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Configuring Your Server 4-43

Setting Hot Spare

Install a hard disk drive

Run LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility

Set for hot spare.

Exit LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility

Install a hard disk drive to be used as hot spare, and then turn on the server.

Run LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility.

Select "Objects"

→

"Physical Drive" from the TOP menu.

The "Objects - PHYSICAL DRIVE SELECTION MENU" screen appears.

Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be used as hot spare and press

Enter

The "Channel X, Target X" screen appears. Select "Make HotSpare."

A confirmation screen appears. Select "Yes."

The hard disk drive indication is changed to "HOTSP."

Summary of Contents for Express5800 120Li

Page 1: ...N8100 1239F 1240F 1325F 1326F 1298F NEC Express5800 120Li User s Guide 2nd Edition 12 2006 856 124032 101 01 ONL 4152cN 120Li 100 99 0612 ...

Page 2: ... Statement accompanying each product However actual performance of each such product is dependent upon factors such as system configuration customer data and operator control Since implementation by customers of each product may vary the suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warranted by NEC To allow for design and specificati...

Page 3: ...g burns or property damage if the instruction is ignored Precautions and notices against hazards are presented with one of the following three symbols The individual symbols are defined as follows This symbol indicates the presence of a hazard if the instruction is ignored An image in the symbol illustrates the hazard type Attention This symbol indicates prohibited actions An image in the symbol i...

Page 4: ...ing that cannot be specifically identified Indicates that improper use may cause loss of eyesight due to laser beam Prohibited Actions Indicates a general prohibited action that cannot be specifically identified Do not disassemble repair or modify the server Otherwise an electric shock or fire may be caused Mandatory Action Unplug the power cord of the server Otherwise an electric shock or fire ma...

Page 5: ...ause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense CE Statement Warning This is a Class A product In domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate meas...

Page 6: ...ws Server 2003 stands for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition operating system or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition operating system Windows XP x64 Edition stands for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system ...

Page 7: ...hase of this server is your assurance of receiving state of the art high quality hardware to meet your needs both now and in the future Read this User s Guide thoroughly to fully understand handling of the NEC Express server and appreciate its functions to the maximum extent ...

Page 8: ...nstructions for running the BIOS SETUP Utility and the RAID configuration utility which is used to configure RAID drives in your system This chapter also provides information on mother board jumper settings Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup describes how to install the operating system Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities describes how to install the utilities for th...

Page 9: ...press Setup Using the Express Setup tool is recommended for installing Windows Server 2003 See Chapter 5 for details Appendix F Product Configuration Record Table provides a table to be filled with your server configuration Text Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual For safety symbols see SAFETY INDICATIONS provided earlier IMPORTANT Items that are mandatory or requ...

Page 10: ...l and Consumables 1 10 User Support 1 11 Chapter 2 General Description 2 1 Overview 2 2 System Chassis 2 3 Front View 2 3 Front View Door Opened 2 4 Rear View 2 6 Internal View 2 8 Mother Board 2 9 Standard Features 2 11 System Functions 2 12 Degradation Feature 2 12 Remote Power On Feature Wake On LAN 2 12 AC LINK Feature 2 12 Security 2 13 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 2 14 NEC ESMPRO 2 15 Off line Mainten...

Page 11: ...4 Menu Tree 4 36 Operating Procedures for Setup Utility 4 37 Add in Card s BIOS 4 47 Configuring Mother Board Jumpers 4 48 Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5 1 About Express Setup 5 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 5 3 Installation Notice 5 3 The Flow of Setup 5 8 Installing and Setting Device Drivers 5 14 Available switch options for Windows Server 2003 Boot ini file 5 ...

Page 12: ...eaning 7 2 Cleaning the Server 7 3 Cleaning the Interior 7 4 Cleaning the Keyboard Mouse 7 5 Cleaning Disc 7 6 System Diagnostics 7 7 Test Items 7 7 Startup and Exit of System Diagnostics 7 8 Relocating Storing The Server 7 11 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 8 1 System Viewers 8 2 Lamps 8 3 LAN ACCESS Lamp 8 3 STATUS Lamp 8 3 POWER SLEEP Lamp 8 5 DISK ACCESS Lamp 8 5 Access Lamps 8 5 Hard Disk Drive Lam...

Page 13: ... Saving the Dump File 8 29 Off line Maintenance Utility 8 30 Starting the Off line Maintenance Utility 8 30 Features of Off line Maintenance Utility 8 31 Resetting the Server 8 32 Forced Shutdown 8 33 Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server 9 1 Safety Notes 9 2 Static Precautions 9 3 Confirmation after Installation Removal 9 4 Preparing for Installation and Removal 9 5 Device Installation or Removal Proce...

Page 14: ...D CD ROM B 4 Tape Media B 4 Keyboard B 5 Mouse B 6 Appendix C IRQ and I O Port Address C 1 Appendix D Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions D 1 Before Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions D 1 Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER D 1 Installing Service Pack D 2 Updating System D 2 Re installing to the Hard Disk Drive which has been Upgraded to Dynamic Disk D 2 Manual Installa...

Page 15: ...ng to the Hard Disk Drive which has been Upgraded to Dynamic Disk E 2 Manual Installation when N8103 80F 81F Keeps Connection E 2 Mounting MO Device E 2 About Removable Media E 2 Application of Service Pack E 2 Creating Partition Size E 3 Installing Windows Server 2003 E 4 Creating Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER E 4 Windows Server 2003 Clean Installation E 6 Reinstallation to ...

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Page 17: ...Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server This chapter includes information necessary for proper and safe operation of your server ...

Page 18: ...anger or their vicinity in your server to inform the user that a hazardous situation may arise when operating the server Do not take off any label or soil it If you find any label unattached almost peeled off or soiled making the warning illegible contact your sales agent Attached to the internal component ...

Page 19: ...server has been used in the above conditions Do not use the server if any smoke odor or noise is present If smoke odor or noise is present immediately turn off the power and disconnect the power plug from the outlet then contact your sales agent Using the server in such conditions may cause a fire Keep needles or metal objects away from the server Do not insert needles or metal objects into ventil...

Page 20: ...des of the halfway inserted plug increasing the possibility of fire Use the authorized power cord only Use only the power cord that comes with your server Use of an unauthorized power cord may cause a fire when the electric current exceeds the rated flow Also observe the following to prevent an electric shock or fire caused by a damaged cord Do not stretch the cord harness Do not pinch the power c...

Page 21: ...ect any interface cable with the power cord of the server plugged to a power source Make sure to power off the server and unplug the power cord from a power outlet before installing removing any optional internal device or connecting disconnecting any interface cable to from the server If the server is off powered but its power cord is plugged to a power source touching an internal device cable or...

Page 22: ...devices Touching any internal device of the server with its power cord connected to a power source may cause an electric shock even of the server is off powered Disconnect the power plug from the outlet occasionally and clean the plug with a dry cloth Heat will be generated if condensation is formed on a dusty plug which may cause a fire CAUTION Avoid installation in extreme temperature conditions...

Page 23: ...is approaching If it starts thundering before you disconnect the power plug do not touch any part of the server including the cables Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Keep animals away from the server Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Do not place any object on top of the server The server may fall and cause property damage to t...

Page 24: ...efore relocating the server Clean the server on a regular basis See Chapter 7 for cleaning Regular cleaning proactively prevents various failures of the server Lightning may cause a momentary voltage drop To prevent this problem it is recommended to use of an uninterruptible power supply unit Check and adjust the system clock before the operation if any of the following conditions is applicable Af...

Page 25: ...ored in storage device such as hard disk drive so that the data cannot be restored Provided software To transfer or sell any software application that comes with the server to a third party the following requirements must be satisfied All provided software applications must be transferred and no backup copies must be retained Transfer requirements listed in Software License Agreement that comes wi...

Page 26: ... and require replacement such as fans internal batteries the internal DVD ROM drive and the mouse For stable operation of the server NEC recommends you replace these components on a regular basis Consult with your sales agent for replacement or the product lives WARNING Do not remove the lithium battery Your contains the lithium battery Do not remove the battery Placing the lithium or nickel cadmi...

Page 27: ...oblem fits the description If it does take the recommended measure for it 3 Check if the software required for operation of the server is properly installed If the server still appears to fail after you have taken the above actions consult with your sales agent immediately Take notes on lamp indications of the server and alarm indications on the display unit before consultation which may provide a...

Page 28: ... adjustment is important to prevent the screen from reflecting bright lights and to make the display contents easy to see You will not be able to keep good working posture and you will feel more tired than you should if you operate a display unit without adjusting horizontal and vertical angles Adjustment of Screen Brightness and Contrast The display unit has brightness and contrast adjustment fun...

Page 29: ...Chapter 2 General Description This chapter provides information that you should be familiar with before using the server It includes names and functions of the components and features of the server ...

Page 30: ... a file and print services e mail web access web site server etc This server is conveniently housed and available as a tower based system or as a rack mount system fits into a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly Tower based System Front View Your server may include hot swap SAS hard disk drive bays The hot swap SAS hard disk drive bays hold up to six 1 0 inch SAS hard disk drives that can be swappe...

Page 31: ...om falling down 4 LAN ACCESS lamp green Lights in green while the server is connected to the network Blinking in green indicates the network activity Numbers printed near the lamps indicate the LAN port number 5 DISK ACCESS lamp green amber Lights in green while the internal hard disk drive is in access When any one of the internal hard disk drives fails this lamp lights in amber 6 POWER SLEEP lam...

Page 32: ...2 4 General Description Front View Door Opened 1 2 DVD ROM Drive 1 2 5 6 7 8 6 4 9 3 10 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 ...

Page 33: ...or detects the open of the front door 5 Power switch The power switch is used to turn on off the power If you press the switch once then the POWER SLEEP lamp goes on and the power is turned on If you press the switch again the power is turned off The system is forcibly shut down when the power switch is pressed continuously for four seconds or longer 6 Lamps see the figure on the previous page 7 R...

Page 34: ... following figure shows the redundant hot plug power supply model For the non redundant power supply model fixed power supply is installed you cannot find the items 2 4 5 and 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 1 16 13 14 3 15 14 1 13 15 13 15 ...

Page 35: ...he slots 9 Mouse connector The mouse connector is connected with the mouse coming with the server 10 Keyboard connector The keyboard connector is connected with keyboard coming with the server 11 Serial port A connector The serial port A connector is connected with a device having the serial interface The server cannot be directly connected to a leased line through the connector 12 Monitor connect...

Page 36: ...ont cooling fan factory installed 4 5 25 inch device bays 3 slots Up to two devices can be installed additionally 5 HDD cage slot Optional HDD cage can be installed 6 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Up to four hard disk drives can be installed 7 Cooling fan option 8 Mother board 9 Rear cooling fan unit factory installed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 37: ...General Description 2 9 MOTHER BOARD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 22 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 23 21 8 20 19 18 24 25 26 ...

Page 38: ...connector 13 SAS1 connector 14 Jumper switch for clearing CMOS 15 Jumper switch for clearing BIOS password 16 IDE connector for DVD ROM drive 17 Lithium battery 18 PCI board slots slots PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 and PCI 5 arranged from bottom to top PCI 1 64 bit 100MHz PCI 2 32 bit 33MHz PCI 3 to 5 PCI EXPRESS 8 bus 19 Rear cooling fan connector 20 Serial port B connector 21 Connectors for external ...

Page 39: ... Torito Bootable CD ROM no emulation mode format support POWER switch mask Software power off Remote power on feature AC LINK feature Remote console feature Self diagnosis Memory monitoring feature single bit error correction double bit error detection Memory redundant feature mirroring sparing CPU memory degradation feature logical isolation of a failed device Bus parity error detection Temperatu...

Page 40: ...network It sends a special packet from the management computer to a remote server to turn it on if the server is off powered To enable this feature use the BIOS setup utility SETUP See Chapter 4 The remote power on feature is not available in the following cases Press the POWER switch once to start the OS and turn off the server in an appropriate procedure Abnormal previous system shut down No pow...

Page 41: ...here server management software processes the signal The side cover switch also operates as interlock switch Software Locks via the System Setup Utility The BIOS SETUP Utility provides a number of security features to prevent unauthorized or accidental access to the system Once the security measures are enabled access to the system is allowed only after the user enters the correct password s For e...

Page 42: ... of the server See Chapter 6 To update the Windows System Update Express5800 system in Master Control Menu Windows based NEC EXPRESSBUILDER feature updates the several drivers of Microsoft Windows See Chapter 6 To install the utilities NEC EXPRESSBUILDER includes some management software for Windows NEC ESMPRO NEC DianaScope and so on and maintenance utilities for DOS System diagnostics Off line M...

