Chapter 5 – Cubix XP4 Blade Server Introduction Cubix designed the XP4 Blade Server to fit inside a BladeStation enclosure. The Blade Server features one or two Intel® Pentium® 4 Xeon processors, the Intel 7501 chipset and up to 8GBytes of PC2100 DDR memory. Each Blade Server provides integrated Ethernet ports. It also supports either IDE or hot-plug SCSI drives and one to four PCI adapters. The illustration below shows three doublewide Blade Servers in a BladeStation with AC power. Cubix Blade Servers are available in a singlewide or a doublewide product line. The singlewide line is 2.5 inches (63.5mm) wide and provides a single, PCI expansion slot and up to two IDE drives. The singlewide blade fits in BladeStation as well as in BladePoint. The doublewide line is twice the width of singlewide at 5 inches (127mm) and provides up to four PCI slots or up to four, hot-plug, 147GByte SCA drives for internal RAID 5. Both singlewide and doublewide lines provide support for external, direct-attached RAID 5. Cubix Blade Servers are available in two models: XP4 and XL4. The XP4 provides one 3.3Volt, 64-bit PCI-X slot at 100 / 133MHz and up to four 3.3Volt, 64-bit, PCI expansion slots at 66MHz for high-speed communication and data transfer. The XL4 provides up to four 5Volt, 32-bit, 33MHz PCI slots for support of legacy adapters. Both support one or two Xeon processors and up to 8GBytes of PC2100 (266MHz) DDR RAM. Both XP4 and XL4 can be mixed within the same BladeStation enclosure. For internal SCSI or RAID, the host bus adapter or controller occupies one PCI slot. With support for four internal hot-plug SCA drives, the Cubix Blade Server can support up to 440GBytes of RAID 5 available storage space. All Cubix Blade Servers provide multiple, integrated Ethernet ports. A single 1000/100/10Mbps port provides network connectivity for Gigabit copper. Two 100/10Mbps ports provide Fast Ethernet support. A 10Mbps port is dedicated for connection to a management network. An XP4 Blade Server also provide a DB-15 video port for a local monitor, a round DIN6 COM1 port and two, dual USB ports (total of four USB ports) for connecting peripherals such as local keyboard and mouse.

3 doublewide Blade Servers in BladeStation, each with 2 SCA drives and 2 PCI slots

Technical Specifications Central Processing Unit Intel® Xeon 2.4GHz or better Symmetric Multi-Processing Optional with second processor Level 2 Cache 512Kbytes default Hyper-Threading Technology Yes Chipset Intel 7501 Front Side Bus Speed 533MHz System Memory

Speed PC2100 DDR RAM Maximum Size 8GBytes, 4 x 2GByte DDR DIMMs Channels 2, populated 1 DIMM per channel Type Registered, Buffered, Error-Correcting Code

(ECC), 184-pin Width 144-bit: 2 channels (64 data, 8 ECC)

Peripheral Bus XP4 PCI-X, 64-bit 1 slot, 3.3V, 133MHz (singlewide blade)

2 slots 3.3V, 100MHz (doublewide blade) XP4 PCI, 64-bit 1 slot 3.3V, 66MHz (singlewide blade)

4 slots 3.3V, 66MHz (doublewide blade) XL4 PCI, 32-bit 1 slot, 5V, 33MHz (singlewide blade)

4 slots 5V, 33MHz (doublewide blade) System BIOS American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI) Video Asiliant 69000 IDE Drive Interfaces 2 x 44-pin connectors include power

2 x 40-pin connectors Pin 1 Assignment Top, front edge of 44-pin (for 2.5-inch) or 40-pin

connectors (for 3.5-inch) Drive Format 2 x 2.5-inch (63.5mm) drives or 1 x 3.5-inch

(89mm) drive with a maximum thickness of 0.67-inch (17mm) in 1p

Super Input / Output (I/O) Winbond W83627HF Serial / Assignment COM1 (J3) UART Type 16C550 Compatible, 230Kbps Max. Parallel / Assignment LPT1 (J5) All Standard Modes

On-board Network Interfaces Gbps Ethernet Intel 82544, 1000/100/10BASE-TX Fast Ethernet 2 ports, Intel 82559, 100/10BASE-TX Ethernet (Management) 10BASE-T

Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2 dual ports (4 ports) Other Input / Output Keyboard / Mouse (J6), FDD (J4)

Power Availability Volts Amps Max

PCI 64-bit Slots +3.3VDC 14A 47W System, PCI 32-bit, IDE +5VDC 14A 70W SCSI SCA Drives +12VDC 20A 240W SCSI SCA Drives -12VDC 1A 12W Total System Power All 370W

AC Power Supplies Two Single Phase Auto-ranging 190V to 264VAC at 8 Amps, 50/60Hz

