I purchased a H2312JFJR Four Node server and today tried to get it working but cant get it booting to the BIOS and cant even get a display of any kind. I am not really used to Intel servers or multi node servers, but am well versed in Dell and HP, so maybe doing something completely wrong.
Basically I have put in the CPU's, RAM, one HDD, plugged in the VGA cable and keyboard into the Node and that's it. However when I power on the server the fans whirl and it sounds like it is on but nothing is displayed. After about 10 seconds there are a series of beeps, maybe 10 or so in total. I have looked at the beep error codes but really cant work out what the beeps I am getting signify. At the front the warning indicator flashes yellow. The server continues to make all the right noises and the fan will whirl until I then pull out the power lead. I am trying this in Node 3 (I mistakenly thought this was Node 1 originally but didn't think it should matter).
I am trying this with dual E5-2660v2 CPU's. I have tried a few different sorts of RAM but with no success. I have tried one CPU with no success. Are Intel servers picky about RAM? Do all dims need to be populated (tried all dims populated but just wondered for when trying to eliminate things) What else could I be doing wrong?