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NEC EXPRESS5800/120Md Series, User Manual

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Summary of Contents for EXPRESS5800/120Md Series

Page 1: ... U s e r s G u i d e EXPRESS5800 120Md ...

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Page 3: ... U s e r s G u i d e EXPRESS5800 120Md ...

Page 4: ...e 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 Computers Inc To allow for design and specification improvements the information in this document is subject to change at any time without notice Reproduction of this document or portions thereof without prior writ...

Page 5: ...er 1 19 Video Controller 1 19 Peripheral Controller 1 20 System Board Management Controller BMC 1 21 External Device Connectors 1 21 System Power 1 22 Peripheral Bays 1 22 Disk Array 1 23 Automatic Rebuilding Function 1 24 Expand Capacity Function 1 24 System Functions 1 25 Hot Swapping 1 25 Fans 1 25 Sleep Mode 1 26 ACPI 1 26 AC Link Mode 1 27 Remote Power On Wake On LAN Function 1 27 System Secu...

Page 6: ... the BIOS Setup Utility 3 3 BIOS Setup Configuration Settings 3 4 Main Menu 3 5 Advanced Menu 3 6 Advanced Submenu 3 7 Memory Reconfiguration Submenu 3 8 CPU Reconfiguration Submenu 3 8 Peripheral Configuration Submenu 3 9 Monitoring Configuration Submenu 3 10 PCI Device Submenu 3 10 Option ROM Submenu 3 11 Numlock Submenu 3 12 Security Menu 3 13 Secure Mode Menu 3 14 System Hardware Menu 3 15 The...

Page 7: ...0 Removable Media Devices 4 31 Installing a 5 1 4 Inch Device 4 33 Removing a 5 1 4 Inch Device 4 36 Hard Disk Drives 4 38 Installing a Hard Disk Drive 4 39 Removing a Hard Disk Drive 4 43 Hot Swapping a Hard Drive 4 45 Installing the Hot Swap SCSI Hard Disk Drive Bay Upgrade Kit 4 46 Power Supply 4 51 Installing the Optional Power Supply 4 51 Removing a Power Supply 4 53 Hot Swapping a Power Supp...

Page 8: ...ision Levels 5 18 BIOS Revision Level Identification 5 18 BMC Revision Level Identification 5 18 A Technical Specifications Server Unit A 2 B Interrupt Request PCI IRQ Device I O Port Address Assignments Interrupt Request Assignments B 2 PCI IRQ Device Assignments B 3 I O Port Address Assignments B 4 C System Cabling Configurations Before You Begin C 2 Static Precautions C 2 Standard Cabling Confi...

Page 9: ... your system with an additional processor optional memory options cards peripheral devices and a redundant power supply Chapter 5 Problem Solving contains helpful information for solving problems that might occur with your system Appendix A Technical Specifications provides specifications for your server system Appendix B Interrupt Request PCI IRQ Device I O Port Address Assignments provides the I...

Page 10: ...loss of life CAUTION Cautions indicate situations that can damage the system hardware or software Note Notes give important information about the material being described Names of keyboard keys are printed as they appear on the keyboard For example Ctrl Alt or Enter Text or keystrokes that you enter appear as boldface type For example type abc123 and press ENTER File names are printed in uppercase...

Page 11: ...and released Getting Started Sheet The Getting Started Sheet provides several easy to follow steps to become familiar with your server documentation and to complete your installation successfully Network Operating System Configuration Guide This guide contains supplemental instructions needed to install and configure your server Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Novell NetWare v5 0 Santa Cruz Operation ...

Page 12: ...doing the procedures in this manual make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cords from the back of the chassis Failure to disconnect power before opening your system can result in personal injury and equipment damage In the U S A and Canada the power cord must be a UL listed detachable power cord in Canada CSA certified type ST or SJT 16 AWG 3 conductor provided with a mo...

Page 13: ...the external ports Remote Earths To prevent electrical shock connect all local individual office computers and computer support equipment to the same electrical circuit of the building wiring If you are unsure check the building wiring to avoid remote earth conditions Earth Bonding For safe operation only connect the equipment to a building supply that is in accordance with current wiring regulati...

Page 14: ...system warm or cool to room temperature before using it Keep the system away from magnetic forces Keep the system dry Do not wash the system with a wet cloth or pour fluid into it Protect the system from being bumped or dropped Check the system for condensation If condensation exists allow it to evaporate before powering on the system Keep the system away from dust sand and dirt ...

Page 15: ...1 System Overview Overview System Chassis System Board Set System Board Set Features System Power Peripheral Bays Disk Array System Functions System Security Reconfiguration ...

Page 16: ...gure 1 1 or as a rack mount system see Figure 1 2 in a relatively small form factor of 7U fits into a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly The combination of computing performance memory capacity and integrated I O provides a high performance environment for many applications including network servers The server system is designed for use in applications where advanced technology high performance an...

Page 17: ...aximum operating speed SCSI drive bays accessible from the front of the chassis Hot swap SCSI disk drive backplane a failed drive can be removed and replaced with a new drive without system power being turned off if an optional Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID controller is installed High degree of SCSI disk fault tolerance and advanced disk array management features through the use of RA...

Page 18: ... standard bays and five optional bays accessible from the front of the chassis The drives can be swapped in or out of the system without powering down if RAID is configured in the system SCSI backpanel is Ultra 160 m capable Integrated dual Universal Serial Bus USB ports Note that the USB ports do not support the keyboard or mouse One standard power supply When an additional power supply is instal...

Page 19: ...em LED indicators C Status LED When green the system is OK See Table 1 1 for a list and description of the system LED indicators D Disk LED When green internal disk drives are being accessed See Table 1 1 for a list and description of the system LED indicators E Sleep LED When lit system is in the sleep power saving mode F Sleep switch Places the system into the sleep power saving mode An operatin...

Page 20: ...lot in a bay contains one 3 5 inch disk drive SCSI ID from top to bottom 0 1 2 3 and 4 Each drive has two status LEDs Refer to Table 1 2 for information on disk drive status LEDs M Optional SCSI hard drive bays Each slot in a bay contains one 3 5 inch disk drive SCSI ID from top to bottom 10 11 12 13 and 14 Each drive has three status LEDs Refer to Table 1 2 for information on disk drive status LE...

Page 21: ...ving up to 4 devices connected to it However when a narrow SCSI device is connected in a 5 25 inch device bay the external SCSI devices are limited to two J PCI slots Seven PCI expansion slots for add in boards K Power supplies Up to two power supplies in the server chassis One standard power supply PWR 1 When an additional power supply PWR 2 is installed both the standard and additional redundant...

Page 22: ...us Description Response Power Off Power OFF None required normal Green Power ON None required normal Red Power alarm Replace the power supply Status Off Turns off after lighting in amber Power OFF Abnormal condition see Table 1 4 None required normal Check condition Green Steady light Flashing light No alarms Abnormal condition see Table 1 4 None required normal Check condition Amber Abnormal cond...

Page 23: ...building Replace disk drive None required normal Disk array configuration only Table 1 3 Power Supply Status LED Panel Indicators LED Status Description Response PWR Off Power off None required normal On Power on None required normal Light flashes AC power cord is connected None required normal PRFL Off Power supply fan operating normally None required normal Light flashes Power supply fan failed ...

Page 24: ...n cables are firmly connected If the lamp indication still does not change contact your technical support representative Voltage error is detected Contact your technical support representative All power units failed Contact your technical support representative Installation error is detected on a CPU CPU termination board or PCI board Re install the suspected device Processor cover removed Re inst...

Page 25: ...SI 3 5 inch hard disk drive bays including SAF TE board D Optional Hot swap SCSI 3 5 inch hard disk drive bays including SAF TE board E 3 5 inch diskette unit F Front fan module G Rear fan module including fan sensor switch H Fan module board I One standard power supply and one optional power supply J System board including CPUs DIMMs and PCI boards K Power interlock switch Figure 1 5 Major Areas ...

Page 26: ...board slot locations comprised of two 64 bit 66 MHz PCI slots one 64 bit 33 MHz PCI slot and four 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots SCSI controller Onboard single channel Ultra Wide SCSI controller PCI based and single channel Ultra160 m SCSI controller PCI based BIOS Flash memory based BIOS Basic Input Output System and Setup utilities Video Integrated super SVGA controller ships with 4 MB of video memory ...

