder and lightning weather, please do not connect or use the
modulator-demodulator. Otherwise, it may be subject to lightning strike.
- Never connect or use modulator-demodulator in moist environment.

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- Never insert the modulator-demodulator or telephone cables to the socket of
network interface controller (NIC).
- Before unpacking the product package, contacting or installing internal
components or contacting un-insulated cables or jacks of the modulator-demodulator,
please disconnect the modulator-demodulator cables.
6. In order to prevent the electrostatic discharge from damaging the electronic
components in the equipment, please pay attention to the following matters:
- You shall conduct off the static electricity on the body before dismounting
or contacting any electronic component in the equipment. You can conduct off the
static electricity on the body by contacting the metal earthing objects (such as the
unpainted metal surface on the chassis) to prevent the static electricity on the body from
conducting itself to the sensitive components.
- For electrostatic sensitive components not ready to be installed for application,
please do not take them out from the antistatic package materials.
- During the work, please touch the earthing conductor or the unpainted metal
surface on the cabinet regularly to conduct off the static electricity on the body that may
damage the internal components.
7. When dismounting the internal components with the approval of Inspur, please
pay attention to the following matters:
- Switch off the system power supply and disconnect the cables, including
disconnecting any connection of the system. When disconnecting the cables, please
grab the connector of cables and plug it out, and never pull the cables.
- Before dismounting the cover of cabinet or touching the internal components,
the products need to be cooled down.
- Before dismounting and touching any electronic component in the equipment,
you shall conduct off the static electricity on the body by touching the metal earthing
objectives.
- During the dismounting process, the operation shall not be too big, so as to
prevent damage to the components or scratching of the arms.
- Carefully deal with the components and plug-in cards, and please never touch
the components or connection points on the plug-in cards. When taking the plug-in
cards or components, you should grab the edges of the plug-in cards or components or
their metal fixed supports.
8. During the process of cabinet installation and application, please pay attention
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to the following matters:

- After the installation of cabinet is finished, please ensure that the supporting feet
have been fixed to the rack and supported to the ground, and all weight of the rack have
been fell onto the ground.
- It shall install into the cabinet according to the sequences from the bottom to the
top, and first install the heaviest component.
- When pulling out the components from the cabinet, it shall apply force slightly
to ensure the cabinet to keep balance and stabilization.
- When pressing down the release latch of the sliding rail of components and
sliding in or out, please be careful, as the sliding rail may hurt your figures.
- Never make the AC power branch circuit in the cabinet overload. The sum of
cabinet load shall not exceed 80% of the ratings of branch circuits.
- Ensure that components in the cabinet have good ventilation.
- When repairing components in the cabinet, never step on any other components.

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2.1 Server Technical Specification

Processor
Processor Type Intel 2-way Xeon E5-26XX series CPU
Processor Qty. 1～2
Processor Interface Socket 2011
Chip Group
Chip Group Type South Bridge PCH-A
Memory
Memory Type DDR3 ECC Unbuffered/Registered Memory
Single Inline Memory Single CPU could support maximum 12, double CPUs could support
Module Qty. maximum 20
When single 16G memory is used, it could support maximum 320GB
Memory Volume Maximum memory volume will increase, with the increase in single
memory volume.
I/O Interface
2 front USB interfaces, 2 back USB interfaces, 1 built-in Type A USB
USB Interface
interface
Serial Interface 1 back serial interface
Network Interface 2 optional RJ45 network interfaces, 1 special interface for management
Display Interface 1 back VGA interface
ID Indicators and Buttons
I D I n d i c a t o r s a n d 1 ID indicator (blue) at the front of the case, 1 ID button
Buttons 1 ID button (including ID indicator (blue)) at back of the case
Display Controller
Controller Type Mainboard integrated AST2300 display controller
Display Memory Size 16MB display memory
Hard Disk Controller
Mainboard integrated 4 SAS interfaces, various optional ROMs,
SAS Controller
supports different RAID level

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South Bridge integrated SATA controller, mainboard led four SATA II

interfaces, two SATA III interfaces.
SATA Controller
During standard CD driver configuration, 1 SATA interface is used to
connect SATA CD driver

Management Card

Management Card Chip Integrated Aspeed 2300 chip, supports IPMI2.0+IKVM

M a n a g e m e n t C a r d It could use IPMI special interface for management, or reuse the 1st
Interface network card of Intel I350

Network Card

Network Card Controller Intel I350 network controller, leads two network interfaces

PCI Extension Slot

PCI Bus Type PCI-Express bus, supports horizontal-plug half-height extension card

3 PCIE 3.0 x8 slots, supports 3 when dual CPUs, supports 2 when single
CPU, unable to use PCIE_5 slot for case structure limitation
PCI Slot
3 PCIE 3.0 x16 slots, supports 3 when dual CPUs, supports 1 when
single CPU

Hard Disk

3.5 inches SAS hard disk and SATA hard disk, 2.5 inches AS hard
Hard Drive Type disk,SATA hard disk and SSD hard disk, different types support
different hard disk types, please refer to actual configuration

3.5 inches *8HD type: Supports maximum 8 3.5 inches hard disks or 8 2.5
inches hard disks
3.5 inches *12HD type: Supports maximum 12 3.5 inches hard disks or
Qty.
12 2.5 inches shard disk,2 built-in 2.5 inches hard disks
2.5 inches *24HD type: Supports maximum 24 2.5 inches hard disks
2.5 inches *25HD type: Supports maximum 25 2.5 inches hard disks

External Storage Driver

Optional Slim SATA CD driver (3.5 inches*12HD type, when the

CD Driver (Optional) number of 2.5 inches *24HD type hard disks is larger than 16, 2.5
inches *25HD type does not support built-in CD drivers)

It could select Inspur U Drive Disk, and could load driver program of
Inspur U Drive Disk
hard drive controller while installing operation system manually.

Power Supply

600W single power supply or 550W and above 1+1 redundancy power
Specification
supply

Power Input Please refer to specification in nameplate label of the host

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Physical Specification
External Dimension of
W(Width)662mm;H(Height)361mm;D(Depth)909mm
Package
Machine Size W(Width)432mm;H(Height)88 mm;D(Depth)690mm
Full configuration (24 hard disks)
Whole machine weight: 25Kg
Weight
Gross weight: 35 Kg (Gross weight includes: Main machine + package
box + guide rail + accessory box)
Environment Parameters
Working Environment
10℃ -35℃
Temperature
Storage & Transportation
-40℃ -55℃
Temperature
Working Humidity 35%-80% relative humidity
Storage & Transportation
20%-93%(40℃ ) relative humidity
Humidity

2.2 Front Panel View

This server has four configurations of 3. 5 inches *8HD type, 3.5 inches *12HD
type, 2.5 inches *24HD and 2.5 inches *25HD type, pictures in the following are for
reference only, please refer to the machine purchased actually.

3.5 Inches *8HD Type Front Panel View

3.5 Inches *12HD Type Front Panel View

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2.5 Inches *24HD Type Front Panel View

2.5 Inches *25HD Type Front Panel View

No. Name Description

Lights on (green) when server starts to run; lights
1 Power Status Indicator
off when server shuts down
2 Power Button Server On/Off button
3 ID Button System ID identification button
Intel I350 network card 2 indicators
Flash: Network is connected or is transmitting
4 Network Card 2 Indicators
data (green)
Off: Network disconnected
It provides alarming function for fan failure
When system operates normally, indicator not on
5 Fan Failure Indicator When system fan fails, indicator on (amber)
( W h e n p o w e r o ff o r A C p o w e r o n , B M C
initiating, indicator on is a normal status)
It provides alarming function for system abnormal
status, i.e. abnormal status such as over high
system temperature etc. (amber)
6 System Abnormal Indicator
(Indicator off when system operates normally,
while AC power on, BMC initiating, indicator on
is a normal status)
Intel I350 network card 1 indicator
Flash: Network is connected or is transmitting
7 Network Card 1 Indicator
data (green)
Off: Network disconnected

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After the server is connected to power supply,

8 ID Indicator press ID button, indicator on (blue), to identify
machine, press again to turn off.
When hard disk fails, indicator on (red)
When hard disk is rebuilding RAID card,
9 Hard Disk Failure Alarm Indicator
indicator on (purple)
When hard disk is locating, indicator on (blue)
10 Hard Disk Active Status Indicator When hard disk reads/writes, indicator on (green)
11 USB Interface Connects USB device
12 USB Interface Connects USB device
Optionally installed Slim CD driver
When 2.5 inches *24HD type is configured with
17-24 hard disks, Slim CD driver could not be
13 Slim CD driver configured
2.5 inches *25HD type and 3.5 inches *12HD
type could not be configured with a Slim CD
driver
Installation positions of 3.5 inches *8HD type 1-8
14 Installation Positions of 1-8 Hard Disks
hard disks
Installation positions of 3.5 inches *12HD type
15 Installation Positions of 1-12 Hard Disks
1-12 hard disks
Installation positions of 2.5 inches *24HD type
16 Installation Positions of 1-8 Hard Disks
1-8 hard disks
Installation positions of 2.5 inches *24HD type
17 Installation Positions of 9-16 Hard Disks
9-16 hard disks
Installation Positions of 17-24 Hard Installation positions of 2.5 inches *24HD type
18
Disks 17-24 hard disks
Installation positions of 2.5 inches *25HD type
19 Installation Positions of 1-5 Hard Disks
1-5 hard disks
Installation positions of 2.5 inches *25HD type
20 Installation Positions of 6-10 Hard Disks
6-10 hard disks
Installation Positions of 11-15 Hard Installation positions of 2.5 inches *25HD type
21
Disks 11-15 hard disks
Installation Positions of 16-20 Hard Installation positions of 2.5 inches *25HD type
22
Disks 16-20 hard disks
Installation Positions of 21-25 Hard Installation positions of 2.5 inches *25HD type
23
Disks 21-25 hard disks