Page 43: ...r sales agent for details Off line Maintenance Utility The Off line Maintenance Utility is used for maintenance and fault analysis of the server This utility is usually used by the service representative See Chapter 8 for details System Diagnostic Utility The system diagnostic utility contained in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER is useful to detect hardware failures See Chapter 7 for details NEC DianaScope...

Page 44: ...des a command to eject the DVD ROM drive tray or a media in the drive Before executing such a command make sure that the front door is open Otherwise the drive tray or a media will hit the front door It may cause a device failure to occur Insert the provided security key into the key hole and turn the key to unlock the front door Then hold the front door edges and gently pull the door away from th...

Page 45: ...ted to a power control device such as a UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply make sure that the power control device is powered If the power cord is connected to the server an initial diagnosis of the hardware starts The POWER switch does not work while in diagnosis Wait for about 10 seconds then press the POWER switch Always allow POST to complete before powering down your system see the next subsect...

Page 46: ... of the server the NEC logo appears on the display unit while POST is in progress To display the POST check results press Esc NOTE You can set the POST check results to appear on the display unit without pressing Esc To do so select Enabled for Boot time Diag Screen under the Advanced menu of the BIOS setup utility The POST check results should be checked in the following cases When the server is ...

Page 47: ...e display unit screen The memory check may takes a few minutes to complete depending on the memory size of the server Also it may take approximately one minute for the screen display to appear after rebooting the server 2 Some messages appear upon completion of the memory check These messages appear to indicate that the system has detected the CPU keyboard and mouse 3 After a few while POST displa...

Page 48: ... The server automatically restarts POST all over again when you exit the SETUP utility 7 If the server has an optional disk array controller installed POST displays the message prompting you to launch the RAID configuration utility and the disk array BIOS setup utility Refer to the manual provided with the disk array controller for detail instructions POST will automatically proceed a few seconds ...

Page 49: ...rm messages are useful information for maintenance Power Off Follow the procedure below to power off the server If the power cord of the server is connected to a UPS refer to the manual that comes with the UPS or the manual for the application that controls the UPS IMPORTANT Always allow POST to complete before turning off the server 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER switch on the front of the ...

Page 50: ... the server in the power saving mode The POWER SLEEP lamp blinks In the power saving mode the server retains the memory data and the status of the previous operations To resume the original state press the POWER switch It may take a little time to resume the original state NOTE The operational level in the power saving mode depends on the OS in use Available for Windows Server 2003 IMPORTANT Do no...

Page 51: ... or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not leave the tray ejected from the DVD ROM drive Setting and Removing the Disc 1 Make sure that the server is powered the POWER SLEEP lamp is lit before inserting a disc into the DVD ROM drive 2 Press the Open Close button on the front of the DVD ROM drive to eject the tray The tray comes out 3 Put the disc on the tray carefully and securely...

Page 52: ...ect When you fail to eject the DVD ROM tray with the Open Close button and take out the disc from the server follow the procedure below 1 Press the POWER switch to power off the server The POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 2 Insert a metal pin of approximately 1 2 mm in diameter and 100 mm in length a straightened large paper clip will make a substitute into the emergency hole on the right front of the DV...

Page 53: ... with your hand Place the disc with its printed side upward and gently put it on the tray Do not scratch the disc or write anything directly on it with a pencil or ball point pen Keep the disc away from cigarette smoke Do not leave the disc in a high temperature place e g place exposed to direct sunlight or close to a heater When dust or fingerprints are attached on the disc wipe the disc from its...

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Page 55: ...Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server This chapter describes how to set up your server appropriate for your system on a step by step basis ...

Page 56: ... Turning on the server Power on the server to start software setups Setups depend on the optional internal devices installed and the peripheral devices connected Installing the operating system Install an operating system to the server See Chapter 5 Installing the utilities Install the utilities in the provided NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM See Chapter 6 Making backup copies of system information Afte...

Page 57: ... if you have no optional devices to install IMPORTANT There are third party products memory modules hard disk drives etc available for the server in the markets However NEC recommends that you should use NEC products for stable operation NEC assumes no liability for data errors and failures due to malfunction of the server resulted from installation of those third party products ...

Page 58: ...ed in a room where temperature is in the range between 15 to 25ºC Close enough to connect the mouse and the display Install the server on the floor or rigid flat desk Open the stabilizers to secure the server Place having a space enough to fully open the front door The front door extrudes about 35 mm from the left side of the server when fully opened Room that satisfies the following conditions Wh...

Page 59: ...h drastic changes in temperature e g near a heater air conditioner or refrigerator Places with strong vibration Places with corrosive gas in presence near chemicals or with possibilities of chemicals sprayed over On a non antistatic carpet Places with possibilities of falling objects Places where a power outlet that shares the ground line with another especially the one to which a device with larg...

Page 60: ...amaged cable connector Do not use any unauthorized interface cable Do not use the server with any loose interface connection Do not step on the interface cable or place any heavy object on it IMPORTANT Power off the server and a peripheral device before connection Connecting a powered peripheral device to the powered server will cause malfunctions and failures To connect a third party peripheral d...

Page 61: ...on to the leased line is prohibited Keyboard Mouse Display unit Hub multiport repeater Device with the serial interface e g modem Direct connection to the leased line is prohibited Connect appropriate power source Device with the USB interface e g terminal adapter REAR FRONT USB device ...

Page 62: ...ollowing instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not plug the power cord in to an improper power source Do not connect the power cord to an outlet that has an illegal number of connections Insert the power plug into the outlet as far as it goes Use the authorized power cord on...

Page 63: ...S connect the power cord to an SWITCH OUT outlet For constant power supply connect the power cord to a UN SWITCH OUT outlet Connect the modem that is in service for 24 hours to this outlet Example 2 O U TP U T U N S W ITC HO U T O U TP U T S W ITC HO U T AC 100V50 50H Z When the power cord from the server to a UPS change the BIOS setup of the server to link with power supply from the UPS Change a ...

Page 64: ...equire setups before proceeding to the next step To use the server with no optional devices installed besides the graphic board install a desired OS to the server 1 Make sure that the floppy disk drive contains no floppy disk and the DVD ROM drive contains no bootable DVD CD ROM 2 Power on the display unit and other external devices 3 Open the front door and press the POWER switch NOTES If the pow...

Page 65: ...g memory test the POST displays the amount of memory it was able to access and test Depending on the amount of installed memory it may take several minutes to complete the memory test NOTE The factory set is defined to hide the POST screen with the NEC logo screen You can always change the NEC logo screen to the POST screen by pressing Esc To change the start up screen use the BIOS setup utility S...

Page 66: ...M INFORMATION The system information includes the current BIOS settings and any specific information for the server Save the information after completing the system setup Without the backup data you will not be able to recover the information You can save the information by the following process 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive and reboot the system 2 Select Tools 3 Se...

Page 67: ...e system FLASH memory If your system has been factory configured the BIOS Setup utility or RAID Configuration Utility do not need to be run unless you want to change the password or security features add certain types of option boards or devices or upgrade your mother board This chapter also provides information on several system configuration parameters that are set by jumpers on the system board...

Page 68: ...low IMPORTANT The BIOS Setup utility is intended for system administrator use only The BIOS Setup utility allows you to set a password The server is provided with two levels of password Supervisor and User With the Supervisor password you can view and change all system parameters of the BIOS Setup utility With the User password system parameters available for viewing and changing are limited Do no...

Page 69: ...et a password with the BIOS Setup utility the password entry screen appears Enter the password Enter password Up to three password entries will be accepted If you fail to enter the password correctly for three consecutive times the server halts You can no longer proceed Power off the server NOTE The server is provided with two levels of password Supervisor and User With the Supervisor password you...

Page 70: ...ve between menus and Select the previous value or the next value for the field Enter Execute command or select submenu Esc Exit the current menu and return to the previous menu F1 Get Help about an item Press Esc to return to the previous menu F9 Load default configuration values for this menu F10 Save configuration values and exit Indicates the current menu Indicates there are submenus Setup item...

Page 71: ...eck the status indications To configure the RAID drive with SATA hard disk drives Select Advanced Peripheral Configuration SATA Controller Mode Option Enhanced Then select Advanced Peripheral Configuration SATA RAID Enabled and configure the RAID drive IMPORTANT Be sure to set to Enabled after executing Load Setup Defaults or CMOS clear Leaving this parameter as the factory set value Disabled may ...

Page 72: ... installed memory DIMM board status Select Advanced Memory Configuration and check the status indications The on screen DIMM group numbers and socket locations on the mother board are associated as shown in the following figure To clear the memory DIMM board error information Select Advanced Memory Configuration Memory Retest Yes and reboot To run power on memory test Select Advanced Memory Config...

Page 73: ...og Configuration Clear all Event Logs press Enter and select Yes Security To set passwords on the BIOS Select Security Set Supervisor Password and enter a password Select Security Set User Password and enter a password Set Supervisor password first then User password External Devices To set up external devices Select Advanced Peripheral Configuration and set up each device Internal Devices To inst...

Page 74: ...g Changes or Save Changes To discard changes to the current configuration data Select Exit Exit Discarding Changes or Discard Changes To load the user defined default Select Exit Load Setup Defaults To load the custom defaults Select Exit Load Custom Defaults To save the custom defaults Select Exit Save Custom Defaults ...

Page 75: ...ity Server Boot Exit To set minute functions select a submenu from the above menus The following describes available functions and parameters as well as the factory set for each menu Main If BIOS SETUP is started the Main menu appears first If you select a menu item preceded by symbol and press Enter the appropriate submenu appears ...

Page 76: ... shipment Processor Settings Shows the processor settings submenu See the next page Language English US Français Deutsch Español Italiano Select which language BIOS displays Factory set IMPORTANT Check and adjust the system clock before the operation if any of the following conditions is applicable After carriage of device After storage of device After the device is entered into the pause state un...

Page 77: ...rocessor is defected Not Installed indicates that processor 1 is not installed View only Processor 1 L2 Cache Displays the secondary cache size for processor 1 Processor 2 CPUID Numeral 0Fxx Disabled Not Installed Displays CPU ID for processor 2 Disabled indicates that the processor is defected Not Installed indicates that processor 2 is not installed View only Processor 2 L2 Cache Displays the se...

Page 78: ... Boot time Diagnostic Screen Disabled Enabled Specify whether the power on self test POST running screen is displayed or not on booting If disabled the BIOS will display the NEC logo during POST Press Esc to switch to the POST running screen Reset Configuration Data No Yes Select Yes if you want to clear the system configuration data stored in POST This parameter is automatically reset to No at th...

Page 79: ...ry status View only Normal indicates that the memory devices operate normally Disabled indicates that one or more memory devices are defected Not Installed indicates that no memory devices are installed On screen group numbers and DIMM sockets on mother board are associated as follows Group 1 DIMM 1 1 2 1 Group 2 DIMM 3 1 4 1 Group 3 DIMM 1 2 2 2 Group 4 DIMM 3 2 4 2 Group 5 DIMM 1 3 2 3 Group 6 D...

Page 80: ...fy whether to execute a memory test for extended memory or not If the test is executed specify the block size Memory RAS Feature Interleave Mirror Disables or enables memory mirroring feature See DIMM in Chapter 9 for details Sparing Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable online spare memory feature Factory set ...

Page 81: ... ROM Enabled Disabled Displays the submenu to specify whether to enable or disable the BIOS on the device board connected to PCI slot Set this item to Enabled when installing graphics accelerator board the disk array controller or SCSI controller is connected with the hard disk drive which contains an OS Set this item to Disabled when the LAN controller which contains ROM BIOS is used but the boar...

Page 82: ... scan of onboard video controller automatically or forcibly Factory set Onboard LAN Option Parameter Description Your Setting LAN Controller Disabled Enabled Specify whether the onboard LAN controller is enabled or disabled LAN1 Option ROM Scan Disabled Enabled Specify whether the BIOS scan of onboard LAN controller 1 is enabled or disabled LAN2 Option ROM Scan Disabled Enabled Specify whether the...

Page 83: ...k properly Option Parameter Description Your Setting Serial Port A Disabled Enabled Selects whether serial port A is enabled or disabled Base I O address 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Selects the base I O address for serial port A Interrupt IRQ 3 IRQ 4 Selects the interrupt for a serial port A Serial Port B Disabled Enabled Selects whether serial port B is enabled or disabled display only Base I O address 3F8 2...

