Document Outline

• B4881V50S4H
• User Manual
  • Preface
    • Copyright
    • Disclaimer
    • Trademark recognition
    • Federal Communications Commission
    • Notice for Canada
    • About this manual
    • Safety information
• Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Overview
    • 1.1 About the B4881V50S4H
    • 1.2 Features
    • 1.3 Unpacking
      • 1.3.1 Box contents
      • 1.3.2 Accessories
      • 1.3.3 Opening the box
    • 1.4 About the product
      • 1.4.1 System front view and front panel
        • USB ports
      • 1.4.2 System rear view
        • Cooling fan
      • 1.4.3 System internal view
        • 1
      • 1.4.4 Motherboard block diagram
      • 1.4.5 CPU board block diagram
      • 1.4.6 Fan header locations
        • CPU fan header2, J108
  • Chapter 2: Setting up
    • 2.1 Before you begin
      • 2.1.1 Work area
      • 2.1.2 Tools
      • 2.1.3 Precautions
    • 2.2 Installing motherboard components
      • 2.2.1 Removing the chassis cover
        • 1. Press the two blue buttons on the release catches and lift the catches. The chassis lid slides back slightly.
        • 2. Lift the lid free from the chassis.
      • 2.2.2 Installing CPUs and heatsinks
        • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 2. Remove the optional processor board if it is present, see “Replacing the CPU expansion board” on page 37
        • 3. Locate the four CPU sockets on the motherboard or CPU expansion board.
        • CPU sockets 1-4
          • 4. Lift the locking lever on the CPU socket to the upright position.
        • Locking lever
          • 5. Place the CPU in the socket as shown, making sure that pin 1 is located correctly.
          • 6. Push the CPU locking lever down to lock the CPU in place.
        • Locking lever
          • 7. Take a new heatsink and remove all packaging and covers from it.
          • 8. Apply some thermal grease to the top of the CPU and place a heatsink on top of the CPU as shown.
          • 9. Screw the heatsink to the heatsink retainer as shown.
        • Heatsink retainer screws
          • 10. Plug the cooling fan lead into a CPU fan pin header as shown.
        • CPU cooling fan pin header
          • 11. Repeat steps three to seven with the other CPUs.
      • 2.2.3 Installing memory
        • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 2. Locate the memory sockets on the motherboard or CPU expansion board.
        • Memory sockets
          • 3. Move the memory slot locking levers to the widest position as shown.
        • Locking levers
          • 4. Position the memory module in the slot.
      • 2.2.4 Installing CPU expansion board
        • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 2. Remove the chassis side panel as shown.
        • 3. Place the HT board guides in place on the motherboard sockets.
        • 4. Position the CPU expansion board in place over the motherboard. Ensure that the HT cards are located correctly above the HT card sockets on the motherboard.
        • 5. Push the CPU expansion board firmly into place.
        • 6. Secure in place with two screws as shown.
        • 7. Insert two further coutersunk screws through the chassis to secure the expansion board to the chassis as shown.
        • 8. Connect the five power cables as shown.
        • 9. Replace the chassis covers.
      • 2.2.5 Installing PCI-X cards
        • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 2. Remove a blanking plate from the rear panel of the chassis as shown.
        • 3. Insert the PCI/PCI-X card into a spare slot as shown.
        • 4. Secure the PCI card with the screw you removed with the blanking plate.
    • 2.3 Installing hard drives
      • 2.3.1 Installing a storage backplane
        • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 2. Remove the two screws holding the cradle locking bar in place and remove the bar.
        • 3. Lift the drive housing to the vertical position.
        • 4. Fix the storage backplane to the drive housing using six screws.
        • 5. Press the drive housing release button and lower the drive housing back into place.
        • Drive housing release button
          • 6. Connect power and data cables to the backplane.
      • 2.3.2 Installing SATA/SCSI hot swap drives
        • 1. Press the release clip and pull the release lever to unlock the drive tray from the chassis.
        • 2. Pull the empty drive tray from the chassis.
        • 3. Remove the four screws holding the plastic spacer in place in the drive tray and remove it from the tray.
        • 4. Place a SATA or SCSI drive in place in the drive tray and secure with four screws.
        • 5. Insert the drive tray back into the chassis and push the locking lever into place to secure it.
      • 2.3.3 Installing internal hard drives
        • 1. Attach a rail to each side of new hard disk. Ensure that the locking clip faces the rear of the drive. Use two screws for each rail.
        • 2. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 3. Remove the two screws holding the cradle locking bar in place and remove the bar.
        • 4. Lift the drive housing to the vertical position as shown.
        • 5. Slide the new drive into place until it locks.
        • 6. Press the drive housing release button and lower the drive housing back into place.
        • Drive housing release button
          • 7. Connect power and data cables to the new drive.
    • 2.4 Rack mounting
      • 1. Remove the thin, center rail from each sliding rail set.
      • 2. Take the remaining rails and attach the short L sections to them using the two M4L4-H2.4 screws and washers - 4.2L10-0.8.
      • 3. Bolt the assembled rail sets to the rack using M5L8-H3 screws.
      • 4. Remove the top, black panel from the server to reveal the rail mounting screws beneath.
      • 5. Bolt one of the thin, center sliding rails to each side of the server using M4L6-H2.5 screws. Ensure that each rail is bolted on the right way round as shown.
      • 6. Bolt the ears to the front of the server chassis as shown.
      • 7. Lift the server up to the level of the rack and slide it between the rails mounted in the rack.
