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4-34  Configuring Your Server

DISK ARRAY CONFIGURATION

This section describes the configuration utility "WebBIOS". With On Board RAID (MegaRAID
ROMB), you can use the internal hard disk drives in the disk array configuration.

RAID

This section describes the RAID features which the on-board RAID controller (MegaRAID ROMB)
supports.

Overview of RAID

What is RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)?

RAID is an abbreviation for "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks". The RAID technology allows
more than one hard disk drive (HDD) to be handled collectively.

In actual, RAID can configure more than one HDDs as a single array (disk group) to operate the
HDDs effectively. This can bring higher performance than a single HDD of a large capacity.

The on-board RAID (MegaRAID ROMB) has a feature to divide a single disk group into several
logical drives. The on-board RAID (MegaRAID ROMB) recognizes these virtual disks as if it were
a single HDD. The on-board RAID (MegaRAID ROMB) accesses to more than one HDD
configuring a disk group in parallel.

Some RAID levels can recover data from remaining data and parity by using rebuild feature if an
error occurs in a single HDD. This can provide high reliability for the system.

Summary of Contents for Express5800/140Hf

Page 1: ...N8100 1223F 1224F 1225F 1277F 1278F NEC Express5800 140Hf User s Guide 2nd Edition 10 2006 ONL 4149bN 140Hf 100 99 0609 ...

Page 2: ...nfiguration 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 specification improvements the information in this document is subject to change at any time without notice Reproduction of this document o...

Page 3: ...onal injury including burns or property damage 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 An image in the symbol illustrates the hazard type Attention This symbol indicates prohibited actions An image in the symbol illustrates a particular prohibited actio...

Page 4: ...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 may be caused Indicates a mandatory action that cannot be specifically identified M...

Page 5: ...h the instruction manual may cause 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 ...

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Page 9: ... Windows Server 2003 Server operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 stands for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating system Windows NT stands for Microsoft Windows NT Server network operating system version 3 51 4 0 a...

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Page 11: ...mplement a computer for the next generation With its potential capabilities the server may be used as the workstation PC that configures a client server system and provides high speed processing and superior reliability Read this User s Guide thoroughly to fully understand handling of the server and appreciate its functions to the maximum extent ...

Page 12: ...ter 4 Configuring Your Server tells you how to configure the system and provides instructions for running the BIOS Setup Utility and the Disk Array Configuration Utility which is used to configure SAS devices in your system This chapter also provides information on I O board jumper settings Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup describes how to install the operating system C...

Page 13: ... this User s Guide For safety symbols see SAFETY INDICATIONS provided earlier IMPORTANT Items that are mandatory or require attention when using the server NOTE Notes give important information about the material being described IN THE PACKAGE The carton contains various accessories as well as the server itself See the packing list to make sure that you have everything and that individual componen...

Page 14: ...isposal of the Server 1 13 User Support 1 14 Chapter 2 General Description 2 1 Overview 2 2 External View 2 3 Front View with the Front Door Open 2 4 Front View Switches and EXPRESSSCOPE Monitor 2 6 Rear View 2 7 Internal View 2 9 I O Board 2 10 Processor Board 2 11 Memory Board 2 12 Management LAN Board 2 12 Standard Features 2 13 Power Supplies 2 14 Peripheral Bays 2 14 Recovering BIOS Data 2 17...

Page 15: ...ion 3 12 Chapter 4 Configuring Your Server 4 1 System BIOS SETUP 4 1 Starting SETUP Utility 4 2 Description on On Screen Items and Key Usage 4 3 Configuration Examples 4 4 Menu and Parameter Descriptions 4 9 Disk Array Configuration 4 34 RAID 4 34 Features of On board RAID MegaRAID ROMB 4 40 Before Using WebBIOS 4 46 Using WebBIOS 4 48 Configuring Virtual Disk 4 61 Operation of Various Features 4 ...

Page 16: ...6 Installing and Using Utilities 6 1 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 6 2 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for DOS Based with Local Console 6 4 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for DOS based with Remote Console 6 9 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for Windows Based Master Control Menu 6 12 Configuration Diskette Creator 6 13 NEC ESMPRO 6 17 Functions and Features 6 17 NEC DianaScope 6 18 MegaRAID Storage Manager Server 6 19 Setup with Express Setup 6 1...