Page 84: ... Enabled Specify whether the remote power on function through a network is enabled or disabled Wake On Ring Disabled Enabled Specify whether the remote power on function through a serial port is enabled or disabled Wake On RTC Alarm Disabled Enabled Specify whether the scheduling power on function by using RTC alarm feature is enabled or disabled Factory set IMPORTANT If supplying AC power to the ...

Page 85: ...of Security Press Enter on Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password to display the dialog to set change password IMPORTANT User password can be set only when Supervisor password is already set Set the passwords only after OS is installed If you forget the passwords contact your service representative ...

Page 86: ...f SETUP Set User Password Up to eight alphanumerics Press Enter to display the user password input screen For this password accessing to the SETUP menu is restricted Password on boot Disabled Enabled Specify whether the passwords are entered or not on booting At first the supervisor password must be set If the supervisor password is set and this option is disabled BIOS determines that a user is bo...

Page 87: ...n SERR Disabled Enabled Indicates whether PCI SERR is supported or not Assert NMI on PERR Disabled Enabled Indicates whether PCI PERR is supported or not FRB 2 Policy Disable FRB2 Timer Disable BSP Do Not Disable BSP Retry 3 Times Set the FRB level 2 timer Boot Monitoring Disabled Every 5 minutes between 5 minutes and 60 minutes Specify whether to enable or disable the boot monitoring function on ...

Page 88: ... the system OS boot is retried repeatedly from the system partition Thermal Sensor Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the thermal sensor monitoring function If a thermal error is detected with this item being set to Enabled the system stops at the end of POST BMC IRQ Disabled IRQ 11 Set the IRQ for BMC Post Error Pause Disabled Enabled Indicates whether POST is aborted once at t...

Page 89: ...off Stay Off Last State Power On Operating Off On On Aborting DC power being off also Off Off On Forced shutdown Off Off On Press the power switch continuously for four seconds or longer This forcibly turns off the power IMPORTANT To power on the server from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply select Server AC Link Power On If the server is connected to the UPS set at least 10 seconds delay in th...

Page 90: ...nly Chassis Serial Number Displays the chassis serial number View only Onboard LAN1 MAC Address Displays the MAC address of onboard network controller 1 View only Onboard LAN2 MAC Address Displays the MAC address of onboard network controller 2 View only Management LAN MAC Address Displays the MAC address of management network controller 2 View only BMC Device ID Displays the device ID of BMC Base...

Page 91: ... is connected ACPI Redirection Port Disabled Serial Port A Serial Port B Specify the serial port to which an ACPI console is connected Baud Rate 9600 19 2k 38 4k 57 6k 115 2k Specify the baud rate used for the interface with successive remote consoles Flow Control None XON XOFF CTS RTS CTS RTS CD Specify the flow control method Terminal Type PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Specify the type of remote console...

Page 92: ...pears if you select Event Log Configuration on the Server menu and press Enter See the table below for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting Clear all Event Logs Enter Press Enter and select Yes on the confirmation screen to clear the system event log Factory set ...

Page 93: ...devices in the order set in this menu on booting Finding the boot software the server starts the software The priority of the boot devices can be changed by using the and keys Move the cursor to the desired device with the or key and change the priority with the or key IMPORTANT To boot NEC EXPRESSBUILDER set the priority of the devices as shown in the figure above ...

Page 94: ...the system Exit Discarding Changes Select this item to terminate SETUP without saving the newly selected information in CMOS nonvolatile memory Selecting No allows SETUP to be terminated without storage of the modified information Then the server automatically reboots the system Selecting Yes allows SETUP to be terminated with storage of the modified information Then the server automatically reboo...

Page 95: ...he parameters currently being edited as custom defaults When the parameters are saved the Load Custom Defaults menu appears Discard Changes Select this item to return the values modified currently to the previous values before saving the values to CMOS Save Changes Select this item to save the newly selected information to CMOS non volatile memory without the termination of SETUP ...

Page 96: ... dividing it striping All the hard disk drives can be accessed at the same time This improves disk access performance compared with using a single hard disk drive IMPORTANT RAID0 does not have data redundancy When a hard disk drive failure occurs data cannot be restored Logical capacity of the array becomes a multiple of the connected hard disk drive RAID1 mirroring Stores the data being saved to ...

Page 97: ...eature high disk access performance of RAID0 and in addition high reliability of RAID1 can be achieved IMPORTANT Logical capacity of the array is equal to one hard disk drive connected Installing the Hard Disk Drives Install the two or more SAS hard disk drives to your server See Chapter 9 for detail IMPORTANT Use two hard disk drives of the same revolution In addition use two hard disk drives of ...

Page 98: ...pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not disassemble repair or alter the server Do not remove the lithium battery CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Make sure to complete board installation Do not install the server on a rack with leaving covers removed D...

Page 99: ...apter 9 3 Locate the position of the RAID configuration jumper on the mother board as shown below 4 Remove the jumper from position 1 2 on jumper block 5 Reinstall the jumper on position 2 3 on jumper block 6 Reinstall the server removed in Step 2 7 Plug the power cord to your server and turn on the server Rear RAID configuration jumper Front RAID disable RAID enable ...

Page 100: ...elow on the POST screen then press Ctrl M LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility starts LSI Logic SoftwareRAID BIOS Version xxxxxx LSI Logic MPT RAID Found at PCI Bas No xx Dev No xx Scaning for port 00 Responding xxxxxxxx xxxxMB Standard FW xxx DRAM 128MB SDRAM xx Logical drive s Configured Press Ctrl M to Run LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility NOTE Press Ctrl M to start the LSI Logic Software ...

Page 101: ...ility TOP Menu Management Menu Exiting from LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility Press Esc in the TOP menu of LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility When a confirmation message appears select Yes When the above message appears press Ctrl Alt Delete The server is rebooted ...

Page 102: ...ory Default Logical Drive Logical drive operation Logical Drives Select logical drive when multiple logical drives exist Initialize Initialize logical drive Check Consistency Check logical drive redundancy View Update Parameters Display logical drive information RAID Display RAID level SIZE Display logical drive capacity Stripe SIZE Display stripe size Stripes Display the number of hard disk drive...

Page 103: ...1 Run LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility 2 Select Configure New Configuration from the TOP menu Management Menu Select View add Configuration to add configuration IMPORTANT Creating a configuration using New Configuration menu clears the existing configuration information To add configuration information to the existing configuration select View Add Configuration You cannot create Spanning of R...

Page 104: ...screen Upon completion of SCAN DEVICE the New Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU screen appears 4 Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be packed by using cursor key and then press Space to select the hard disk drive The display for the selected hard disk drive changes from READY to ONLINE 5 Press F10 to set Select Configurable Array s 6 Press Enter SPAN 1 is set ...

Page 105: ...x the selection and set each value 1 RAID Sets RAID level Parameter Remarks 0 RAID0 1 RAID1 5 RAID5 10 Spanning of RAID1 The selectable RAID level varies depending on the number of hard disk drives that configure a pack 2 Size Sets logical drive size Up to 40 logical drives can be created per disk array controller 3 WC Sets parameter for Change Write Cache Parameter Remarks Off On 4 RA Sets parame...

Page 106: ...age shows that the configuration has been saved press Esc to return to the TOP menu screen 12 On the TOP menu screen select Objects Logical Drive View Update Parameters to check logical drive information 13 Select Initialize in the TOP menu screen 14 When the Logical Drives screen appears move the cursor to the logical drive to be initialized and press Space The logical drive is selected 15 After ...

Page 107: ...17 Press Esc to return to the TOP menu and exit from LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility IMPORTANT Be sure to execute Check Consistency after creating configuration Check Consistency has two modes check and recover and check only ...

Page 108: ... cursor onto the hard disk drive displaying FAIL and then press Space to select it Multiple hard disk drives can be selected simultaneous rebuilding 5 The FAIL indication for the hard disk drive selected starts blinking 6 When hard disk drive has been selected press F10 to start rebuilding 7 When confirmation screen for execution appears Select Yes The rebuild process starts When the progress bar ...

Page 109: ... spare and then turn on the server 2 Run LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility 3 Select Objects Physical Drive from the TOP menu The Objects PHYSICAL DRIVE SELECTION MENU screen appears 4 Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be used as hot spare and press Enter 5 The Channel X Target X screen appears Select Make HotSpare 6 A confirmation screen appears Select Yes The hard disk drive indicat...

Page 110: ...I Logic Software RAID Setup Utility IMPORTANT Select Objects Physical Drive to cancel the hot spare setting When two or more hard disk drives of the same capacity are assigned as hot spare rebuilding is performed in order starting from the one with the smaller CH number ID number ...

Page 111: ...cked and press Space to select it 4 When logical drive has been selected press F10 to start consistency check 5 A confirmation screen for execution appears Select Yes The consistency check starts When the progress bar in the Check Consistency Progress screen indicates 100 the consistency check is completed 6 Press Esc to return to the TOP menu and exit LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility IMPORTA...

Page 112: ...tion mail fail if you select the configuration information on the disk array controller In this case execute Clear Configuration to create configuration again LSI Logic Software RAID Setup Utility cannot delete each logical drive Use Power Console Plus instead 2 Force Online Puts a hard disk drive being in the FAIL status online Select Objects Physical Drive select hard disk drive Force Online fro...

Page 113: ...s the start up message of the BIOS SETUP Utility of the mother board It then displays the utility start up message for optional PCI boards one by one The start up message appears for the optional PCI board in the PCI 1 slot first then PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 and finally PCI 5 The message displayed may vary depending on the optional PCI board Refer to the manual that comes with the optional PCI board for...

Page 114: ...sumes the factory set configuration data After clearing CMOS you must run the BIOS SETUP utility and execute the following menus to reconfigure your mother board Load Setup Defaults in the Exit menu Memory Retest of Memory Configuration in the Advanced menu Processor Retest of Processor Settings in the Main menu To clear passwords or the CMOS data use the jumper switch on the mother board of the s...

Page 115: ...covers removed Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components Note high temperature Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack Clearing CMOS Data 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal as described in Chapter 9 of this guide to prepare 2 Remove the side cover 3 Locate the position of the jum...

Page 116: ... the BIOS password clear jumper IMPORTANT Keep the removed jumper strap for future use 4 Reinstall the side cover removed in Step 2 5 Plug the power cord to your server and turn on the server 6 POST stops at the error message shown below ERROR B151 Password Cleared By Jumper Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup 7 Turn off the power of the server Install the jumper strap removed in Step 3 8 Reassemble th...

Page 117: ...tandard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition To use the server with the other operating systems described in this section contact your service representative IMPORTANT Before installing the operating system adjust the system date and time by using the BIOS setup utility SETUP S...

Page 118: ...figuration disk is able to have some parameters files that include the configuration information for the server setup If you want to set up the server as before execute the Express Setup with the parameters file you have saved that time NOTES The parameters file is not mandatory to set up the system If you want to create a parameters file have a blank floppy disk MS DOS 1 44MB format ready If you ...

Page 119: ...er 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition hereinafter referred to as Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition hereinafter referred to as Windows Server 2003 If you want to install the other OS contact your sales representative Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver To install optional ...

Page 120: ...t ones listed below see Installing with the OEM FD for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configuration Diskette Creator in Chapter 6 Supporting installation of OS in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER N8103 91 Disk Array Controller Internal SAS HDD N8103 99 Disk Array Controller 0ch LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID Controller on the I O board Other optional boards N8103 80F Disk Array ...

Page 121: ...me that is mirrored using Disk Management invalid the mirroring before operating the installation to set back to the basic disk and valid the mirroring again after the installation has completed Creating invalid delete mirror volume can be operated from Disk Management in Computer Management Mounting MO Device Do not mount an MO device on your server during the Windows installation About Removable...

Page 122: ...e paging file with the entire system The maximum paging file size which can be set on one partition is 4095MB If the above paging file size exceeds 4095MB specify 4095MB for the paging file size The maximum dump file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB If you install any application program or the like add necessary space to the partition to install these programs ...

Page 123: ...ined see Appendix D to re install the system About Maintenance Partition the area displayed as MAINTE_P The maintenance partition for server maintenance is reserved in the head of Hard Disk Drive a partition of approximately 55MB This area is for saving some maintenance utilities Do not delete the maintenance partition Application of Service Pack When using Windows Server 2003 with this equipment ...

Page 124: ... Array Configuration Screen Creating Maintenance Partition and Installing Utilities Operating System Installation Menu Create the OS partition after the reboot Confirm the specification and input the value Copying NEC Modules Copying Selected Application Modules Remove the Floppy Disk and CD ROM from the Drive Insert Windows CD ROM Agree Software License Agreement Install OS Automatically Log on A...