Page 27: ...ector V Front fan connectors P21 P22 I 32 Bit 33 MHz PCI slots 4 W CMOS battery J Rear fan module connectors P9 P10 X Jumper block K Processor speed jumper block Y Ultra 160 M SCSI connector L Secondary processor slot 2 connector Z Ultra SCSI connector M Primary processor slot 2 connector AA 64 Bit 66 MHz PCI slots 2 N DIMM module slot 3 connector BB 64 Bit 33 MHz PCI slot 1 The bus speed for the ...

Page 28: ...r supply 1 D P6 Power to system board E P5 No connection F P4 Power to SCSI devices G P3 Power to standard SCSI hard disk drive cage H P2 Power to optional SCSI hard disk drive cage I P1 Power to system board Figure 1 7 Power Backpanel Board Component Locations ...

Page 29: ...9 P10 P21 and P22 on the system board B Fan monitor and status from connector P24 on the system board C Rear fan module 0 connector D Front fan module 1 connector E Fan monitor and status to connector P4 on the SCSI backpanel Figure 1 8 Fan Module Board Component Locations ...

Page 30: ...System memory begins at address 0 and is continuous flat addressing up to the maximum amount of DRAM installed exception system memory is noncontiguous in the ranges defined as memory holes using configuration registers The system supports both base conventional and extended memory I O Expansion Slots The server s expansion capabilities meet the needs of file and application servers for high perfo...

Page 31: ...I board is installed into one of the 64 bit PCI slots the bus speed for the 66 MHz PCI slots is decreased to 33 MHz A PCI 1 32 bit 33 MHz E PCI 5 32 bit 33 MHz B PCI 2 32 or 64 bit 66 MHz F PCI 6 32 bit 33 MHz C PCI 3 32 or 64 bit 66 MHz G PCI 7 32 bit 33 MHz D PCI 4 32 or 64 bit 33 MHz Figure 1 9 PCI Connector Slot Locations The system board has four 33 MHz 32 bit PCI connector slots see precedin...

Page 32: ...ly go unnoticed until data loss Real Time Clock Calendar The real time clock provides system clock calendar information stored in a non volatile memory NVRAM The real time clock battery provides power backup for the real time clock BIOS The BIOS and Setup Utility are located in the Flash EPROM on the system board and include support for system setup and legacy device configuration A number of secu...

Page 33: ...ct and autoswitching for 10 or 100 Mbps network speeds Support for both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps networks capable of full or half duplex with back to back transmit at 100 Mbps Support for Wake On LAN SCSI Controller The system board includes an embedded Adaptec AIC7899 dual function SCSI controller The AIC7899 provides Ultra 160 M and Wide Ultra SCSI interfaces as two independent PCI functions As impl...

Page 34: ...orts Both serial ports are relocatable Each serial port can be set to one of four different COM ports and can be enabled separately When disabled serial port interrupts are available to add in boards Parallel Port One IEEE 1284 compatible 25 pin bidirectional EPP supporting levels 1 7 and 1 9 parallel port is provided BIOS programming enables the parallel port and determines the port address and i...

Page 35: ...age conditions fan failure or chassis intrusion To enable accurate monitoring the BMC maintains the nonvolatile Sensor Data Record SDR from which sensor information can be retrieved The BMC provides an ISA host interface to SDR sensor information so that software running on the server can poll and retrieve the server s current status The BMC performs the following Monitors server board temperature...

Page 36: ... all supplies installed In a high access system with two power supplies the additional supply gives redundancy because the load is redistributed if one supply fails Also with the second power supply installed all the power supplies are now hot swappable and can be easily installed or removed from the server without turning system power off Peripheral Bays The system supports a variety of standard ...

Page 37: ...fact that several hard disks can be recognized as one disk drive However performance cost and use are conditions that vary according to the RAID level You should select an appropriate configuration that is suitable for your system Features and selection examples of different RAID levels are shown below Level Definition Redund ancy Feature Suitable application Minimum No of disks RAID0 Striping No ...

Page 38: ...nce the server also supports hot swapping function the failed disk can be replaced while the power is on Observe the following when using an automatic rebuilding function Do not turn the power off If power is turned off automatic rebuilding will not start Use an interval of 60 seconds or more between mounting and dismounting the hard disk drive If a hard disk is being rebuilt do not replace the ha...

Page 39: ... two power supplies are installed on the system a failed power supply can be replaced by hot swapping Fans In addition to the power supply fans the server has six system fans contained in two fan modules three fans per module cabled to the fan module board The six fans front and rear are hot swappable and redundant in configuration If one fan fails its associated fan changes to high speed operatio...

Page 40: ...still dissipating some power such that the power supply fan and processor fans are still running Note ACPI requires an operating system that supports its feature This server system BIOS supports sleep states s0 s1 s4 and s5 However with future versions of Microsoft Windows 9X that support ACPI the system BIOS only supports sleep states s0 s1 and s5 With future versions of Microsoft Windows NT that...

Page 41: ...ote power on function is Disabled To enable it the Wake On LAN item in the System Hardware menu of the BIOS Setup Utility described in Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Configuration Settings must be changed to Enabled System Security To help prevent unauthorized entry or use of the system the system includes a full lockable front cover and Server Management software that monitors the system Security with Mech...

Page 42: ...mode to prevent keyboard or mouse input and to prevent use of the front panel reset and power switches Disable writing to the diskette drive when secure mode is set Reconfiguration If a CPU or a memory DIMM error was detected during execution of POST Power On Self Test after system power is turned on the reconfiguration function isolates the failed CPU or memory DIMM and continues operation You sh...

Page 43: ...2 Setting Up the System Overview Selecting a Site Unpacking the System Rack Mount Subsystem Assembly Getting Familiar with the System Making Connections Connecting the Power Cord s Using the System ...

Page 44: ...ice connection is through a properly grounded outlet CAUTION When two power supplies are installed in the system the power plug from each of the power supplies must be plugged into the same common ground power outlets Clean dust free and well ventilated Front and rear ventilating openings kept free of obstructions Away from sources of heat vibration or physical shock Isolated from strong electroma...

Page 45: ...avoid personal injury make sure you have someone help you lift or move the system When you receive your system if the shipping boxes are damaged note the damage and if possible photograph it for reference After removing the contents of the containers keep the cartons and the packing materials If the contents appear damaged when you unpack the boxes file a damage claim with the carrier immediately ...

Page 46: ...arts other than those specified in the procedure Do not touch I O connector pins All screws are Phillips head unless otherwise specified On completion of any assembly or reassembly perform a power on test If a fault occurs verify that the assembly or reassembly was performed correctly If the problem persists see Problem Solving in Chapter 5 Static Precautions An electrostatic discharge ESD can dam...

Page 47: ...interconnect system components Preparing the Rack Mounting Bracket Assemblies 1 Locate the two rack mounting bracket assemblies Each rack mounting bracket consists of an outer bracket and an inner bracket see Figure 2 1 The rack mounting bracket also has a slide rail assembly attached to its inner bracket consisting of an extension rail assembly with a center slide bar The rack mounting bracket wi...

Page 48: ...attach their outer and inner brackets together and separate them see Figure 2 1 4 Locate the third fourth and fifth set of screw holes on the outer rack mounting bracket counting from the front of the bracket that has no front flange and align its inner bracket rear set of oblong holes over this set of holes see Figure 2 2 Note This procedure is for mounting a server in a 1000 mm rack cabinet For ...

Page 49: ...ing a slide bar on the right hand side of the server you must remove the three plastic screw hole covers from the threaded screw holes in the server A Center Slide Bar B Safety Latch C M4 Screws 1 of 3 D Threaded Holes in server Figure 2 3 Attaching the Inner Component Slide Bar to the server Installing the Rack Mounting Bracket Assemblies into the Rack Cabinet Before you can mount the server in t...

Page 50: ...ottom of a previously mounted unit measure the number of screw hole locations on the front vertical mounting rails see Figure 2 4 and rear vertical mounting rails see Figure 2 5 for the Rack Mounting Bracket Assemblies and Cable Retention Arm Mark the location with a pencil on the outside of both the front and rear vertical mounting rails Note For vertical reference every three screw holes on the ...

Page 51: ...ion Arm also mark the locations on the front vertical mounting rails for the cage nuts which hold the thumbscrews of the server faceplate see Figure 2 4 4 Insert four M5 cage nuts in their marked locations on the front vertical mounting rails see Figure 2 6 as follows Position the cage nut on the inside of the front vertical mounting rails Hook the side lip of a cage nut into the square hole in th...

