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NI RMC-8354

User Manual

NI RMC-8354 User Manual

June 2014
373136C-01

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Page 1: ...NI RMC 8354 User Manual NI RMC 8354 User Manual June 2014 373136C 01...

Page 2: ...email addresses and current events National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 11500 North Mopac Expressway Austin Texas 78759 3504 USA Tel 512 683 0100 For further support information refer to the N...

Page 3: ...ESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE OR NON INFRINGEMENT AND ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM USAGE OF TRADE OR COURSE OF DEALING NI DOES NOT WARRANT GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING TH...

Page 4: ...es independent from National Instruments and have no agency partnership or joint venture relationship with National Instruments Patents For patents covering National Instruments products technology re...

Page 5: ...e encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient the antenna of the receiver the device suffering interference Relocate the transmitter the device gene...

Page 6: ...ures 1 3 Front Panel LEDs 1 3 System Management 1 4 NI RMC 8354 Description 1 4 Optional Equipment 1 5 Memory Upgrades 1 5 USB Floppy Disk Drive 1 5 National Instruments Software 1 5 Chapter 2 Install...

Page 7: ...oot Sector Virus Protection 2 17 Boot Settings 2 17 Boot Device Priority 2 17 Hard Disk Drives 2 17 Removable Drives 2 18 Retry Boot Devices 2 18 Exit Options 2 18 Save Changes and Exit 2 18 Discard C...

Page 8: ...3 4 Ethernet 3 6 MXI Express Connectors 3 7 Chapter 4 Common Configuration Questions General Questions 4 1 Boot Options 4 2 Chassis Configuration 4 2 Upgrade Information 4 3 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting...

Page 9: ...ion that you may find helpful as you read this manual CompactPCI Specification PICMG 2 0 R 3 0 PXI Hardware Specification Revision 2 1 PXI Software Specification Revision 2 1 ANSI IEEE Standard 1014 1...

Page 10: ...e damage to the metal work Check to make sure all hardware and switches are undamaged If damage appears to have been caused during shipment file a claim with the carrier Retain the packing material fo...

Page 11: ...4 offers the performance of a high end PC in a compact 1U rack mountable form factor for controlling a PXI or PXI Express system using a National Instruments remote controller Mainboard Features CPU I...

Page 12: ...roller Onboard I O PS 2 keyboard port PS 2 mouse port Serial port VGA port Two USB 2 0 ports rear Two USB 2 0 ports front Two RJ 45 ports Power Management Features ACPI ACPM power management Main swit...

Page 13: ...tion Figure 1 1 Front View of the NI RMC 8354 The front panel includes the following LEDs Power indicator glows when the NI RMC 8354 is powered on LAN status indicators flash when there is activity on...

Page 14: ...leading hardware drivers such as NI DAQmx to provide exceptional control of NI hardware Instrument drivers are available at ni com idnet to simplify communication with instruments over a variety of bu...

Page 15: ...for testing the functionality of each instrument with no programming required NI switches DMMs high speed DIO high speed digitizers and sources each have customized drivers for high end modular instr...

Page 16: ...his equipment to minimize shock hazards Refer to the Connecting Safety Ground section for instructions on connecting safety ground Live Circuits Operating personnel and service personnel must not remo...

Page 17: ...n the rear of the chassis Installation Follow these steps to connect devices to the NI RMC 8354 Caution Because of the risk of high energy 240VA the unit must be installed only in a Restricted Access...

Page 18: ...the chassis or place it in standby mode Push the power switch to the On position if not already on Observe that all fans become operational and the power indicator is lit BIOS Setup This section desc...

Page 19: ...Boot Feature This menu includes the following options Quick Boot If enabled this option skips certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for system boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Q...

Page 20: ...rrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When you set this item to Enabled the host adaptors ROM BIOS captures interrupt 19 at boot and allows the drives attached to thes...

Page 21: ...mputer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If you change to this setting you must power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Refer to www intel com technology virtualization...

Page 22: ...ote information The options are Disabled and Enabled C3 Auto Demotion When enabled the CPU conditionally demotes C6 or C7 requests to C3 based on un core auto demote information The options are Disabl...