190 – 264VAC Operation

1500Watts per power supply

Operating Environment

0° to 38° Celsius (32° to 100° Fahrenheit) temperature 5% to 80% non-condensing humidity

Warranty / Period Parts & Labor Return to Mfr / 3 years Blade Server Ports Blade Servers provide ports at the front for connection to data and management networks, USB peripherals, video and COM1. The illustration on this page shows all of the ports provided by Blade Servers. The ports are the same for the singlewide and doublewide lines as well as for the XP4 and XL4 models. COM1 is a space-saving round, 9-pin port. Use a cable with a DIN9 connector. VGA is a standard DB15 port. It supports local video connections when needed. USB provides four ports for local keyboard, mouse, floppy drive, CD or DVD drive and other peripherals when needed. Two 10/100 ports, a single 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and a single 10Mbps port dedicated to management provide support for connection to various local and enterprise networks. The Gigabit (1000Mbps) port uses the Intel 82544 and the Fast Ethernet (100Mbps) ports use the Intel 82559 chips. All three use the Intel ProSet II driver set. Use Category 5e (CAT5e) Ethernet cables for the Gigabit port and at least CAT5 cables for Fast Ethernet ports. Use a CAT5e, CAT5 or CAT3 cable for the 10Mbps management port.

The singlewide Blade Server features one PCI expansion slot. The doublewide Blade Server features up to four PCI expansion slots, depending upon whether it supports internal hot-plug SCA drives. Each PCI adapter provides its own unique port(s). Most third-party rack mount equipment provides ports at the front. Examples are network hubs, switches and routers. For third-party equipment with ports at the rear, allow space below BladeStation to provide for a cable run to the rear of the unit as well as cable length for that run. For such cable runs, Cubix offers the cable tunnel option (see the illustration on the previous page). An example of a rack mount unit with ports at the rear is an external RAID enclosure for Direct Attached Storage. Connect USB Peripherals Cubix Blade Servers provide two dual USB ports at the front of the blade, for a total of four USB ports. Cubix provides these ports for connecting either temporary or permanent devices. To leave the USB devices connected permanently, ask your Cubix sales representatives about the Cubix rack mount peripheral shelf. Push the device’s USB cable into the port when the Blade Server is running a plug-and-play (PnP) operating system (OS) and you will see the device pop up on screen. Examples of PnP OSs are Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and 2003. Non-PnP OSs such as Windows NT 4.0 do not provide native support for USB devices. Connect Local Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM) Cubix designed Blade Server to provide ports for keyboard, video and mouse at the front. The video port is the second port down from the top of the blade. Plug a DB15 video connector to this port. Use USB keyboard and mouse devices. Plug these into one of the four USB ports provided just below the video port at the front of the Blade Server. Use a PnP OS such as Windows 2000, XP or 2003 that supports USB devices. Options Cubix offers multiple options for its Blade Servers. Options are available for memory, drives and PCI expansion slots. Memory Options Cubix Blade Servers provide four DIMM sockets, which support up to 8GBytes of PC2100 DDR RAM. The Intel E7501 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) provides

two channels—A and B—for memory. Even though each channel is separate, the two 72-bit channels are logically one 144-bit wide bus. Drive Options XP4 Blade Server supports either IDE or SCSI SCA drives. The default drive for Blade Server is the IDE drive. It also supports an optional second 2.5-inch IDE drive or one optional 3.5-inch drive. Both XP4 and XL4 support IDE drives. Both of the lines, the singlewide and the doublewide, support IDE drives, but only doublewide supports SCSI drives. Singlewide does not support SCSI drives. The doublewide Blade Server supports both IDE and hot-plug SCSI drives. The number of SCSI drives depends upon the number of PCI expansion slots used and vice-versa. Configure SCSI drives in doublewide Blade Server using this guideline:

Number of IDE Drives

Number of Hot-Plug SCA Drives

Number of PCI Slots

1 or 2 0 1 1 or 2 0 4 1 or 2 2 2 1 or 2 4 0

PCI Expansion Slot Options The XP4 Blade Server provides the 3.3Volt PCI expansion bus for modern adapters and the XL4 Blade Server provides the 5Volt PCI expansion bus for legacy adapters. The singlewide line provides a single PCI slot and the doublewide line provides as many as four PCI slots. When configuring both PCI slots and SCA drives, refer to the table in the previous subsection. Change Jumper Settings JP2 – Video Cubix enables video at the factory by setting the jumper JP2 on pins 1-2. Disable video if you wish to add a third-party PCI video adapter by moving the jumper to pins 2-3. See the figure at the right for the location of JP2. JP3 – Safe Mode Cubix provides the option of booting to safe mode, which simply means that the processor will run at its slowest rated speed, therefore drawing the least amount of power. Cubix disables this at the factory by connecting pins 2-3 on JP3. To enable

Jumpers shown in default position on pins 1 & 2

safe mode, set the jumper to pins 1-2. To return the system to boot the processor at normal speed, set the jumper to pins 2-3 again. See the figure above for the location of JP3. JP4 – Flash BIOS Flash BIOS upgrades usually arrive on a floppy disk. Apply the upgrade by setting the jumper JP4 to pins 1-2. When you have completed the upgrade, protect the system from accidental erasure by moving the jumper to pins 2-3 or removing it altogether. See the figure below for the location of JP4. To flash the BIOS locally, use the following procedure: 1. Download the

update to a local disk.