Page 52: ... the vertical mounting rail and tighten loosely 7 Carefully align the rear holes of the Rack Mounting Bracket Assembly with the holes in the rear vertical mounting rail 8 Install two screws see Figure 2 7 that secure the rear of the Rack Mounting Bracket Assembly to the vertical mounting rail 9 Tighten all four screws holding the Mounting Bracket Assembly to the vertical mounting rails Note The sc...

Page 53: ...stabilizer to prevent it from falling over when one or more units are extended in front of it on slide assemblies The anchors must be able to withstand a force of up to 113 kg 250 lbs You must also consider the weight of any other device installed in the rack Avoid Injury It is required that two people are present when lifting and assembling the rack mount server into a rack cabinet Do not attempt...

Page 54: ...ide bars ensure that the safety latch on the extension rail assemblies see Figure 2 1 are centered and slide the server all the way into the rack cabinet Note When you first slide the server into the rack cabinet extra pressure may have to be applied After the first time the slides will start to move easier Check that the server slides in and out of the rack cabinet Grasp the two handles on the fr...

Page 55: ...For easy installation of the cable retention arm first slide the server into the rack cabinet and then install the cable retention arm 1 Using two screws attach one end of the cable retention arm to the rear of the server see Figure 2 9 2 Using two screws attach the other end of the cable retention arm to the cage nuts installed in the left rear vertical mounting rail see Figure 2 9 3 Bundle all t...

Page 56: ...ay remove them after running the BIOS Setup Utility For information on running the BIOS Setup Utility refer to Chapter 3 Configuring Your System of this User s Guide Connect your keyboard monitor and mouse see Figure 1 4 in Chapter 1 of this User s Guide Connect any external peripheral devices such as a printer or modem by following the instructions included with these devices To connect external ...

Page 57: ...tification by an agency acceptable in your region The power cord connector that plugs into the system must be an IEC type CEE 22 female connector The power cord must be less than 1 8 meters 6 0 feet long After the power cord is plugged in confirm that the power status lamp on the power unit flashes If the lamp is off a failure occurred in the power unit see Table 1 3 System Status LED Indicators i...

Page 58: ...2 16 Setting Up the System Figure 2 10 Connecting the AC Power Cord to the Server ...

Page 59: ...while the access lamp is lit may damage data being stored on the floppy disk After turning off the server wait at least 40 seconds before turning it on again Cycling the power immediately may cause malfunction or failures of the server Before relocating the server turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the outlet Moving the server when it is powered may cause malfunction or failures of ...

Page 60: ...have a function to eject a tray or media using a software command Before issuing a software command to eject a tray or media confirm that the front door is open If the command is executed while the front door is closed a tray or media may run into the front door resulting in an error or may cause the unit to fail Open the front door as follows 1 To open the front door you need to use the security ...

Page 61: ...power control unit is powered on 3 Press the push button power on off switch on the front panel see Figure 2 12 Verify that the server power on LED is lit Note The server management logic on your system board monitors and logs system voltage changes When powering up or down your system you may experience a 1 5 second delay from the time you press the push button power on off switch on the front pa...

Page 62: ... 5 of this Guide CAUTION Always allow POST to complete before powering down your system If you have problems powering on your system refer to Problem Solving in Chapter 5 of this User s Guide After you have successfully powered on your system insert the EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the CD ROM device reboot the system and follow the screen prompts to run EXPRESSBUILDER Powering Off the Server System ...

Page 63: ...switch does not power off the server or the reset functions do not work To perform a forced power shutdown Press in on the power on off switch located on the front panel of the server for at least 4 seconds to force the server power off To power on after a forced shutdown wait 10 seconds and then power on again ...

Page 64: ...2 22 Setting Up the System ...

Page 65: ...3 Configuring Your System Configuring Your System BIOS Setup Utility SCSISelect Utility Configuring the RAID Controller Configuring System Jumpers ...

Page 66: ...re either of the SCSI controllers in your system or to perform a SCSI disk format or verify disk operation of these drives If your system has been factory configured the BIOS Setup or SCSISelect 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 system board This chapter also provides information o...

Page 67: ...guration Advanced Use this menu for setting the Advanced Features available on your system Security Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords and the Backup and Virus Check reminders System Hardware Use this menu for configuring unique Server features Boot Use this menu to configure Boot Device priority Exit Exits the current menu Use the arrow keys to select a menu or an item on a displa...

Page 68: ... or bottom of window PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Move cursor to next or previous page F5 or Select the previous value for the field F6 or or SPACE Select the next value for the field F9 Load default configuration values for this menu F10 Save configuration values and exit ENTER Execute command or Select submenu BIOS Setup Configuration Settings The BIOS Setup Configurations tables show the default settin...

Page 69: ...tal capacity of the extended memory Language English US French German Spanish Italian Selects which language BIOS displays Note This feature immediately changes to the language BIOS selected BIOS Version Display Only Indicates the version of the system BIOS System Time HH MM SS Sets the system time hour minutes seconds on 24 hour clock System Date MM DD YYYY Sets the system date month day year Dis...

Page 70: ... CPU Reconfiguration Submenu Peripheral Configuration Refer to Peripheral Reconfiguration Submenu Monitoring Configuration Refer to Monitoring Configuration Submenu It sets POST Monitoring and Boot Monitoring PCI Device Refer to PCI Device Submenu Option ROM Refer to Option ROM Submenu It Disables Enables the Option ROM BIOS on the PCI Bus Numlock Refer to Numlock Submenu It selects Keyboard Optio...

Page 71: ...to Other Reset Configuration Data No Yes Select Yes if you want to clear the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area This parameter returns to No after the system is started Boot time Diagnostic Screen Disabled Enabled Display the diagnostic screen during POST instead of the logo The boot time diagnostic screen is automatically enabled if redirection or RomPilot is enabled RomPilot Support Di...

Page 72: ... the Enter key to clear memory error information whenever you replace the failed memory board DIMM Error Pause Enabled Disabled The POST operation pauses if a DIMM error occurs Possible Values Normal None or Error DIMM Row Error CPU Reconfiguration Submenu Feature Choices or Display Only Description Your Setting CPU 1 Status Normal Display Only CPU 2 Status Normal Display Only Clear CPU Errors Pre...

Page 73: ...7 278 IRQ5 278 IRQ7 3BC IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Auto Disables the parallel port or selects the base address and interrupt IRQ for the Parallel port Parallel Mode Output only Bi directional EPP ECP DMA1 ECP DMA3 Selects the parallel port operation mode Diskette Controller Disabled Enabled Configure using these options Disabled No configuration Enabled User configuration Mouse Disabled Enabled Auto Detect Dis...

Page 74: ...led Do not use this function if the system is booted from the operating system OS without NEC ESMPRO installed Boot Monitoring Timeout Period 5 1 to 20 Selects the time out period at start up This feature is displayed only when Boot Monitoring is Enabled PCI Device Submenu Feature Choices or Display Only Description Your Setting PCI IRQ1 PCI IRQ14 Disabled Auto Select IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ6 IRQ7 IRQ9...

Page 75: ...ard connected to the PCI bus Should be set to Enabled for the slots containing the graphics accelerator board and RAID controller board PCI Slot 4 Enabled Disabled Disables Enables BIOS on the option board connected to the PCI bus Should be set to Enabled for the slots containing the graphics accelerator board and RAID controller board PCI Slot 5 Enabled Disabled Disables Enables BIOS on the optio...

Page 76: ... Auto On OFF Selects the power on state for Numlock Key Click Disabled Enabled Disables or enables keyclick Keyboard Auto repeat Rate 2 sec 6 sec 10 sec 13 3 sec 18 5 sec 21 8 sec 26 7 sec 30 sec Selects key repeat rate Keyboard Auto repeat Delay 0 25 sec 0 5 sec 0 75 sec 1 sec Selects delay before key repeat ...

Page 77: ...tup utility When the Enter key is pressed the user is prompted for a password press ESC key to abort Once set this can be disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password jumper on system board refer to System Board Jumpers in this chapter This feature is available only when you logged in the SETUP utility with the supervisor password Set User Password Press ENTER When the Enter key...

Page 78: ...k lamp and the NumLock lamp To resume server operation in the normal state from the Secure Mode enter the user password from the keyboard and press Enter key Feature Choices or Display Only Description Your Setting Secure Mode Timer Disabled 1 min 2 min 5 min 10 min 30 min 1 hr 2 hr Select a time period to place the server in the Secure Mode after the last keyboard or mouse input Secure Mode Hotke...