Page 17: ...itors 8 3 POWER SLEEP Lamp 8 3 STATUS Lamp 8 4 DISK ACCESS Lamp 8 6 LAN1 LAN2 ACCESS Lamp 8 6 UID Lamp 8 7 Attention Lamp 8 7 Processor Board Error Lamp 8 8 Memory Board Error Lamp 8 9 I O Board Error Lamp 8 10 Power Unit Error Lamp 8 11 Fan Error Lamp 8 12 Thermal Error Lamp 8 12 Access Lamps 8 12 Memory Board Lamps 8 13 Hard Disk Drive Lamp DISK Lamp 8 14 LAN Connector Lamps 8 16 PCI Slot Lamps ...

Page 18: ...ting Dr Watson Diagnostic Information 8 64 Memory Dump 8 64 Preparing for Memory Dumping 8 64 Saving the Dump File 8 65 Recovery for Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows Server 2003 8 65 Off Line Maintenance Utility 8 66 Starting the Off line Maintenance Utility 8 66 Features of Off line Maintenance Utility 8 67 Resetting the Server 8 68 Forced Shutdown 8 68 Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server...

Page 19: ...en upgraded to Dynamic Disk D 2 MO Device D 2 Media such as DAT D 2 Partition Size D 3 Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions D 4 Creating Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER D 4 Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Clean Installation D 6 Updating the System D 8 Driver Installation and Advanced Settings D 9 PROSet D 9 Network Driver D 10 Optional Network Board Driver D...

Page 20: ...indows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER E 4 Windows Server 2003 Clean Installation E 6 Updating the System Applying Service Pack E 8 Driver Installation and Advanced Settings E 9 PROSet E 9 Network Driver E 10 Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 E 11 Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 95 N8190 126 E 11 Installing Disk Array Controller Driver N8103 81F E 12 About Windows Acti...

Page 21: ...Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server This chapter includes information necessary for proper and safe operation of your server ...

Page 22: ...possible danger or their vicinity in your server to inform the user that a hazardous situation may arise when operating the server Do not intentionally remove or damage any of the labels If you find any labels totally partially removed or illegible due to damage contact your sales representative ...

Page 23: ...n 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 switch and disconnect the power plug from the outlet then contact your service representative 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 ventilatio...

Page 24: ...f 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 cord D...

Page 25: ...ice 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 connector may cause an electric shock or a fire resulted from a short circuit Do not use any unauthorized interface cable Use only interface cables provided by NEC and locate a proper device and connector before con...

Page 26: ...lied to the server shall not exceed the rating load of the power branch circuit The server requires three or four Power Cords depend on your configuration Connect each power cord to each appropriate Wall Outlet provided with 20A branch circuit Contact your electric constructor or the local power company for the requirements on the wiring and installation of electric facilities ...

Page 27: ...rrectly replaced Placing the battery close to a fire or in the water may cause an explosion When the server does not operate appropriately due to the dead lithium and NiMH batteries contact your service representative to replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by NEC Do not disassemble the server to replace or recharge the battery by yourself Disconnect all the power plugs before...

Page 28: ...ctors with the protective cap The unused power supply cable connectors are covered with the protective cap to prevent short circuits and electrical hazards When removing the power supply cable connector from the internal devices attach the protective cap to the connector Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Do not touch any electrical components inside the server du...

Page 29: ...use 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 An object placed on top of the server may fall down resulting in damage to your property around the server Do not use a cellular phone or pager around the server Turn off the cellular phone or pager Radio interference ma...

Page 30: ... following the NEC logo appears on the screen Turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the outlet before relocating the server Some software includes a command to eject the CD DVD ROM tray Make sure that the front door is opened before running the command Running this command with the front door closed may cause the CD DVD ROM tray or the media to hit against the front door resulting in a...

Page 31: ... supported devices may be physically installed connected but cause failures of the server as well as a malfunctions of the server NEC recommends you use NEC s genuine products Some third party products claim that they support the server However repair of the server due to a failure or damage resulted from use of such third party products will be charged For the disk which does not conform to the C...

Page 32: ...a remains written on the hard disk 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 Provided software To transfer or sell any software a...

Page 33: ... the IO board of the server consult with your service representative NOTE If the real time clock battery on the I O board reaches its life the following message appeared on the display while running the POST Contact your service representative to replace the battery 0250 System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP WARNING Do not remove the lithium and NiMH batteries Your server contains the lithi...