Page 125: ...reen Used to select a menu F1 Displays help Enter Used to select OK or to decide each item Esc Used to select Cancel 1 Turn the power of peripheral device on and then turn on the server NOTES Do not mount an MO device on your server during the Windows installation Do not connect the other hard disk drives except the drive that you want to create as the Windows system drive If you create multiple l...

Page 126: ...u want to review or modify the Setup File parameters appears 2 If you want to modify or confirm the parameters file click Review If not click Skip Click Review Go on the next step Click Skip Go on the step 9 Using a blank disk 1 Click the box under Setup File Name A or press A The dialog box appears 2 Input the file name and click Use 8 Confirm or modify the parameters of disk array configuration ...

Page 127: ...d Partition Retained Fourth Partition Retained You can not re install the system with the existing partition that is upgraded to Dynamic Disk remained Do not select Use Existing Partition at System Partition If you specify other than 4095MB for the Installing Partition it is necessary to convert to NTFS If Use Existing Partition at System Partition is selected but the partition other than the one ...

Page 128: ...py disk drive is attached to the system 12 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM from the DVD ROM drive according to the message If you proceed the setup by using setup parameter file remove the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive Insert Windows Server 2003 CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive Agree Software License Agreement screen appears 13 Read the agreement carefully and click I agree or press F8 ...

Page 129: ...ally and logon to the system Install and configure the device drivers 15 If you install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition DISK 2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition DISK 2 into the DVD ROM drive after the OS installation Hereinafter proceed operations according to the message When the installation has finished remove Micros...

Page 130: ...s necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive 2 The Windows Explorer dialog starts The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu and click Windows Explorer The procedure in the case of the classic start menu Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Expl...

Page 131: ...ot work normally If you want to utilize AFT ALB feature follow the procedure below to setup 1 The Intel R PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu point to Control Panel administrative tools and click Computer Management and then double click the Network Adapter Name in the Network Adapter list The procedure in the case of the classic start me...

Page 132: ...s not installed 1 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu 1 Click Start menu Click Control Panel Click Network Connections and Click Local Area Connection The procedure in the case of the classic start menu 1 Click Start menu Click Settings and Click Network Connections The Network Connections dialog box appears 2 Right click Loc...

Page 133: ...e click the Network Adapter Name in the Network Adapter list 2 Click the Link and specify the Speed and Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 3 Click Apply and click OK Also add or delete any protocols and services if necessary You can operate the process on the property dialog box for local area network which can be appeared from Network and Dial up Connection NOTE We recommend you...

Page 134: ... the Optional Network Board Driver Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver 1 Start Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and Double click Network Adapter Name Network Adapter Name Properties appears NOTE Intel R PRO 1000 is the name of On Board adapter All other names show the Optional Network Board 3 Click Driver tab and click Update Driver Hardware Update Wizard appears 4 Select the ...

Page 135: ...rver 2003 connect the controller and take the following steps to install the driver 1 Start Device Manager from Start menu Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management 2 Double click LSI Logic Megaraid SCSI 320 1 2 which Device Manager lists 3 Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver 4 When the Update Device Driver Wizard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanc...

Page 136: ...en the Update Device Driver Wizard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive enter a into copy manufacturer s file from and click OK 8 Specify the following driver and click Next INIT...

Page 137: ...he 4GB RAM tuning feature and the Physical Address Extension switch Below is the example on how to add PAE switch to Boot ini file 1 Click Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click System 3 Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under Setup and Recovery 4 Under System Setup click Edit to open Boot ini 5 Add PAE to Operating Systems section in Boot...

Page 138: ...mory Dump The staff of maintenance service representative is in charge of collecting memory dump Customers need only to specify the memory dump If any trouble occur after specifying the process below the message to inform that the system is in short of virtual memory may appear but continue to start the system If you restart the system in such case memory dump may not be stored correctly Follow th...

Page 139: ... Verify the size of the empty space in the debugging information memory dump write destination drive Windows Server 2003 To specify Complete Memory Dump to write the debug information is recommended If the mounted memory size is larger than 2GB Complete Memory Dump cannot be specified so that specify Kernel Memory Dump instead Specify the drive where there is a free area more than the size of the ...

Page 140: ...nd click Set IMPORTANT The above mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file with the en...

Page 141: ...ndows dialog box appears 3 Specify the location to store the diagnostic information in the Log File Path box The diagnostic information will be stored with the file name DRWTSN32 LOG NOTE You can not specify network path Specify the path on local computer 4 Specify the location of crash dump file in the Crash Dump box NOTE Crash Dump File is a binary file that can be read with Windows Debugger 5 C...

Page 142: ...Monitoring Tools and then click Details The Management and Monitoring Tools dialog appears 5 Click to select the Network Monitor Tools check box and then click OK 6 The Windows Components Wizard dialog box appears again so click Next 7 If the setup asks to install the disk insert the OS CD ROM into CD ROM drive and click OK 8 Click Finish in the Windows Component Wizard dialog box 9 Close the Add ...

Page 143: ...e System from the menu and the setup will start After that follow the message to continue the setup process Making Backup Copies of System Information The system information includes the current BIOS settings and any specific information for the server Save the information after completing the system setup Without the backup data you will not be able to recover the information You can save the inf...

Page 144: ... system has new mass storage device not to be supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER you have to set as follows 1 Read the manual supplied with the mass storage device before setting the server 2 If the mass storage device is disk array controller configure the RAID system before running the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 3 Boot the system from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM 4 a When the dialog of Disk array configur...

Page 145: ...Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities This section describes how to use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM that comes with your server and to install the utilities stored on the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER ...

Page 146: ...e configuration NEC EXPRESSBUILDER has two executing modes depending on your operating environments One is for using on Windows system and the other is booted from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM DOS based with local console The following menu appears on the local display after booting from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD You can install NOS or run the diagnostic program and so on NOTE A mouse can t be used when ...

Page 147: ...Windows based This program is called as Master Control Menu that can run under the Microsoft Windows system Windows 95 or later and Windows NT 4 0 or later You can install the several applications and read the documentation from the menu ...

Page 148: ...NT Do not remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM while NEC EXPRESSBUILDER is running 1 Turn on peripheral devices and the server in this order 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM supplied with your server into the DVD ROM drive of your server 3 Ensure that the floppy disk drive is empty 4 Press the RESET switch or press Ctrl Alt and Delete to reboot from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER You may also turn o...

Page 149: ...f Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Tools Tools is also intended for initial setup of the server It provides more installation options than Express Setup and permits the user to quickly create utility support disks run the Off line Maintenance Utility and system diagnostic utility set up a maintenance partition and update the various BIOS programs Tools Menu Save Restore RAID Configuration Data Cha...

Page 150: ...Off line Maintenance Utility Off line Maintenance Utility is an OS independent maintenance program that performs preventive maintenance and error analysis for your server See Chapter 8 or online help for details System Diagnostics Executes various tests on the server system to check if the server functions are normal and if the connection between the server and additional board is normal After the...

Page 151: ...T Do not reset or turn off the server while the running this menu If the processing is discontinued the system becomes unable to start The existence of the maintenance partition may be identified from the operating system In order to retain the Configuration Data do not delete the partition NOTES The maintenance partition once created will not be recreated again When the maintenance partition does...

Page 152: ...y using the update disk 3 5 inch floppy disk that is distributed from NEC customer service representative After rebooting the system an update program is started automatically from the floppy disk and the various BIOS and firmware programs are updated IMPORTANT Do not turn off the server while the update program is running If the update processing is discontinued the system becomes unable to start...

Page 153: ...er computer than the server or on any other server obtained without the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Doing so may cause a failure of the server To use the remote console feature a floppy disk containing a configuration information file named CSL_LESS CFG must be inserted in the floppy disk drive If CSL_LESS CFG is not found in floppy disk no menu is displayed on the management PC If you fail to configure th...

Page 154: ...he system To use the remote console feature a floppy disk containing a configuration information file must be inserted in the floppy disk drive You can create a configuration information file by using System Management feature in the Tools menu or by NEC DianaScope Configuration menu The configuration information file must be named as CSL_LESS CFG and stored in the root directory of the floppy dis...

Page 155: ...ly sets up the server Tools Launch the features of NEC EXPRESSBUILDER individually Help Help message on NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Quit Quit NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Setup The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER checks the hardware configuration of the server The disk array and maintenance partition are automatically configured ...

Page 156: ...emote console operation among those described in section NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for DOS based with Local Console are displayed See the previous subsection for detailed explanation of menu items IMPORTANT The following is varied from the Tools menu in the local console mode Test items and operation method of System Diagnostics See Chapter 7 for details ...

Page 157: ...e provided in the PDF format Use the Adobe Reader to read these documents Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive Master Control Menu appears on the screen automatically If the Autorun function is invalid in your system run the MC 1ST EXE file in the CD ROM directly Some menu items are grayed out when the logon user does not have the authority of the administrator or the menu i...

Page 158: ...iskette to setup the servers from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER IMPORTANT You can not create Configuration Diskette for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions NOTE You can install Windows Server 2003 without Configuration Diskette Also you can modify newly create Configuration Diskette during the setup with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Creating Configuration Diskette This section describes about specifying setup i...

Page 159: ...on Diskette Creator window is displayed 5 Click Create New Information files from the File menu The Disk Environment dialog box will be displayed 6 Specify each item and click OK The dialog boxes to specify setup information will be displayed in order such as Basic Information dialog box ...

Page 160: ...put file name for the Setup File in File Name 9 Insert the floppy disk formatted by 1 44MB into the floppy disk drive and click OK Now Configuration Diskette has been created Configuration Diskette is used when you install Windows Server 2003 Put a label and keep it where it will not be lost NOTE For the information on the contents of each specifying item refer to the Help If you want to modify th...

Page 161: ...K The dialog boxes to specify setup information will be displayed in order such as Disk Environment dialog box 4 Follow the message to specify each item on the dialog box and click on Next NOTE If you click on Cancel all the input value will be deleted 5 When User and application setup is displayed check Apply OEM FD for mass storage device 6 When the Save Setup Information dialog box is displayed...

Page 162: ...ays and error notification by event monitoring while the system is running Before attempting to operate MSM read the MegaRAID Storage Manager User s Guide contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM The manual explains the MSM installation procedure and notes on operating MSM Setup with Express Setup You can install MSM with Express Setup contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM When you start the Expres...

Page 163: ...ks Some features of NEC ESMPRO Manager include Hardware and software server configuration Hardware resources mounted in servers such as the CPU memory disks disk arrays and LAN boards Software resources such as operating system information and drivers running on each server Server failures On screen real time displays provide the system administrator with the failure type location cause and sugges...

Page 164: ...toring and fan monitoring Enabling the settings of Write Read and Cache policies for each logical drive Supporting the save and restore functions for configuration Enabling the display of the SCSI transfer rate Components Power Console Plus consists of the following five components SNMP Agent This function is not yet supported Do not install SNMP Agent MegaRAID Service Monitor Enables NEC ESMPRO t...

Page 165: ...vice Monitor MegaRAID Server MegaRAID Client Management PC Management PC that monitors and controls servers via the network TCP IP When managing array on Terminal Server working on Windows NT Server Version 4 0 Terminal Server Edition prepare PC and install Management PC component Management PC does not guarantee operation on Client which used Terminal Server Terminal Server Emulator WBT Start Pow...

Page 166: ...n a server Hardware Machine NEC Express5800 series connected with the AMI disk array controller A Memory Size large enough for OS operation 8MB or more Free space of the hard disk drive 5MB or more Display unit Screen size 1024 768 or larger Required peripheral equipment Network Interface card CD ROM unit Pointing device such as a mouse Software Microsoft Windows NT version 4 0 Windows NT Version ...

Page 167: ...0 series PC AT compatible machine which contains Intel Pentium or a CPU at least equivalent to it Memory Size large enough for OS operation 8MB or more Free space of the hard disk drive 5 MB or more Display unit Screen size 1024 768 or larger Required peripheral equipment Network Interface card CD ROM unit Pointing device such as a mouse Software Microsoft Windows NT Version 4 0 Windows NT Version...

Page 168: ... remote management of the server See the online documents for details on the functions and installation of NEC DianaScope NOTE You need the server license to activate DianaScope for this product The server license below is attached to this product DianaScope Additional Server License 1 ...

Page 169: ...onfiguration or BIOS configuration select System Information Management and then Save of the Off line Maintenance Utility to make a backup copy of the system information Also make a backup copy of the disk array configuration data if your system is in the array configuration When your hard disk drives have been auto rebuilt due to a failure it is recommended to make a backup copy of the configurat...