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2.3 Back Panel View

Back Panel View

No. Name Function and Description
Connects power cable (the above figure is an
1 Power Input Interface
example for dual power configuration)
Integrates Intel I350 network card 1 interface
2 I350 Network Card 1 Interface Could be used as a mainboard to integrate IPMI
reuse management interface
Mainboard integrates special interface for IPMI
3 IPMI Management Interface
management
4 Serial Interface Connects serial interface device
5 I350 Network Card 2 Interface Integrates Intel I350 network card 1 interface
6 USB Interface Connects USB interface device
7 USB Interface Connects USB interface device
After server connects to power supply, press this
8 ID Indicator and Button ID button, indicator on (blue), to identify the
machine, press again to turn off
9 VGA Interface Connects VGA interface display device
Could externally connects to Low Profile (half-
10 PCI and PCI-E Extension Slots
height) PCI and PCIE extension cards

2.4 RJ45 Interface Network Card Indicator Introduction

RJ45 Interface Network Card Indicator

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Indicator Name Color Indicator Status Function Description

Off Network disconnected
Active Indicator Yellow On Network connected
Flash Network communicating
Orange On 100Mbit/s data transmission
Rate Indicator
Green On 1000Mbit/s data transmission

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 Chapter Three System Setup
This chapter introduces BIOS function setup and mainboard jumper of the server.
All operations described in this section are only limited to operators or administrators
with system maintenance qualification.

3.1 Mainboard BIOS Setup

BIOS is a basic input and output system. The system parameter and the hard
drive parameter can be adjusted through special set program. BIOS has great influence
on the system start and running so that setting parameters improperly may arose the
conflict among the hardware resource, or fall down the system run performance. Hence
understanding the BIOS setup is significant to the configuration of your server. If
no especial requirement, you are suggested to use the default value and not alter the
parameters optionally.

Notes
1. Before the server BIOS setup is altered, please record the corresponding
original setup. Hence when there are operating problems in the system due to the
option altered, the setup can revert.
2. Ordinarily the factory default system value is the optimized setup. Don’t
try to alter the parameters before you understand their denotations.
3. The common setup is introduced in detail in this paper. The less referred
options in the application procedure are simply explained or not.
4. The content of the BIOS is diverse based on the different configurations of
the products; hence the detailed introduction is elided.

3.1.1 How to Enter the BIOS Setup

Power on the server, system starts to guide, when the following prompts on the
screen:
“Press <DEL> to SETUP or <TAB> to POST”, press 【DEL】, wait a few
seconds, to enter system BIOS setup.
If user could not enter setup procedure via the above operation, please press【Ctrl】
-【Alt】-【Del】 to restart system, repeat the above operation (if system prompts to

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press 【DEL】 again, complete the action as soon as possible).

Note: Some options in BIOS could not be set, such as system self-checking and
configuration information. Some options have a right arrow at the front, indicating if
this option is selected, a cascade menu (which is sub-menu) will display on the screen,
via pressing 【Enter】.

3.1.2 BIOS System Menu Introduction

This section introduces the following main function menus in BIOS:
Menu Name Menu Functions
Configure basic system setup, i.e. system time, system date,
Main
display BIOS information etc.
Configure advanced features of CPU and integrated SATA
Advanced
controller etc.
Chipset Configure memory mode and CPU properties etc.
Server Mgmt Configure server management function.
Boot Configure boot sequence of system equipment
Security Configure system super user and user password
Save & Exit Save BIOS setup and exit BIOS setup etc.
Button introduction:
Button Description
↑ (Up) Select the previous menu or value
↓ (Down) Select the next menu or value
← (Left) Select the left menu or value
→ (Right) Select the right menu or value
Esc Button Return to the previous menu or main menu
Change option value. Change current option value of the menu
+ Button to the previous option value. This button only displays values
related to selected options, rather than all option values.
Change option value. Change current option value of the menu
- Button to the next option value. This button only displays values related
to selected options, rather than all option values.
F1 Function Button Help hotkey, displays related instructions on current menu.
F2 Function Button Restore previous default setup
F9 Function Button Restore system default optimal performance setup
F10 Function Button Save CMOS setting and exit
Enter Function Button Execute current commands or enter sub-menu

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I. Main Menu
Enter BIOS setup, main menu displays first, user could view BIOS version and
memory volume in this menu, and could set system time and date etc.
When configuring system date and time, use arrow buttons to select options, press
【Enter】 to select subfield, and use button – and button + to set field value.
● BIOS Information
Displays system BIOS version, BIOS modification time.
● Memory Information
Displays system memory volume.
● System Date
Sets system date, the format is 【Week Day/Month/Year】
● System Time
Sets system time, adopting 24-hour system, and the format is 【Hour/Minute/
Second】.
II. Advanced Menu
This menu is mainly used to set enhanced features, if set improperly, it may
arouse abnormal system working, it is suggested that you should use factory settings.
Main and common sub menus or options are introduced in the following.
● CPU Configuration
* Socket 0/1 CPU Information
Displays detailed information of system currently installed CPU.
* Hyper-threading
CPU hyper threading function setting, includes two options of【Enabled】(default)
and 【Disabled】.
* Active Processor Cores
Enable call CPU cores, including five options of 【All】 (default), 【1】, 【2】,
【4】,【6】.
* Intel(R) Virtualization Technology
CPU virtualization technology support setting, there’re two options of【Disabled】
and【Enabled】 (default).
* CPU Power Management Configuration
This option could carry out CPU power consumption management.
● SATA Configuration
Enter this option to view SATA devices connected to all SATA interfaces, and to
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carry out SATA controller mode and settings on all SATA interfaces.
* SATA Mode
This options is used to set the mode of mainboard integrated SATA controller, there’re
four options of 【Disabled】,【IDE Mode】,【AHCI Mode】 and 【RAID Mode】.
While using mainboard integrated SATA controller, if it is required to use serial
device as parallel IDE storage device, please set this option to 【IDE Mode】.
While using mainboard integrated SATA controller, if it is required to connect 1-6
SATA devices without RAID, please set this option to 【AHCI Mode】.
While using mainboard integrated SATA controller, if it is required to make
integrated SATA HostRAID, please set this option to 【RAID Mode】.
* Serial-ATA Controller 0
This option could only be used when SATA Mode option is set to 【IDE Mode】.
When this option is set to 【Enhanced】, it could support 4 SATA 3.0Gb/s devices.
* Serial-ATA Controller 1
This option could only be used when SATA Mode option is set to 【IDE Mode】.
When this option is set to 【Enhanced】, it could support 2 SATA 3.0Gb/s devices.
* Port0/1/2/3/4/5 Hot Plug
This option could only be used when SATA Mode option is set to 【AHCI
Mode】 or 【RAID Mode】, SATA interface could be set to support hot-plugging or
not, including two options of 【Enabled】 and 【Disabled】 (default).
● SAS Configuration
Enter this option to view devices connected to all SATA interfaces, and to set
SATA controller.
● USB Configuration
This menu is used to set options related to USB, and to display USB devices
automatically detected by system.
* Legacy USB Support
For USB support settings under traditional environment, there’re three options of
【Enabled】(default settings),【Disabled】 and 【Auto】. If set to 【Auto】, USB
device is not supported by default under traditional environment, when no USB device
is connected.
● Onboard LAN Configuration
* Launch PXE Oprom
This option could open or close PXE function of integrated network card, there’re
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two options of 【Disabled】 and 【Enabled】 (default settings).