Page 23: ...elect the type of floppy drive connected to the system The options are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 SATA 1 Configuration Selecting Compatible sets SA...

Page 24: ...can transfer to and from the device one sector at a time If you select Auto data can transfer to and from the device multiple sectors at a time if the device supports this transfer method The options...

Page 25: ...UDMA2 the BIOS uses ultra DMA mode 2 The data transfer rate is 33 3 Mbytes s If you select UDMA3 the BIOS uses ultra DMA mode 3 The data transfer rate is 66 6 Mbytes s If you select UDMA4 the BIOS use...

Page 26: ...s the setting for the IOH PCI Express maximum payload size The options are 128B and 256B ROM Scan Ordering This option determines what kind of option ROM activates over another The options are Onboard...

Page 27: ...enable the Remote Access feature The options are Disabled and Enabled If you set Remote Access to Enabled the following items display Serial Port Number Use this option to select the serial port for...

Page 28: ...e CPU overheat alarm including the LED and buzzer as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold that the CPU manufacturer predefines Default Alarm Select this setting to trigger th...

Page 29: ...uzzer and Overheat LED has activated take action immediately by checking the system fans chassis ventilation and room temperature to correct any problems Note The system may shut down if it continues...

Page 30: ...an speed readings from fan interfaces Fan1 through Fan5 The options are Vcore AVCC 3 3Vcc 12V V_DIMM 5V 12V 3 3Vsb and Vbat ACPI Configuration Use this menu to configure Advanced Configuration and Pow...

Page 31: ...log memory of all messages The options are OK and Cancel PCIE Error Log Use this option to enable logging of errors encountered in the system PCI Express bus The options are Yes and No Security Setti...

Page 32: ...lable options are Setup and Always Boot Sector Virus Protection When enabled the AMI BOIS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a disk format command or attempts to write to the hard dis...

Page 33: ...he BIOS Setup Utility without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes Select...

Page 34: ...ne pair of inner slides to be installed on the chassis One pair of outer slides to be installed in the rack Three pairs of short brackets for the outer slides Bag of assorted fasteners One pair of lon...

Page 35: ...cing the chassis front panel 2 Align the four square holes on the right inner slide against the hooks on the right side of the chassis as shown in Figure 2 1 3 Securely attach the slide to the chassis...

Page 36: ...rom the front rail of the rack to the rear rail of the rack 2 Attach a long bracket to the rear of the right outer slide as shown in Figure 2 2 3 Adjust the outer slide assembly to the proper distance...

Page 37: ...up Installing the Outer Slide Assemblies in the Rack Use the M5 screws and washers to secure the slide assemblies to the rack as shown in Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 Installing Slide Assemblies into Rack 1...

Page 38: ...these steps to install the chassis in the rack 1 Push the inner slides attached to the chassis into the grooves of the outer slide assemblies installed in the rack as shown in Figure 2 4 Figure 2 4 In...

Page 39: ...2 24 ni com Chapter 2 Installation and BIOS Setup 2 Push the chassis all the way to the back of the outer slide assemblies as shown in Figure 2 5 Figure 2 5 Installing Chassis Into Rack...

Page 40: ...ips with an OS recovery CD DVD you can use to reinstall your operating system onto your hard drive If you need to reinstall your operating system you can use the included OS recovery CD DVD Boot the N...

Page 41: ...pecially through the top vents Do not wash the front or rear panel connectors or switches Cover these components while cleaning the chassis Do not use harsh chemical cleaning agents they may damage th...

Page 42: ...eripherals Overview Peripheral External Connector Description Keyboard PS 2 5 pin Din PS 2 style keyboard Mouse PS 2 5 pin Din PS 2 style mouse USB USB 4 pin Series A stacked receptacle USB 2 0 capabl...

Page 43: ...rs on the NI RMC 8354 Table 3 2 lists and describes the PS 2 connector signals Figure 3 2 PS 2 Connector Location and Pinout 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 3 USB Ports 4 Serial Port...

Page 44: ...us USB connectors on the NI RMC 8354 Table 3 3 lists and describes the USB connector signals AMP manufactures a USB mating connector part number 787633 Figure 3 3 USB Connector Location and Pinout Tab...