Page 34: ...uter virus detection program Computer virus detection programs are available for purchase in stores If the server still appears to fail after you have taken the above actions consult with your service representative immediately Take notes on lamp indications of the server and alarm indications on the display unit before consultation which may provide a significant help to your service representati...

Page 35: ... 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...

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Page 37: ...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 38: ...ile and print services e mail web access web site server etc Your server includes a 3 5 inch diskette drive a DVD ROM drive a 3 5 inch hard disk bay and removable media device bay In the basic configuration the 3 5 inch hard disk bay supports up to five 1 0 inch height SAS hard disk drives that can be swapped in or out of the system without powering it down if RAID functionality is configured in t...

Page 39: ...ppy disk drive or install or remove a hard disk drive processor memory board and or the DIMM 2 Key slot Insert the security key to lock or unlock the front door 3 Rear access cover Open the rear access cover to install or remove the PCI boards and fans 4 Stabilizer 2 each at front and rear Remove the stabilizers when converting the server to rack mounting model 1 2 4 3 ...

Page 40: ...CD DVD ROM 2 1 Emergency eject hole 2 2 CD DVD Tray eject button 2 3 Access lamp lit orange during accessing 3 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay The 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay contains additional hard disk slots Hard disk drives having the thickness of 1 inch can be inserted into the slots The number following the bold faced character indicates the slot number 4 DISK lamp 5 Processor board 5 1 Proces...

Page 41: ... the bold faced character indicates the slot number Additional memory board shall be installed in the slot 2 3 and then 4 in the order 8 5 25 inch device bay DAT digital audio tape drive or optical disk drive may be installed in the 5 25 inch device bay Slot 1 right and slot 2 left 9 Additional 3 5 inch disk bay Install the N8154 13F additional HDD cage in this bay With the cage up to thirteen har...

Page 42: ...ters into the sleep state power saving mode If you press the switch again the server recovers to the normal state Windows Server 2003 supports this feature 4 UID Unit ID switch Pressing the UID switch turns UID lamp blue located on the front panel and the rear panel on and off 5 POWER SLEEP lamp 6 STATUS lamp 7 DISK ACCESS lamp 8 LAN1 access lamp 9 LAN2 access lamp 10 UID Unit ID lamp 11 DUMP lamp...

Page 43: ...General Description 2 7 Rear View 2 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 7 8 10 11 14 9 13 2 12 13 1 15 17 18 18 17 16 2 16 1 21 20 19 6 5 4 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 ...

Page 44: ...ctor Used to connect with a printer with the Centronics interface 10 Serial port A connector The serial port A connector is used to connect the server to a device with the serial interface The server cannot be directly connected to a leased line through the connector 11 Serial port B connector To be used exclusively with the serial port B connector on the front panel 12 Management LAN Port 13 ICMB...

Page 45: ...General Description 2 9 Internal View 1 Power supply cage 2 Non hot plug PCI slot 3 Hot plug PCI slot 4 Fan bay 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 46: ... to 9 Hot plug PCI X 3 3V 100MHz 5 IPMB connector 6 BMC configuration jumper block 7 Jumper switch for CMOS Password clear 8 Management LAN board connector 9 Fan connector Number following the bold faced number indicates port number 10 SAS connector Ch 2 and Ch 1 from left 11 Fan error lamp Number following the bold faced number indicates fan number 12 Power BP connector 13 Lithium battery 14 DIMM...

Page 47: ...ld faced character indicates the socket number 2 Processor Number following the bold faced character indicates the socket number 3 Processor VRM error lamp Number following the bold faced character indicates the lamp number 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 3 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 ...

Page 48: ...oard Redundancy lamp 6 Memory board Attention switch 7 DIMM slot Number following the bold faced character indicates the socket number The factory installed memory board contains 1GB DIMM in slots 1 and 2 8 Switch to turn on DIMM slot error lamp Management LAN Board 1 ICMB 1 connector 2 ICMB 2 connector 3 Management LAN Port 4 I O board connector 4 1 2 3 7 1 7 2 7 3 8 7 4 1 5 6 2 3 4 ...

Page 49: ...able CD ROM no emulation mode format support POWER switch mask Software power off Remote power on feature AC LINK feature Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI feature Baseboard Management Controller BMC Remote console feature High reliability Self diagnosis Power On Self Test POST Test and Diagnosis T D Maintenance Features Off line Maintenance Utility Memory dump feature using the DUMP ...