When this option is set to 【Enabled】, it is required to set related network card
of PXE function to 【Enabled】.
III. Chipset Menu
● CPU Advanced Settings
This menu is used to set related QPI information, PCIE slot transmission rate and
related memory options etc.
* IOH Configuration
This menu is used to set VGA boot sequence, and transmission rate of all PCIE
slots supported by CPU.
▼ Intel(R) I/0AT
This option is used to open or close Intel I/0 accelerating technology. There’re
two options of 【Enabled】 and 【Disabled】(default settings).
▼ VGA Priority
This option is used to set priority of integrated display card and external display
card, options include:
【Offboard】 (default): External display card is the prior device.
【Onboard】: Mainboard integrated display card is the prior device.
▼IOH PCIe Link Speed Control
PCIE_0/PCIE_1/ PCIE_2/PCIE_3/ PCIE_4/PCIE_5 Link Speed Control
Sets transmission rates of PCIE_0/PCIE_1/ PCIE_2/PCIE_3/ PCIE_4/PCIE_5
slots respectively, including three options of【GEN3】(default),【GEN2】and【GEN1】.
* QPI Configuration
Submenu option of this menu could be used to set options such as QPI speed
mode and frequency etc.
If it is single CPU configuration, when “QPI Link Speed Mode” option is set to
【Fast】, actual display status of “Current QPI Link Speed” will be Slow.
* DIMM Information
This menu is used to view installation slots of system memory supported CPU
and memory volume information.
▼ Memory Mode
Set memory mode, there’re 4 options of 【Independent】,【Mirroring】, 【Lock
Step】and【Sparing】.
If memory configuration of the system supports 【Mirroring】 and 【Sparing】
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functions, status of these two function modes displayed above this setting option should
be “Supported”, otherwise, it should be “Not Possible”.
In order to realize 【Mirroring】 (memory mirroring) function, for single CPU,
allocate memory on all channel memory slots supported by CPU_O, memory of the
same number installed on each memory channel could realize memory mirroring
among 4 memory channels. Under this mode, actual available system memory volume
reduces by half.
▼ DDR Speed
This option is used to set DDR speed.
If 4Rank memory of DDR3 1066/1333MHz is configured in the system, and when
this memory is installed on the 1st DIMM of the first memory channel, system memory
speed will be limited to 800MHz, and 【Force DDR3 1066/1333】 is disabled.
● PCH
This menu is used to realize display of related PCH chip information and
parameter settings.
* SMBus Controller
This option is used to open or close system bus controller, there’re two options of
【Enabled】(default settings) and 【Disabled】.
* Restore AC Power Loss
This option is used to set system status for power-on after abnormal power-off,
including the following setting options:
【Power 0ff】 (default): Power-off status, which requires to be started manually.
【Last State】: Status before power-off.
【Power On】: Power-on status.
* SCU devices
This option is used open or close mainboard integrated SAS controller, including
the following settings:
【Enabled】 (Default): Open integrated SAS controller.
【Disabled】: Close integrated SAS controller.
* Onboard SAS Oprom
This option is used to open or close integrated SAS controller ROM, there’re two
options of 【Enabled】 and 【Disabled】(default settings).
When SCU devices option is set to 【Disabled】, this option will be hidden
automatically.
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When this option is set to 【Disabled】, it could be used as a storage drive

via connecting 4 SATA hard disks. If it is required to connect SAS hard driver use
connected SATA hard drives system disk, this option should be set to 【Enabled】.
* Onboard SATA RAID Oprom
This option is used to open or close integrated SATA RAID controller ROM,
there’re two options of 【Enabled】(default settings) and 【Disabled】.
● ME Subsystem
This menu is used to set ME subsystem.
* ME Subsystem
This option is used open or close ME subsystem, when set to【Enabled】(default),
users could view related ME information.
IV. Server Mgmt Menu
● Wait For BMC
This option is used to set whether to wait for BMS startup, there’re two options of
【Enabled】 and 【Disabled】(default settings).
● System Event Log
This menu is used to set system even log features, modification on settings made
in this menu could only validate after reboot.
* SEL Components
This option is used to set whether to record all event logs during system startup,
there’re two options of【Enabled】and【Disabled】 (default settings). If set to【Enabled】 ,
settings on cleaning methods for system event logs etc. could also be carried out.
* Erase SEL
For settings on system event log erasing methods, there’re the following three options:
【No】 (default): No log erasing.
【Yes,On next reset】: Erase logs during the next reboot.
【Yes,On every reset】：Erase logs during each reboot.
* When SEL is Full
For erasing methods when system event logs reach the maximum recording
number, there’re the following two options:
【Do Nothing】 (default): Do nothing.
【Erase Immediately】: Erase logs immediately.
● BMC network configuration
This menu is used for information configuration on BMC network interface.
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* Lan channel 1
Related options under this menu could be used to set information such as IP
address acquiring methods, IP address, subnet mask and router IP address etc., when
mainboard integrated Intel I350 network card 1 is used as reuse management interface.
When set to【Static】, it is required to set information such as IP address, subnet
mask and router IP address etc. manually; when set to 【Dynamic】 (default), it is not
required to set the above options.
* Lan channel 2
Related options under this menu could be used set IP address acquiring methods
for special IPMI management interface.
When set to 【Static】, it is required to set information such as IP address, subnet
mask and router IP address etc. manually; when set to 【Dynamic】 (default), it is not
required to set the above options.
* User Configuration
Options under this menu are used to set username for remote login IPMI
management interface, user privilege, whether username is available or not, and to
change user password etc.
▼ UserID: To set user group, there’re five options of【Anonymous】,【ADMIN】,
【User1】,【User2】 and 【User3】.
When set to 【admin】 user group, user privilege, whether user is available or
not options could not be changed, only password could be set.
When set to 【Anonymous】, only user privilege, whether user is available or not
could be set.
▼ Privilege: To set user privilege of this user group, there’re three options of
【USER】,【OPERATOR】 and 【ADMIN】.
▼ User Status: To set whether user is available or not, there’re two options of
【ENABLE】and 【DISABLE】.
▼ User Name: To set username of user group, user name length should be at least
4 bytes, not exceeding 15 bytes.
▼ PASSWORD: To set login password of username for this user group, password
length should be at least 4 bytes, not exceeding 15 bytes.
It is required to reboot system, after modification on this option is done, wait till
BMC status indicator flashes, and BMC operates normally.
● System Health Information
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Enter this menu to view information such as CPU temperature, temperature of

memory slot installed with memory, PCH temperature, system fan speed and voltage
etc.
● View System Information
Enter this menu to view system detailed information, including system
manufacturer, product name, BMC version etc.
V. Boot Menu
Boot menu is mainly used to set system startup and priority of system guiding device.
● Quiet Boot
This option could be used to set display status during system startup. When set to
【Disabled】, it will display self-check process and detection information; when set to
【Enabled】 (default), it will display manufacturer LOGO.
● Boot Option #1/#2
Select a certain guiding sequence option, press enter to pop up optional guiding
device table, select a certain device via arrow button and then press enter to complete
setting this guiding sequence option.
● Network Device BBS Priorities
Press 【Enter】 to enter sub-option of this menu, user could set guiding sequence
of all network cards supporting PXE function.
● Hard Drive BBS Priorities
Press 【Enter】 to enter sub-option of this menu, user could set guiding sequence
of all hard disks.
VI. Security Menu
● Administrator Password
This option is used to set system administrator password. After setting
administrator password, enter BIOS Setup program, it is required to enter administrator
password, otherwise some administrator rights will be restricted.
● User Password
This option is used to set user password. After setting user password, during
system startup and entering BIOS Setup program, it is required to enter user password,
in BIOS Setup configuration interface, user will have the same rights with those of
administrator after entering user password.
VII. Save & Exit Menu
Options in this menu could realize saving or abandoning BIOS setup modification,
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and could exit setup program.

● Save Changes and Exit
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 in prompt popped up, all
modifications in BIOS Setup will be saved, and system will exit BIOS Setup. Function
of this menu could be realized using shortcut key 【F10】.
● Discard Changes and Exit
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 in prompt popped up, all
modifications in BIOS Setup will be discarded, and system will exit BIOS Setup.
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 in prompt popped up, to
save modification in BIOS, exit BIOS settings, and then restart the computer.
● Discard Changes and Reset
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 in prompt popped up, all
modifications in BIOS Setup will be discarded, and system will exit BIOS Setup, then
restart the computer.
● Save Changes
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 in prompt popped up, all
modifications in BIOS Setup will be saved, and system won’t exit BIOS Setup for this
action.
● Discard Changes
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 in prompt popped up, all
modifications in BIOS Setup will be discarded, and system won’t exit BIOS Setup for
this action.
● Restore Defaults
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and then select 【Yes】 to confirm, system
default optimization will be loaded, while system won’t exit BIOS Setup. Function of
this menu could be realized using shortcut key 【F9】.
● Save as User Defaults
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 to confirm, saving set
values of current BIOS options as user default options.
● Restore User Defaults
Select this option, press 【Enter】, and select 【Yes】 to confirm, user default
value will be loaded.
● Boot Override
Select device options in this menu, and then press 【Enter】 to confirm, it will
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guide system from equipment selected.

3.2 Mainboard Jumper Setting

Mainboard jumper setting is to short circuit two pins of the jumper to change
interface function, see the following figure, so as to adjust mainboard functions.

Jumper Setting Figure

3.2.1 Open Case Top Panel

If the following operation is required, please obtain authorization of Inspur Group
Co., Ltd. first, open top panel of the case, detailed steps are as follows:
1. Shut down the system (disconnect AC power cable);
2. Loosen two bolts at the back of case top panel;
3. Vertically press down card slots on case top panel with two thumbs, and push
top panel towards back of the machine.
4. Remove case top panel.

Open Case Top Panel

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3.2.2 Mainboard Jumper Function Introduction

Positions of mainboard jumpers are as shown in the following figure:

CLR_CMOS Jumper

Mainboard Jumper Position Figure

Jumper Name Function Description Jumper Function
Short circuit pin 1-2, normal status (default)
CLR_CMOS Jumper CMOS Jumper
Short circuit pin 2-3, clear CMOS
Note:
1. It is required to shut down the system when clearing CMOS, and cut off power.
2. After jumper operation completes, please install top panel of the case.