Page 79: ...the server when AC power is reapplied Note When Wake On LAN is enabled Stay Off is the only choice for selection ESM IRQ Disabled IRQ5 IRQ10 IRQ11 Determines routing of the ESM interrupt Error Log Initialization Press Enter Request to initialize the Error Log now If Clear OK then display System Event Log Cleared If Clear NG then display System Event Log Not Cleared Console Redirection Additional s...

Page 80: ...ke On LAN Enabled Disabled Enables Wake ON LAN support Wake On Ring Enabled Disabled Enables Wake ON Ring support Console Redirection Submenu Feature Choices or Display Only Description Your Setting Serial Port Address Disabled Serial Port 2 3F8h IRQ4 Serial Port 2 2F8h IRQ3 If enabled the console will be redirected to this port If console redirection is enabled this address must match the setting...

Page 81: ...wer in the boot priority list Boot Device Priority Menu Boot Priority Device Description Your Setting 1 ATAPI CD ROM Drive Attempts to boot from an ATAPI CD ROM drive 2 Diskette Drive Attempts to boot from a diskette drive 3 Hard Drive Attempts to boot from a hard drive device 4 Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 Build 071 Attempts to boot from a PXE server ...

Page 82: ...ou must select one of the items from the menu or menu bar to exit Exit Menu Choices Description Save Changes and Exit Exits System Setup after saving all changes to CMOS Exit Without Saving Changes Exits System Setup without saving setup data to CMOS Get Default Value Loads default values for all Setup items Load Previous Values Loads previous values of all Setup items Save Changes Writes all Setu...

Page 83: ...r reboot your system To run the Adaptec SCSI utility perform the following procedure 1 Power on or reboot the system 2 The following message appears on the video monitor Press Ctrl A for SCSISelect Utility 3 Press Ctrl A to run this utility When its Main menu appears choose the host adapter that you want to configure 4 The SCSI utility starts When the SCSISelect Utility detects more than one AIC 7...

Page 84: ...o format a disk verify disk media or display a list of devices and their SCSI Ids select SCSI Disk Utilities If you wish to configure the adapter or a device select Configure View Host Adapter Settings Adaptec SCSI Utility Configuration Settings The following keys are active for all Adaptec SCSI Utility screens Key Action Arrows Up and down arrows move from one parameter to another within a screen...

Page 85: ...Yes Send Start Unit Command Yes Enable Write Back Cache No BIOS Multiple LUN Support No 1 Include in BIOS Scan Yes 1 Advanced Configuration Options Press ENTER for menu Plug and Play SCAM Support Disabled Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization Enabled Display Ctrl A Messages During BIOS Initialization Enabled Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives 1 GByte Enabled Verbose Silent Mode Verbose Host Ad...

Page 86: ...ces connected to optional SCSI controller boards use the SCSI BIOS utility provided with the specific option board When installing multiple SCSI controller boards refer to subsection Option ROM Submenu and set the parameter to Enabled for the specific PCI slot being used PCI slot 1 PCI slot 8 The server first displays the start up message of the SCSISelect utility for the on board SCSI controller ...

Page 87: ...ndant parity To complete the RAID configuration or if you want to change the RAID level or add additional hard disks to the array use the RAID configuration utility The RAID configuration utility is included with the RAID controller If you are adding the RAID controller to an existing system the RAID configuration utility allows you to configure your disk array before reinstalling your network ope...

Page 88: ...cific operating parameters for your system A jumper is a small plastic encased conductor shorting plug that slips over two jumper pins Figure 3 2 shows the location of the system jumpers There are two jumper blocks on the system board that make up the system jumpers The Processor Speed jumper block and the System Function jumper block Table 3 4 lists the Processor Speed jumpers and their factory d...

Page 89: ... Function Jumper On Off default in bold What it does at system reset 1 2 CMOS clear Off Protect On Erase Preserves the contents of CMOS Clears CMOS 3 4 Password disable Off Normal On Disable Preserves password protection Disables the password 5 6 Reserved Off Not Used Required Do Not Change 7 8 Reserved Off Not Used Required Do Not Change 9 10 Reserved Off Not Used Required Do Not Change 11 12 Spa...

Page 90: ...ee Removing the Processor Cover in chapter 4 Set the processor cover aside for reinstallation later 2 Locate the position of the system jumpers that you are changing on the system board To change a jumper setting use a pair of needle nose pliers or your fingers to remove the jumper from its current location see Figure 3 3 Position the jumper over the two pins for the desired setting and press it o...

Page 91: ...clearing CMOS reinstall the spare jumper on pins 1 and 2 CMOS clear of system function jumper block Otherwise go to next step 5 If clearing password reinstall the spare jumper on pins 3 and 4 Password disable of system function jumper block Otherwise go to next step 6 Reinstall the processor cover removed in step 2 above See Installing the Processor Cover in chapter 4 7 While waiting for POST to c...

Page 92: ...3 28 Configuring Your System ...

Page 93: ...moving the Option Board Cover Installing the Option Board Cover Removing the Fan Modules Installing the Fan Modules Installing the Rack Mount Upgrade Kit Removing Installing the Cooling Baffle Processors DIMMs Replacing the Real Time Clock Battery Option Boards Installing a RAID Controller Board Removable Media Devices Hard Disk Drives Installing the Hot Swap SCSI HDD Bay Upgrade Kit Power Supply ...

Page 94: ...button located on the front panel Make sure your system is powered off and the AC power cord is unplugged from the system Failure to disconnect power before opening your system can result in personal injury and equipment damage CAUTION The server management logic on the system board monitors system voltage changes When powering your system up or down you may experience a 1 to 5 second delay from t...

Page 95: ...e to disconnect power before opening your system can result in personal injury and equipment damage System power on off The DC push button on off switch a convex button on the front panel DOES NOT turn off the system AC power To remove power from system you must unplug the AC power cords from wall outlets or power supply Hazardous conditions power supply Hazardous voltage current and energy levels...

Page 96: ...ed metal surface on your system when handling parts ESD and handling boards Always handle boards carefully They can be extremely sensitive to ESD Hold boards only by their edges After removing a board from its protective wrapper or from the system place it component side up on a grounded static free surface Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper Do not slide board over an...

Page 97: ...onfiguring your system Removing the Front Door of the Tower Cabinet Note This procedure is for tower based systems only To remove the front door of the tower cabinet perform the following see Figure 4 1 1 Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 Open the front door of the server See Opening the Front Door of the Tower Cabinet in chapter 2 3 The front door is...

Page 98: ...m the following see Figure 4 1 1 Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 Locate the bottom hinge slot underneath the front left hand side of the chassis 3 Grasp the front door and slide its bottom hinge pin up into the chassis hinge slot 4 While still holding the front door slide its top door hinge into the hinge opening located at the top left hand side of...

Page 99: ... system Ensure the power cords are unplugged from the AC wall outlet 4 The option board cover is secured from the rear edge of the chassis with a thumbscrew Loosen the thumbscrew 5 Pull the cover slightly towards the rear of the chassis until its hooks disengage from the chassis 6 Remove the cover by pulling it away from the side of the chassis and set it aside for reattaching later Figure 4 2 Rem...

Page 100: ...his chapter 2 Make sure no tools or loose parts have been left inside the chassis 3 Place the cover on the left hand side of the chassis towards the top and insert its hooks into their mating slots on the chassis 4 Slide the cover right towards the front of the chassis until its hooks are fully engaged in the chassis 5 Secure the cover with its thumbscrew Figure 4 3 Installing the Option Board Cov...

Page 101: ...bserve the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 Loosen the two thumbscrews securing the fan module to the outside of the chassis 3 Grasp the two thumbscrews and slide the fan module out of the bay 4 To remove the second fan module repeat steps 1 through 3 above Figure 4 4 Removing a Fan Module ...

Page 102: ... beginning of this chapter 2 Orient the position of the fan module so that its power plug is on the bottom and insert it into its respective fan bay 3 Push the fan module into its bay until it locks in place 4 Secure the fan module to the chassis by tightening its two thumbscrews 5 To install the second fan module repeat steps 1 through 3 above Figure 4 5 Installing a Fan Module ...

Page 103: ...bly in chapter 2 WARNING Before doing the procedures in this subsection make sure that your system is powered off and unplug all AC power cords Failure to disconnect power before opening your system can result in personal injury and equipment damage All voltage is removed only when the power cord is unplugged Convert a tower unit to a rack mount unit as follows 1 Observe the safety and ESD precaut...