Page 50: ...al devices The chassis includes these peripheral bays Media bay for installing the standard 3 5 inch floppy disk drive supports 720KB and 1 44MB floppy disk media and the standard DVD ROM drive A 5 25 inch device bay for installing up to two half height 5 25 inch peripheral devices or a full height 5 25 inch peripheral devices such as an optional tape drives The SAS hard disk drive bay for install...

Page 51: ...3 Memory board 4 A 2GB 1GB 2 2GB 1GB 2 2GB 1GB 2 2GB 1GB 2 B 8GB 2GB 4 8GB 2GB 4 8GB 2GB 4 8GB 2GB 4 C 4GB 1GB 4 4GB 1GB 4 D 16GB 4GB 4 16GB 4GB 4 16GB 4GB 4 16GB 4GB 4 Memory RAID Feature If one of the four memory boards encounters an uncorrectable error the memory RAID feature switches to the other memory board to continue operation To use this feature four memory boards must be installed Each m...

Page 52: ...dicates that the memory mirroring memory RAID feature has worked a The Redundancy lamp on the front panel of the server lights green b The failing DIMM group is degraded when the server restarts c If NEC ESMPRO Agent has been installed the following log is registered as a system log of Event Viewer Source name ESMCommonService Event ID 2313 Explanation Part of the DIMM was isolated due to a memory...

Page 53: ...activation of the system is ensured At the shipment the latest version of system BIOS is stored both in the primary and the secondary BIOS If you execute the system BIOS update the secondary BIOS is updated and the updated BIOS becomes the primary BIOS Thereafter the system is activated from that primary BIOS System Cooling The chassis includes a hot swappable fan module with six fans for cooling ...

Page 54: ...et numbers in the unit of two modules The controller automatically detects sizes and initializes the memory array depending on the type size and speed of the installed DIMMs and reports memory size and allocation to the server via configuration registers NOTE Use DIMMs that have been provided by NEC Contact your service representative or dealer for a current list of approved memory modules Onboard...

Page 55: ...ID1 and RAID5 256MB of cache memory Battery backup cache memory Network Interface Controllers NOTE To ensure EMC product regulation compliance the system must be used with shielded LAN cables The I O board includes Intel 82546GB network interface controller NIC The Intel 82546GB network interface controller supports the following features Two channels of 10Base T 100Base TX and 1000BASE T networks...

Page 56: ... and overvoltage 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 boar...

Page 57: ... is off powered To enable this feature you must select Enabled for Wake On LAN PME in the Advanced Chipset Control of the Advanced menu of 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 power supply to ...

Page 58: ...oftware 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 example Enable the keyboard lockout timer so that the server requires a password to reactivate the keyboard and...

Page 59: ...is function to update the system BIOS or firmware of the server See Chapter 6 To update the Windows System Update NEC Express5800 System in Master Control Menu Windows based NEC EXPRESSBUILDER feature updates the several resources of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows 2000 See Chapter 6 To install the utilities NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM includes some management software for Windows NE...

Page 60: ...sentative for details Off line Maintenance Utility The Off line Maintenance Utility is used for proactive maintenance and fault analysis of the server Normally this utility is used by the maintenance engineer Refer to Chapter 8 for details System Diagnostic Utility The system diagnostic utility contained in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER is useful to prevent the hardware failures See Chapter 7 for details...

Page 61: ...he server accessing the floppy disk drive DVD ROM drive and or 5 25 inch device and installing removing the hard disk drive into from the 3 5 inch disk bay IMPORTANT Use the security key coming with the server to release the security lock Some software has a command to eject a media in the DVD ROM drive or 5 25 inch device bay Make sure that the front door is open before executing such a command I...

Page 62: ...2 26 General Description Unlock the front door hold the handle on the right center of the front door and pull it toward you to open When you close the front door lock it with security key ...

Page 63: ...ve 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 30 seconds then press the POWER switch Do not turn off the server until characters following the NEC logo appears on the screen The time until the characters appear depends on you...

Page 64: ...ay unit during POST Pressing Esc allows the information on the execution of POST to be displayed NOTE The information on the result of diagnosis by POST can be displayed from the start without the depression of Esc on the BIOS menu If you desire it change the setting of Boot time Diagnosis Screen on Advanced of the BIOS SETUP to Enabled It may not always necessary to check the result of POST Check...

