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Compucon Group CPD Seminars
Wed 18 September 2013
Compucon House Albany
Continuing Professional Development plays an important role in assisting Compucon channel peers to remain current and develop new competencies in information technology practices.
4:00pm – 5:00pm Compucon System Enhancements (TN)
5:00pm – 6:00pm RAID and SAS1200 Review (Neil Cameron)
6:00pm – 7:30pm Wine and Cheese
Compucon System Enhancements
The government has scheduled to impose a new Minimum Electricity Power Supply (MEPS) regulation on the computer industry effective on 1 October 2013. We will explain what this regulation is about, how it impacts the computer industry and customers, and how Compucon translates the cost burden into functional benefits. An example is the introduction of a new slim micro tower case to replace the current case for Diamond and Jasper. The new case comes with more benefits and only one negative which will not affect our customers much. The 2nd agenda of the session is about 3 niche system models which will empower our channel peers to obtain more business. These system models are not readily available from overseas brands or local assemblers, and are special designs from Compucon to deal with emerging industry trends.
(a) 2 versions of tiny Atom Servers with IPMI- one in Short 1U and one with Onyx enclosure
(b) Mid Xeon Workgroup Server with 16 hot swap hard disks
(c) CAD training station
(d) Superhawk evolving to Intel 4G core whatever this means
RAID and SAS1200 Review
The folks at Adaptec keep innovating. Neil Cameron, Adaptec field application engineer for Asia Pacific region and a repeated Compucon seminar speaker for many years will come over from his Sydney base to deliver the presentation for 2013. He will explain a range of new features and functions available from the latest RAID controller cards – plus some new releases – plus answer all our RAID questions.
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Key Features:
- Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600
family; QPI up to 8GT/s
- Up to 512GB DDR3 1600MHz ECC
Registered DIMM; 16x DIMM sockets
- Expansion slots:
4 PCI-E 3.0 x16 (support 4x double-
width GPU cards),
2 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (1 in x16),
1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8)
- Intel® i350 Dual port Gigabit Ethernet
- 2x SATA3 and 8x SATA2 ports
- 8x Hot-swap 3.5" HDD Bays
- 1620W Redundant Power Supplies
Platinum Level (94%)
- Tower or Rackmount
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| SYS-7047GR-TRF |
- SuperServer 7047GR-TRF (Black)
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| CPU |
- Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 (up to 150W TDP)
- Dual Socket R (LGA 2011)
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| GPU |
- Supports C2075, up to 150W CPU at 35°C
- K20C (Kepler), up to 150W CPU at 35°C
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| Memory Capacity |
- 16x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
- Supports up to 512 GB DDR3 ECC Registered memory (RDIMM)
- Supports up to 192 GB DDR3 ECC Un-Buffered memory (UDIMM)
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| Memory Type |
- 1600/1333/1066/800MHz ECC DDR3 SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs
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| DIMM Sizes |
- 32GB, 16GB, 8GB, 4GB, 2GB, 1GB
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| Memory Voltage |
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| Error Detection |
- Corrects single-bit errors
- Detects double-bit errors (using ECC memory)
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| Chipset |
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| SATA |
- SATA 2.0 3Gbps with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
SATA 3.0 6Gbps with RAID 0, 1
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| IPMI |
- Support for Intelligent Platform Management Interface v.2.0
- IPMI 2.0 with virtual media over LAN and KVM-over-LAN support
- Renesas SH7757 BMC
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| Network Controllers |
- Intel® i350 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet
- Virtual Machine Device Queues reduce I/O overhead
- Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output
- 1x Realtek RTL8201N PHY (dedicated IPMI)
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| Video |
- G200 (Renesas SH7757 BMC with graphic controller)
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| Super I/O |
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| SATA |
- 2x SATA 3.0 ports (6Gbps)
- 8x SATA 2.0 ports (3Gbps)
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| LAN |
- 2x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports
- 1x RJ45 Dedicated IPMI LAN port
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| USB |
- 9x USB 2.0 ports total
(4x rear + 4x via header + 1x Type A)
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| Video |
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| Serial Port / Header |
- 1x Fast UART 16550 port / 1 Header
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| PCI-Express |
- 4 PCI-E 3.0 x16 (double-width)
- 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (1 in x16 slot)
- 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8)
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| BIOS Type |
- 128Mb SPI Flash EEPROM with AMI® BIOS
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| BIOS Features |
- Plug and Play (PnP)
- APM 1.2
- DMI 2.2
- ACPI 1.0 / 2.0
- USB Keyboard support
- SMBIOS 2.3
- UEFI
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| Form Factor |
- 4U Rackmountable / Tower
- Optional Rackmount Kit
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| Buttons |