Page 45: ...A Figure 3 5 shows the location and pinouts for the VGA connector on the NI RMC 8354 Table 3 5 lists and describes the VGA connector signals AMP manufactures a mating connector with part numbers 74836...

Page 46: ...5 VGA Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 R Red 2 G Green 3 B Blue 4 NC Not Connected 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 9 5V 5 V 10 GND Ground 11 NC Not Connected...

Page 47: ...P manufactures a mating connector part number 554739 1 Figure 3 6 Ethernet Connector Location and Pinout Table 3 6 Ethernet Connector Signals Pin Signal Name Signal Description 1 D0P Differential Pair...

Page 48: ...y 188 PCI buses by default For large multichassis systems requiring more than 188 PCI buses use the NI MXI Express BIOS compatibility software to work around this limitation on Windows At this time th...

Page 49: ...e memory hard drive time date and so on You can view these parameters in the BIOS setup To enter the BIOS setup reboot the NI RMC 8354 and press Delete during the memory tests Refer to the BIOS Setup...

Page 50: ...limitations when booting from a USB device Windows XP can be installed from a USB CD ROM but earlier versions of Windows cannot The NI RMC 8354 BIOS configures the USB devices so that they will work...

Page 51: ...e pxisys ini file from the chassis ini file Device drivers and other utility software read the pxisys ini file to obtain system information For detailed information about initialization files refer to...

Page 52: ...hat has changed about the system Did you recently move the system Was there electrical storm activity Did you recently add a new module memory chip or piece of software Has the system overheated If th...

Page 53: ...different monitor preferably a newer and larger one My system boots fine as long as a particular module is not in my chassis The most common cause of this is a damaged module Try the module in a diff...

Page 54: ...power disconnect Depressing the front panel power switch enables or inhibits the internal power supply Power Requirements Measured peak inrush power ON 197 W Measured idle 92 W Measured active 100 CPU...

Page 55: ...n one two or four drive configurations for maximum capacity of 2 TB maximum usable capacity shown by Windows in RAID 5 is 1 36 TB Interface Serial ATA Memory Standard memory 1 2 1 GB 128 M 72 bit DDR...

Page 56: ...erational storage 5 to 95 noncondensing Operating location Indoor use Altitude 2 000 m Installation Category II Pollution Degree 2 Acoustic Emissions1 Sound pressure level at operator position Minimum...

Page 57: ...ective safety 2004 108 EC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive EMC Online Product Certification Refer to the product Declaration of Conformity DoC for additional regulatory compliance information T...

Page 58: ...is replaced by an incorrect type Dispose of used batteries according to instructions Battery Directive This device contains a long life coin cell battery If you need to replace it use the Return Mate...

Page 59: ...ution Hazardous Voltage Area No user operator serviceable parts are inside the NI RMC 8354 The hardware configuration and upgrade procedures described in this appendix must be performed only by a qual...

Page 60: ...4 1 2 ENABLE 2 3 DISABLE JPL3 LAN3 LED UID 2 3 Disable 1 2 Enable JPB JPT1 1 2 Enable 2 3 Disable DOM PWR JWOL I SATA5 I SATA4 UID DIMM2A DIMM2B DIMM2C DIMM1B DIMM1A SW1 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 Chassis Intrusio...

Page 61: ...Enable JPB JPT1 1 2 Enable 2 3 Disable DOM PWR JWOL I SATA5 I SATA4 UID DIMM2A DIMM2B DIMM2C DIMM1B DIMM1A SW1 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 Chassis Intrusion Wake on Lan Wake on Ring CMOS CLEAR USB2 3 1 2 ENABLE 2...

Page 62: ...ctory Test Jumper JPT1 Use the JPT1 jumper to enable or disable the factory test The default setting is enabled Figure B 4 Enable Disable Factory Test Jumper JPT1 Clear CMOS Jumper JBT1 Caution Always...

Page 63: ...r JPB Use the JPB jumper to enable or disable the Baseboard Management Control BMC chip and onboard IPMI connection Use this jumper together with the IPMI settings in the BIOS The default setting is e...