Page 65: ...take about a minute to display the proper information on the screen at rebooting 2 If your server has some option boards such as disk array controller installed POST displays the message prompting the start of the BIOS setup utility for the option board Refer to the manual that comes with the option board for details When you press Ctrl and any other key at the same time to start the setup utility...

Page 66: ...ory installed battery See Chapter 8 for error messages related to the battery See also Battery for Onboard RAID MegaRAID ROBM in Chapter 4 5 Displays the message notifying you of the detection of the processor and the connected keyboard and mouse 6 Displays any of the following messages Pattern 1 Press F2 to enter SETUP or F12 to Network Pattern 2 Press F2 to enter SETUP F4 Service Partition F12 t...

Page 67: ...res and features of the parameters F4 Press F4 to start the Off line Maintenance Utility from the maintenance partition See Chapter 6 for the maintenance partition F12 Press F12 to run the network boot F1 If message Press F1 to resume appears an error is detected during POST See Error messages during POST for the information on the messages and the proper actions against the errors If an error mes...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...WER 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 not change system configuration while turning...

Page 70: ...oppy disk drive the drive clicks and the eject button on the floppy disk is slightly pushed out NOTES You cannot use a 1 2MB formatted floppy disk When an unformatted floppy disk is inserted the message notifying that date read is not available and the message prompting formatting are displayed Refer to the manual that comes with the OS to format the floppy disk If the floppy disk contains a syste...

Page 71: ...tic objects e g magnet Do not pinch the floppy disk with a paper clip or drop it Keep the floppy disk in a floppy disk case that protects it from magnetism and dust A floppy disk has a write protect switch that prevents the stored data from accidental erasure You can read data from a write protected floppy disk but you cannot save data into the floppy disk or format it NEC recommends that you shou...

Page 72: ... 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 leave the tray ejected from the DVD ROM drive Setting Removing the CD DVD ROM 1 Confirm that the power of the server is on with the POWER SLEEP lamp being lit in green before setting the CD DVD ROM on the DVD ROM drive 2 Press the Eject button on the f...

Page 73: ...ay 5 As shown in the figure below hold the tray with a hand and press the CD DVD ROM with fingers of another hand to make the hole of the CD DVD ROM fit to the rotor at the center of the tray 6 Push the front of the tray lightly to retract it into the drive IMPORTANT If a noisy sound in driving the DVD ROM drive occurs after setting a CD DVD ROM set it again correctly Rotor Press this part of CD D...

Page 74: ...nge the CD DVD ROM is being accessed Confirm that the access lamp is not lit before pressing the Eject button As shown in the figure below hold the tray with a hand and take the end of the CD DVD ROM lightly by the fingers of another hand with the suppression of the rotor at the center of the tray to remove the CD DVD ROM from the tray After taking out the CD DVD ROM return the tray into the drive...

Page 75: ... mm in diameter and 100 mm in length a straightened large paper clip will make a substitute into the emergency hole on the upper front of the DVD ROM drive and gently push it in until the tray is ejected IMPORTANT Do not use a toothpick or plastic stick that is easy to break If the above procedure does not let you take out the CD DVD ROM contact your service representative 3 Hold the tray and pull...

Page 76: ...side upward and gently put it on the tray Do not scratch the CD DVD ROM or write anything directly on it with a pencil or ball point pen Keep the CD DVD ROM away from cigarette smoke Do not leave the CD DVD ROM 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 CD DVD ROM wipe the CD DVD ROM from its center to edge wi...

Page 77: ...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 78: ...ver 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 After all the system se...

Page 79: ...nd carry it to the site then place it slowly and gently IMPORTANT Do not hold the server by its front door to lift the server The front door may be disengaged and damage the server It is recommended that the server should be used 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 Clean ...

Page 80: ...th possibilities of falling objects Places near a device generating intense magnetic field such as a TV radio broadcast communication antenna power transmission wire and electromagnetic crane is placed If unavoidable contact your service representative to request proper shield construction Places where a power outlet that shares the ground line with another especially the one to which a device wit...

Page 81: ...s prior to unpacking 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 82: ...ver safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Plug in to a proper 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 Do not use any unauthorized power cord Do not connect any interface cable with the power cord...

Page 83: ...sed for the server A leased line cannot be connected directly to the serial port connectors Keyboard Mouse Display unit Hub multiport repeater Device with USB interface USB2 0 e g terminal adapter REAR Printer with the parallel interface Network system on LAN connected via a hub Device with the serial interface e g modem Device with the ICMB interface e g disk expansion unit Hub multiport repeater...

