Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 User manual

Operating Manual - English

FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY TX2550 M4

Operating Manual

May 2018

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TX2550 M4 Operating Manual

Before reading this manual

For your safety

This manual contains important information for safely and correctly using this

product.

Carefully read the manual before using this product. Pay particular attention to

the accompanying manual "Safety Notes and Regulations" and ensure these

safety notes are understood before using the product. Keep this manual and the

manual "Safety Notes and Regulations" in a safe place for easy reference while

using this product.

Radio interference

This product is a "Class A" ITE (Information Technology Equipment). In a

domestic environment this product may cause radio interference, in which case

the user may be required to take appropriate measures. VCCI-A

Aluminum electrolytic capacitors

The aluminum electrolytic capacitors used in the product's printed circuit board

assemblies and in the mouse and keyboard are limited-life components. Use of

these components beyond their operating life may result in electrolyte leakage

or depletion, potentially causing emission of foul odor or smoke.

As a guideline, in a normal office environment (25°C) operating life is not

expected to be reached within the maintenance support period (5 years).

However, operating life may be reached more quickly if, for example, the

product is used in a hot environment. The customer shall bear the cost of

replacing replaceable components which have exceeded their operating life.

Note that these are only guidelines, and do not constitute a guarantee of

trouble-free operation during the maintenance support period.

High safety use

This product has been designed and manufactured to be used in commercial

and/or industrial areas as a server.

When used as visual display workplace, it must not be placed in the direct field

of view to avoid incommoding reflections (applies only to TX server systems).

The device has not been designed or manufactured for uses which demand an

extremely high level of safety and carry a direct and serious risk of life or body

if such safety cannot be assured.

Operating Manual TX2550 M4

These uses include control of nuclear reactions innuclear power plants,

automatic airplane flight control, air traffic control, traffic control in mass

transport systems, medical devices for life support, and missile guidance

control in weapons systems (hereafter, "high safety use"). Customers should

not use this product for high safety use unless measures are in place for

ensuring the level of safety demanded of such use. Please consult the sales

staff of Fujitsu if intending to use this product for high safety use.

Measures against momentary voltage drop

This product may be affected by a momentary voltage drop in the power supply

caused by lightning. Toprevent a momentary voltage drop, use of an AC

uninterruptible power supply isrecommended.

(This notice follows the guidelines of Voltage Dip Immunity of Personal

Computer issued by JEITA, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology

Industries Association.)

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the above law.

Harmonic Current Standards

This product conforms to harmonic current standard JIS C 61000-3-2.

Only for Japan:

About SATAHDDs

The SATAversion of this server supports HDDs with SATA / BC-SATAstorage

interfaces. Please note that the usage and operation conditions differ

depending on the type of HDD used.

For more information on the usage and operation conditions of each available

type of HDD, see the following internet address:

http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/primergy/harddisk/

TX2550 M4 Betriebsanleitung

Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.3 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Functional overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2 Server specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3 Installation steps, overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

4 Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.2 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

4.3 FCC Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4.4 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

5 Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5.1 Unpacking the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

5.2 Setting up the floorstand model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

5.3 Installing/removing the server in/from the rack . . . . . . . 50

5.4 Connecting devices to the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

5.5 Connecting the server to the mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

5.5.1 Using the cable clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

5.6 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . 57

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6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

6.1 Access to the drives (floorstand model) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

6.1.1 Enabling access to the accessible drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

6.1.2 Access to the HDD modules (floorstand model) . . . . . . . . . 60

6.2 Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

6.2.1 Server front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

6.2.1.1 Controls on the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

6.2.1.2 Indicators on the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

6.2.1.3 Indicator on the ODD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

6.2.1.4 Indicators on the hot-plug HDD/SSD module . . . . . . . . . 66

6.2.2 Server rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

6.2.2.1 Indicators on the I/O panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

6.2.2.2 Indicators on PSUs (slide-in units) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.3 ID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

6.4 Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.5 Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

6.5.1 Configuring the onboard SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

6.5.2 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

6.5.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system

with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

6.5.4 Configuring the server and installing the operating system

without the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 79

6.6 Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.1 BIOS setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8.2 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

8.3 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

8.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.5 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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8.6 No mouse pointer displayed on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

8.7 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

8.8 System will not boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

8.9 HDD error messages at system boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

8.10 Added drive is reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8.11 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8.12 Expansion cards or onboard devices not recognized . . . . 87

8.13 Temperature warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

8.14 No effect of keyboard or mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

8.15 ODD cannot read data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Contents

TX2550 M4 Operating Manual 9

1 Introduction

PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 floorstand model

The PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 is a no compromise floorstand model with

maximum levels of performance, expandability and availability.

The new modular concept supports excellent expandability with up to 32 2.5-

inch HDDs or up to 12 3.5-inch HDDs, up to 10 PCIe Gen 3 cards and up to

1536 GB memory. Moreover the 2 hot-plug PSUs with up to 94% efficiency and

the new power management, will result in lower operational costs. Thanks to the

upgrade kits as well as the cost-saving LAN options, the TX2550 M4 is

prepared for future requirements. TX2550 M4 is ideal for database,

consolidation or high performance computing scenarios.

PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 rack model

The PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 rack model is a 4U rack server with maximum

levels of performance, expandability and availability.

The new modular concept supports excellent expandability with up to 32 2.5-

inch HDDs or up to 12 3.5-inch HDDs, up to 10 PCIe Gen 3 cards and up to

1536 GB memory. Moreover the 2 hot-plug PSUs with up to 94% efficiency and

the new power management, will result in lower operational costs. Thanks to the

upgrade kits as well as the cost-saving LAN options, the TX2550 M4 is

prepared for future requirements. TX2550 M4 is ideal for database,

consolidation or high performance computing scenarios.

The floorstand model can be converted to a rack model using an optional

conversion kit.

1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual

This operating manual describes how to install, set up and operate your server.

This operating manual is intended for those responsible for installing the

hardware and ensuring that the system runs smoothly. It contains all the

information you need to put your PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 into operation.

To understand the various expansion options, you will need to be familiar with

the fields of hardware and data transmission and you will require a basic

knowledge of the underlying operating system.

10 Operating Manual TX2550 M4

Introduction

1.2 Documentation overview

More information on your PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 can be found in the following

documents:

– "Quick Start Hardware - FUJITSU Server TX2550 M4" leaflet

– ServerView Quick Start Guide

– "Safety Notes and Regulations" manual

"安全上のご注意 " for Japan

– "Warranty" manual

"保証書 " for Japan

– "ServerView Suite Local Service Concept - LSC" manual

– "Returning used devices" manual and "Service Desk" leaflet

"サポート＆サービス " for Japan

– "FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY TX2550 M4 Server Upgrade and

Maintenance Manual"

– "D3386 BIOS Setup Utility for FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY TX2550 M4

Reference Manual"

– "iRMC S5 - Concepts and Interfaces" user guide

– "iRMC S5 - Configuration and Maintenance" user guide

– "iRMC S5 - Web Interface" user guide

– "ServerView embedded Lifecycle Management (eLCM)" user guide

– "Integrated RAID for SAS User Guide"

– "LSI MegaRAID - SAS Software User Guide"

– "Modular RAID Controller / Modular SAS HBA Installation Guide"

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