2. Shut down the blade and remove it (see Chapter 3).

3. Set jumper JP4 to pins 2 and 3 as shown in the illustration above.

4. Replace the blade and power it up.

5. Run the update executable file. 6. Remove the blade and set jumper JP4 back to pins 1 and 2. 7. Replace the blade and power it up. JP5 – CMOS Memory Clear Use jumper JP5 to clear CMOS memory. This is useful if someone has set the password protection for CMOS access and you need to access CMOS without the password. Cubix sets the jumper to pins 2-3 to disable CMOS memory clear. To clear CMOS memory, set jumper JP5 to pins 1-2, power the blade and then return the jumper to pins 2-3. See the figure above for the location of JP5. JP7 – PCI-X Clock Speed BladePoint provides a PCI-X expansion slot, which supports either 100MHz or 133MHz clock speeds. Cubix enables the speed to 100MHz at the factory by setting jumper JP7 to pins 2-3. Change the speed to 133MHz by moving the jumper to pins 1-2. See the figure above for the location of JP7.

Jumpers shown in default settings on pins 1 & 2

JP8 – CMOS Power Cubix enables jumper JP8 at the factory so that CMOS has power by setting JP8 to pins 1-2. Remove power to CMOS as follows: move the jumper to pins 3-4, wait ten seconds and move the jumper back to pins 1-2. This clears CMOS memory and restores default settings. See the figure above for the location of JP8. JP6 and 9 – Dual Ethernet 10/100 Ports As discussed in Chapter 3, the Cubix Blade Server provides two RJ-45 ports for Ethernet 10/100BASE-TX network connections. Jumper JP6 corresponds to the top port, designated Port A. JP9 corresponds to the bottom port, designated Port B. Cubix enables both 10/100 ports by setting the jumpers on both ports to pins 1-2. Disable either or both 10/100 ports by moving the jumpers to pins 2-3. See the figure at the right for the locations of JP6 and JP9.

Note: If you intend to use only one Ethernet port for a Blade Server, Cubix recommends that you use the Ethernet 10/100/1000 BASE-TX port and disable

the two 10/100 ports. This may improve boot times. JP11 – Reset Button The recessed reset button on the front panel always applies to the blade. If a Cubix Management Controller (CMC) is mounted on the blade (which is the default), leave the JP11 jumpers on pins 1 and 2. This enables the CMC to reset the blade. If the CMC is not mounted on the blade, move the jumper to pins 2 and 3. This enables the reset button to reset the blade

directly. To find the location of the reset button on the front panel, see Chapter 4 – Reset a Blade. Cubix sets JP11 to pins 1-2 at the factory so that the reset function goes through the CMC module. To force the reset button to apply to the Blade directly, move the jumper to pins 2-3. To locate JP11, see the illustration above. The table below summarizes jumper settings for the Cubix Blade Server. Jumper Function Jumper on Pins

1-2 Jumper on Pins

2-3 JP1 Manufacturing / Test Do not use. JP2 Video Enable Disable JP3 Safe Mode Enable Disable JP4 Flash Read / Write Read JP5 CMOS Memory Clear Enable Disable JP6 Ethernet 10 / 100 Port A Enable Disable JP7 PCI – X Clock Speed 133MHz 100MHz JP8 CMOS Power Enable Disable JP9 Ethernet 10 / 100 Port B Enable Disable JP10 Manufacturing / Test Do not use. JP11 Reset Button Management Blade System JP12 Manufacturing / Test Do not use. Bold = Factory Setting Upgrade Memory Cubix designed the Blade Server to support as much as 8GBytes of PC2100 (ECC and registered) DDR RAM. PC2100 runs at 266MHz.

Always fill the memory sockets farthest from the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) first. Configure the DIMMs in identical pairs beginning with the single-sided (sometimes called single-ranked or single-banked) modules farthest from the MCH. Configure the double-sided (sometimes called double-ranked or double-banked) modules closest to the MCH. This assures signal integrity. The illustration above shows 2.5GBytes of PC2100 DDR RAM after a memory upgrade from 512MB. Go to Chapter 4 – Blade Access or Return to Table of Contents