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This chapter mainly introduces configuration of mainboard integrated Intel

SATA Controller HostRAID and its usage. If the server you’ve purchased does not use
mainboard integrated SATA HostRAID, this option could be neglected.
Use mainboard to integrate SATA HostRAID, it is required to enter BIOS, and set
Advanced→SATA Configuration→SATA Mode to 【RAID Mode】.

4.1 How to Enter SATA HostRAID Configuration Interface

1. During system startup, screen will prompt:
Press <CTRL-I> to enter Configuration Utility…
2. Press 【Ctrl】【I】 buttons to enter SATA HostRAID configuration interface.

4.2 Application of Control Buttons

Button Description
↑↓ Used to move cursor in different menus or change menu option values.
TAB To select the next menu setting option.
Enter To select menu
Esc To exit menu or return to the previous menu from submenu.

4.3 SATA HostRAID Configuration

After entering SATA HostRAID configuration interface, menu list, information

of hard disk connected to SATA controller (hard disk ID, hard disk type, hard disk
volume and whether hard disk is volume member or not etc.), existed RAID volume
information (including volume ID, name, RAID level, capacity, status, whether it could
guide information or not). As shown in the following figure:

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There’re 4 executable menus in this SATA configuration interface as follows:

● Create RAID Volume
Create RAID volume.
● Delete RAID Volume
Delete existed RAID volume.
● Reset Disks to Non-RAID
Reset hard disks in RAID volume, and restore to non-RAID status.
● Exit
Exit SATA HostRAID configuration interface.
I. Create RAID Volume Menu
After entering SATA HostRAID configuration interface, use Up and Down arrow
buttons to select this menu, and press 【Enter】 to enter RAID volume menu.
System displays the following menu options:
Name: Please enter a volume name not exceeding 16 characters without special
characters.
RAID Level: Please select RAID volume level, if there’s no volume created
at present, there’re four volume levels of RAID0(Stripe), RAID1【Mirror】,
RAID10(RAID0+1) and RAID5【Parity】 for selection, please select volume level
according to actual needs.
RAID0: It is allowed to use 2 or more hard disks to make this RAID volume.
RAID1: It is allowed to use 2 hard disks to make this RAID volume.
RAID10: It is allowed to use 4 hard disks to make this RAID volume, this option
is only available when the number of hard disks is 4 or above.
RAID5(Parity): It is allowed to use 3 or more hard disks to make this RAID
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volume.
Disks: To select hard disks to make RAID volume, select this option and press
Enter, system enters hard disk select interface, please use Space to select hard disks
accordingly to make RAID volume, and then press enter to return to volume create
menu.
Strip Size: Please select volume size, this option is only available on RAID0 and
RAID5 volumes.
Capacity: Please set volume capacity, which is the maximum capacity by default.
After the above settings are done, please select 【Create Volume】, and press
Enter, system prompts: “WARNING:ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED DISKS WILL
BE LOST. Are you sure you want to create this volume ?(Y/N):”.
To create RAID volume, please enter “Y”, volume will be created, meanwhile,
data on the selected hard disk will all lose.
Otherwise, please enter “N”, to exit volume create.
Here we enter “Y”, to create an RAID volume, after creation is done, system
returns to SATA HostRAI configuration interface, and displays the created RAID
volume in RAID volume list.
II. Delete RAID Volume Menu
After entering SATA HostRAID configuration interface, we could use Up and
Down arrow buttons to select this menu, and then press 【Enter】 to delete RAID
volume menu.
System prompts: “Deleting a volume will reset the disks to non-RAID.
Warning:ALL DISKS DATA WILL BE DELETED.”.
To delete RAID volume, please press 【DEL】, system prompts: “ALL DATA IN
THE VOLUME WILL BE LOST! Are you sure you want to delete “Volume*”?(Y/N):”
again, to delete this RAID volume, please enter “Y”, to cancel the deletion of RAID
volume, please enter “N”.
III. Reset Disks to Non-RAID Menu
After entering SATA HostRAID configuration interface, users could use Up and
Down arrow buttons to select this menu, and then press 【Enter】 to enter this menu.
System will display all hard disks in RAID volume, please select hard disks to
be reset using Space according to actual needs, and then press Enter to reset these
hard disks, system prompts whether you want to reset hard disk, input “Y” or “N”
according to prompt. Note, during hard disk reset, all data on the hard disk will be lost,
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meanwhile, this hard disk will no longer belong to RAID volume.

IV. Exit Menu
After entering SATA HostRAID configuration interface, use Up and Down arrow
buttons to select this menu, and then press 【Enter】 to enter this menu.
System prompts: “Are you sure you want to exit?(Y/N):”, enter “Y”, system exits
SATA HostRAID configuration interface, enter “N”, to cancel exit operation.

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This chapter mainly introduces manual installation of mainstream operation

system on this server. Rui Jie server kit supports intelligent automatic installation of
mainstream operation systems of Windows and Linux. Actual supported operation
systems are those in dropdown list in <Select the Operating System>, automatic
installation of these operation systems may not be supported by certain configuration
of the server, and you may need to install operation systems of other editions manually
according to actual requirements.
During manual operation of operation system, some operation systems may need
a floppy drive or Inspur drive U disk to load hard disk controller drive, for methods
to make a floppy drive, see readme.pdf under root directory in Inspur drive CD; if the
configuration purchased is integrated with Inspur drive U disk, for the making of a
drive U disk, please see related content in this chapter.
If the server is configured with an external RAID card or SAS card, please refer
to electronic user manual in external RAID card or SAS card CD to add a hard disk
controller drive. As for net drive, display drive and system service pack, you could still
refer to instructions in this chapter for installation.
This installation instructs manual installation of operation system, taking 2108
SAS RAID configuration as an example, if your server is configured with other external
RAID cards, please refer to user manual in CD to add hard disk controller drive, as for
net drive, display drive and system service pack, you could still refer to instructions in
this chapter for installation.
For whether the selected operation system edition is supported by the machine
purchased, confirmation is suggested to be carried out in advance.

5.1 Inspur Drive U Disk Use Instructions

Inspur drive U disk could be recognized into analog floppy disk [3.5 floppy disk
(A:)] and normal U disk partition [UDISK PRO]. When install some operation systems
manually, you could use Inspur drive U disk to load hard disk controller drive (which
is currently supported by operation systems such as Windows XP and above, Red Hat
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Warning:
During operation system installation by using Inspur drive, Inspur drive
U disk may be detected in disk partition interface, at this time, you need to
distinguish U disk and hard disk, do not delete or format U disk.
During operation system installation, if you need to boot system from hard
disk after reboot, it is required to enter server BIOS to set, so as to guarantee hard
disk boot sequence is before U disk boot sequence, and system could boot from
hard disk, otherwise, system will not be able to boot from hard disk.
The following is a brief introduction on the making of mainboard integrated hard
disk controller drive, while installing operation system via using Inspur drive U disk.
For driver make of external RAID card or SAS card, please refer to related content in
external card drive CD.

Driver Make
1. Prepare a computer configured with Windows system, connect Inspur drive U
disk to USB port of the computer, as shown in the following figure, Inspur drive U disk
will be recognized into two parts of analog floppy disk [3½ Floppy(A:)] and U disk
normal partition [Removable Disk (E:)], among which drive E in [Removable Disk (E:)]
will be different according to actual partition in your computer.

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Note: Before connect Inspur drive U disk to the computer, if your computer
is configured with a standard floppy disk, please enter BIOS to close this floppy
disk, if the computer is connected to a USB floppy disk, make sure when Inspur
drive U disk is connected to your computer, part of analog floppy disk under
Windows system shall be recognized into A:, so as to guarantee normal making of
subsequent driver.
2. Put driver CD (driver CD includes Inspur system driver CD and RAID
card driver CD) into CD driver, driver make program will run automatically. If CD
automatic running is disabled by the system, please enter CD directory, run dolphin.bat
in CD (Inspur driver CD) or setup.exe (RAID card driver CD) under CD directory.
3. Steps to make a driver using Inspur system driver CD:
(1) After running dolphin.bat, system enters Welcome to Inspur driver CD
interface:

There’re two methods for entering driver make main interface, as shown in the
following:
● Enter navigation code in textbox under ““Please input navigation NO.:” (See
driver CD cover), click <OK> button, login main interface of driver make. Click
<Exit> button, to exit.
● Select local server type in dropdown list under “Please select the machine
type:” (Detailed machine type see host nameplate label).
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(2) After login via entering navigation code or selecting machine type, enter main
interface for driver make, you could make a driver directly on this interface, as shown
in the following figure:

(3) After selecting corresponding operation system and controller drive to make,
according to actual needs, click <Next> button to make corresponding driver. Driver
making interfaces and methods will be different for different operation systems
selected.
● Windows System Driver Make
During driver make of Windows OS, copy the drive into analog floppy disk A: of
Inspur drive U disk directly.
Select Windows edition and drive to make, and then click <Next>.
The following prompt appears. Please confirm Inspur drive U disk has been
correctly connected, and format analog floppy disk A: of Inspur drive U disk, then click
<OK>, to start driver make.