Page 84: ...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 only 1 Plug the provided po...

Page 85: ...ice outlets on the rear of the UPS Refer to the manual that comes with the UPS for details 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 parameter for AC LINK under the Server menu of the BIOS SETUP utility See Chapter 4 for details ...

Page 86: ...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 CD DVD ROM 2 Press the POWER switch NOTES If the power cord is connected to the power control unit such as the UPS turn on the power control unit Connect the power cord and wait for about 30 seconds before ...

Page 87: ...r troubleshooting information During 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 ...

Page 88: ...etails 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 information by the following process 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive and r...

Page 89: ... use the SETUP utility in most cases However you might wish to use the SETUP utility in the cases described below IMPORTANT The SETUP utility is intended for system administrator use only The 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 SETUP utilit...

Page 90: ... F1 to resume F2 to enter Setup F4 Service Partition F12 Network The displayed message varies depending on the device status 2 Press F2 to start the SETUP utility and display its Main menu If you have previously set a password with the SETUP utility the password entry screen appears Enter the password Up to three password entries will be accepted If you fail to enter the password correctly for thr...

Page 91: ... an option preceded by is selected these keys are disabled Enter Press Enter to select determine parameters Esc Displays the previous screen F1 Press F1 when you need help on SETUP operations The help screen for SETUP operations appears Press Esc to return to the previous screen F9 Sets the parameter of the currently displayed item back to the factory set parameter F10 Sets the parameter back to t...

Page 92: ...h the UPS To power on the server when power is supply from the UPS Select Server AC LINK Power On To keep the server off powered even when power is supplied from the UPS if the POWER switch was used to power off Select Server AC LINK Last State To keep the server off powered even when power is supplied from the UPS Select Server AC LINK StayOff Boot To change the boot order of devices connected to...

Page 93: ...and socket locations on the IO 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 Select Server Clear FRU LED Yes and reboot Only when Server FRU LED Feature Enabled has been selected To enable the memory mirroring feature or memory RAID feature Select Advanced Memory Configuration...

Page 94: ...d check the status indications The on screen processor numbers and socket locations on the IO board are associated as shown in the following figure To clear the processor error information Select Main Processor Settings Processor Retest Yes and reboot Select Server Clear FRU LED Yes and reboot Only when Server FRU LED Feature Enabled has been selected Processor 3 Processor 4 Processor 2 Processor ...

Page 95: ...rity Power Switch Inhibit Disabled IMPORTANT Enabling Power Switch Inhibit disables forced shutdown see Chapter 8 as well as power on off using the POWER switch To set the secure mode Select Security Secure Mode and set each item External Devices To set up external devices Select Advanced Peripheral Configuration and set up each device Internal Devices To set up internal PCI devices of the server ...

Page 96: ...ter Minimum N8104 111 100BASE TX Adapter Minimum Saving the Configuration Data To save the BIOS configuration data Select Exit Exit Saving Changes or Save Changes To discard changes to the BIOS configuration data Select Exit Exit Discarding Changes or Discard Changes To resume the default BIOS configuration data may differ from factory set value Select Exit Load Setup Defaults To save the current ...

Page 97: ...a submenu from the above menus The following describes available functions and parameters as well as the factory set for each menu Main After entering SETUP the Main menu appears first To display a submenu position the cursor on a selection that has a submenu preceded by symbol and press Enter The items which can be set on the Main menu screen and their functions are described below ...

Page 98: ...4 720Kb 3 1 2 1 44 1 25MB 3 1 2 2 88MB 3 1 2 Set the settings of floppy disk drive B Set to Disabled since the server does not support drive B Hard Disk Pre Delay Disabled 3 seconds 6 seconds 9 seconds 12 seconds 15 seconds 21 seconds 30 seconds Wait for the specified time until the first access to the IDE device during POST Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Displays the information on the devi...

Page 99: ... is not installed Display only Processor 1 4 L2 Cache Size Indicates the L2 cache of processor Processor 1 4 L3 Cache Size Indicates the L3 cache size if the processor has L3 cache memory Hyper Threading Technology Disabled Enabled Setting this item to Enabled allows the hyper threading technology to be used in the ACPI mode From OS that supports Hyper Threading Technology feature the specified nu...

