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boot-file root=/dev/ram

”(*2) in console command prompt and press enter, then

reboot. The reboot command is “

> reboot

”.

*2 When the host OS is Windows, enter “> setenv boot-file root=/dev/ram

ramdisk=131072”.

See “Appendix D – Common Console Commands”

“

E3407 : Load failed

” message

Failed to read boot image. Confirm

TFTP

server settings and firewall

settings.

See “4.2 Disable services”

See “4.8

TFTP

service settings”

“

Root-NFS : Server returned error

” message

Error occurred during NFS mount. Check the NFS server error log

（

/var/log/message

）

“

kernel panic – not syncing : No init fount

” message

GigaAccel 180 disk image is incorrect. Confirm the directory structure at

NFS mount path.

“

mount: Mounting /cifs/ga180root-cifs.ext3.xxx. xxx. xxx. xxx on /sysroot failed:

No such file or directory

” message appear, and reboot over again.

Confirm the configuration of tftpd32 Additional Option.

Confirm that the shared folder name is correct.
Confirm that user account or password is correct.

See “5.8

TFTP

service settings”

Freezes while displaying the message “

Mounting CIFS filesystem ...

”

Confirm the configuration of tftpd32 Additional Option.

Confirm that host IP address is correct.

See “5.8

TFTP

service settings”

Summary of Contents for GigaAccel 180

Page 2: ...0 User s Manual describes how to set up configure and start up the GigaAccel 180 Included accessories Please confirm that the following items are included in the package 1 GigaAccel 180 2 Serial cable...

Page 3: ...ice settings 10 4 7 DHCP service settings 10 4 8 TFTP service settings 10 4 9 Restart GigaAccel 180 11 4 10 Installation of Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux 11 4 11 Start up GigaAccel 180 12 4 12 Network i...

Page 4: ...Appendix A Installing GigaAccel 180 Fedora7 34 A 1 Preparations 34 A 2 Host settings 34 A 3 Network settings 35 A 4 Installation of necessary services 35 A 5 Prepare disk image 35 A 6 NFS service sett...

Page 5: ...o put the vastly superior floating point calculation capabilities of PowerXCell 8i on a standard workstation Since this accelerator board does not have a hard disk drive it network boots by obtaining...

Page 6: ...n All rights reserved 2 Names of Each Parts 2 1 Interfaces Main interfaces are as follows 1 x16 PCI Express Connector to host machine eth1 eth0 x16 PCI Express Power port Serial Port eth1 eth0 x16 PCI...

Page 7: ...etwork booting and hard disk mounting 3 Power port Connector for AUX 12V 8 pin This board is also compatible with 2x3 power connectors please use the pins outlined in blue when using a 2x3 connector e...

Page 8: ...These LEDs indicate the current status of GigaAccel 180 1 eth1 activity light Turns on or flashes when there is activity 2 eth2 link light Turns on when cable is connected 3 eth0 activity light Turns...

Page 9: ...Ethernet crossover cable If possible please work by using Static electricity prevention wristband SANWA SUPPLY TK SE6 etc to prevent damage due to static electricity when connecting GigaAccel 180 3 2...

Page 10: ...and the slot cover below it 3 Insert GigaAccel 180 into the empty x16 PCI Express slot x16 PCI Express slot Note PCI express connectors must be handled with care If the connector is not installed firm...

Page 11: ...conversion cable please connect it to the usb port on the host machine Serial Connector 9pin 6 Connect the Ethernet cable crossover to the eth0 port of GigaAccel 180 The port will be used for network...

Page 12: ...ote Ensure that the kernel version of the host machine is the latest version This is necessary for the PCI Express driver 4 1 Preparations Prepare the following items for this section y Yellow Dog Ent...

Page 13: ...rise Linux for GigaAccel 180 into the host machine Create the installer directory and mount the DVD drive to the installer directory mount dev cdrom mnt o ro mkdir p nfsroot ydlinstaller mount mnt iso...

Page 14: ...conf setting value ddns update style ad hoc subnet 192 168 2 0 netmask 255 255 255 0 host ga180 hardware ethernet 01 23 45 67 89 A0 GigaAccel 180 eth0 MAC address fixed address 192 168 2 11 IP addres...

Page 15: ...el 180 is running will display the command prompt When you configure the host machine GigaAccel 180 may fail to boot In this case press Enter key and then the commad prompt is displayed Set the enviro...

Page 16: ...window Then you can login as follows Login name root Password Password entered during installation process To login GigaAccel 180 and to operate we recommend ssh login described in the following 2 SSH...

Page 17: ...base name Yellow Dog Linux 6 Base baseurl http USERNAME PASSWORD www ydl net cell yum 6 0 base enabled 1 gpgcheck 0 gpgkey file etc pki rpm gpg RPM GPG KEY vi etc yum repos d yellowdog extras repo ex...

Page 18: ...the proxy server add the following vi etc wgetrc http_proxy http PROXY Server Address Port Number proxy_user username for proxy server proxy_passwd password for proxy server After the configuration is...

Page 19: ...Mount the installer DVD and the installer image on the host mount dev cdrom mnt o ro mount mnt iso ydel X X X cell iso nfsroot media DVD o loop The following actions will be performed on the GigaAcce...

Page 20: ...GigaAccel 180 umount media DVD The following actions will be performed on the host Comment out or delete the one line added to NFS service configuration file vi etc exports setting value nfsroot media...

Page 21: ...in GigaAccel 180 Install DVD WindowsSupport CIFS y IP addresses for connecting to the external network Follow the instructions below to connect eth1 port to the external network IP address must be av...

Page 22: ...el Network and Internet Connections Network Connections Local Area Connection will be used for the external network connection assigned IP address by DHCP server and Local Area Connection 2 will be us...