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After driver make completes, a window will pop up, indicating driver make is
done, click <OK> to complete driver make.

● Notes for Loading Driver Using Inspur Drive U Disk under Windows
System
During installation of Windows operation system, if you load hard disk controller
driver using Inspur drive U disk, enter disk partition interface, Inspur drive U disk will
occupy a disk, if the hard disk is not partitioned, U disk will occupy disk C:, otherwise,
U disk will occupy another disk (Please distinguish according to actual hard disk
partition).
If there’s any other partition on hard disk, it is required to delete all partitions on
hard disk, and create a new partition on hard disk, U disk will not occupy any disk by
then.
If hard disk is not partitioned, it is required to create 1 disk partition on
unpartitioned space, and delete this new disk partition, U disk will not occupy any disk
by then, and then create a disk partition according to actual needs, complete installation
of operation system according to prompts.

Note: Make sure to distinguish U disk and hard disk, do not delete or format U
disk.

5.2 Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Manually

5.2.1 Preparation before Installation
● Windows Server 2008 installation DVD
● Inspur Driver CD
● Hard disk controller drive floppy disk (external LSI 2108 RAID configured for
Windows Server 2008 R2 installation does not need any driver)
● If a USB floppy disk is used for the above drivers, please make the driver into a
floppy disk; if an Inspur drive U disk is used, please make the driver into Inspur drive
U disk; if a normal drive U disk is used, during driver make, enter normal U disk and
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save category according to prompts, and make driver into a normal U disk.

5.2.2 Installation Steps

1. Connect USB floppy disk or Inspur drive U disk or normal U disk, power
on server, put Windows Server 2008 installation CD into the drive, enter BIOS to
configure, and enable the server to boot from CD.
2. Press any key when system prompts “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD ”,
system will boot from CD to launch Windows installation.
3. Configure according to actual needs: Language to install, Time and currency
format, Keyboard or input method, and then click <Next> to continue.
4. Click <Install now> on installation confirmation interface to continue.
5. If “Load Driver” window pops up, it indicates: A Required CD/DVD drive
device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk,CD, DVD, or USB flash
driver, please insert it now.
Note: If the Windows installation media is in the CD/DVD drive, you can safely
remove it for this step.
Now it is required to load a hard disk controller driver.
If you use a USB floppy disk, please insert a floppy disk into floppy driver.
If you use an Inspur drive U disk or a normal U disk, please confirm U disk
connection is correct.
Then click <Browse> button, select path of the drive, click <OK>, system will
search drivers automatically.
6. On “Select the driver to be installed” interface, select the driver to be installed,
and then click <Next> to start driver loading.
7. On “Type your product key for activation” interface, input your Product Key (25
characters), and then click <Next> to continue.
8. On “Select the edition of Windows that you purchased” interface, select the
edition of operation system to be installed, and then select “I have selected the edition
of Windows that I purchased”, click <Next> to continue.
9. On interface, you could understand Microsoft software license terms, and select
“I accept the license terms” option after reading, then click <Next> to continue.
10. On “Which type of installation do you want?” interface, select installation
type, here it is the first installation by default, select “Custom” method to continue.
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partitions and unpartitioned spaces on this computer are displayed, click <Drive
options> to carry out the following operations:

⊙ Select an existed disk partition, and then click <Delete> to delete.

⊙ Select an existed disk partition, and then click <Format> to format.
⊙ Select an unpartitioned disk space, and then click <New> to create a new
partition.
You could carry out operation according to actual needs. Here we take no partition
created on disk for example:
(1) Select an unallocated space on disk, then click <New>, delete numbers in Size
input box, input disk partition size (unit is MB) to be created, and then click <Apply>
to continue, if a confirmation window pops up, click <OK> to continue.
Note: It is suggested the partition shall be above 30GB.
(2) Select the newly created disk partition, and then click <Format>, click <OK>
in confirmation interface to continue.
(3) After formatting partition, click <Next> to continue.
12. System starts to install Windows, and system will complete operations such as
“Copying files”, “Expanding Windows files”, “Installing features”, “Installing updates”
and “Completing installation” etc., during this process, system may reboot for several
times automatically.
13. After installation completes, system will boot to “The user’s password must be
changed before logging on the first time.” interface, take out installation CD, and click
<OK> to continue.
Note: The above installation steps of Windows Server 2008 operation system,
may be different for different editions of system CD used, please carry out operation
according to actually displayed interface.
14. Set Administrator password according to prompt, and then click the arrow on
the right of password input box, if the password complies with requirement, system
will prompt “Your password has been changed.”, and then click <OK> to confirm the
password has been changed.
Windows Server 2008 requires a strong-typed password, so password shall
contain letters, numbers and special characters, otherwise, the setting will not succeed.
15. After login, on “Initial Configuration Tasks” interface, select “Do not show
this window at logon” under below, and then click <Close>, on “Server Manager”
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interface newly popped up, select “Do not show me this console at logon” and close the
window.
16. Install Chipset patch
(1) Insert Inspur system driver CD into CD driver, click install on autoplay
interface popped up after CD running, or run the blue dolphin icon under running
programs, enter “Welcome to use Inspur driver CD” windows, input navigation code (see
driver CD cover) or select machine type (see host nameplate label for detailed machine
type), click <OK> to enter installation interface automatically;
(2) Select in “Select OS” column: Windows 2008;
(3) Select in “Select Hardware” column: Chipset patch;
(4) Click <Next> to install;
(5) Enter “Welcome to the Setup Program” interface, click <Next> to continue;
(6) Enter “License Agreement” interface, select <Yes> to continue;
(7) Enter “Readme File Information” interface, click to continue;
(8) Installation starts; click <Next> according prompt;
(9) Complete installation, click <Finish> according to prompt, take out drive CD,
and reboot system.
17. Install network card driver
(1) Insert Inspur system driver CD into driver, click install on autoplay interface
popped up after CD running, or click blue dolphin icon under running program, enter
Welcome to use Inspur driver CD windows, enter navigation code (see driver CD
cover) or select machine type (see host nameplate label for detailed machine type),
click <OK> to enter installation interface automatically;
(2) Select in “Select OS” column: Windows 2008;
(3) Select in “Select Hardware” column: Network card driver;
(4) Click <Next> to install;
(5) Enter “Intel ® Network Connections” interface, double click the “Install
Drivers and Software” option;
(6) Enter “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel(R) Network
Connections” interface, click <Next> to continue;
(7) Enter “License Agreement” interface, select “I accept the terms in the license
agreement”, and then click to continue;
(8) Enter “Setup Options” interface, click <Next> to continue;
(9) Enter “Ready to Install the Program” interface, click <Install> to continue;
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(10) Installation starts; after installation completes, click <Finish> according to

prompt.
18. Install video driver
After network card driver installation completes, do not exit driver CD installation
interface, and continue to install display card driver.
(1) Select in “Please select operation system” column: Windows 2008;
(2) Select in “Please select component”: Video driver;
(3) Click <Next> to start installation;
(4) Enter “Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard” interface, click <Next> to
continue;
(5) Enter “License Agreement” interface, select “I accept the terms in the license
agreement”, and then click <Next> to continue;
(6) Enter “Customer Information” interface, please input User Name and
Organization, and then click <Next> to continue;
(7) Enter “Setup Type” interface, please select installation type, there’re two
options of “Complete” and “Complete”, select “Custom” here, and click <Next> to
continue;
(8) Enter “Custom Setup” interface, click <Next> to continue;
(9) Enter “Ready to Install the Program” interface, click <Install> to install
display card driver;
(10) Installation starts and then completes, on “Install Shield Wizard Completed”
interface, please click <Finish>, a window pops up, indicating to reboot the server to
make the setting effective, take out all disks in drivers, and select <Yes> to reboot the
server.
Note: During installation of the above video driver, for different editions of
installed 08 system, some installation steps may be different, please refer to actual
installation.