Page 100: ...tion Technology Specify whether the Intel Virtualization Technology is enabled or disabled If the parameter is changed the DC power of the system must be turned off Select Exit Exit Saving Changes and restart the system Then turn off the DC power on POST screen Echo TPR Enabled Disabled Specify whether Echo TPR is enabled or disabled This menu appears on N8100 1225F only Factory set ...

Page 101: ...y to be switched to the POST execution screen The Boot time Diagnostic Screen is automatically enabled if the Console Redirection is enabled Reset Configuration Data No Yes Select Yes to clear the extended system configuration data area system information stored by POST The parameter is changed to No after the system is booted NumLock On Off Specify whether the numlock is enabled or disabled on bo...

Page 102: ...DIMM s are replaced Extended RAM Step 1MB 1KB Every Location Disabled 1MB indicates that the memory test is done in the unit of 1MB 1KB indicates that the memory test is done in the unit of 1KB Every Location indicates that every memory device is tested Disabled indicates that only memory initialization is done Online Spare Memory Disabled Enabled Select Enabled to enable the Online Spare Memory f...

Page 103: ... table blow for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting PCI Slot 1 9 Option ROM Enabled Disabled Disables enables the Option ROM BIOS on the PCI bus Factory set IMPORTANT If you want to boot the OS contained in the internal hard disk drive when any of PCI slots 3 through 9 contains a PCI card the parameter for PCI Slot x Option ROM x slot containing the PCI card must be set to Disabled...

Page 104: ...our Setting Reserving memory space for PHP Disabled Minimum Middle Maximum Determines memory space at every empty slot for PHP PCI Hot plug Reserved memory space is Disabled None Minimum 6 2 4 MB Middle 48 16 32 MB Maximum 96 32 64 MB Factory set NOTE The bus number of PCI slot varies depending on whether this parameter is set to Disabled or others Pay attention when you need to setup the program ...

Page 105: ...low for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting SAS Controller LAN Controller Video Controller Enabled Disabled Indicates whether the on board controller is enabled or disabled Option ROM Scan Enabled Disabled Displays the submenu for indicating whether the expansion of BIOS of on board controller is enabled or disabled Do not set this option to Disabled Factory set Only displayed for ...

Page 106: ... shows the following screen See the table below for the items IMPORTANT Note that the interrupt and or base I O address are not overlapped with others If the value set for the interrupt or base I O address is used in another resource the yellow asterisk appears Reset any item with the yellow asterisk properly ...

Page 107: ...These menus are displayed when the Serial port B is enabled Parallel Port Disabled Enabled Specify whether the parallel port is enabled or disabled Mode Output Only Bi directional EPP ECP Base I O Address 378 278 Interrupt IRQ 5 IRQ 7 DMA channel DMA 1 DMA 3 Selects the parallel port operation mode base address interrupt IRQ and DMA channel for the parallel port These menus are displayed when the ...

Page 108: ...cription Your Setting Multimedia Timer Disabled Enabled Selecting Enabled enables this function if the OS supports HPET feature Wake On LAN PME Disabled Enabled Specify whether the remote power on function through 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 ...

Page 109: ... table below for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting PCI IRQ line 1 5 PCI IRQ line 8 Disabled Auto Select 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Set the assignment of each of 7 interrupt signals on the PCI bus to a specific IRQ request Parameter 11 cannot be selected if they are the same as those set for BMC IRQ in the Server menu Factory set ...

Page 110: ...visor Password such a screen as shown below appears Specify the Supervisor passwords on the dialog box Enter each of the passwords with up to seven characters including alphanumerics and symbols After the Supervisor password has been registered specify the User password in the similar way IMPORTANT Set the passwords only after OS is installed If you forget the passwords contact your service repres...

Page 111: ...nute 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes 20 minutes 60 minutes 120 minutes Specify the period from no input from the keyboard or mouse to the point at which the system enters into the secure mode This item becomes accessible after the User password is registered Hot Key CTRL ALT L Z Specify the key with which the secure mode is started Press the selected key with the Ctrl and Alt pressed to start the s...

Page 112: ...r saving mode by pressing the SLEEP switch This item becomes accessible after the User password is registered Factory set NOTE The Secure Mode is used to restrict access from unauthorized users In the Secure Mode the POWER switch SLEEP switch RESET switch keyboard and mouse are disabled The lamps on the keyboard flash in order from the ScrollLock lamp the CapsLock lamp and the NumLock lamp To resu...