- Power On/Off button
- System Reset button
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| LEDs |
- Power status LED
- Hard drive activity LED
- 2x Network activity LEDs
- System Overheat & Power Fail LED
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| Ports |
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| Hot-swap |
- 8x Hot-swap 3.5" SAS/SATA Drive Trays
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| Peripheral Bay(s) |
- 3x 5.25" drive bays in storage module - rotates 90° for Rackmount
- 1x 3.5" fixed drive bay
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| SAS / SATA Hard Drive Backplane with SES2 |
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| Fans |
- 4x 92x38mm 4-pin PWM Middle Cooling Fans
- 2x 80x38mm 4-pin PWM Rear Exhaust Fans
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| AC Input |
- 1000W Output @ 100-120V, 12-10A, 50-60Hz
- 1200W Output @ 120-140V, 12-10A, 50-60Hz
- 1620W Output @ 180-240V, 10.5-8A, 50-60Hz
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| DC Output |
- 1000W: +12V/84A; +5Vsb/4A
- 1200W: +12V/100A; +5Vsb/4A
- 1620W: +12V/150A; +5Vsb/4A
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| Certification |
  Platinum Certified
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- Monitors for CPU Cores, +1.8V, +3.3V, +5V, +12V, +3.3V Standby, +5V Standby, VBAT, Memory, Chipset Voltages.
- 6-Phase-switching voltage regulator
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| FAN |
- Total of eight fan headers supporting up to 8 fans
- 8x fans with tachometer status monitoring
- Status monitor for speed control
- Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) fan connectors
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| Temperature |
- Monitoring for CPU and chassis environment
- CPU thermal trip support
- Thermal Control for 8x fan connectors
- Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support
- PECI
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| LED |
- CPU / System Overheat LED
- Suspend static indicator LED
- UID/Remote LED
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| Other Features |
- Chassis intrusion detection
- Chassis intrusion header
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| Environmental Spec. |
- Operating Temperature:
10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)
- Non-operating Temperature:
-40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
- Operating Relative Humidity:
8% to 90% (non-condensing)
- Non-operating Relative Humidity:
5% to 95% (non-condensing)
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- CPU
AMD Socket FM2 Athlon™/A- Series Processors
Supports CPU up to 4 cores
Supports AMD® Turbo Core 3.0 Technology
- Chipset
AMD A85X FCH(Hudson D4)
- Memory
2 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Support AMD Memory Profile (AMP) memory
* The Max. 32GB memory capacity can be supported with DIMMs of
16GB (or above).
- Graphic
Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 7000/8000 Series Graphics in A-series APU
Multi-VGA output support : HDMI/DVI/RGB ports
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
- Supports DVI with max. resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
- Supports RGB with max. resolution 1920 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
Maximum shared memory of 2048 MB
AMD® Dual Graphics technology support *1
Supports DirectX 11
- Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI
- Storage
AMD A85X FCH(Hudson D4) chipset :
8 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), black
Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
- LAN
Realtek® 8111F
- Audio
Realtek® ALC887-VD 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC *2
- USB Ports
AMD A85X FCH(Hudson D4) chipset : *3
4 x USB 3.0 port(s) (2 at back panel, , 2 at mid-board)
AMD A85X FCH(Hudson D4) chipset :
6 x USB 2.0 port(s) (2 at back panel, , 4 at mid-board)
- Special Features
ASUS EPU :
- EPU
ASUS Digital Power Design :
- Industry leading Digital 3 +2 Phase Power Design
ASUS Exclusive Features :
- AI Suite II
- Ai Charger
- Anti-Surge
- ESD Guards
- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode featuring friendly graphics user interface
- Network iControl
- USB 3.0 Boost
- Disk Unlocker
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution :
- Stylish Fanless Design Heat-sink solution
- ASUS Fan Xpert
ASUS EZ DIY :
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
- ASUS MyLogo 2
100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
- Back I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard (purple)
1 x PS/2 mouse (green)
1 x DVI
1 x D-Sub
1 x HDMI
1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
2 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
3 x Audio jack(s)
- Internal I/O Ports
1 x USB 3.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.0 port(s)
2 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 port(s)
8 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s)
1 x CPU Fan connector(s)
1 x Chassis Fan connector(s)
1 x S/PDIF out header(s)
1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s)
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s)
1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP)
1 x Internal speaker connector(s)
1 x System panel(s)
- Accessories
User's manual
I/O Shield
2 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)
- BIOS
64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI v2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS V2.6, ACPI V2.0a
- Support Disc
Drivers
ASUS utilities
ASUS Update
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
- Form Factor
mATX Form Factor
9.3 inch x 7.4 inch ( 23.6 cm x 18.8 cm )
- Note
*1: Dual Graphics technology
*2: Use a chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support an 8-channel
audio output.