5.3 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Manually

5.3.1 Preparation before Installation
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 installation CD (1 DVD, in this case it is 64bit)
● Inspur driver CD
● External RAID driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (2108 RAID card does
not need driver)
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● If a USB floppy drive is used by the above drivers, please make the driver to a
floppy disk; if an Inspur drive U disk or normal U disk is used, please make the driver
to a U disk

5.3.2 Installation Steps

1. To load hard disk controller driver, connect an Inspur drive U disk or a normal
U disk, power on the system, insert installation CD into CD driver (here an installation
DVD is used as an example), enter BIOS to configure, and enable the server to boot
from CD driver.
2. System enters Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 ！ interface, options
are as shown in the following:
Install or upgrade an existing system
Install system with basic video driver
Rescue installed system
Boot from local driver
Memory test
You could use up and down arrows to select, here it is the first installation by
default, select “Install or upgrade an existing system”.
3.To add a new hard disk controller driver, after selecting “Install or upgrade an
existing system”, press 【Tab】, enter linux dd after vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img, and
press Enter to continue installation, as shown in the following figure:

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① Screen prompts: “Do you have a driver disk?”, select【Yes】, press Enter to
continue;
② System prompts “Driver Disk Source”, for we use a U disk here, please select
【sda】, and then select【OK】to continue. If a floppy disk is used, please select【sdb】;
③ System prompts “Driver Disk Source”, for multiple U disk partitions, please
select the partition containing the driver, and then select【OK】to continue;
④ System prompts: “Select driver disk image”, select the driver image to be
loaded, and then select【OK】, system starts driver loading.
⑤ After loading completes, system prompts “More Drivers Disk?”, asking
whether to load another driver, here we select【No】to complete driver loading.
● If you do not need to add any hard disk controller driver, press Enter directly to
continue.
4. System prompts Disc Found, to begin testing the media before installation press
OK.
Choose Skip to skip the media test and start the installation.
Here select to skip media testing, press Enter to continue.
5. Enter RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6 interface, select【Next】to continue.
6. System enters “What language would you like to use during the installation
process?” interface, select the language to be used during installation, here we select
“English(English)” and then select【Next】to continue.
7. Enter Select the appropriate keyboard for the system interface, and select
keyboard type according to actual situation, here we select “US.Englsh”, and then
select【Next】to continue.
8. Installation enters: What type of devices will your installation involve.
Basic Storage Devices
Installs or upgrades to typical type of storage devices. If you’re not sure which
option is right for you? This is probably it.
Specialized Storage Devices
Installs or upgrades to enterprise devices such as Storage Area Networks (SANs).
This option will allow you to add Foe/Ischia/Zech disks and to filter out devices the
installer should ignore.
Here we select Basic Storage Devices, and then select【Next】to continue.
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on a network.
Please input: Hostname.
Here we could also select 【Configure Network】 on the bottom left to carry out
network configuration, add or delete network card, and configure network IP address.
After network configuration completes, select【Next】to continue.
10. Installation enters “Please select the nearest city in your time zone:” time zone
selection interface, select “Asia/shanghai”, and then click【Next】to continue.
11. Installation enters Root Password Setting interface, please set according
to requirements, the password shall be at least 6 digits, and then click【Next】to
continue.
The root account is used for administering the system. Enter a password for the
root user.
12. Installation enters “Which type of installation would you like?” installation
type selection interface, and installation options are as follows:
Use All Space
Replace Existing Linux System(s)
Shrink Current System
Use Free Space
Create Custom Layout
Here custom manual partition is taken as an example, select “Create Custom
layout”, and click 【Next】to continue.
13. Installation enters installation hard disk selection interface, in Data Storage
Devices (to be mounted only) list, system displays storage devices detected. Please
click the hard disk to install system according to actual needs, add this hard disk under
the “Install Target Devices” list, select a hard disk as “Boot Loader”, and then click
【Next】to continue.
14. Installation program enters “Please Select A Device” partition create interface,
(if a partition has been created on hard disk, existing partition will be displayed, and
this partition could be deleted if not necessary).
Select Free partition or another existing partition under the hard disk, click
【Create】, “Create Storage” window will pop up, select partition type to be created
according to actual needs, and then click【Create】, “Add Partition” will pop up,
create a partition according to actual needs.
① Create root partition (/) and boot partition: Select root partition in Mount point:
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/, select the hard disk to install system in Allowable Drives windows, enter partition
size in Size (MB), and click【OK】to complete creation or root partition. Create boot
partition in the same way: /boot.
② Create swap partition (Swap): Select “Swap” in File System Type, select the
hard disk to install system in Allowable Drives window, enter swap size in Size (MB)
(According to memory size, if memory is under 512MB, set according to twice of
the memory, if memory is over 512MB, set swap partition to 2GB), click【OK】to
complete swap partition creation.
You could also create another partition according to needs, after creation, click
【Next】 to continue.
15. System pops up a prompt “Writing storage configuration to disk”.
The partitioning options you have selected will now be written to disk. Any data
on deleted or reformatted partitions will be lost.
Select “Write changes to disk” to continue installation, system starts to format
hard disk partition.
16. Installation enters Boot Loader setting interface, please set according to needs,
and then click【Next】to continue.
17. System prompts “The default installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a
basic server install. You can optionally select s different set of software now”.
Please select the type to be installed as well as software package to be customized
according to actual needs. Here we select “Customize now” option, click to【Next】
continue.
18. Installation enters software package selection interface, please select
according to actual needs, confirm the software package to be installed, and click【Next】
to continue.
Here we select development tool software packages of Desktop, X Windows
System and Development in Desktops.
19. Installation starts to build file system and copy files.
20. Installation enters “Congratulations, your Red Hat Enterprise Linux
installation is complete.” Interface, indicating system has been installed successfully.
Click 【Reboot】, take out installation CD, system will restart.
21. System enters “Welcome” interface after reboot, click 【Forward】 to
continue.
22. Installation enters “License Information” interface, select “Yes，I agree to the
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License Agreement, click【Forward】to continue.

23. Installation enters “Set Up Software Updates” interface, click to continue
【Forward】installation.
24. Installation enters “Create User” interface, user could set password, add a new
user according to actual needs, and then click【Forward】to continue.
25. Installation enters “Date and time” interface, please set the correct time and
date, and then click【Forward】to continue.
26. Installation enters Kdump setting interface, set according to actual needs, and
then click 【Finish】to complete installation.
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This chapter focuses on the common problems and trouble-shooting of the server.
If you are not sure about the cause of a failure and its removal method, please contact
our customer service center for solution.
Notes: When replacing or installing hardware device for the server, you should
disconnect the power cable from the server completely. It is recommended to use
the anti-static wrist strap and to earth-connect the other end to provide electrostatic
protection in dismounting the server.

6.1 Restarting Server

When a failure occurs, please try to restart the machine according to the following
methods first.
Purpose How to operate
Restart the software, clear up system memory and restart the operating system. <Ctrl+Alt+Del>
Clear up system memory, self-check the POST again and restart the operating Reset button
system.
Cold boot again, switch off and restart the system power so that to clear up the Power button
system memory, to self-check the POST again, to restart the operating system
and to power up all peripherals again.

6.2 Problems When Starting the Machine

Some problems often occur when the machine is started, generally due to
incorrect hardware installation and configuration. You may find and solve the problems
by the following methods.

6.2.1 System Can Not Be Powered on

After pressing the power button, the power light is not on and the system stays in
non-electric state. Please try the following steps:
1. Check whether your power socket can supply power normally and the power
cable is correctly connected.
2. Repeatedly press the power button to start the machine (pay attention not to
exerting too much force).
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4. Check the fastness of the cable connection and accessory plugging in the
chassis.
5. Remove other external components other than Inspur’s.
6. Pack the chassis, connect the power cable correctly and start the machine.

6.2.2 Monitor Has No Display

The server can be powered on (the host can start and run normally), but the
monitor doesn’t work:
1. Check the correctness and fastness of the signal cable and power cable
connected to the monitor.
2. Make sure to power on the display.
3. Adjust the contrast and brightness of the monitor to confirm whether it can
display or not.
4. Shut down the system and disconnect the power cable to check whether there is
curve in the pin at the connecting end of the monitor signal cable and the host.
5. Find another monitor for test if possible.
6. If the machine is installed with components other than Inspur ones, please
remove them first.
7. With the permission of Inspur technical support personnel, you may pull and
plug RAM and clear CMOS for test.

6.2.3 Installation System Can’t Find Hard Disk

1. When installing the system directly booted with the system CD, if it prompts
that no hard disk can be found, please check the normality of the disk state and power-
on self-check hard disk state.
2. If the power-on self check can detect the hard disk but the hard disk can’t be
detected when installing the system, it may be caused by the following conditions:
● If you are using the system CD to boot and install the operating system directly,
the hard disk drive is generally added through the floppy driver or Inspur driver U disk.
When using USB floppy driver to add the drive, please set the BIOS first and close the
onboard floppy driver controller. When using Inspur driver U disk to add the drive,
please connect Inspur driver U disk when starting the server.
● Please check whether the driver having been made is correct or not (the drive
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CD) and whether there is fault in the floppy disk or Inspur driver U disk.

6.2.4 Instruction of Onboard SATA Controller

If it is configured onboard SATA HostRAID, it only supports windows system of
above Windows XP versions and connects 6 SATA devices at most.

6.2.5 Keyboard and Mouse Do Not Work

1. Check whether the cable joint of the mouse and keyboard is plugged and
connected correctly. Make sure the joint pin has no curve.
2. Check whether the mouse setting in the control panel of the operating system is
correct or not.
3. Clean the scrolling and drive shaft of the mouse.
4. It is suggested that you use the keyboard and mouse tested for compatibility by
Inspur group or replace with other keyboard and mouse for testing.