Page 170: ...ils Do not disassemble repair or alter the server Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Avoid installation in extreme temperature conditions Make sure to com...

Page 171: ...erver must be kept dry Do not moisten them with water 1 Make sure that the server is off powered the POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 2 Unplug the power cord of the server from a power outlet 3 Wipe off dust from the power cord plug with a dry cloth 4 Soak a soft cloth in neutral detergent that is diluted with cold or lukewarm water and squeeze it firmly 5 Rub off stains on the server with the cloth prep...

Page 172: ...of the server entails powering off the server and removing the left side cover You will need a small vacuum cleaner with plastic tipped nozzle and electrostatic protection computer grade canned air and a small brush for cleaning the interior Follow the procedure below to clean the interior of the server WARNING Unplug all power cords Unplug all power cords before performing any maintenance Voltage...

Page 173: ...move it 4 Take out the ball from the mouse Cover the bottom of the mouse with your hand and turn your hand holding the mouse the mouse is on your palm with the button upward The mouse ball is released onto your palm Mouse ball cover Mouse ball Roller Bottom View 5 Soak a soft cloth in neutral detergent that is diluted with cold or lukewarm water and squeeze it firmly 6 Rub off stains on the mouse ...

Page 174: ...rom the tray NOTE Do not touch the signal side of the disc with your hand 4 Wipe the tray with a dry soft cloth IMPORTANT Do not wipe the lens of the DVD ROM drive Doing so may damage the lens and may cause a malfunction of the drive 5 Push on the tray front to close the tray 6 Wipe the signal side of the disc with a dry soft cloth IMPORTANT Wipe disc from the center to the outside Use only disc c...

Page 175: ...em Test Items The following items are tested in system diagnostics Memory CPU cache memory Hard disk drive used as a system IMPORTANT When executing the system diagnostics make sure to disconnect the LAN cable Executing the system diagnostics with the LAN cable connected the network may be influenced NOTE On checking the hard disk drive no data is written into the disk ...

Page 176: ...tion is not for System Diagnostics Procedures to start the diagnostics program are as follows 1 Shutdown the OS and power off the server Then unplug the power cord 2 Disconnect all the LAN cables from the server 3 Plug the power cord and power on the server 4 Use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM to start the system The step which the step which local console of the server is used for and remote conso...

Page 177: ...hows the name and version of the diagnostic tool Test window title Shows the progress of the diagnostics Test End is displayed when the diagnostics completes Test result Shows the start end and elapsed time and completion status of the diagnostics Guide line Shows the details of the keys to operate window Test summary window Shows the results of each test that executed the diagnostics Move the cur...

Page 178: ...s the log information of the diagnostics It can be saved on a floppy disk To save it on a floppy disk insert a formatted floppy disk to the floppy disk drive and select Save F Option Optional features can be used from this menu Reboot Reboots the system 8 Select Reboot in the Enduser Menu above The server restarts and the system is started from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 9 Exit the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER ...

Page 179: ...relocated stored due to a change in the floor layout to a great extent contact the sales agent Make sure to make a backup copy of your valuable data in the hard disk drive if any Make sure not to apply a shock to hard disk drives to relocated the server if the contains any 1 Take a media out of the server if any 2 Power off the server the POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 3 Unplug the power cord of the se...

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Page 181: ...server does not operate as expected read this chapter before assuming a failure NOTE For provision against an unexpected failure it is recommended to install the Off line Maintenance Utility NEC ESMPRO to the server and client computers ...

Page 182: ...NEC ESMPRO during the system operation Especially take note on whether any alert is reported to NEC ESMPRO Manager on the management PC Check whether any alert is reported on the Operation Window Data Viewer or Alert Viewer of NEC ESMPRO Manager Example NEC ESMPRO Manager ...

Page 183: ...e STATUS lamp stays lit in green when the server is in successful operation When the STATUS lamp is unlit or lit flashing in amber it indicates that the server has failed The following table lists indications of the STATUS lamp descriptions and actions to take NOTES If the server has the NEC ESMPRO or Off line Maintenance Utility installed you can view the error log to identify the cause of a trou...

Page 184: ...was detected Check if the internal fans are clean and if the fan units are firmly connected If the STATUS lamp indication does not change when the fans are normal contact your service representative A voltage alarm was detected On amber All the power supply units failed Contact your service representative Either of the following was detected in the redundant power configuration AC power is not sup...

Page 185: ...r a certain period of time or to select the power saving mode with a command DISK ACCESS Lamp The DISK ACCESS lamp indicates the state of hard disk drives in the 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay This lamp lights in green every time any of such hard disk drives is accessed When the DISK ACCESS lamp is lit in amber it indicates that a hard disk drive error occurred To identify a failed hard disk drive s...

Page 186: ...ting green or amber Indicates that the hard disk drive is being rebuilt this status is not a failure If the defected hard disk drive is replaced with a new one in the disk array configuration the data is automatically rebuilt auto rebuild function During the rebuild process the lamp is lit green or amber alternately The lamp goes off when the rebuild is completed normally The lamp goes on amber if...

Page 187: ...tion The defected power unit can be replaced with a new one in the hot swap mode without power interruption POWER lamp The POWER lamp flashes green if the power supply unit receives the AC power through the power cord AC ON The lamp goes on green when you press the POWER switch to power on the server DC ON POWER FAIL lamp The amber lamp goes on if the power supply unit is fails due to over current...

Page 188: ...ble is normal the network LAN controller may be faulty In this case contact your service representative Speed lamp for data transmission ports This lamp indicates whether each of the standard network ports is operated through the 1000BASE T 100BASE TX or 10BASE T network interface If the lamp is lit amber the network port is operated through 1000BASE T If the lamp is lit green the network port is ...

Page 189: ...rd instruction simultaneous key entry of Ctrl Alt Delete Immediately after the system is rebooted in response to an OS instruction During hardware initialization following restart of the POST When the POST detects a hardware failure due to the above reason restart the server once again If the same error message reappears you may assume there is no hardware error To ensure normal operation of the s...

Page 190: ... If the error cannot be corrected in spite of the start of SETUP contact your service representative 0230 System RAM Failed at offset 0231 Shadow Ram Failed at offset 0232 Extended RAM Failed at address line Contact your service representative 0250 System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP Contact your service representative to replace the battery After restarting the computer start the SETUP t...

Page 191: ...ed 0B65 DIMM group 6 has been disabled Contact your service representative 0B70 The error occurred during temperature sensor reading Contact your service representative 0B71 System Temperature out of the range Contact your service representative to replace the fan 0B74 The error occurred during voltage sensor reading 0B75 System voltage out of the range Contact your service representative 0B80 BMC...

Page 192: ...If the error cannot be corrected contact your service representative 0B9B Private I2C bus not responding 0B9C BMC internal exception 0B9D BMC A D timeout error 0B9E SDR repository corrupt 0B9F SEL corrupt Turn off the power once and then on again to start the server If the error cannot be corrected contact your service representative 0BB0 SMBIOS SROM data read error 0BB1 SMBIOS SROM data checksum ...

Page 193: ...g figure shows the socket numbers of the DIMMs and processors referenced in the POST error codes and messages table DIMM 33 DIMM 32 DIMM 31 DIMM 23 DIMM 22 DIMM 21 DIMM 13 DIMM 12 DIMM 11 DIMM 41 DIMM 42 DIMM 43 Processor 1 Processor 2 ...

Page 194: ...city check error 1 3 4 1 DRAM address error 1 3 4 3 DRAM test Low Byte error 1 4 1 1 DRAM test High Byte error Check if the DIMMs are properly connected If the error persists contact your service representative to replace DIMM or mother board 1 5 1 1 CPU startup error Contact your service representative to replace the mother board 1 5 2 1 No CPU installed Contact your service representative to rep...

Page 195: ...r the server Make sure to use the power cord provided with the server Check the power cord for broken shield or bent plugs Make sure the power breaker for the connected power outlet is on If the power cord is plugged to a UPS make sure the UPS is powered and it outputs power See the manual that comes with the UPS for details Power supply to the server may be linked with the connected UPS using the...

Page 196: ... access to internal or external devices or such devices fail to operate T Are cables properly connected Make sure that the interface cables and power cord are properly connected Also make sure that the cables are connected in the correct order T Is the power on order correct When the server has any external devices connected power on the external devices first then the server T Did you install dri...

Page 197: ...s allow you to change the keyboard and mouse settings Refer to manual that comes with your OS to check that the keyboard and mouse settings are correct Fail to access to the DVD CD ROM T Is the DVD CD ROM properly set in the DVD ROM drive tray The tray is provided with a holder to secure the disc Make sure that the disc is placed properly in the holder T Is the DVD CD ROM applicable to the server ...

Page 198: ...anteed T Are the SCSI controllers including optional controllers properly configured Use the BIOS SETUP utility for proper configuration of SCSI devices connected to the SCSI connector on the mother board When the server has an optional SCSI controller installed and SCSI devices connected to it use the BIOS SETUP utility that comes with the optional SCSI controller for proper configuration See the...

Page 199: ...00A 6E89CFD8B1D7 to the user NT AUTHORITY LOCAL SERVICE SID S 1 5 19 This security permission can be modified using the component Services administrative tool It is not a problem in operating the system There are some cases that an event log is registered as follows when you install Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Event Source Service Control Manager Event Type Error Event ID 7011 Description Tim...

Page 200: ...MC by searching the SMBIOS for Type 38 record But either no record was found or the record was not compatible with the version of the device driver If a SMBIOS Type 38 record was detected the Dump Data field of the event contains a binary representation of the record If you use Hardware Management which is provided by Windows Server 2003 R2 above shown event log will be registered For more details...

Page 201: ...all the operating system correctly T Did you confirm the notes on installing the operating system See Chapter 6 During installation the following warning is registered in the System Log of the Event Viewer Error detected on the device Device CdRom0 during the paging operation There is no problem on this issue Fail to start the OS T Is the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM in the DVD ROM drive Take out the...

Page 202: ...ed cable conforms to the network interface standard T Is BIOS configuration correct The internal LAN controller may be disabled with the BIOS Setup utility of the server Check the setting with the BIOS setup utility T Have the protocol and service already configured Install the distinctive network driver for the server Make sure that the protocol such as TCP IP and services are properly specified ...

Page 203: ... message appears After this message appears check the error and take the appropriate corrective action according to the message listed in the table below Message Cause and Remedy This machine is not supported This NEC EXPRESSBUILDER version is not designed for this server Execute the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER on the compliant server NvRAM access error An access to the nonvolatile memory NvRAM is not acce...

Page 204: ...ss R When the message appears again even if you press R restart the Express Setup from the beginning In case the same result occurred after the restart of installation contact Maintenance Service Company and ask them to check the DVD ROM drive Express Setup terminated and asks to input setup information There are some errors on the specified setup information Follow the instruction to input the co...

Page 205: ...in during the installation it will install the system as Workgroup Open System in Control Panel to specify joining the Domain Entered the incorrect Product ID CD key Even if you entered the incorrect Product ID CD key Express Setup will start However the setup will stop and asks you to re enter the correct value Also in this case input request will occur when rebooting after GUI setup completed du...

Page 206: ...wo Network adapter so the detailed specification of the protocol are all set by default Re specify the details from Control Panel after starting the OS Problems with Disk Array Configuration Refer to the manual supplied with the RAID controller Problems with Master Control Menu The master control menu fails to appear T Is your system Windows NT 4 0 or later or Windows 95 or later The menu is only ...

Page 207: ...ystem is archived 6 Click Save as in the Run menu 7 Input the file name of archived log in the File Name box 8 Select the type of the log file you want to save in the File Type list box and click OK For more information refer to Windows Online Help Collect Configuration Information Use the Diagnostic Program to collect the information on hardware configuration and inside specification Refer to Win...

Page 208: ...error may display a message indicating insufficient virtual memory Ignore this message and proceed Restarting the system may result in dumping improper data Preparing for Memory Dumping Memory dumping with the DUMP switch may disable the server to restart In such a case it is required to force the server to shut down This forced shutdown however is not available if Enable is selected for Power Swi...

Page 209: ...e when an error occurs Insert a metal pin a straightened large paper clip will make a substitute into the switch hole to press the DUMP switch 1 2 Pressing the DUMP switch saves the dump file in the specified directory Memory dumping may not be available when the CPU stalls DUMP switch ...

Page 210: ...to the server Starting the Off line Maintenance Utility The Off line Maintenance Utility may be started in the following ways From the CD ROM Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive and reboot the system After the menu is displayed on the screen select Tools Off line Maintenance Utility The Off line Maintenance Utility program starts from the CD ROM From the floppy disk Insert ...