      • 8. Bolt the ears to the rack using M5L15-H3 screws to secure the server in place.
    • 2.5 Standalone
      • 1. Each foot consists of two pieces. Insert the round piece of the foot into the other foot section. The small plastic tab on the round piece should fit into the curved slot on the other piece.
      • Curved slot
        • 2. Use a single screw through the center of the round section to fasten the foot assembly to the bottom of the chassis. The plas...
        • 3. Fit all four feet in the same way.
    • 2.6 Fitting the front door assembly
      • 1. Release the hinge clip from the top of the hinge section on the door.
      • 2. Insert the top hinge pin into the hole in the server casing. Align the lower hinge pin with the hole in the casing and lower the door into place.
      • 3. Replace the hinge clip on the top hinge pin.
  • Chapter 3: Replacing pre-installed components
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Replacing motherboard components
      • 3.2.1 Disconnecting all motherboard cables
        • IDE socket for CD-ROM PRI-IDE, SEC-IDE
        • SATA ports SATA0, SATA1, SATA2, SATA3
        • Floppy disk drive port FDD
        • USB pin header J30, J31, J95
        • LED front panel pin header J115
        • HDD LED
        • Orange
        • 1
        • 2
        • Blue
        • Green SW
        • 3
        • 4
        • Orange
        • REST
        • Blue
        • 5
        • 6
        • Power on SW
        • 7
        • 8
        • Blue
        • 9
        • 10
        • 11
        • 12
        • 13
        • 14
        • 15
        • 16
        • 17
        • 18
        • JP4
        • JP5
        • LAN1
        • Green
        • 1
        • 1
        • Green
        • LAN2
        • Orange
        • 2
        • 2
        • Orange
        • J119
        • J118
        • KB-LK
        • Orange
        • 1
        • 1
        • SPAC
        • Black
        • 2
        • 2
        • Blue
      • 3.2.2 Replacing the CPU expansion board
        • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 2. Remove the chassis side panel as shown.
        • 3. Remove the power cables from the CPU expansion board.
        • 4. Remove the two countersunk screws from the side of the chassis.
        • 5. Remove the screw that secures the board to the chassis.
        • 6. Lift the CPU expansion board from the chassis.
        • 7. Replace the CPU expansion board as described in “Installing CPU expansion board” on page 18.
      • 3.2.3 Replacing the motherboard
        • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
        • 2. Remove all cables to the motherboard. See Disconnecting all motherboard cables on page 33.
        • 3. Remove the 10 screws as shown securing the motherboard to the chassis as shown, and lift the board free.
    • 3.3 Replacing the slim CD-ROM drive
      • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
      • 2. Remove the power and data cables from the CD-ROM drive.
      • 3. Press the release catch that secures the CD-ROM drive and slide the CD-ROM drive from the front of the chassis.
      • 4. Remove the four screws that secure the CD-ROM drive in the cradle and remove the old unit.
      • 5. Remove the two screws that hold the CD-ROM backplane to the CD-ROM drive, and remove back plane.
      • 6. Secure the backplane to the new CD-ROM drive with two screws.
      • 7. Slide a new CD-ROM unit into the cradle and secure it with four screws.
      • 8. Slide the cradle with the new CD-ROM unit back into place in the chassis. The release catch will click and secure the cradle in place.
      • 9. Replace the data and power cables.
    • 3.4 Replacing the floppy disk drive
      • 1. Loosen the two screws that secure the lower cover to the chassis of the B4881V50S4H. Slide the cover back and remove it to expose the service port for the floppy disk drive.
      • 2. Remove the power and data cables from the floppy disk drive.
      • 3. Loosen the two retaining screws that secures the floppy disk drive in place.
      • 4. Slide the disk drive from the chassis.
      • 5. Slide the new unit into place, secure with the retaining screw and replace the power and data cables.
    • 3.5 Replacing the SATA backplane
      • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
      • 2. Remove all the SATA hot-swap HDD trays from the B4881V50S4H.
      • 3. Remove all cables from the SATA backplane.
      • 4. Remove the two screws holding the cradle locking bar in place and remove the bar.
      • 5. Lift the disk drive cradle to the vertical position as shown. Remove the six screws and lift the backplane from the chassis.
      • 6. Place a new backplane in position and secure in place with six screws.
      • 7. Lower the disk drive cradle into place.
      • 8. Replace the power and data cables.
    • 3.6 Replacing power supplies
      • 1. Unplug the power cable from the faulty power supply.
      • 2. Loosen the retaining screw.
      • 3. While pressing the release catch, pull the faulty power supply from the chassis using the handle.
      • Release catch
        • 4. Push the new power supply into place and secure with the retaining screw.
    • 3.7 Replacing cooling fans
      • 1. Remove the chassis cover. See Removing the chassis cover on page 13.
      • 2. Remove the CPU expansion board as described in “Replacing the CPU expansion board” on page 37
      • 3. Unplug the cooling fan power supply lead from the pin header on the mother board.
      • 4. Remove the four screws that hold the fan to the chassis and remove the fan.
      • 5. Place a new fan in position in the chassis and secure in place with four screws.
      • 6. Plug the fan power supply into the pin header.
      • Appendix
        • 1. See the beep codes section in the motherboard manual
        • 2. See the TYAN Web site for FAQs, bulletins, driver updates and other information: http://www.tyan.com
        • 3. Only contact TYAN after first speaking with your dealer
        • 4. Check the TYAN user group: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.TYAN