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About Blade Features and Components
Preparing to Install the Blade
Attach the 3-Cable Dongle to the Blade
Attach a VGA Monitor to the Dongle Video Connector
Attach a Keyboard and Mouse to the Dongle or Blade
Attach a Serial Device to the Dongle
Determining the Oracle ILOM SP IP Address
Logging In to Blade SP Oracle ILOM
Accessing the Blade Console Through Oracle ILOM
Setting Up Software and Firmware
Accessing Oracle System Assistant
Set Up Software and Firmware (Oracle System Assistant)
Setting Up an Operating System and Drivers
Preparing the Storage Drives to Install an Operating System
Prepare the Storage Drives (Oracle System Assistant)
Make a Virtual Drive Bootable (LSI WebBIOS Utility)
Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS
Oracle Solaris OS Documentation
Configure Preinstalled Oracle Solaris 11
Configuring Preinstalled Oracle VM Software
Oracle VM Server Configuration Worksheet
Configure the Preinstalled Oracle VM Server
Getting Started With Oracle VM
Troubleshoot Installation Issues
Powering Off the Blade for Graceful Shutdown
Powering Off the Blade for Immediate Shutdown
Troubleshooting Blade Power States
Technical Support Information Worksheet
Locating the System Serial Number
Oracle Solaris OS Installation and Setup
About Oracle Solaris OS Installation
Oracle Solaris Installation Task Table
Supported OS Versions and Latest Information
Obtaining Oracle Solaris Documentation
Setting Up the Installation Session
Installing the Oracle Solaris OS
Install Supported Versions of the Oracle Solaris OS
Identify Logical and Physical Network Interface Names
Installing Server System Tools and Accessing Drivers
Oracle VM OS Installation and Setup
About Oracle VM Software Installation
Oracle VM Installation Task Table
Oracle VM Installation Options
Preparing for Oracle VM Server Installation
Preparing the Installation Environment
Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk
Install Oracle VM Server (Oracle System Assistant)
Installing Oracle VM Server (Manually)
Completing the Oracle VM Installation
Creating and Managing Oracle VM Resources
Linux OS Installation and Setup
Supported OS Versions and Latest Information
Downloading Installation Media Kits
Setting Up the Installation Method
Installing the Operating System
Identifying Logical and Physical Network Interface Names for Linux OS Configuration
Install a Linux OS (Oracle System Assistant)
Installing a Linux OS (Manually)
Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers
Updating a Linux OS to a New Version
Windows OS Installation and Setup
Supported OS Versions and Latest Information
Setting Up the Installation Method
Install Windows (Oracle System Assistant)
Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Manually
Install Windows Server 2008 (PXE)
Installing Server System Tools and Updating Drivers
VMware ESXi Installation and Setup
About VMware ESXi 5 Installation
VMware ESXi 5 and Blade Documentation
Single-Server Interactive Installation Methods
Preparing for ESXi 5 Installation
Set Up for Remote Installation
Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk
Install VMware ESXi 5 Using Local or Remote Interactive Installation
Planning the System Management Environment
Choosing Tools for Single System Management
Choosing Tools for Multiple System Management
System Management Tools Overview
Common System Management Tasks
Common System Administrative Tasks
Evaluating the Server Environment
Accessing System Management Tools
Accessing Oracle System Assistant
Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack
Setting Up the Blade With Oracle System Assistant
Overview of Oracle System Assistant
Using the Help and Exit Buttons
Using Oracle System Assistant for Server Configuration
Oracle System Assistant Administrative Tasks
Managing a Server Using Oracle System Assistant
Configure the Server Using Oracle System Assistant
Get Updates for a New Platform Software Release
Configure Hardware for Oracle ILOM SP
Set Preferences to Disable Oracle System Assistant
Set Preferences for Keyboard Language
Perform Advanced Tasks to Access Oracle System Assistant Shell
Perform Advanced Tasks to Check Media Integrity
Maintaining Oracle System Assistant
Troubleshooting Oracle System Assistant
Mounting the Oracle System Assistant USB Flash Drive
Setting Up Software and Firmware
Set Up Software and Firmware (OSA)
Set Up Software and Firmware (Oracle ILOM)
Set Up Software and Firmware (Oracle Hardware Management Pack)
Managing Server Policies Using Oracle ILOM
Oracle ILOM Features for x86 Sun Servers
Service Processor Power-On Policies
Power Management Policies Supported
Diagnostics Using Pc-Check and NMI
Switch Serial Port Output to Host Management Console
Back Up and Restore BIOS Configuration
Configure Management Policies Using Oracle ILOM (Web)
Configure Management Policies Using Oracle ILOM (CLI)
Setting Up the Blade With BIOS Setup Utility
Access BIOS Setup Utility Menus
Navigate BIOS Setup Utility Menus
BIOS Setup Utility Menu Overview
Selecting Legacy and UEFI BIOS
Configuring the UEFI BIOS Boot Mode
Configuration Utilities for Add-In Cards
Select UEFI or Legacy BIOS Boot Mode
Common BIOS Setup Utility Tasks
Verify BIOS Factory Default Settings
Legacy BIOS Option ROM Allocation Considerations
Configure iSCSI Virtual Drives
BIOS Setup Utility Screen Reference
BIOS UEFI Driver Control Menu Selections
BIOS Save & Exit Menu Selections
BIOS LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Screen Reference