Page 211: ...ystem errors and events to determine a maintenance part BIOS Setup Viewer Provides the functions to export the current configuration data defined with the SETUP utility to a text file System Information Viewer Provides the functions to view information on the processor and the BIOS and export it to a text file System Information Management Provides the function to make a back up copy of your data ...

Page 212: ...ears the DIMM memory and the data in process To reset the server when it is not frozen make sure that no processing is in progress Soft reset If the server halts before starting the OS press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press Delete This restarts the server Hard reset Press the RESET switch at the front of the server ...

Page 213: ... Press and hold the POWER switch on the server for at least four seconds The power is forcibly turned off To turn on the power back again wait approximately 10 seconds after turning off the power forced shutdown IMPORTANT If the remote power on function is used cycle the power once to load the OS and turn off the power again in the normal way Press here for at least 4 seconds ...

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Page 215: ...s or bad influences resulting from the operation of the server subject to the installation or removal NEC recommends that you request a maintenance engineer of your service representative having the expert knowledge on the server to do the installation and removal procedures Use the options and cables approved by NEC You will be charged by any repair of a malfunction fault or defect occurring in a...

Page 216: ...y See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not disassemble repair or alter the server Do not remove the lithium or battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details High temperature Make sure to compl...

Page 217: ...atic electricity Select a suitable work space Work with the server on the anti static or concrete floor When you work with the server on a carpet where static electricity is likely to be generated make sure take anti static measures beforehand Use a work table Place the server on an anti static mat to work with it Clothe Do not wear a wool or synthetic cloth to work with the server Wear anti stati...

Page 218: ...left in the server Confirm that particularly conductive parts such as screws are not left in the server Turning on the power with a conductive part on the mother board or cable terminal causes the server to malfunction Confirming the cooling effect in the server Confirm that the ventilating holes are not covered with an internally connected cable Insufficient cooling effect raises the internal tem...

Page 219: ...cedure 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER switch to turn off the power of the server The POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 3 Pull out all the power cords from the AC inlet on the server 4 Remove all the cables connected to the server on the rear panel 5 Make the clearance of 1 m to 2 m in the front and rear sides and left and right sides of the server ...

Page 220: ...er Removal Remove the left side cover in the following procedure WARNING Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Disconnect the power plug before working with the server 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Loose...

Page 221: ...ake sure that the hooks on the side cover are inserted into the frames and holes of the server securely IMPORTANT After one or more optional devices are installed or removed completely install the removed side cover securely The installation of the left side cover is monitored by a cover sensor Hooks Holes Frame ...

Page 222: ...ooling efficiency and can affect performance or cause damage due to overheating Removal Follow these steps to remove the CPU duct cover 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the side cover 3 Position the server unit so that its right side faces the floor 4 Hold the left side of the CPU duct cover and push the right end of the tab to release ...

Page 223: ...duct cover 1 Holding the internal cables clear place the CPU duct cover into the chassis 2 Adjust the CPU duct cover until the tab on the right end of the duct cover is aligned with the slot on the chassis 3 Reinstall the side cover Insert the frame into the hook on the chassis ...

Page 224: ...ion refer to the manual that comes with the disk array controller A hard disk drive having the thickness of 1 inch can be installed on each of the slots The SCSI IDs of the slots are fixed to ID0 to ID3 from bottom to top In the configuration at the shipment the cable on the 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay is connected to the SAS connector on the mother board To provide the disk array configuration c...

Page 225: ...e front door In the disk array configuration hard disk drives may be installed or removed with the power of the server being on 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare in other than the disk array configuration 2 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key to open the front door 3 Locate the slot in which the hard disk drive is install...

Page 226: ...rd disk drive 6 Securely hold the hard disk drive with tray and handle and insert it into the slot IMPORTANT Push the hard disk drive until the hook of the handle hits the frame Hold the hard disk drive carrier with both hands securely and carefully Handle ...

Page 227: ...he handle The handle is locked with a click IMPORTANT Note that your fingers may not be caught between the handle and the tray NOTE Make sure that the hook of the handle is hanged on the frame 8 Close the door opened in step 2 Hook Handle Frame ...

Page 228: ...e hard disk drive Data not erased completely may be restored by special software and used for unexpected purposes It is strongly recommended that the software or service both available at stores for data erasure should be used in order to avoid the trouble explained above For details on data erasure ask your sales representative NOTE To remove a defected hard disk drive locate the slot on which th...

Page 229: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 15 3 Push the lever to release the lock 4 Pull the handle toward you 5 Hold the handle and hard disk drive securely and pull it forward ...

Page 230: ...IMPORTANT If the auto rebuild fails the disk lamp on the hard disk drive goes on amber Provide the disk removal or installation again to run the auto rebuild If the disk array monitoring utility is installed the following display or operation may occur However the auto rebuild is conducted correctly if the disk lamp of the hard disk drive subject to the auto rebuild is not lit amber after the term...

Page 231: ...ll the power supply unit in the following procedure 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Loosen a screw securing the blank cover to remove the cover from the chassis IMPORTANT Keep the removed blank cover for future use 3 Insert the power supply unit into the vacant slot until it locks IMPORTANT Insert the power supply unit straight into the slot ...

Page 232: ...power supply unit may be failed Contact your service representative to ask for maintenance 5 Turn on the power of the server The POWER lamps on the power supply units go on 6 Make sure that any error on the power supply unit occurs with the STATUS lamp and POST See Chapter 8 for details of error indications When the POWER lamp of the power supply unit is off reinstall the power supply unit If the ...

Page 233: ...s on the rear face and determine which module needs to be replaced 2 Shutdown the system and power off the server 3 Disconnect the power cord from the failed power supply unit 4 While pressing down on the lever grasp the handle and carefully pull the power supply unit out of the bay 2 1 5 If you are not going to install a replacement power supply unit you must install a blank cover you removed in ...

Page 234: ...y and PCI devices up to two cooling fans when the water cooling kit is installed Installation 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the side cover 3 Insert the cooling fan unit into the chassis as shown in the figure below Front fan Option fan Rear fan Fan cables ...

Page 235: ...ctor see the figure For easy installation remove the hot swap fan from the cooling fan unit during installation 4 Insert the tabs into holes on the frame of the server and push the cooling fan unit toward the frame The cooling fan unit is locked with locking tab Locking tabs Tabs Cables ...

Page 236: ...rver 5 Connect the cooling fan cables to the connectors on mother board Take care to connect the cable to the proper connector Otherwise NEC ESMPRO will fail to monitor the server 6 Reassemble the removed components FAN4 CN5 ...

Page 237: ...Remove the side cover 3 Remove the connectors of the fan unit from the mother board 4 Push the locking tab to unlock the cooling fan unit and remove the fan unit from the server NOTE For easy removal remove the hot swap fan from the cooling fan unit during removal 5 Reassemble the removed components Locking tabs Tabs Cables ...

Page 238: ...erious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Stay away from fan Do not touch any other component than specified Your server accommodates two standard hot swap fans and one optional hot swap fan IMPORTANT Do not remove a fan unless it is failed Once you remove a factory installed fan from the system replace it within five minutes Front fan Option fan Rear fan ...

Page 239: ...NEC ESMPRO system event log or POST error code 2 Remove the side cover 3 Hold the tabs on both sides of the hot swap fan and pull the hot swap fan out of the fan unit 4 Insert the new hot swap fan into the fan unit until it is locked with clicks 5 Reassemble the removed components ...

Page 240: ...efer to the manual that comes with the disk array controller A hard disk drive having thickness of about 1 inch can be inserted to each of the four slots in the HDD cage SCSI ID4 SCSI ID7 are assigned in the order from bottom to top If the optional HDD cage is installed in the 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay the cable attached to the 3 5 inch hard disk drive cage should be connected to the SAS connec...

Page 241: ...lock of the front door by using the security key and open the front door 3 Remove the side cover 4 Remove the fan unit The fan unit should be removed to facilitate connection of cables to the connectors on the HDD cage easily 5 Remove the dummy cover from the slot to which the HDD cage is to be inserted Remove the four dummy cover fixing screws to remove the dummy cover IMPORTANT Keep the removed ...

Page 242: ... the connectors on the rear of the HDD cage Connect the power cables P10 and P11 of the server to the mating power connectors on the rear of the HDD cage Connect one end of the SAS cable to the SAS control connector on the rear of the HDD cage and the other end to the SAS control connector SAS2 ...

Page 243: ...ected with the factory installed HDD cage to the connector on the additional HDD cage SAS1 connector The SAS1 connector is connected to the normally installed HDD cage ID0 to ID3 SAS2 connector The SAS2 connector is intended to be connected to an additional HDD cage LED cascade cable IDE connector SAS1 connector SAS2 connector ...

Page 244: ...x the HDD cage to the server with four fixing screws 9 Install the components having been removed 10 Install the device driver referring to the User s Guide attached to the installed HDD cage Removal Remove the HDD cage in the reverse procedure of the installation ...

Page 245: ...or one double height device can be installed Set the SCSI termination of the device to be installed to OFF and assign a unique SCSI ID not duplicated or corrupted with that of any other device Refer to the documentation coming with each of the devices for how to assign an ID For single height device first install a device in slot 1 Then install another device in slot 2 For double height device ins...

Page 246: ... the dummy cover toward you carefully 5 Fix the rails coming with the server to the 5 25 inch device by using the four screws coming with the device IMPORTANT Always use the screws coming with the 5 25 inch device Using longer screws or those of different diameter may cause the device to be broken When installing a double height device use the DLT device rails larger L shaped rail that come with t...

Page 247: ...igure below 8 Push the 5 25 inch device to the device bay carefully NOTE Make sure that the cables are not caught while the 5 25 inch device is pushed into the slot IMPORTANT If a 5 25 inch device occupying two slots cannot be inserted easily push the device to the slots with it lifted a little 9 Fix the rails by using the screws removed in step 3 Single height device Double height device Locking ...

Page 248: ...r cable connection IMPORTANT Connector pin bending or incomplete connection may cause a malfunction to occur Provide the connection securely watching the 5 25 inch device and cable connectors NOTE Make sure that the cable is not caught 12 Install the removed components IMPORTANT Pass the front cooling fan cables to the mother board connector see the figure To SCSI connector on optional SCSI contro...

Page 249: ... BIOS for the SCSI device according to the manual that comes with the SCSI controller 14 Install the device driver according to the manual that comes with the device Removal Remove the 5 25 inch device in the reverse procedure of the installation ...

Page 250: ...allic frame section of the server to discharge the static electricity on your body Do not make bare hands contact with terminals and components on the PCI board In addition do not put the PCI board on a desk directly See Static Precautions in this chapter for details of the static electricity Mother board PCI board slot 5 PCI board slot 4 PCI board slot 3 PCI board slot 2 PCI board slot 1 PCI EXPR...

Page 251: ...C and elements on PCI board the PCI board or cable may be damaged Due to some board type you may remove the connector cap from an adjacent slot or SCSI connector for external devices before installing the board 3 3V or universal PCI board can be installed in PCI board slots 1 5V or universal PCI board can be installed in PCI board slot 2 NOTE When installing a PCI board make sure that the board co...

Page 252: ...ernal hard disk drive 3 max with N8103 91 90 81 N8103 99 Disk array controller 0 ch 64 bit 133MHz PCI X 1 max N8103 81 Disk array controller 2 ch 64 bit 66MHz PCI Cannot connect with internal hard disk drive 3 max with N8103 91 90 80 N8104 111 100BASE TX adapter 32 bit 33MHz PCI 2 max N8104 86 100BASE TX adapter 32 bit 33MHz PCI 2 max N8104 119 1000BASE T adapter 64 bit 133MHz PCI X N8104 120 1000...

Page 253: ...ght as the installation slot IMPORTANT Keep the additional slot cover being removed for future use 4 Make the component side of the board face the bottom of the server slowly insert the board aligning the board connector with the slot on mother board NOTE For a long sized board align the right end of the board with the groove of the guide rail on the server and then connect the board to the slot G...

Page 254: ... Reinstall the removed components 8 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error message list in Chapter 8 9 Run the BIOS SETUP Utility to set the Reset Configuration Data in the Advanced menu to Yes This is required to update the hardware configuration information See Chapter 4...

Page 255: ...a in which disk arrays are available and logical drive capacity Cautions Note the following on the configuration of a disk array The disk array controller board is easily affected by static electricity Handle the disk array controller board after making your body contact with a metallic frame section of the server to discharge the static electricity on your body Do not make bare hands contact with...