*3: Supports ASUS USB 3.0 Boost
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August 2013 |
Flashing IT firmware to the LSI SAS 9211-4i (#3L9211-4i)
Background
There are two firmware types for LSI cards; (1) the IR Firmware is the Integrated RAID
firmware. (2) The IT firmware is the Initiator Target
firmware. The IT firmware is typically shipped on
external cards. The IT firmware does not have any RAID capabilities and
simply acts as an HBA. This is preferred when RAID is not required, or is handled at a higher level (such as software RAID or ZFS).
Preparation
Support and downloads for the card can be found here:
http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS9211-4i.aspx
Procedure
TIP #1: Jump straight to UEFI option below because the normal DOS approach is likely to give you the error message described below.
TIP #2: Use Rufus to create the DOS bootable USB flash drive (found in L:\Rufus\)
- Create and boot off a DOS bootable USB flash drive (or similar)
- Copy the sas2flsh DOS utility to the drive
- Copy both the IT firmware and the BIOS file to the same folder
- Firmware should be '2114it.bin'
- BIOS should be 'mptsas2.rom'
- Use this command to erase the existing flash firmware and BIOS
- sas2flsh -o -e 6
- DO NOT REBOOT at this point. Rebooting would cause the HBA to cease functioning completely (RMA required).
- Use this command to flash the new firmware and BIOS
- sas2flsh -o -f 2114it.bin -b mptsas2.rom
- After flashing is complete you can verify the version using this command.
If you get an error: “ERROR: Failed to initialize PAL. Exiting program.” it means your motherboard has option ROM limitations. The easiest solution
is to use a different system. Alternately, you can use the UEFI
installer (it is a different download from LSI website).
- Boot UEFI Shell (press F11 on Supermicro boards to invoke boot menu, then select UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell)
- Issue command 'mount fs1:' assuming fs1: was the USB flash drive (use map command to list the device tree) -- TIP #3: this command/step may not be needed if the EFI shell has already mapped the flash drive (usually fs0:)
- Issue command 'fs1:' to change directory
- The utility should be sas2flash.efi (get it from LSI website, UEFI installer), so use these commands to complete the flash process.
- sas2flash.efi -o -e 6
- sas2flash.efi -o -f 2114it.bin -b mptsas2.rom
For further reading, check SAS2Flash_ReferenceGuide.pdf found in the downloaded ZIP files from LSI. Alternatively here is another example case: http://brycv.com/blog/2012/flashing-it-firmware-to-lsi-sas9211-8i/
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August 2013 |
Please follow the steps below if you have issues with the LAN2 port
Cause:
This is happening because ME has not been updated.
Solution:
Please try following with the latest BIOS:
1. Please set JPME2 to pin 2-3 then flash the BIOS.
2. Please set JPME2 to pin 1-2 after flashing the BIOS.
The JPME2 header is close to the fan 2 header and is the most outer 3 pins closest to the edge of the board.
You might get a message “Error when sending Enable Message to ME !!”
However, if done successfully, when you go in BIOS -> Intel Platform Server Services
You should see SPS version 3.0.4.209.
Another method is to revert back to the old BIOS(1.0b) and try updating again.
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