Page 104: ...il it stops approximately a half inch and its hooks disengage from its tab slots in the chassis Pull the assembly out of the chassis tab slots and rotate it left until the diskette drive is parallel to the horizontal plane of the chassis Note After repositioning the diskette drive assembly make sure that the power and data cables attached to the rear of the drive are still properly connected Place...

Page 105: ...he front of the chassis so the three screw holes on each side of the rack panel align with the screw holes on both sides of the chassis Adjust the rack panel so that its square hole is directly over the CD ROM tray and doesn t interfere with any movement of the tray Secure the rack panel to the front of the chassis with the six screws provided with the panel Figure 4 8 Installing the Rack Front Pa...

Page 106: ... power cords are unplugged from the AC wall outlet 3 Remove the option board cover See Removing the Option Board Cover earlier in this chapter Set the option board cover aside for reinstallation later 4 Release the pushpin securing the cooling baffle to the chassis 5 While lifting the rear of the baffle simultaneously release the front locking tab from its slot in the chassis and carefully remove ...

Page 107: ... in the primary connector see A in Figure 4 10 and a terminator board is always installed in the secondary connector see B in Figure 4 10 For dual processor systems a processor is installed in each slot connector Note Your system may have up to two processors on the system board All installed processors must be matched for speed and cache size If replacing a processor the replacement processor mus...

Page 108: ...Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 Power off the system Ensure the power cords are unplugged from the AC wall outlet 3 Remove the option board cover See Removing the Option Board Cover earlier in this chapter Set the option board cover aside for reinstallation later 4 Remove the processor cooling baffle See Removing the Cooling Baffle earlier in this c...

Page 109: ...ice by pulling the latch out from the device see Figure 4 11 Lift each retention lockwire from its recess in the latch and swivel the lockwire outboard Fully open the two latches and pull the device out of its retention module and connector slot A B C A Device B Latch C Lockwire Figure 4 11 Releasing the Latches and Lockwires Store the device in an antistatic bag Keep the device for use later Go t...

Page 110: ...sor cartridge or terminator board into the retention module until resistance is felt Note While pushing the processor into its socket make sure it goes through three steps The Processor is gradually inserted into the socket each time it is pressed which is one step It is firmly seated in the socket after going through three steps Continue sliding the device into the module until it seats You shoul...

Page 111: ...mory When all four sockets are populated the system board supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory with 1GB DIMMs A DIMM must always be installed in socket 0 When you install additional DIMMs you must start with the first empty socket next to the DIMMs already installed When you remove DIMMs you must start with the highest number occupied DIMM socket on the system board 0 1 2 3 Figure 4 12 DIMM Locati...

Page 112: ...moving the Cooling Baffle earlier in this chapter Set the cooling baffle aside for reinstallation later Observe static precautions Use an antistatic wrist strap Hold DIMMs only by their edges 4 Holding the DIMM module only by the edges remove it from its antistatic package Note When installing DIMMs in empty DIMM connectors on the system board you must remove the DIMM connector cover first 5 Posit...

Page 113: ...vers on the socket ends to the upright position 8 Repeat the steps to install each DIMM 9 Replace the processor cooling baffle see Removing or Installing the Cooling Baffle earlier in this section removed earlier in these procedures 10 Reinstall the option board cover removed earlier in these procedures 11 Plug in the power cords and power up the system 12 Run the BIOS Setup and select Memory Reco...

Page 114: ...bserve static precautions Use an antistatic wrist strap Hold DIMMs only by their edges 4 Gently push the plastic ejector levers out and down to eject a DIMM from its socket 5 Hold the DIMM only by its edges being careful not to touch its components or gold edge connectors Carefully lift it away from the socket and store it in an antistatic package 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 above to remove the remaini...

Page 115: ... located on your system board see Figure 4 14 Notice the plus sign on the battery The sign assists in correctly positioning the battery on the system board Contact your sales representative or dealer for a list of approved devices Figure 4 14 Location of the Real Time Clock Battery CAUTION Danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with same or equivalent type recommen...

Page 116: ...ing it away from the battery A Use your fingernail or a small pointed tool to gently push up the bottom edge of the battery B See Figure 4 14 for socket location Save the battery plastic cover for reinstallation later 6 Remove the battery from its socket C 7 Dispose of the battery according to local ordinances 8 Position the new battery over the battery socket with the plus sign on the battery fac...

Page 117: ...he system board has seven PCI bus expansion slots A PCI 1 32 bit 33 MHz Note This slot is not available for full length PCI boards B PCI 2 32 or 64 bit 66 MHz C PCI 3 32 or 64 bit 66 MHz D PCI 4 32 or 64 bit 33 MHz E PCI 5 32 bit 33 MHz F PCI 6 32 bit 33 MHz G PCI 7 32 bit 33 MHz Figure 4 15 PCI Slot Locations ...

Page 118: ...ive wrapper holding the board only by the edges Do not touch the board components or the gold connectors Note Observe static precautions Use an antistatic wrist strap 5 Record the option board serial number in the equipment log 6 Set any board jumpers or switches as described in the documentation that comes with the option board 7 See Figure 4 15 to determine the system board slot location and rem...

Page 119: ... edge or upper corners firmly press the board into an expansion slot on the system board The tapered foot of the option board retaining bracket must fit into the mating slot in the expansion slot frame 11 The board s retaining bracket fits into the space that was occupied by the expansion slot cover If you are installing a full length PCI board you must also align its right side mounting bracket w...

Page 120: ...Figure 4 19 Figure 4 19 Installing a PCI Option Board 14 If you installed a PCI SCSI host adapter board go to Appendix C Cabling for procedures on cabling these boards into the system For all other boards continue 15 Connect any external cables if they are needed to the installed option board 16 Reinstall the option board cover removed in step 3 above See Installing the Option Board Cover earlier ...

Page 121: ...d expansion slot swing open the hinge bracket and remove the expansion slot screw see Figure 4 16 6 Hold the board at each end and carefully rock it back and forth until the edge connectors pull free Make sure that you do not scrape the board against other components 7 Remove the board from the expansion slot and place it in an antistatic wrapper 8 If you are replacing a board go to previous subse...

Page 122: ...stem Cabling in Appendix C Remove the end of the SCSI interface cable that is plugged into the Ultra 160 m SCSI connector B on the system board A see Figure 4 20 B C A Figure 4 20 Locating the Ultra 160 m SCSI connector Recable SCSI interface cable by passing it to the RAID controller board B as shown in Figure 4 21 Reconnect the end of the SCSI interface cable just removed into the Channel 2 conn...

Page 123: ...inch device must be set to OFF and assigned a unique ID refer to its device manual for setup operations When installing an internal auto change DAT DDS 3 use the power branch cable attached to the device When installing an internal auto change AIT use the power relay cable attached to the device Observe that when installing an internal DLT device the front panel of the DLT will protrude approximat...

Page 124: ...M drive bay Bay A 1 44 MB diskette drive always installed BAY B SCSI CD ROM SCSI DLT Tape SCSI DAT Tape SCSI AIT Tape Device must have the internal SCSI terminators removed Bay C SCSI DLT Tape SCSI DAT Tape SCSI AIT Tape Device must have the internal SCSI terminators removed Bay D IDE CD ROM always installed Figure 4 22 Removable Media Device Bays ...

Page 125: ...CSI device in media bays B or C you must use the internal SCSI cables Contact your sales representative or dealer for a list of approved optional peripheral devices 1 Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 If tower based system open the front door of the cabinet See Opening the Front Door of the Tower Cabinet in chapter 2 3 Power off the system Ensure the ...

Page 126: ...ave the blank panel for future use Note When installing a full height 5 1 4 inch device remove two blank panels Figure 4 24 Removing the Blank Panel 6 Remove the device from its protective wrapper and place it on an antistatic surface Record the drive model and serial number in the equipment log 7 Set any device jumpers or switches on the device Refer to the installation procedures that come with ...

Page 127: ...bay Slide the device into the bay until it locks in place Connect the power cable A and data cable B to the device Figure 4 26 Installing a Removable Media Device 10 If tower based system close the front door of the cabinet 11 If rack mounted system reinstall the rack front panel See Installing the Rack Mount Upgrade Kit earlier in this chapter 12 Plug in the power cords and power up the system 13...

Page 128: ...moving a Removable Media Device 4 Place the device on an antistatic surface 5 Remove the device side rails from each side of the 5 1 4 inch device and save for reinstallation later see Figure 4 25 6 Place the drive in an antistatic wrapper 7 If installing another device perform steps 6 through 13 of the previous subsection Installing a 5 1 4 Inch Device otherwise continue with the next step 8 When...