Page 256: ...ation Refer to the online document stored in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM coming with the server or the documentation coming with the disk array controller for details If a disk array controller is replaced create the configuration information by using the proper utility When two or more disk array controller boards are installed in the server install the disk array controller board to which the syst...

Page 257: ...you need an optional conversion kit To connect the server with the N8141 36F additional disk unit any of the following optional cables are required K410 93 01 additional disk unit connecting SCSI cable K410 93 03 additional disk unit connecting SCSI cable K410 93 06 additional disk unit connecting SCSI cable After the connection of the additional disk unit to the server provide the disk array conf...

Page 258: ...dition to the standard CPU Intel Xeon Processor NOTE If the different revision of the processor is installed in the multiprocessor system Windows logs the following information every startup If this message is logged it is no problem for operation CPU 1 factory installed Mother board CPU 2 ...

Page 259: ...hands contact with the CPU pins In addition do not put any CPU on a desk directly See Static Precautions for details of the static electricity 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the components as follows Side cover CPU duct cover 3 Locate the CPU socket which you are going to install CPU 4 Remove the CPU cover 5 Raise the locking lever on...

Page 260: ... holder 7 Put the CPU on the socket slowly and carefully IMPORTANT Make sure of the orientation of CPU A pin mark is placed on CPU and CPU socket to prevent an incorrect insertion Check the pin marks on CPU and socket before inserting CPU into socket ...

Page 261: ...he CPU lightly to the socket and push down the CPU socket holder 9 Push down the lever to secure the CPU 10 Put the heat sink on CPU If you are going to use the water cooling kit instead of heat sink see Water Cooling Kit described later ...

Page 262: ...s not completely secured with screws Do not move the secured heat sink 13 Install the components you removed previously 14 Set Reset Configuration Data on the Advanced menu to Yes This setting is required to change the hardware configuration data See Chapter 4 for details 15 If the CPUs are additionally installed to configure a multi processor system provide the following settings on Windows Selec...

Page 263: ...ft and right lightly to make sure that the heat sink can be apart from the CPU Removing the heat sink with it adhering to the CPU may cause the CPU and or socket to be defected Do the following procedure if a CPU is removed or replaced 1 Start SETUP to select menus Main Processor Settings Processor Retest in the order to clear the error information on the removed CPU see Chapter 4 When a CPU is re...

Page 264: ...ver Installation Water Cooling Kit Install the water cooling kit on the CPU in the following procedure 1 Peel off the tape and remove the protector on the bottom Also remove the protector on the side Tape Protector Protector ...

Page 265: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 51 2 Put the water cooling kit on the CPU 3 Fix the water cooling kit with screws For how to fix the water cooling kit see step 11 of the CPU installation procedure ...

Page 266: ...e procedure of the installation IMPORTANT If you have installed or removed the water cooling heat sink kit you must update the system Use the Update CD ROM provided with N8101 339 water cooling heat sink to update the system Updating system is required in the following cases When the standard heat sink is replaced with water cooling heat sink When the water cooling heat sink is replaced with stand...

Page 267: ... of two modules IMPORTANT Due to an interleave device add two DIMMs in group The server does not operate if DIMMs of different specifications are installed in a single group NOTE To use the memory mirroring and online spare memory feature see Using the Memory RAS Feature described later Group number Socket number in group Group 1 DIMM 11 and DIMM 21 Group 2 DIMM 31 and DIMM 41 Group 3 DIMM 12 and ...

Page 268: ...ion or defect caused by such a device within the warranty period NOTES Up to 48GB 4GB 12 of memory can be added In the error messages and logs in POST NEC ESMPRO Manager or Off line Maintenance Utility the DIMM connector may be called group The number next to a group meets the connector number in the figure shown above Installation Install a DIMM in the following procedure IMPORTANT Due to an inte...

Page 269: ...ove components 7 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error message list in Chapter 8 8 Start SETUP to select Advanced Memory Configuration on menus Then make sure that the status of the additional DIMM is set to Normal see Chapter 4 9 Set Reset Configuration Data on the Advan...

Page 270: ...n the levers at the both ends of the socket for the DIMM to be removed The lock is released to allow the DIMM to be removed 5 Install the component removed in Step 2 6 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error message list in Chapter 8 7 Start the SETUP to select Advanced Mem...

Page 271: ...rmal memory configuration The chipkill ECC memory feature can operate in any configuration The memory area on the motherboard of the server is divided into two memory branches as shown in the figure below The memory mirroring and online spare memory features keep memory redundancy between memory branches and within a memory branch by monitoring or altering memory active inactive status respectivel...

Page 272: ...should have the same capacity Run SETUP see Chapter 4 change parameters appropriately in the Mirror menu selected as shown below save the settings and exit from SETUP Advanced Memory Configuration Memory RAS Feature Mirror Install memory devices in the following order Groups 1 and 2 Groups 3 and 4 Groups 5 and 6 The following mirroring cannot be configured Memory mirroring between different mirror...

Page 273: ... 1GB 6GB 3GB 3 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 8GB 4GB 4 2GB 2GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 1GB 8GB 4GB 5 2GB 2GB 1GB 1GB 2GB 2GB 10GB 5GB 6 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 1GB 1GB 10GB 5GB 7 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 12GB 6GB 8 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 12GB 6GB 9 2GB 2GB 1GB 1GB 4GB 4GB 14GB 7GB 10 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 1GB 1GB 14GB 7GB 11 2GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 16GB 8GB 12 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 2GB 2GB 16GB 8GB 13 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 20GB 10GB 14 4GB ...

Page 274: ...matically changes the running DIMM from the failed one to a DIMM in the standby group to continue the processing NOTE The operating system recognizes the memory devices as those with capacities less than the actual physical capacities The recognized capacities vary depending on the number of DIMMs and the physical capacity per DIMM Mother board Memory controller Branch 0 Group 1 Branch 1 In operat...

Page 275: ...he Sparing menu selected as shown below save the settings and exit from SETUP Advanced Memory Configuration Sparing Install memory devices in the following order Group 1 Group 3 Group 5 for memory branch 0 Group 2 Group 4 Group 6 for memory branch 1 The following sparing can be neither configured nor set Sparing to anther memory branch Specification of arbitrary memory devices as spare The group o...

Page 276: ...when online spare memory is specified Single rank memory configuration Logical memory capacity Physical memory capacity Number of DIMMs Physical memory capacity Dual rank memory configuration Logical memory capacity Physical memory capacity Number of DIMMs Physical memory capacity 2 The server supports the following product number N8102 246 1GB memory Single rank N8102 247 248 249 2GB 4GB 8GB memo...

Page 277: ...Chapter 10 Internal Cabling Diagrams Internal cable connections of the server are shown below ...

Page 278: ... shown below Standard Configuration The figure below shows an example of the connections in the standard configuration The onboard SAS 1 connector is connected to the hard disk drive bay Option Option DVD ROM 5 25 inch device bay 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional Mother board SAS cable IDE cable PCIe 5 PCIe 4 PCI e 3 PCI 2 PCI X 1 ...

Page 279: ...ive or more hard disk drives are to be connected The onboard SAS 2 connector is connected to the additional HDD cage Option Option DVD ROM 5 25 inch device bay 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional Mother board SAS cable IDE cable HDD cage optional PCIe 5 PCIe 4 PCIe 3 PCI 2 PCI X 1 ...

Page 280: ... SCSI cable is equipped with terminating resistor Set Disabled for all the terminating resistors of connected devices For other setting refer to the manual provided with the device A file device needs settings such as a SCSI transfer rate For the transfer rate see the manual provided with the file device Use the BIOS utility of the SCSI controller to make the settings For details see the manual pr...

Page 281: ...optional DVD RAM drive to SLAVE The factory installed DVD RAM drive is set to MASTER Use the cable connected to the onboard IDE connector First connect the cable to internal DVD RAM drive and then to the factory installed DVD RAM drive IDE device DVD ROM 5 25 inch device bay 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional Mother board SAS cable IDE cable PCIe 5 PCIe 4 PCIe 3 PCI 2 PCI X...

Page 282: ...Enable the terminating resistor of the last device of the connection If no device is connected installing a terminating resistor on the rear connector is not required The total cable length including internal cable must be 3 m or shorter IDE device DVD ROM 5 25 inch device bay 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional Mother board SAS cable IDE cable SCSI controller PCIe 5 PCIe 4 ...

Page 283: ...e connected with up to 121 hard disk drives 9 hard disk drives internally installed and 6 units of additional disk unit each unit can contain 14 hard disk drives Four SCSI disk array controller boards are required to connect the server with additional disk unit The server can be equipped up to four SCSI disk array controller board Accordingly in this configuration the eight hard disk drives instal...

Page 284: ...onnected to the power unit installed in the server The connector numbers and the internal devices to which the connectors are connected are shown in the figures below Standard Configuration P9 P8 Mother board 5 25 inch device bay Option DVD ROM Power supply Power cable 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional ...

Page 285: ...Internal Cabling Diagrams 10 9 Installing HDD Cage Power cable Mother board 5 25 inch device bay Option DVD ROM Power supply 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional HDD cage optional ...

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Page 287: ...ot plug Supported Hard disk drive disk controller SAS Floppy disk drive optional USB 3 5 inch floppy disk drive Auxiliary storage device DVD ROM standard ATAPI interface 1 x18 to x40 speed DVD x6 to x16 speed CD x20 to x48 speed 5 25 inch file bay 3 slots An ATAPI DVD ROM drive is factory installed 3 5 inch disk bay 4 slots 4 slots optional PCI EXPRESS 3 slots 64 bit 100MHz 1 slot Additional PCI s...

Page 288: ...d projections included Weight 22 kg Max 38 kg Specification 100 to 120 VAC 10 200 to 240 VAC 10 50 60 Hz 1 Hz Power supply Hot swap Supported Redundant fan Supported optional Power consumption 630 VA 620 W 700 VA 690 W Energy efficiency ratio 0 012 class C 0 0065 class C 0 0098 class C 0 0084 class C 0 0043 class C Temperature 10 to 35 C operating 10 to 55 C non operating storage Environmental req...

Page 289: ...mes with the server contains the NEC ESMPRO utility NEC recommends that you should install the NEC ESMPRO for effective use of the reliability enhancement features of the server Floppy Disk The following describes use of the floppy disk Floppy disk type The server uses 3 5 inch floppy disks You can use the following two types of 3 5 inch floppy disks 2HD floppy disk double sided high density track...

Page 290: ...e the floppy disk in a dusty place Do not place anything on the floppy disk Do not leave the floppy disk in a high temperature place e g place exposed to direct sunlight or close to a heater Do not leave the floppy disk with foods and drinks or in a place exposed to cigarette smoke Do not leave the floppy disk near any form of liquid or a chemical or in a place where a chemical may be accidentally...

Page 291: ...g system IMPORTANT Formatting a used floppy disk clears all the data contained in it if any Formatting a floppy disk from the DOS command line is not available with the server Use a formatted floppy disk to work with it on the DOS command line The format method depends on your operating system Refer to the manual that comes with your operating system for details Data backup Data backup is to copy ...

Page 292: ...m its center to edge with a dry soft cloth slowly and gently Use the dedicated cleaner to clean the DVD CD ROM Do not use record spray cleaner benzene or thinner Keep the DVD CD ROM in the dedicated case when not in use Tape Media The following describes data handling with the DAT DLT or AIT optionally available for the server Saving your valuable data When you save your valuable data or programs ...

Page 293: ...ering alphanumeric characters or symbols IMPORTANT Do not pour any liquid such as water or put anything into the keyboard Doing so may cause a failure of the keyboard The keyboard provided with the server is designed for adjustment of an angle Adjust the keyboard angle at which the keyboard is easy to operate The adjustment assists in reducing strain on your shoulders arms and fingers NOTE The key...

Page 294: ...the mouse on a dusty or dirty desk disturbs smooth movement or normal operation of the mouse When your mouse movement seems dull clean your mouse See Chapter 7 Mouse operation includes Click Double click and Drag Click Press the button only once and release it Double click Press the button twice consecutively and release it Drag Press and hold the button and move the mouse Operation of the server ...

Page 295: ...one to install an optional device Interrupt Request The factory set IRQs are assigned as follows IRQ Peripheral Device Controller IRQ Peripheral Device Controller 0 System timer 9 ACPI 1 10 PCI 2 11 BMC 3 Serial port COM2 12 4 Serial port COM1 13 Numeric coprocessor 5 PCI 14 Primary IDE 6 15 Secondary IDE 7 16 PCI 8 Real time clock ...