6.2.6 System Blue Screen, Halt or Restart

For blue screen, restart or halt of the machine in the utilization of the system, you
may refer to the following measures:
1. If other external non-Inspur components or some application program software
are installed before the fault, it is suggested removing it and going on to test your
server.
2. Use the latest antivirus software for antivirus test.
3. It is suggested that you record the displayed information code for blue screen,
such as: stop c000000218.....; stop: 0x0000007b. This kind of information reveals
problems in the system. It is suggested that you reinstall it. For the installation process,
you can refer to the user manual.
4. If all above operations failed to solve the problem, it is suggested that you
backup the file winnt/minidump in disk C, and call the service center for support
from professional technical engineers who may ask you to provide minidump file for
further analysis on the cause for blue screen and halt. If there is no minidump folder
in disk C, please refer to the following steps: right-click on My Computer, select
<Property>→<advanced>→<startup and recovery>, then select <settings>, change
<write debugging information> in the next page to “small RAM dump” and restart the
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6.3 Machine Alarm

If there’s machine alarm in startup or utilization process, please refer to the
following measures:
1. If this happens after you plugged in some external board, you may need to pull
off this device and to do another test. If the alarm goes off, it shows that your external
board is incompatible with the machine. It is suggested not to use it any more; if the
alarm is still on, please go on referring to the following steps.
2. Locate the alarm sound:
● When the alarm sound is from the front of the chassis, usually we notice
abnormal changes of the fault indicating light. There is the possibility of abnormal fans
or hard disk module;
● If the alarm sound is from the rear of the chassis, please check whether a
redundant power supply is configured or not and whether there is an abnormal status
light of the power supply module or a module without power cable (when power alarm
goes on, the shield switch can be pressed to stop it);
● If the alarm sound is in the chassis, the alarm may be from motherboard, RAID
card or hard disk back plane. If it is also accompanied by no display on the monitor
or power on faults, there is high possibility of something wrong with motherboard.
You can try to pull or plug RAM or clear CMOS; if the starting self-check is normal
and the alarm starts when the RAID card is under test, and there is abnormal array
information, then it is likely that the RAID card has set off the alarm. There may be
array abnormality; when the hard disk back plane alarms, there is always abnormal
status light of the hard disk on the front panel, which can be used to help analysis.
3. After having collected the basic information, please feedback the detailed alarm
information to Inspur technical support personnel in a timely manner. We will make
further analysis and judgment and help you solve the problem as soon as possible.

6.4 Additional Notes

1. In order to guarantee the reliability of the system, it is suggested that you use
the component of the relevant Model tested and authenticated by us when expanding
and equipping components.
2. Please guarantee the fine electricity utilization environment of the server,
normal voltage input and earth-connecting condition and temperature and humidity and
so on within the normal range.
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3. For special needs, when transferring the server, pay attention to avoiding the
vibration and carry out in power off condition..
4. The out of order problem introduction in Windows Server 2008 system
The phenomenon that the system disk /RAID volume is inconsistent with the
physical disk /RAID volume will appear when this product is in the AHCI mode
(with more than one disks) or HostRAID mode (with more than one RAID volume)
of SATA configuration when installing Windows Server 2008 operating system. This
phenomenon is the Bug of Windows Server 2008 operating system.
In the AHCI mode, if you want to install the operating system on the first physical
disk, when installing the operating system, you can insert the first disk and pull out
other disks. You can insert other disks after the installation is completed. Or enter
BIOS→SATA Configuration →SATA Port item and set SATA Port3/ Port4/ Port5 item
to [Disabled]. At this time, the system will be installed to the first physical disk. After
the completion of operating system installation, set SATA Port3/Port4/ Port5 item to
[Enabled].
In the HostRAID mode, please record the name of the RAID volume when you
are doing the RAID setting. When installing the operating system, please distinguish
the name of RAID volume so that the operating system can be installed in specified
place.
5. Explanation that the disk array capacity under SATA HostRAID mode is not the
maximum capacity.
This product integrates SATA HostRAID. During the creation of RAID
volume, the system will automatically analyze the size of the physical disk and will
automatically adjust the size of the RAID volume to 97% of the minimum physical disk
volume. Because of the different suppliers, physical disk capacity may vary.
6. For more notices of our products, please refer to the FAQ for server in the
official website of Inspur:
http://www.inspur.com/support/Channel_Home/support_sv.asp

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Chapter Seven: Use Instructions on Management

Functions of Integrated Management Card

This product integrates IPMI management card, and could remote login server
via management card, use of integrated management functions of management card is
described in brief in the following.

7.1 Management Chip BMC IP

IP address of integrated IPMI management card could be viewed or set in “Server
Mgmt”→“BMC network configuration” →“Lan channel1/2” →“Station IP address”
menu in BIOS.
Notes
Lan channel l: Indicates reuse management interface, mainboard integrated Intel
I350 network card 1.
Lan channel 2: Indicates exclusive interface for IPMI management.
Please set or view IP address according to actual use situation of net card.
If you’ve reset IP address of IPMI management card, after saving, it is
required to restart or power off the server (plug off the cable), for normal use.

7.2 Remote Login

7.2.1 System Requirements of Remote Client
System requirements on client connecting to server management chip GUI
interface via a web browser are shown in the following table:
Requirements Remote Web Console / Client
Operation System To support OS of Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers
To install Java SE Runtime Environment 6, Update 12 or higher
Browser Plug-in
version
TCP/IP Network Protocol Stack To support TCP/IP network protocol stack
Download address of browser plug-in:
Java SE Runtime Environment:http://www.java.com/en/download/
You could also use an Inspur driver CD, enter java directory under CD root (Java
SE Runtime Environment 6 and Update 18 plug-in based on Windows system are
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Please install browser plug-in on client, before login remote desktops.

7.2.2 Remote Login Method

Enter BMC IP address in IP address field of client browser, press Enter,
management login interface will display, as shown in the following figure.

Please enter default administrator name (Username) and password (Password):

Username: admin
Password: admin
Note: Users could carry out configuration of all modules and set rights via default
username and password, in order to guarantee system security, it is suggested to modify
login password after login.

7.2.3 Function Menu Introduction

Default displayed interface after login is as shown in the following figure.

On top of the interface, the following function menus could be seen: Dashboard,
FRU Information, Server Health, Configuration, Remote Control and Maintenance.
User login name and user group to which login user belongs will display on top
right of the interface, context menus such as Refresh（refresh page）, Print（print
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page）, Logout（logout）, Simplified Chinese (language switch) are also available.

1. Dashboard Menu
Users could see management chip Firmware version, modify time as well as MAC
address etc. in this menu interface.
Click 【Edit】 button behind Network Information, to enter network setting
interface, set IP address and gateway etc.
Window at the bottom of remote control displays remote console information.
Click 【Launch】 at the back of remote control, to login to console, if system prompts
to install Jviewer browser during operation, please install according to prompts.
2. FRU Information Menu
FRU information will display in this menu, including Basic Information and
Server Information. ID number and name of FRU device will display in Basic
Information. Server machine type, name and manufacturer etc. will display in Server
Information. Detailed information is shown in the following figure:

3. Server Health Menu

This function menu could view data information related to server health, including
three menus which are namely Sensor Readings, Event Log and System and Audit Log.
① Sensor Readings Menu: It will display all sensor values, sensor data mainly
includes temperature, voltage value and fan speed, which could be refreshed or
displayed according to types.
② Event Log Menu: It will display sensor events, BIOS events, system
management software events, OEM events and remote console software event logs,
which could be displayed according to classification or in a unified way. Users could
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view logs, or clear logs at anytime.

③ System and Audit Log Menu: It will display system logs and audit logs.
System logs need to be displayed according to classification.
4. Configuration Menu

Configuration menu is as shown in the above figure, the following is brief

introduction on commonly used menus.
① Mouse Mode Menu: Set mouse mode.
Set Mode to Absolute（Recommended when server OS is Windows and Redhat
Linux）：Set mouse mode to absolute, while absolute mouse could shift freely
between remote picture and local picture.
Set Mode to Relative(Recommended when server OS is Linux without Redhat)：
Set mouse mode to relative, while relative mouse should select shortcuts of【Alt】+【M】
to shift between remote picture and local picture.
Set Mode to Other Mode（Recommended for SLES-11 OS Installation）: Set
mouse mode Others, which is suggested while installing SLES-11 operation system.
② Network Menu: Carry out configuration on network, please change IP address
or select DHCP according to needs.
③ NTP Menu: Set date and time, which could synchronize with time server, or
set time. If remote management requires selecting time server synchronization, please
enter address of time synchronization server.
④ Remote Session Menu: Set loading methods for virtual media.
⑤ SMTP Menu: Set IP address of SMTP server as well as user name and user password.
⑥ User Menu: Carry out configuration on users, could add, delete and modify
users etc.
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Set user name should begin with an English letter, and should be within the range
of 4 ～ 32 characters, while password length should be at least 8 characters.
⑦ Virtual Media Devices Menu: Set the number supported by various virtual
devices (the maximum number supported by various virtual devices is 2), and whether
to support SD media or not.
5. Remote Control Menu

This function menu could execute various remote operations with respect
to server, such as running remote console, system on/off as well as other control
operations.
① Console Redirection Menu: Login to console.
After selecting this menu, click 【Java Console】 button, system will login to
remote desktop. If it is suggested to install Jviewer browser during usage, please install
according to suggestion.
A. Remote desktop: Video menu

Menu Functions
Pause Redirection Pause Remote Desktop Display
Resume Redirection Resume Remote Desktop Display
Refresh Video Refresh Remote Desktop Display
Compression Mode Compression Mode Setting
Dct Quantization Table Remote Desktop Display Quality Setting
Host Video Output Full Screen Display of Remote Desktop
Full Screen Exit Remote Desktop
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B. Remote desktop: Keyboard menu

Menu Functions
Select this option, which is equal to pressing “Ctrl” button on the right at
Hold Right Ctrl Key
the same time during operation
Select this option, which is equal to pressing “Alt” button on the right at
Hold Right Alt Key
the same time during operation
Select this option, which is equal to pressing “Ctrl” button on the left at the
Hold Left Ctrl Key
same time during operation
Select this option, which is equal to pressing “Alt” button on the left at the
Hold Left Alt Key
same time during operation
Select this option, “Hold down” and “Press and Release” will display,
Left Windows Key
indicating to press or release Windows button on the left.
Select this option, “Hold down” and “Press and Release” will display,
Right Windows Key
indicating to press or release Windows button on the right.
Select this option, which is equal to pressing “Ctrl+Alt+Del” buttons at the
Ctrl+Alt+Del
same time during operation.
Context Menu Context Menu
Hot Keys Select this option, and users could add hot keys according to actual needs.

