This section provides basic stipulations regarding the replacement of certain hardware components in Supermicro 2015S nodes.
For detailed hardware component replacement instructions, navigate to the Storage A+ Server ASG-2015S-E1CR24L in the Supermicro documentation, click Resources & Downloads, and then scroll down to the User’s Manuals section.
- We strongly recommend engaging an on-site engineer to replace failed hardware components including but not limited to any procedure that:
- This guide doesn't cover
- You haven't received training on
- Requires precautions to avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge (ESD) by using industry standard anti-static equipment (such as gloves or wrist straps)
- We don’t recommend updating firmware on Qumulo-certified hardware nodes unless the equipment manufacturer or a member of the Qumulo Care team advises you to do so. For questions about this process, contact the Qumulo Care team.
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Motherboard: Before you replace the motherboard, you must request a new Data Center Management Suite (DCMS) license key from Supermicro.
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NIC: Qumulo Core doesn’t require a minimum firmware version for a NIC. We recommend updating the firmware on a replacement NIC by following the recommendations in the Supermicro documentation.
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HDD, NVMe, and Boot Drives: For more information, see Drive Bay Mapping and To Initialize a Replacement M.2 Boot Drive.
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DIMMs: To identify which DIMM failed, you must use the baseboard management controller (BMC) on the node or another hardware monitoring solution.
To Initialize a Replacement M.2 Boot Drive
After you replace the boot drive, you must initialize the replacement boot drive by using the Qumulo Core Installer.
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To get the correct version of the Qumulo Core Installer for the node in your cluster, contact the Qumulo Care team.
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Power on your node, enter the boot menu, and select your USB drive.
The Qumulo Core Installer begins to run automatically.
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When prompted, take the following steps:
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Select
[x] Perform maintenance. -
Select
[1] Boot drive reset.
The Qumulo Core Installer initializes the boot drive.
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After the process is complete reboot your node.
Your node rejoins the cluster automatically.