Page 64: ...LED3 2 3 DISABLE 1 2 ENABLE JPL4 LAN4 1 2 ENABLE 2 3 DISABLE JPL3 LAN3 LED UID 2 3 Disable 1 2 Enable JPB JPT1 1 2 Enable 2 3 Disable DOM PWR JWOL I SATA5 I SATA4 UID DIMM2A DIMM2B DIMM2C DIMM1B DIMM1...

Page 65: ...rd Notice the following when connecting the floppy cable The floppy cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the pin 1 location A single floppy ribbon cable has 34 wires...

Page 66: ...on 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor enable 11 GND 12 Drive select B 13 GND 14 Drive select B 15 GND 16 Motor enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Wr...

Page 67: ...eed control setting in the BIOS allows the BIOS to set fan speeds automatically based on the system temperature The default setting is disabled which allows the onboard fans to run at full speed Note...

Page 68: ...pins for various buttons and indicators on the control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with this chassis Figure B 15 Front Panel Connector JF1 Tab...

Page 69: ...Power fail LED ground 7 UID LED Vcc blue UID LED 8 OH Fan Fail LED OH fan fail LED 9 LED_Anode NIC2 LED Vcc 10 NIC2 LED NIC2 LED ground 11 LED_Anode NIC1 LED Vcc 12 NIC1 LED NIC1 LED ground 13 LED_Ano...

Page 70: ...e Wake On LAN header on the motherboard You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Figure B 18 Wake On LAN Header JWOL 5 Load 6 GND 7 Clock 8 NC Table B 7...

Page 71: ...t USB Connectors USB 2 3 and USB 10 11 Wake On Ring Header JWOR JWOR is the Wake On Ring header Wake On Ring allows your computer to wake up when receiving an incoming call to the modem when in the su...

Page 72: ...e mainboard includes six 240 pin ECC DDR III SDRAM slots with maximum memory size of 16 GB Figure B 23 shows the DIMM location on the main board Slot 1 channel B is on the top slot 3 channel A is on t...

Page 73: ...2A DIMM2B DIMM2C DIMM1B DIMM1A SW1 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 Chassis Intrusion Wake on Lan Wake on Ring CMOS CLEAR USB2 3 1 2 ENABLE 2 3 DISABLE JPL2 LAN2 JPL1 LAN1 2 3 DISABLE 1 2 ENABLE JPB BMC JPI2C PWR I2C JS...

Page 74: ...stem devices the amount of memory that remains for operational use is reduced when you use 4 GB of RAM The reduction in memory availability is disproportional For Microsoft Windows users Microsoft imp...

Page 75: ...y System Device Size Physical Memory Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware hub flash memory system BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 KB 4 KB...

Page 76: ...slot Insert the module vertically into the slot and push it in until the pins are fully inserted as shown below 4 When the module is fully inserted the plastic clip at each side of the slot automatic...

Page 77: ...1 2 Enable JPB JPT1 1 2 Enable 2 3 Disable DOM PWR JWOL I SATA5 I SATA4 UID DIMM2A DIMM2B DIMM2C DIMM1B DIMM1A SW1 SAS4 7 SAS0 3 Chassis Intrusion Wake on Lan Wake on Ring CMOS CLEAR USB2 3 1 2 ENABL...

Page 78: ...s Each Serial ATA connector can connect to one hard disk Figure B 25 shows the I SATA0 I SATA5 connector Figure B 25 I SATA0 I SATA5 Connector Hard Disk Installation Caution Before removing or install...

Page 79: ...27 Figure B 27 Removing Dummy Tray 4 Slide a hard disk drive into the SCA drive tray Secure the drive to the tray with three screws on each side of the tray as shown in Figure B 28 Figure B 28 Slidin...

Page 80: ...I Express expansion card 3 Remove the PCI slot filler bracket from the chassis 4 Insert the PCI Express expansion card into the PCI Express slot on the riser card bracket 5 Align the riser card bracke...

Page 81: ...stRAID Configurations The following types of Intel HostRAID configurations are supported RAID0 Data Striping RAID0 writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections between two hard drives RAID0 do...

