Supermicro SBI-7126T-SH Operation & User’s Manual

3-6 Figure 3-3. Installing a Processor in a Socket Align CPU Keys with Socket ...

Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the SuperBlade from damage: • Be aware of how to power on/off the enclosure power supplies and the individual blades as well as the room's emergency power-off switch, disconnection switch or electrical outlet. If an electrical accident occurs, you can then quickly remove power from the system. • Do not work alone when working with high voltage components. • Power should always be disconnected from the blade module when removing or installi ...

5-8 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Select Yes to assign IRQ to the PCI VGA card if the card requests IRQ. Selecting NO does not assign IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if the card requests an IRQ. Palette Snooping When ENABLED, this informs PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so the card will function correctly. The default is Disabled. PCI IDE BusMaster When enabled, the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading/writing to IDE devices. The options are DISABLED and Enabled. SR-IOV Support This setting Enables or Disables SR-IOV Suppor ...

Memory Mode This option sets the system memory mode. Options are the following: • Independent (default) – All DIMMs are available to the operating system. • CHANNEL MIRROR – The mainboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy. • LOCKSTEP – The mainboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel. • SPARING – A preset threshold of correctable errors is used to trigger fail-over. The spare memory is put online and used as active memory in place of the failed memory. Demand Scrubbing This feature is a me ...

3-14 3-8 Installing the Operating System An operating system (OS) must be installed on each blade module. Blades with Microsoft Windows OS and blades with Linux OS can both occupy and operate within the same blade enclosure. Refer to the SuperMicro web site for a complete list of supported operating systems. There are several methods of installing an OS to the blade modules. Installing with an External USB CD-ROM Drive The most common method of installing the OS is with an external USB CD-ROM drive. Take the following steps to install the OS to a blade ...

5-16 5-8 Exit Choose EXIT from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to display the EXIT SETUP menu. All Exit BIOS settings are described in Table 5-16 below. Table 5-15. Security Menu Options Menu Option Description Supervisor Password This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system. “Not Installed” means that a Supervisor password has not been used. User Password This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system. “Not Installed” means that a User password has not been used. Ch ...

5-14 5-6 Boot Choose Boot from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys to bring up the BOOT SETUP menu. Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing . All Security BIOS settings are described in Table 5-14 below. Redirection After BIOS POST This option allows you to specify redirection after BIOS POST. Options include the following: • DISABLE – Turns off the redirection after POST • BOOT LOADER – Redirection is active during Boot Loader • Always – Redirection is ...