Page 129: ...rading Your System 4 37 Figure 4 28 Installing a Blank Panel 9 Perform steps 10 through 13 of the previous subsection Installing a 5 1 4 Inch Device 10 Remove the drive serial number from the equipment log ...

Page 130: ...agged as faulty Follow the procedure described in this section to remove the faulty drive and swap in a good one Note Swap SCSI drives without turning off power This is one of the few system procedures that is safe to do with the system power left on This is true only if a Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID controller module is installed and only for the drive carrier assemblies in the hot ...

Page 131: ...m Ensure the power cords are unplugged from the AC wall outlet 4 Determine which hard disk drive bay slot will house the new hard drive see Figure 4 29 Each SCSI hard disk drive bay consists of five slots for mounting hard drives Confirm which slot of the hard disk drive bay the hard drive will be mounted in The SCSI ID 0 4 is determined by the slot number from top to bottom in each bay A G B C D ...

Page 132: ...lectric shock or fire Figure 4 30 Removing Dummy Drive Carrier Note Observe static precautions Use an antistatic wrist strap 6 The drive carrier is shipped with the add on drive Remove the new drive from its protective wrapper and place it on an antistatic surface Record the drive model and serial numbers in the equipment log 7 Position the drive so its SCA connector is near the top surface of the...

Page 133: ...or Figure 4 31 Installing Hard Disk Drive in a Carrier 9 Unlock the lock lever located at the bottom of the carrier handle see Figure 4 32 Figure 4 32 Unlocking the Carrier Lock Lever 10 Hold the handle of the hard disk drive carrier firmly and insert the carrier into the slot until the hook at the bottom of the lock lever engages the frame see Figure 4 33 ...

Page 134: ...e handle is completely locked The lever clicks when it is locked See Figure 4 34 Incorrect Correct Figure 4 34 Securing Hard Disk Drive Carrier in the System 12 Close the hard disk drive bay door and tighten its thumbscrew 13 If tower based system close the front door of the cabinet 14 Plug in the power cords and power up the system ...

Page 135: ...4 At the SCSI hard disk drive bay where you want to remove a drive loosen the thumbscrew on the front of the bay door and swing it open 5 Determine which hard disk drive bay slot contains the hard drive you want to remove see Figure 4 29 Each SCSI hard disk drive bay consists of five Confirm which slot of the hard disk drive bay the hard drive will be removed from The SCSI ID 0 4 is determined by ...

Page 136: ...arrier the rest of the way out of the bay Figure 4 36 Removing a Hard Disk Drive 7 Remove the hard disk drive and place it in an antistatic wrapper 8 If another hard disk drive is not going to be installed into the vacant slot then a dummy drive carrier must be This will ensure proper system cooling 9 Close the hard disk drive bay door and tighten its thumbscrew 10 If tower based system close the ...

Page 137: ...lty drive to remove Each drive has two status indicators located on its front handle See Table 1 2 Disk Drive Status LED Panel Indicators in Chapter 1 Note Depending on the drive fault the drive may be still spinning when you remove it Follow the next step exactly when removing drives 4 Grasp the handle of the hard disk s carrier and unlock the lever located at the bottom of the carrier handle see...

Page 138: ...it as follows 1 Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 If tower based system remove the front door of the cabinet See Removing the Front Door of the Tower Cabinet earlier in this chapter 3 If rack mounted system remove the six screws securing the rack front panel to the chassis see Figure 4 8 and remove the panel 4 The drive cover located on the left hand ...

Page 139: ...chassis see Figure 4 38 See Removing the fan modules earlier in this chapter Figure 4 39 Removing the Fan Modules and Fan Cage 6 Remove the four screws securing the metal shield covering the hard disk drive bay and remove the shield See Figure 4 40 Figure 4 40 Removing the Metal Shield ...

Page 140: ...m the power backpanel Power Connector to Optional SCSI Hard Disk Drive Cage see Figure 1 8 to the power connector on the SCSI backpanel see Figure 4 42 A 9 Install the SCSI interface cable from a SCSI option board to the SCSI interface cable connector on the SCSI backpanel see Figure 4 42 B A B Figure 4 42 Installing the Power Cable and SCSI Interface Cable ...

Page 141: ...ssis by inserting four screws see Figure 4 43 Figure 4 43 Securing the Drive Bay 11 Reinstall the two system fan modules and fan cage into the chassis see Figure 4 44 See Installing the fan modules earlier in this chapter Figure 4 44 Installing the Fan Modules and Fan Cage ...

Page 142: ...f the chassis until its hooks are fully engaged in the chassis and secure to the front edge of the chassis with the screw removed in step 4 above Figure 4 45 Installing and Securing the Drive Cover 13 If tower based system reinstall the front door of the cabinet See Installing the Front Door of the Tower Cabinet earlier in this chapter 14 If rack mounted system secure the rack panel to the front o...

Page 143: ...undant feature is available by adding an optional 2nd power supply Installing the Optional Power Supply Use this procedure to install the optional power supply into your server 1 Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 Power off the system Ensure the power cords are unplugged from the AC wall outlet 3 At the rear of the server locate the power supply bay A ...

Page 144: ...ional power supply bay for future use Figure 4 47 Removing the Optional Power Supply Bay Blank Cover 5 Pull out the front lever of the new power supply to be installed 6 Slide the power supply into the bay 7 Secure the power supply by pushing its front lever firmly into towards the bay until you hear it click and fasten with one of the screws removed in step 4 above see Figure 4 48 Figure 4 48 Ins...

Page 145: ...ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this chapter 2 Power off the system 3 Unplug the power cord from the AC wall outlet and from the input receptacle on the rear of the power supply you are removing 4 Remove the screw securing the power supply to the to the power supply bay Note Save the screw removed from the power supply bay for future use 5 Open its front lever and pull the power supply ...

Page 146: ... remove a power supply perform the following steps 1 Unplug the power cord from the AC wall outlet and from the input receptacle on the rear of the power supply to be removed 2 Remove the screw securing the power supply to the to the power supply bay Note Save the screw removed from the power supply bay for future use 3 Open its front lever and pull the power supply out of the bay 4 Install the re...

Page 147: ...ving Static Precautions Troubleshooting Checklists Diagnostic Procedures Specific Problems and Corrective Actions Problems with the Network Plug and Play Installation Tips Error Messages How to Identify BIOS and BMC Revision Levels ...

Page 148: ...Before doing the procedures in this manual make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cords from the back of the chassis Failure to disconnect power before opening your system can result in personal injury and equipment damage CAUTION Operating your system with the drive cover and processor cover removed can damage your system components For proper cooling and airflow always...

Page 149: ...h on the front panel in the ON position power on LED should be lit Are all cables correctly connected and secured Are all the PCI option boards fully seated in their connector slots on the system board Are all jumpers and switch settings on option boards and peripheral devices correct If applicable ensure that there are no conflicts for example two option boards sharing the same interrupt Are the ...

Page 150: ...he minimum hardware requirements for the software Refer to the software documentation Is the software an authorized copy Unauthorized copies often do not work Obtain an authorized copy of the software If you are running the software from a diskette is it a good copy If you are running the software from a hard disk drive is the software correctly installed Where all necessary procedures followed an...

Page 151: ...If the problem recurs you may need to reformat the hard disk drive The hard disk drive the drive controller or the system board set may be defective If the problems are intermittent there may be a loose cable dirt in the keyboard if keyboard input is incorrect a marginal power supply or other random component failures If you suspect that a transient voltage spike power outage or brownout might hav...

Page 152: ...em for diagnosing problems perform the following Note Before disconnecting any peripheral cables from the system turn off the system and any external peripheral devices Failure to do so can cause permanent damage to the system and or the peripheral devices 1 Turn off the system and all external peripheral devices Disconnect all devices from the system except the keyboard and video monitor 2 Make s...

Page 153: ...lem with the display it emits a series of long and short beeps Write down any beep code emitted This information is useful to your service representative Refer to the Error Messages section in this chapter for a list of items to check for each error code and for an explanation of the error beep codes The POST Tests table at the end of this chapter lists keys active during POST and provides a descr...

Page 154: ... Diskette Drive Activity Indicator Does Not Light in this chapter If there is a hard disk drive or SCSI devices installed in the system does the hard disk drive activity indicator turn on briefly If not refer to Hard Disk Drive Activity Indicator Does Not Light in this chapter Confirming Loading of the Operating System Once the system boots up the operating system prompt appears on the screen The ...