Page 24: ...ck box for Local Area Connection 2 5 5 Create boot file and file system Perform creating CIFS boot file and file system for CIFS of GigaAccel 180 Insert GigaAccel 180 Install DVD in the host machine C...

Page 25: ...onfiguration of Folder Sharing Perform sharing the folder c CIFS which you created and put the file system in it Here is how to configure file sharing 1 Right click CIFS folder 2 Select Share 3 Then o...

Page 26: ...opyright Fixstars Corporation All rights reserved 4 Then opened Advaced Sharing window Select Share this folder and then click Permissions button 5 Then opened Permissions for CIFS window Click Add bu...

Page 27: ...Fixstars Corporation All rights reserved 6 Type root in the object names to select and then click OK button 7 Select root user and check the Full Control box You are recommended to delete Everyone use...

Page 28: ...and install tftpd32 along the install guide You can install by the following command tftpd32_svc install The service name is Tftpd32 service edition After complete installation start tftpd32 service O...

Page 29: ...then configure as follows After configuration click Save button and save the settings Parameter Value IP pool starting address 192 168 2 11 Size of pool 1 Boot File ga180 cifsroot X X XX X ydl X img W...

Page 30: ...ings 5 10 Start up Terminal Software After install a shortcut icon will be created Double click it and run teraterm First setup the serial port In New Connection window select Serial Port COM1 and the...

Page 31: ...click Tftpd32 service edition select Properties In Startup type select Manual from the drop down menu to prevent from starting up automatically with starting up the host machine And reboot the host ma...

Page 32: ...l net cell yum 6 0 base enabled 1 gpgcheck 0 gpgkey file etc pki rpm gpg RPM GPG KEY vi etc yum repos d yellowdog extras repo extras name Yellow Dog Linux 6 Extras baseurl http USERNAME PASSWORD www y...

Page 33: ...the proxy server add the following vi etc wgetrc http_proxy http PROXY Server Address Port Number proxy_user username for proxy server proxy_passwd password for proxy server After the configuration is...

Page 34: ...so media DVD o loop Create the yum repo file vi etc yum repos d yellowdog dvd repo dvd name Yellow Dog Linux DVD baseurl file media DVD enable 1 gpgcheck 0 gpgkey file etc pki rpm gpg RPM GPG KEY Disa...

Page 35: ...n All rights reserved 6 Upgrading YDEL About upgrading YDEL please refer to URL http us fixstars com support solutions ydel_6 x upgrade_6_0_to_6_1 shtml Note If you use Windows enviroment you can not...

Page 36: ...x html You must have the GigaAccel180 support site account in order to access the web site The account information should be sent separately y PCI Express driver source RPM triblade kmod 2 6 28 1 ydl...

Page 37: ...and 192 168 1 2 for GigaAccel 180 vi etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg apnet0 Restart the driver if the IP address was changed service pxcab restart 7 4 Stop PCI Express driver Stop the PCI Express...

Page 38: ...for this section Download the following files from ftp linuxpatch ncsa uiuc edu pxcab Fedora7 ppc64 y GigaAccel 180 kernel boot image zImage file zImage X X XX X YYYYMMDD pxcab img Please use the lat...

Page 39: ...ary services Install necessary services which are dhcp nfs utils rpcbind xinetd and tftp server Also enable these services to start automatically upon start up yum install dhcp nfs utils rpcbind xinet...

Page 40: ...ded beforehand to tftpboot folder ls tftpboot zImage X X XX X YYYYMMDD pxcab img A 8 DHCP service settings Edit the DHCP configuration file as follows cp usr share doc dhcp dhcpd conf sample etc dhcpd...

Page 41: ...setting value DHCPDARGS eth0 Restart the DHCP service after editing the configuration file service dhcpd restart A 9 TFTP service settings Edit the xinetd configuration file as below so that TFTP serv...

Page 42: ...gin into GigaAccel 180 through such methods as terminal software Login IP address 192 168 2 11 Login name password root passw0rd passw0rd contains a 0 zero Also the current GigaAccel 180 status can al...

Page 43: ...ll 8i Processor Processor count 1 Core clock 2 8GHz PPU core count 1 SPU core count 8 Memory interface clock 800MHz Main memory Memory PC800 DDR2 SDRAM Volume 4GB Channel count 2 Data path 16 bytes ch...

Page 44: ...40 Copyright Fixstars Corporation All rights reserved Operating environment GigaAccel 180 operating environment is as below Temperature 10 40 C Humidity 5 95 Non condensing Altitude 400 3000 m...

Page 45: ...etup A Serial Device dev ttyS0 F Hardware Flow Control No Do not change other parameters Modem and dialing parameter setup A Init string space B Reset string space C Dialing prefix 1 space D Dialing s...

Page 46: ...command prompt The following describes the common commands Command Description boot Start from the reading of boot image reset all or reboot Restart from the open firmware boot version Display open fi...

Page 47: ...aAccel 180 eth0 are both connected with an Ethernet crossover cable See 3 2 Directions of connection Confirm that DHCP server TFTP server NFS server and other services are running See 4 5 Installation...

Page 48: ...from net Bootloader 1 6 See 3 2 Directions of connection Freezes during the countdown after the Press CTRL A Z for help on special keys message Confirm that DHCP service is running See 4 5 Installatio...

Page 49: ...g NFS mount Check the NFS server error log var log message kernel panic not syncing No init fount message GigaAccel 180 disk image is incorrect Confirm the directory structure at NFS mount path mount...

Page 50: ...d party intellectual properties or other rights incurred by the use of this document or device x If the product featured in this document is considered to be restricted cargo or technology under Forei...

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