Note: When carrying out RAID configuration via remote console, it is

required to enter RAID configuration interface via the following three methods
(taking Ctrl+H key combination as an example):
① Check Hold Left Ctrl Key option in Keyboard menu on desktop, and then
click H button on keyboard;
② Select LCTRL button on lower right corner of remote desktop, and then
click H button on keyboard;
③ Click “ctrl+h” on soft keyboard, via SoftKeyboard in Keyboard Layout
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C. Remote desktop: Mouse menu

Menu Functions
Show Cursor Select this option, to display local mouse on remote desktop
synchronously, and redirect mouse on the picture.
Mouse Mode Select this option, to set mouse mode

D. Remote desktop: Options menu

Menu Functions
Bandwidth Select this option, to set to display bandwidth
Keyboard/Mouse Encryption Keyboard/Mouse encryption setting
Select this option, to zoom in/out remote desktop display
Zoom window, Zoom In means to enlarge display window, while
Zoom Out means to reduce display window.
E. Remote desktop: Media menu
Click 【Media】 menu, 【Virtual Media Wizard】 window will display, use
this window to load client floppy mirror, CD mirror and CD drive, as shown in the
following figure:

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Select mirror type to be loaded, if it is a floppy mirror, please select 【Floppy

Image】, if it is a CD mirror, please select 【ISO Image】, and then click 【Browse】
to select mirror location, and then click corresponding 【Connect】 button, to complete
mirror loading.
If CDs in synchronized client CD drive are startup CDs or system installation
CDs, please set client CD as the first boot sequence in server BIOS settings. Installation
method of ISO files is the same with that via remote CDROM, so it is required to set
boot sequence in server BIOS settings.
F. Remote desktop: Keyboard layout menu
Menu Functions
Auto Detect Select this option to detect keyboard type automatically.
Use soft keyboard, there will be keyboard types of multiple
SoftKeyboard
languages for selection.
G. Remote desktop: VideoRecord menu
Select 【VideoRecord】 menu to set options related to video records.
Menu Functions
Start Record Select this option, to start video recording.
Stop Record Select this option, to stop video recording.
This option is used to set video recording time and storage directory,
Settings and video recording could be carried out only after setting storage
directory.
H. Remote desktop: Power menu

Menu Functions
Reset Server Select this option, to restart server
Immediate Shutdown Select this option, to shut down server immediately
Orderly Shutdown Select this option, to shut down server according to sequence
Power On Server Select this option, to start server
Power Cycle Server Select this option, to restart after server shutdown

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I. Remote Desktop: Active User

Click 【Active User】 menu, to view current remote login username and IP
address
J. Remote Desktop: Help Menu
Click menu, dropdown menus 【About JViewer】 will display, select this option,
version of this relocated browser will display.
② Server Power Control Menu
Select Server Power Control menu, to enter the interface as shown in the
following:

Server Power Control Menu: To display current power status of server, providing
five options which are namely server restart, instant shutdown, sequential shutdown,
startup, restart after system shutdown, select one option to be executed, and click
【Perform Action】 to perform.
6. Maintenance Menu

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This function menu could realize BMC Firmware remote update and restart IPMI
management card.
① Firmware Update Menu
This menu could carry out remote update of IPMI management card Firmware,
it is not suggested to carry out update by yourself, if necessary, update files should be
authorized by us in advance.
② Preserve Configuration
This menu could be used to preserve option values in dropdown menu, before
loading factory default values. Selected option values will not change while loading
factory default values.
③ Restore Factory Defaults
This menu is used to load factory default values of IPMI management card.
④ System Administrator
This menu is used to modify rights and password of system administrator.

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● The Guide will help you to understand how to install Inspur 2U server in Inspur
server cabinet or compatible standard industrial cabinet.
● After installing the server in the cabinet according to the Guide, please refer to
other accompany material to acquire more application directions.
● Please uncover the film on the cover plate of the server, and then power up to
use it.
● Pictures in the Guide just for reference, please give priority to real products.

8.1 Cabinet Preparation

Angle rail adjustment: in order to guarantee the 2U server can be installed in the
cabinet normally, the clearance between the front and rear part of the angle rail should
be adjusted to be at least larger than 740mm.
Leveling cabinet: the cabinet must be installed in a stable place. Adjust the
four support feet at the bottom of the adjustment cabinet to make the cabinet stable
on the ground. Meanwhile, dismount the cabinet door for convenience of guide rail
installation.
Cabinet grounding: to avoid electric shock, a grounding device must be installed
in the cabinet. If the server power line is installed in the power socket, which constitutes
a portion of the cabinet, grounding should be properly provided for the cabinet. If the
server power line is inserted into the power socket in the wall, the grounding device
in the power socket just provides grounding for the server, and then proper grounding
protection for cabinet and other internal devices should be provided. We recommend
you to use the cabinet specially designed by Inspur for the server. If so, the internal of
the cabinet should be already grounded. Please don’t change the ground joint in the
cabinet unless it is of absolute necessity.
Temperature: if installed in the cabinet, the operation and working temperature of
the server can’t be lower than 5℃ and higher than 35℃ .
Ventilation: the cabinet used by server cluster must provide enough wind current
for the front of the server to ventilate, and must ensure 4100Btu heat discharge per
hour. The cabinet selected by the cluster and ventilation condition must correspond
with requirements of the server.
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8.2 Components Needed in Server Installation

Accompanying guide rail suit of 2U server includes the following objects:
1. Guide rail 1 set (one for left and one for right rail)
2. Fixing screw 1 wrap
The rail consists of inner rail, outer rail and fixed frame, just as shown in (picture 1).

Picture 1

8.3 Installation of Inner Rail

Please install the inner rail to the cabinet according to the following description.
1. Firstly, take out the inner rail from the guide rail: hold the front fixed frame of
the whole guide rail and pull outward the inner rail, just as shown in (picture 2).

Picture 2
2. When the inner rail can’t be pulled any more, stir the bayonet lock shown in
(picture 3) along the direction of arrow, and then pull outward the inner rail completely
with even strength.

Picture 3
3. Fix the inner rail on the four screws on the cabinet, the fix position shown in
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(picture 4).

Picture 4
4. Make the smooth side of the inner rail confront the side of cabinet, get the
holes on the inner rail and screws on cabinet corresponding with each other well, let the
inner rail cling to the cabinet closely, then push the inner rail in the direction (rear of
the machine) of red arrows shown in (picture 5), and clamp tightly the inner rail with
double-screw bolts.
▲ Special notice: when push the inner rail in the direction of red arrows, if the
inner rail can’t be clamped into the double-screw bolt, slightly loose the four screws
and then push the inner rail again. After the inner rail is clamped tightly, screw down.

Picture 5
5. Repeat step 1~4, install the other inner rail in the corresponding position at the
other side of the cabinet.

8.4 Install Guide Rail into Cabinet

1. Make sure the installation location of the guide rail on the cabinet; firstly, let
the bearing stubs of the front frame pass through the fixed hole of the cabinet’s angle
rail (picture 6). Based on the depth of the cabinet, properly adjust the back frame and
fix the bearing stubs of the back frame to the angle rail at the back of the cabinet. (Notice:
the front and back frame must be guaranteed at the same level.)

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Picture 6
2. Find out the screw accompanied with guide rail (picture 7); fix well the second
hole (picture 6) on the front and back frame corresponding to angle rail.

Picture 7
3. Repeat the above operation; install the other guide rail to the cabinet.
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8.5 Install the Server to Cabinet

1. Raise the server and carry it close to the cabinet, and align the back of the
server with the front of the cabinet.
2. Clamp the inner rail at both sides of the server into the outer rail groove of the
cabinet (the sliding bead of the outer rail must be moved to the front end of the outer rail).
3. Refer to (picture 8), keep the server horizontal and push it steadily into the
cabinet. If it is blocked during the pushing, pull forward the bayonet lock at the front of
the inner rail, and at the same time push it into the cabinet.

Picture 8
4. Use fixed screw (picture 7) to fix the server to the cabinet through the third hole
(picture 9) in the front of guide rail corresponding to angle rail.
▲ Special notice: if the third hole screw is accompanied with the cabinet front panel,
you may use the accompanying screw to fix the server to the cabinet in this operation.

Picture 9

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