Page 155: ...tup does not appear on the screen The bootable CD ROM is not detected Try the solutions in the order given If you cannot correct the problem contact your service representative for assistance Power LED Does Not Light Check the following Is the system operating normally If so the power LED is probably defective Are there other problems with the system If so check the items listed under System Cooli...

Page 156: ...isplay the video display or video controller may have failed Contact your service representative or authorized dealer for assistance Characters are Distorted or Incorrect Check the following Are the brightness and contrast controls properly adjusted on the video display Refer to the documentation supplied with your video display Are the video monitor s signal and power cables properly installed If...

Page 157: ...ssistance CD ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not Light Check the following Is the power and signal cable to the CD ROM drive properly installed Are all relevant switches and jumpers on the drive set correctly Is the drive properly configured Is the onboard IDE controller enabled Problems with Application Software If you have problems with application software perform the following Verify that the so...

Page 158: ...apter supports shared interrupts Also make sure your operating system supports shared interrupts OS 2 does not Try reseating the add in adapter The add in adapter stopped working without apparent cause Try reseating the adapter first then try a different slot if necessary The network driver files may be corrupt or deleted Delete and then reinstall the drivers Run the diagnostics Plug and Play Inst...

Page 159: ...sum of zero The BIOS indicates errors by writing an error code to the PS 2 standard logging area in the Extended BIOS Data Area and by displaying a message on the screen which is sometimes preceded by the POST Error Code The error code will also be logged to the Event Logging area Table 5 1 POST Error Codes and Messages is a list of the error codes and messages written at the start of each POST te...

Page 160: ...s dead Replace and run SETUP 0251 System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used 0260 System timer error 0270 Real time clock error 0271 Check date and time 02B0 Diskette drive A error 02B2 Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP 02D0 System cache error Cache disabled 0B1B PCI System Error on Bus Device Function 0B1C PCI Parity Error on Bus Device Function 0B30 Fan 1 Alarm occurred 0B31 Fan 2 Alarm ...

Page 161: ...BF check failed 0B90 BMC Platform Information Area Corrupted 0B91 BMC update firmware corrupted 0B92 Internal Use Area of BMC FRU corrupted 0B93 BMC SDR Repository empty 0B94 IPMB signal lines do not respond 0B95 BMC FRU device failure 0B96 BMC SDR Repository failure 0B97 BMC SEL device failure 0BB0 SMBIOS SROM data read error 0BB1 SMBIOS SROM data checksum bad 0BD0 1 st SMBus device address not a...

Page 162: ... low byte Error Memory data signal failure low Change DIMM or M B 1 4 1 1 DRAM Test high byte Error Memory data signal failure high Change DIMM or M B 1 4 3 3 All Memory Group Errors 2 1 2 3 BIOS ROM Copy Write Test Error Error with Shadow RAM Change system board 2 2 3 1 Unexpected Interrupt Test Error Unexpected interrupt Change CPU or system board 2 3 1 3 All Memory Group Errors Memory address s...

Page 163: ... on the screen of the display unit as listed in Table 5 3 A B A Fan module 0 B Fan module 1 Figure 5 1 Hot Swap Fan Modules Table 5 3 Hot Swap Fan Module POST Error Codes and System Event Log SEL Information Item Fan Module 0 Fan module 1 POST Error Codes Error Code Fan 0B30 1 0B31 2 0B32 3 Error Code Fan 0B33 4 0B34 5 0B35 6 System Event Log SEL Error Code Fan 40h 1 41h 2 42h 3 Error Code Fan 43h...

Page 164: ...l Identification During system Power On Self Test POST which runs automatically when your system is powered on system diagnostics are run Following the memory test diagnostic several messages will appear informing you that the mouse was detected and system configuration data updated when you see these messages the BMC messages are displayed next Note Press the Esc key to see the diagnostic message...

Page 165: ...A Technical Specifications Server Unit ...

Page 166: ...n mini DIN mouse connector Two USB 4 pin port connectors Two serial 9 pin port connectors Parallel printer 25 pin port connector RJ 45 T 10Base T 100Base Ethernet port connector SVGA 15 pin port connector Wide SCSI device 68 pin port connector Option PCI Slots Three 64 bit PCI bus slots Four 32 bit PCI bus slots Storage Device Capacity One CD ROM drive One 3 1 2 inch floppy diskette drive Up to tw...

Page 167: ...59 10BASE T 100BASE TX network controller SCSI Controller Embedded Adaptec AIC7899 dual function controller Real Time Clock Battery Lithium battery vendor part no CR2450 Peripheral Controller PC97317 Super I O controller System Board Management Controller BMC DS80CH11 BMC Keyboard PS 2 compatibe 104 key 12 function keys separate numeric and cursor pads Mouse PS 2 serial mouse 2 button Power Supply...

Page 168: ...A 4 Technical Specifications ...

Page 169: ...B Interrupt Request PCI IRQ Device I O Port Address Assignments Interrupt Request Assignments PCI IRQ Device Assignments I O Port Address Assignments ...

Page 170: ...e Interrupt Request Assignments Table B 1 lists the factory assigned Interrupt Requests IRQs Table B 1 Interrupt Request Assignments IRQ Peripheral Device Controller IRQ Peripheral Device Controller 0 System timer 8 Real time clock 1 Keyboard 9 PCI SCI 2 Cascaded connection 10 PCI 3 COM2 serial port PCI 11 ESMINT PCI 4 COM1 serial port PCI 12 Mouse 5 PCI LPT2 parallel port 13 Math co processor 6 F...

Page 171: ... On board GA PCI IRQ 3 On board VGA PCI IRQ 4 PCI slot 2 INT A PCI IRQ 5 PCI slot 3 INT A PCI IRQ 6 PCI slot 4 INT A PCI IRQ 7 PCI slot 5 INT A PCI IRQ 8 PCI slot 6 INT A PCI IRQ 9 PCI slot 7 INT A PCI IRQ 10 PCI slot 1 INT A PCI IRQ 11 PCI slot 2 INT B PCI slot 3 INT C PCI slot 4 INT D PCI slot 5 INT B PCI slot 6 INT C PCI slot 7 INT D PCI slot 1 INT B PCI IRQ 12 PCI slot 2 INT C PCI slot 3 INT D...

Page 172: ...mouse 70 71 NMI enable register real time clock 80 8F 16 bit DMA control registers A0 A1 Slave 8259 programming interface C0 DF DMA controller page registers E0 E9 Base address register F0 Reset IRQ 13 F1 FF Logical device configuration 170 177 or BAR2 EDMA2 compatible mode primary command block registers 1F0 1F7 or BAR0 EDMA2 compatible mode secondary command block registers 278 27F Parallel port...

Page 173: ...er C01 PCI IRQ mapping data register C14 PCI error status register C49 Address status control C4A Rise time counter value C52 General purpose registers GPMs C6C ISA wait register C6F Miscellaneous control registers CA2 CA3 IPMI IPMI KCS interface CA4 CA5 IPMI SMI interface CA6 CA7 IPMI SCI SW1 interface CD6 Power management index register CD7 Power management data register CF8 CFC PCI configuratio...

Page 174: ...B 6 Interrupt Request PCI IRQ Device I O Port Address Assignments ...

Page 175: ...ic Precautions Standard Cabling Configuration Standard and Optional Hard Disk Drive Bays SCSI Bus Cabling Configuration Standard SCSI Hard Disk Drive Bay RAID Cabling Configuration Standard and Optional SCSI Hard Disk Drive Bays RAID Cabling Configuration ...

Page 176: ...not turn off the system AC power Before doing the procedures in this chapter make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cord from the back of the chassis Failure to disconnect power before opening your system can result in personal injury and equipment damage Static Precautions An electrostatic discharge ESD can damage disk drives option boards and other components You can p...

Page 177: ...converter is also available to be used when installing narrow SCSI devices A 3 5 inch floppy diskette drive is also installed in the system and interfaces separately to the system board Referring to Figure C 1 a 68 pin Ultra 160 m SCSI interface cable L is connected to the SCSI connector M on the system board This cable connects to the rear of the standard hard disk drive s SCSI backpanel I Option...

Page 178: ...ID4 C IDE CD ROM drive K Ultra Wide SCSI connector 68 pin D IDE interface cable L Ultra 160 m SCSI interface cable E IDE connector M Ultra 160 m SCSI interface cable connector 68 pin for standard SCSI backpanel F Diskette drive N External SCSI connector G Diskette drive interface cable O External Ultra Wide SCSI termination plug 68 pin H Diskette drive connector P System board Figure C 1 Standard ...