Page 296: ...roller A8 A9 Interrupt controller AC AD Interrupt controller B0 B1 Interrupt controller B2 B3 Advanced power management B4 B5 Interrupt controller B8 B9 Interrupt controller BC BD Interrupt controller C0 DF DMA controller F0 Coprocessor error F1 FF Logic device configuration 170 177 IDE secondary bus controller 1F0 1F7 IDE primary bus controller 2F8 2FF Serial port 2 376 IDE secondary bus controll...

Page 297: ...t to install the other boards by using a driver floppy disk OEM FD for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM FD for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configuration Diskette Creator in Chapter 6 Supporting installation of OS in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER N8103 91 Disk Array Controller Internal SAS HDD N8103 99 Disk Array Controller 0ch LSI...

Page 298: ... to Dynamic Disk note the following issue Do not select the partition that OS had been installed as the partition to install the OS newly Select Use the current File System for the format of OS partition Manual Installation when N8103 80F 81F Keeps Connection If you keep those controllers connecting during installation process pop up messages may appear This does not affect on system behavior Clic...

Page 299: ...entire system Regardless of the size of the mounted memory or the Write debugging information type of memory dump the maximum size of the dump file is The size of the mounted memory 1MB If you install any application program or the like add necessary space to the partition to install these programs For example if the mounted memory size is 512MB the partition size will be calculated by the above f...

Page 300: ...te Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER with the following two procedures Create from the menu which appears when running NEC Express5800 Server with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER If you have only NEC Express5800 Server to create Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER use this procedure If Windows Server 2003 can be operated on NEC Express5800 Server you ca...

Page 301: ...003 x64 Edition OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER from Master Control Menu if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Run the operating system 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive of the server Master Control Menu will appear 4 Click on Setup with left mouse button and click Make OEM DISK ...

Page 302: ... again 4 If the RAID controller or SCSI controller is installed in the system press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration is displayed A screen with a solid blue background is displayed IMPORTANT There is no visible indication on screen when F6 has been pressed 5 When the following message is displayed pr...

Page 303: ...n the following message is shown press Enter to start Welcome to Setup 9 When the installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition has finished the system reboots automatically 10 The Windows setup screen will be displayed after logged on to the system IMPORTANT In this case the Windows setup screen may not be displayed Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 accordin...

Page 304: ...Confirm the parameters and click OK 12 When the installation has completed remove Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 CD ROM from the DVD ROM drive and restart the system After installation is completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Driver Installation and Advanced Settings and Updating the System of this manual ...

Page 305: ...ion in which you want to install the operating system when the following message appears The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list Cannot modify the drive letter of your system or boot volume Confirm the proper drive letter is assigned and then continue the setup 3 Continue the clean instal...

Page 306: ...gement 2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the window 3 Right click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the Change Drive Letter and Path 4 Click Yes 5 Choose the Assign a drive letter and specify the drive letter you want to assign 6 Click OK 7 If the following message appears click Yes Changing the drive letter of a volume may cause programs to no longer run A...

Page 307: ... drive Master Control Menu is automatically appeared on the screen 3 Click on Setup with left mouse button and click on Update NEC Express5800 system section 4 Continue your work for system update as the following message 5 Click on OK to restart the system 6 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM from the DVD ROM drive immediately after clicking on OK IMPORTANT If you change the configuration of th...

Page 308: ... tolerant environment on any trouble and enhances throughput between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive 2 The Windows Explorer dialog starts The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu and click Windows Explorer The procedure in the case of th...

Page 309: ...ork normally If you want to utilize AFT ALB feature follow the procedure below to setup 1 The Intel R PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu point to Control Panel administrative tools and click Computer Management and then double click the Network Adapter Name in the Network Adapter list The procedure in the case of the classic start menu 1...

Page 310: ... installed 1 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu 1 Click Start menu click Control Panel click Network Connections and click Local Area Connection The procedure in the case of the classic start menu 1 Click Start menu click Settings and click Network Connections The Network Connections dialog box appears 2 Right click Local Ar...

Page 311: ...rk Adapter list 2 Click the Link and specify the Speed and Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 3 Click Apply and click OK Also add or delete any protocols and services if necessary You can operate the process on the property dialog box for local area network which can be appeared from Network and Dial up Connection NOTE We recommend you to add Network Monitor at Adding Services Ne...

Page 312: ...ould not be used If you want to utilize optional Network Board N8104 86 111 install the driver stored in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM In case of utilizing N8104 86 111 DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT W2K3AMD NS4 PRO100 WS3XPX64 In case of utilizing N8104 112 119 120 121 DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT W2K3AMD NS4 PRO1000 WS3XPX64 If the procedure of installation is not clear refer to the installation procedure...

Page 313: ...te Driver Hardware Update Wizard appears 4 Select the Install from a list or specific location Advanced radio button and click Next 5 Select the Search for the best driver in these locations radio button and check off the Search removable media floppy CD ROM check box 6 Check the Include this location in the search check box and when using N8104 86 111 specify DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT W2K3AMD NS...

Page 314: ...ick Start menu point to Setting and click Control Panel 2 Click Add Remove Programs 3 Select the graphics accelerator driver from the program list and click Change Remove To delete a standard graphics accelerator driver select Matrox Graphics Software remove only To delete a graphics accelerator N8105 45 driver select ATI Display Driver NOTE Please choose the graphics accelerator driver which has ...

Page 315: ... standard graphics accelerator driver DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT W2K3AMD VIDEO MATROX SETUP EXE To install a graphics accelerator N8105 45 driver DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT W2K3AMD VIDEO ES1000 SETUP EXE NOTE Please choose one of above to be installed 4 Follow the message to continue the installation If the dialog message Digital Signature could not been found appears select Yes to continue 5 Remo...

Page 316: ...e Optional Network Board Driver Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver 1 Start Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and double click Network Adapter Name Network Adapter Name Properties appears NOTE Intel R PRO 1000 is the name of On Board adapter All other names show the Optional Network Board 3 Click Driver tab and click Update Driver Hardware Update Wizard appears 4 Select the Ins...

Page 317: ...ontroller and take the following steps to install the driver 1 Start Device Manager from Start menu Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management 2 Double click LSI Logic Megaraid SCSI 320 1 2 which Device Manager lists 3 Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver 4 When the Update Device Driver Wizard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next 5 Sel...

Page 318: ...D 22 Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions SETTING FOR COLLECTING MEMORY DUMP DEBUG INFORMATION Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

Page 319: ...rds by using a driver floppy disk OEM FD for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM FD for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configuration Diskette Creator in Chapter 6 Supporting installation of OS in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER N8103 91 Disk Array Controller Internal SAS HDD N8103 99 Disk Array Controller 0ch LSI Logic Embedded MegaRAID C...

Page 320: ...he partition to install the OS newly Select Use the current File System for the format of OS partition Manual Installation when N8103 80F 81F Keeps Connection If you keep those controllers connecting during installation process pop up messages may appear This does not affect on system behavior Click YES and continue the installation Follow the message hereafter Mounting MO Device Do not mount an M...

Page 321: ...ile with the entire system The maximum paging file size which can be set on one partition is 4095MB If the above paging file size exceeds 4095MB specify 4095MB for the paging file size The maximum dump file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB If you install any application program or the like add necessary space to the partition to install these programs For exampl...

Page 322: ...ou are going to install Windows Server 2003 you do not need to create it again You can create Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER with the following two procedures Create from the menu which appears when running NEC Express5800 Server with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER If you have only NEC Express5800 Server to create Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER use this procedure If W...

Page 323: ...8 95 Windows NT 4 0 You can create Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER from Master Control Menu if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Run the operating system 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive of the server Master Control Menu will appear 4 Click on Setup with lef...

Page 324: ...ller or SCSI controller is installed in the system press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration is displayed A screen with a solid blue background is displayed IMPORTANT There is no visible indication on screen when F6 has been pressed 5 When the following message is displayed press S Setup could not deter...

Page 325: ... Setup 9 When the installation of Windows Server 2003 has finished the system reboots automatically Windows Server 2003 has installed Go on the step 13 Windows Server 2003 R2 has installed Go on the step 10 10 When Windows Server 2003 R2 has been installed the Windows Setup screen will be displayed after logged on to the system IMPORTANT In this case the Windows setup screen may not be displayed B...

Page 326: ... the parameters and click OK 12 When the installation has completed remove Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 CD ROM from the DVD ROM drive and restart the system 13 When the installation has completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Driver Installation and Advanced Settings and Updating the System of manual ...

Page 327: ... which you want to install the operating system when the following message appears The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list Cannot modify the drive letter of your system or boot volume Confirm the proper drive letter is assigned and then continue the setup 3 Continue the clean installation...

Page 328: ... 2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the window 3 Right click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the Change Drive Letter and Path 4 Click Yes 5 Choose the Assign a drive letter and specify the drive letter you want to assign 6 Click OK 7 If the following message appears click Yes Changing the drive letter of a volume may cause programs to no longer run Are you...

Page 329: ... Master Control Menu is automatically appeared on the screen 3 Click on Setup with left mouse button and click on Update NEC Express5800 system section 4 Continue your work for system update as the following message 5 Click on OK to restart the system 6 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM from the DVD ROM drive immediately after clicking on OK IMPORTANT If you change the configuration of the syst...

Page 330: ...rant environment on any trouble and enhance throughput between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive 2 The Windows Explorer dialog starts The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu and click Windows Explorer The procedure in the case of the clas...

Page 331: ... pop up menu 2 Click Configure The property dialog box for network adapter appears 3 Click the Advanced and specify the Link Speed Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 4 Click OK on the property dialog box for network adapter When PROSet is installed 1 The Intel R PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu point to Control Panel ...

Page 332: ...Monitor at AddingServices Network Monitor can monitor the frame or the packet that the computer installing Network Monitor sends or receives This tool is valuable when analyzing network trouble For information on how to install the tool see the Setup for Trouble Process later in this document Re install the Network Driver The network driver will be installed automatically See Optional Network Boar...

Page 333: ...rt menu point to Setting and click Control Panel 2 Click Add Remove Programs 3 Select the graphics accelerator driver from the program list and click Change Remove To delete a standard graphics accelerator driver select Matrox Graphics Software remove only To delete a graphics accelerator N8105 45 driver select ATI Display Driver NOTE Please choose the graphics accelerator driver which has already...

Page 334: ...dard graphics accelerator driver DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT DOTNET VIDEO MATROX SETUP EXE To install a graphics accelerator N8105 45 driver DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT DOTNET VIDEO ES1000 SETUP EXE NOTE Please choose one of above to be installed 4 Follow the message to continue the installation If the dialog message Digital Signature could not been found appears select Yes to continue 5 Remove the ...

Page 335: ...the driver 1 Start Device Manager from Start menu Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management 2 Double click LSI Logic Megaraid SCSI 320 1 2 which Device Manager lists 3 Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver 4 When the Update Device Driver Wizard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next 5 Select the Search for the best driver in these locati...

Page 336: ...ate Device Driver Wizard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive enter a into copy manufacturer s file from and click OK 8 Specify the following driver and click Next INITIO INI A10...

Page 337: ...ated before you can use Windows Server 2003 Windows activation process is as follows NOTE When you use Windows Server 2003 R2 activation process is not needed 1 Click Run on Start menu Type as follows in the Open box and click OK oobe msoobe a 2 When the screen as follows is displayed click Next ...

Page 338: ...E 20 Installing Windows Server 2003 The following screen is displayed 3 Process Windows activation according to the following message ...

Page 339: ... tuning feature and the Physical Address Extension switch Below is the example on how to add PAE switch to Boot ini file 1 Click Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click System 3 Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under Setup and Recovery 4 Under System Setup click Edit to open Boot ini 5 Add PAE to Operating Systems section in Boot ini file ...

Page 340: ...E 22 Installing Windows Server 2003 SETTING FOR COLLECTING MEMORY DUMP DEBUG INFORMATION Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

Page 341: ... 3 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number 4 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number 5 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number 6 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number 7 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number 8 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date Installed Memory 1 Size Serial No Date Ins...

Page 342: ...ot 2 Model name Type number Date Installed Size Capacity Serial No Slot 3 Model name Type number Date Installed Size Capacity Serial No Slot 4 Model name Type number Date Installed PCI Slot 1 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 2 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI e Slot 3 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI e Slot 4 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI e Slot 5 Model name Ser...

Page 343: ...ble F 3 Software Firmware version OS Name Version Application of RUR media Apply Name Version File system FAT HPFS NTFS Others Bundled software installed Licensed software installed Application running when a failure occurred Remarks ...

Page 344: ...F 4 Product Configuration Record Table This page is intentionally left blank ...

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