Page 82: ...ystem is rebooting press Ctrl and I simultaneously to enter the Intel HostRAID utility Creating a RAID0 Volume Follow these steps to create a RAID0 volume 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main men...

Page 83: ...ollow these steps to create a RAID10 RAID1 RAID0 volume 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press Enter The Create Volume Menu screen appears 2 Specify a name for the RAID10 set and pre...

Page 84: ...when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 8 Press Enter when Create Volume is highlighted A warning message displays indicating that all data on the se...

Page 85: ...olume Y N prompt press Y to create the RAID volume or N to return to the Create Volume menu without making changes Deleting a RAID Volume Caution Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID se...

Page 86: ...ecovery disk is available its RAID volume recovery support is enabled and the master disk is disabled 4 To boot from the master disk that contains the original data sources only select Enable Only Mas...

Page 87: ...you identify your systems accuracy and reliability requirements and provides warranty sparing and calibration services to help you maintain accuracy and minimize downtime over the life of your system...

Page 88: ...tions Engineers make sure every question submitted online receives an answer Software Support Service Membership The Standard Service Program SSP is a renewable one year subscription included with alm...

Page 89: ...nt A A Amperes A D Analog to digital Most often used as A D converter AC Alternating Current ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface ANSI American National Standards Institute API A...

Page 90: ...PC or compatible computer BIOS functions embody the basic operations needed for successful use of the computer s hardware resources C C Celsius CAS Column Address Strobe CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide...

Page 91: ...t intervals E ECC Error Correcting Code EDO RAM Extended Data Output RAM A type of random access memory RAM chip that improves the time to read from memory on faster microprocessors such as the Intel...

Page 92: ...lly the 16 bit AT bus K KB Kilobytes of memory L LAN Local Area Network Communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area It is made up of servers workstations a network ope...

Page 93: ...rm Event Filter PIO Programmed Input Output POSC Power On Self Configuration POST Power On Self Test PXI PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation An open implementation of CompactPCI that adds electrical fe...

Page 94: ...Detect EEPROM SRAM Static RAM A memory chip that requires power to hold its content It does not require refresh circuitry as a dynamic RAM chip but it does take up more space and uses more power U UDM...

Page 95: ...NI RMC 8354 User Manual National Instruments G 7 W W Watts WDT Watchdog Timer...

Page 96: ...setup option 2 6 Block Multi Sector Transfer BIOS setup option 2 9 BMC jumper JPB settings B 5 Boot Device Priority BIOS setup option 2 17 Boot Feature BIOS setup menu 2 4 Boot Graphics Adapter Prior...

Page 97: ...support B 16 removing B 18 DIMM location figure B 15 Discard Changes and Exit BIOS setup option 2 18 Discard Changes BIOS setup option 2 18 DMA Mode BIOS setup option 2 9 documentation related documen...

Page 98: ...B 20 installing NI RMC 8354 2 1 Intel C State Tech BIOS setup option 2 7 Intel EIST Technology BIOS setup option 2 6 Intel HostRAID configurations C 1 Intel Matrix Storage Manager utility exiting C 6...

Page 99: ...odular instruments 1 6 MPS and ACPI MADT Ordering BIOS setup option 2 6 N National Instruments software 1 5 NI RMC 8354 BIOS setup 2 3 boot options 4 2 chassis configuration 4 2 chassis cooling consid...

Page 100: ...ng B 22 PCI Express slot B 14 PCI Express Slot pinout figure B 14 PCI IDE Bus Master BIOS setup option 2 11 PCI Latency Timer BIOS setup option 2 11 PCI Slot 1 PCIe Slot 2 6 OPROM BIOS setup option 2...

Page 101: ...8 SATA 2 Configuration BIOS setup option 2 8 Save Changes and Exit BIOS setup option 2 18 security settings 2 16 serial connector 3 4 connector locations and pinout figure 3 4 connector signals table...

Page 102: ...grading memory B 14 installing DDR modules B 18 memory population guidelines B 16 memory support B 16 removing DDR modules B 18 USB floppy disk drive 1 5 USB Functions BIOS setup option 2 8 USB wakeup...

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