Page 179: ... board Ultra 160 m SCSI controller AIC 7899 contains two independent SCSI channels that share a single PCI bus master interface Each channel is capable of operations using either 8 or 16 bit SCSI providing 160 MB s Ultra 160 m throughput As implemented on the system board controller A is used to support SCSI hard disk drives in the standard SCSI hard disk drive bay Controller B is used to support ...

Page 180: ...SI controller board shown in PCI slot 2 B Ultra 160 m SCSI interface cable C Optional SCSI backpanel D Optional SCSI hard disk drive bay Top to bottom ID10 to ID14 E System board Figure C 2 Standard and Optional Hard Disk Drive Bays SCSI Bus Cabling Configuration ...

Page 181: ... three channel SecuRAID 530 Mylex eXtremeRAID 1100 controller board which gives your system the added security of fault tolerance The RAID controller is installed in PCI slot 2 and the third channel 2 is used to control the hot swap hard disk drives in the standard SCSI hard disk drive bay Channel A of the on board Ultra 160 m SCSI controller AIC 7899 is not used for the SCSI hard disk drive bays ...

Page 182: ...ontroller board shown in PCI slot 2 B Ultra 160 m SCSI interface cable C Standard SCSI backpanel D Standard SCSI hard disk drive bay Top to bottom ID0 ID1 ID2 ID3 ID4 E System board Figure C 3 Standard SCSI Hard Disk Drive Bay RAID Cabling Configuration ...

Page 183: ...he RAID controller is installed in PCI slot 2 and the third channel 2 is used to control the hot swap hard disk drives in the standard SCSI hard disk drive bay The second RAID channel 1 is used to control the hot swap hard disk drives in the optional SCSI hard disk drive bay Channel A of the on board Ultra 160 m SCSI controller AIC 7899 is not used for the SCSI hard disk drive bays when the RAID c...

Page 184: ...ace cable C Optional SCSI backpanel D Optional SCSI hard disk drive bay Top to bottom ID10 to ID14 E Ultra 160 m SCSI interface cable F Standard SCSI backpanel G Standard SCSI hard disk drive bay Top to bottom ID0 to ID4 H System board Figure C 4 Standard and Optional SCSI Hard Disk Drive Bays RAID Cabling Configuration ...

Page 185: ...D ROMPilot BIOS Error Codes ROMPilot BIOS Error Codes ...

Page 186: ... module is probably corrupt 04 Protected mode module is missing kernel signature Error Codes from Protected Mode Kernel Initialization 05 Failed to initialize memory manager system objects 06 Failed to initialize kernel interrupt tables 07 Failed to allocate descriptor table usage list 08 Failed to create event object for BIOS messages 09 Failed to create objects for BIOS slice 0A Failed to load a...

Page 187: ...mory below 1MB 21 Phoenix Dispatch Manager call to read NV install data failed 22 Unable to allocate memory above 1MB 23 Failed to export symbol 24 Version mismatch between RomPilot and NV install data 25 NV install data is marked as incomplete 26 NV install data is missing RomPilot signature 27 NV install data failed checksum Error Codes from Link Support Layer LSL PLM 28 LSL initialization faile...

Page 188: ...D 4 ROMPilot BIOS Error Codes ...

Page 189: ...y of data for safe keeping The data is copied from computer memory or disk to a floppy disk magnetic tape or other media backup battery The battery in your computer that maintains the real time clock and the configuration information when the computer s power is removed base memory An area of memory between 0 and 640 kilobytes baud rate The speed with which data is transmitted during serial commun...

Page 190: ...ve A type of mass storage device that reads information from a compact disk Centronics port An industry standard parallel port See also parallel port CGA Color Graphics Adapter A type of video display system that provides low resolution text and graphics on TTL monochrome and color monitors CMOS Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor A type of low power integrated circuit used in computers See al...

Page 191: ...a video monitor disk drive A device that stores data on a hard or floppy disk A floppy disk drive requires a floppy disk to be inserted a hard disk drive has a permanently encased hard disk DOS Disk Operating System See operating system DRAM Dynamic RAM See RAM E ECC Error Checking and Correction A method of detecting and correcting errors EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory...

Page 192: ...ocessor through certain utilities and operating systems F flash EPROM A type of memory device that is usually used to store system BIOS code This code can be replaced with updated code from a floppy disk but is not lost when the computer is powered off See also EPROM and ROM floppy disk drive See disk drive format The process used to organize a hard or floppy disk into sectors so it can accept dat...

Page 193: ...eripheral device that enables them to exchange data See also parallel port and serial port ISA Industry Standard Architecture An industry standard for computers and circuit cards that transfer 16 bits of data at a time J jumper A small electrical connector used for configuration on some computer hardware K Kilobyte 1 024 bytes See also byte L LAN Local Area Network A group of computers linked toge...

Page 194: ...mputer modem A device used to exchange information with other computers over telephone or data lines module A circuit board that plugs into a dedicated connector on the system board in your computer mouse A small input device that you guide on a flat surface to control the cursor movement and operation of the computer when using certain software programs N NVRAM Nonvolatile RAM A type of RAM that ...

Page 195: ...er pixel The smallest element that is visible on a video display The resolution of a video display system is measured in pixels PnP Plug n Play Plug and play is the ability to plug a device into a computer and have the computer recognize that the device is there The user doesn t have to tell the computer POST Power On Self Test R RAM Random Access Memory A temporary storage area for data and progr...

Page 196: ...s the name of the event the date and time the event occurred and data pertinent to the event Event data may include POST error codes that reflect hardware errors or software conflicts within the system serial communication Information sent sequentially one bit at a time serial port The connector on the back of your computer that allows the transfer of data between the computer and a serial device ...

Page 197: ...ures data transfer speeds up to 160MB second double edge clocking cyclical redundancy checking CRC providing higher levels of data reliability and domain validation that detects the configuration of the SCSI bus and automatically tests and adjusts the SCSI bus transfer rate to optimize interoperability Note that the Ultra 160 m uses the standard Ultra2 LVD cabling and termination making it backwar...

Page 198: ...10 Glossary ...

Page 199: ...rmation for any components added to the system such as a power supply hard disk drives add in boards or printers Record the model and serial numbers of the unit and system board The model and serial numbers of the system unit are recorded on a label attached to the rear of the unit The serial number of the system board is located along the left side of the board The location of serial numbers on a...

Page 200: ...Tape Drive 1 Tape Drive 2 CD ROM Drive 1 Hard Disk Drive 0 Hard Disk Drive 1 Hard Disk Drive 2 Hard Disk Drive 3 Hard Disk Drive 4 Optional Hard Disk Drive 10 Optional Hard Disk Drive 11 Optional Hard Disk Drive 12 Optional Hard Disk Drive 13 Optional Hard Disk Drive 14 Optional RAID Controller Network Controller 1 Network Controller 2 Monitor Keyboard Mouse External Peripherals Optional Power Sup...

Page 201: ...Pilot BIOS error codes D 2 Error messages 5 13 Exit menu configuring in setup 3 18 External device connectors 1 21 F Fans 1 25 Features 1 3 Front and rear fan modules installing 4 10 removing 4 9 Front door of the tower cabinet installing 4 6 removing 4 5 H Hard disk drives hot swapping 4 45 installing 4 39 removing 4 43 Hot swap fan modules 1 25 hard drives 4 45 power supply 4 54 SCSI hard disk d...

Page 202: ...wer LED 5 9 system cooling fans 5 10 Processors description 1 16 installing 4 15 R Rack Mount subsystem assembly 2 4 Rack Mount upgrade kit installing 4 11 RAID controller configuration 3 23 controller installation 4 30 Real time clock description 1 18 replacing 4 23 Reconfiguration 1 28 Remote power on 1 27 Removable media devices installing 4 31 S SAF TE board 1 18 SCSI bus configuration C 3 SCS...

Page 203: ...standard and optional SCSI hard disk drive bays RAID cabling configuration C 9 standard cabling configuration C 3 standard SCSI hard disk drive bay RAID cabling configuration C 7 System hardware menu configuring in setup 3 15 System upgrade precautions 4 3 preparing 4 5 T Troubleshooting checklists 5 3 U Unpacking the system 2 3 Upgrading your system 4 2 User password 1 28 Using the system 2 17 V ...

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