Accessing BIOS LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Controller Management Menus
BIOS LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Controller Management Selections
BIOS LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Drive Management Menu Selections
BIOS LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Virtual Drive Management Menu Selections
BIOS LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Enclosure Management Menu Selections
Identifying Hardware Components and SNMP Messages
Identifying System Hardware Components
System Board Components (Sensors)
Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)
About the Chassis Monitoring Module (CMM)
Preparing the Blade for Service
Performing ESD and Antistatic Prevention Measures
Using the Locate LED to Identify the Blade
Removing the Blade from the Chassis
Removing or Inserting Blade Filler Panels
Removing or Inserting Component Filler Panels
Connecting the Multi-port Cable
Identify Storage Drive LED Status
About Storage Drive Failure and RAID
Remove Storage Drive Filler Panels
Insert Storage Drive Filler Panels
Remove and Install the System Battery
Servicing a Fabric Expansion Module
Servicing a RAID Expansion Module
Remove and Replace a REM Battery on the REM Card
Servicing a Processor and Heat Sink Assembly
Remove a Processor Heat Sink Assembly
Install a Processor Heat Sink Assembly
Servicing the Blade and Motherboard Assembly
Install the Blade in the Chassis
Power On from Oracle ILOM SP (CLI)
Power On From Oracle ILOM SP (Web)
Using the DIMM and Processor Test Circuit
Firmware and Software Troubleshooting
About POST Code Checkpoint Memory Testing
Use these DIMM guidelines and illustrations to help you plan and configure the memory for the Netra Blade X3-2B.
When populating DIMM slots, use the following guidelines.
Each processor has four DDR3 memory channels (or buses).
Each DDR3 memory channel supports up to three DIMMs for a total of 12 DIMMs per processor.
The blade supports one DIMM per channel, two DIMMs per channel, and three DIMMs per channel across all sockets. Minimum per processor is 1 and the maximum per processor is 12.
The minimum supported memory configuration is one DIMM per processor D0.
The maximum supported memory configuration is 384 GB.
Use 8 GB DDR3-1600 LV DIMMs and 16 GB DDR-1600 LV DIMMs only:
Install up to four memory channels, with three DIMMs per channel.
Install up to 24 DIMMs per blade or up to 12 DIMMs per processor.
For optimal performance, install DIMMs in groups of three sockets per channel.
Ensure all slots are filled with either a DIMM or DIMM filler for proper airflow.
Always install DIMMs in ascending order, within a color or group following the “farthest from processor first” convention. See the following table:
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Rule 1: Always populate the channels as follows.
Fill up all the blue sockets. Always populate the DIMMs furthest from the processor (blue sockets) first.
Fill up all the white sockets.
Fill up the black sockets.
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Tip - The figure illustrates the “fill farthest” approach to DIMM installation.
Rule 2: Memory symmetry across processors is required. Processor 1 memory must match processor 0 memory, in placement, type, size, capacity, frequency and voltage.
Rule 3: Each processor can support a single DIMM, two DIMMs, three DIMMs or four DIMMs per color socket set.
Rule 4: Within every set of four DIMMs (for example: blue socket set, white socket set, black socket set), mixing/matching of different size, memory speed and voltage is not allowed.
Memories in D0, D3, D6 and D9 must be all the same.
Next, memories in D1, D4, D7 and D10 must be all the same, and so on. While doing this, Rule 2 must be maintained.
Rule 5: Mixing and matching of different size, voltage and speed across different 4 DIMM sets is allowed. For example, memories in D0, D3, D6, D9 (blue sockets) must have the same size. But, they do not have to match memory size/voltage/speed in D1, D4, D7, D10 (white sockets).
Note - When mixing speed across different four-DIMM sets, all memory will be tuned to the slower speed.
Note - When mixing sizes across different four-DIMM sets, populate the highest density (largest) DIMMs on the blue socket set, the next size in the white socket set, and the smallest DIMMs in the black socket set.
Rule 6: The blade must have all RDIMMs installed. Mixing of different DIMM technology is not supported.
Rule 7: Each processor can support a maximum of 12 dual-rank (DR) DIMMs.
Rule 8: For maximum performance, DIMMs can run in one of the following three speeds: 1600 MHz, 1333 MHz, and 1067 MHz.
DIMM speed rules are: (SR = single rank; DR = dual rank; QR = quad rank)
One DIMM per channel or 2 DIMMs per channel (DR) = 1600 or 1333 MHz , at full speed as rated by the DIMM.
One DIMM per channel = 1067 MHz.
Three DIMMs per channel (DR) = 1067 MHz
Three DIMMs per channel (QR) is not supported, currently.
Rule 9: The maximum DIMM speed is limited by the processor part number, in conjunction with the DIMM population, whichever is lower. Currently, processor memory speed limitation is a function of core count:
8-core processors from Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family will run at a maximum speed of 1600 MHz.
See the following table for the maximum possible memory bus speed (compared to the Intel specification).
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