Page 113: ...ot Monitoring See the table below for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting Assert NMI on PERR Disabled Enabled Indicates whether PCI PERR is supported or not If this item is set Enabled the system offers an error through the NMI when an error occurred Assert NMI on SERR Disabled Enabled Indicates whether PCI SERR is supported or not If this item is set Enabled the system offers an e...

Page 114: ...s reset after the occurrence of timeout and OS boot is retried up to three times Then the boot is tried from the service partition for three times If Always Reset is selected the system is reset after the occurrence of timeout and OS boot is retried repeatedly Thermal Sensor Disabled Enabled Indicates whether the temperature sensor monitoring function is enabled or disabled BMC IRQ Disabled IRQ 11...

Page 115: ...AC LINK System status before AC power 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 at least four seconds This forcibly turns off the power IMPORTANT Set this item to Power on in order to link the AC power source supplied from UPS when the server is connected to UPS ...

Page 116: ...mation Display only System Part System Serial Indicates the system information Display only Chassis Part Chassis Serial Indicates the chassis information Display only BMC Device ID BMC Device Rev BMC Firmware Rev Indicates the BMC Baseboard Management Controller information Display only SDR Rev Indicates the revision of SDR Sensor Data Record Display only PIA Rev Indicates the revision of PIA Disp...

Page 117: ...interrupt ACPI Redirection Port Disabled Serial Port A Serial Port B Specify the I O port address or interrupt level used in ACPI headless console redirection If Disabled is selected console redirection feature is disabled Baud Rate 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K Specify the baud rate used for the interface with successive hardware consoles Flow Control None XON XOFF CTS RTS CTS RTS CD Specify the ...

Page 118: ...cting Event Log Configuration on the Server menu and pressing Enter shows the following screen See the table below for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting Clear All Event Log Press Enter and select Yes to clear the system event log Factory set ...

Page 119: ...n 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 120: ...saved in CMOS non volatile memory Then the server automatically reboots the system Exit Discarding Changes Select this item to terminate SETUP without saving the newly selected information in CMOS non volatile memory Selecting Yes allows SETUP to be terminated without storage of the modified information If the setting value is modified the confirmation screen will appear Selecting No allows SETUP ...

Page 121: ...lts The Load Custom Defaults menu is used to restore the user defined SETUP defaults Discard Changes Select this item to return the values modified currently to the previous values before saving the values to CMOS Selecting Discard Changes causes the confirmation screen to appear Select Yes to discard the newly selected information and return to the previous values Save Changes Select this item to...

Page 122: ... hard disk drive HDD to be handled collectively In actual RAID can configure more than one HDDs as a single array disk group to operate the HDDs effectively This can bring higher performance than a single HDD of a large capacity The on board RAID MegaRAID ROMB has a feature to divide a single disk group into several logical drives The on board RAID MegaRAID ROMB recognizes these virtual disks as i...

Page 123: ...RAID 1 4 4 Spanning of RAID 5 6 12 NOTES For details of the RAID levels see RAID Levels described later in this chapter If an additional HDD cage N8154 13 is installed up to 13 hard disk drives can be installed in the server Disk Group A disk group is configured with more than one HDDs Up to five disk groups are permitted by the on board RAID MegaRAID ROMB when five HDDs are installed in the serve...

Page 124: ... 2 20GB VD0 3 20GB VD0 RAID5 40 GB VD1 RAID5 32 GB Parity The parity means redundant data A single set of redundant data is created from the data saved in more than one HDD The created redundant data is used for data recovery when a HDD is defected Hot Swap The hot swap enables a HDD to be removed or replaced under system operation Hot Spare Disk The hot spare disk is prepared as an auxiliary HDD ...

Page 125: ...single HDD RAID5 Striping of both data and redundant data Yes Three or more HDDs required Capacity capacity of single HDD number of HDDs 1 RAID0 In RAID 0 data to be recorded is distributed to HDDs The mode is called striping In the figure below data is recorded in stripe 1 disk 1 stripe 2 disk 2 and stripe 3 disk 3 in the order Because RAID0 allows all HDDs to be accessed collectively it can prov...

Page 126: ... Stripe 1 Stripe 2 RAID5 In RAID5 data is distributed to HDDs by striping and at the same time the parity redundant data is distributed to the HDDs This mode is called striping with distributed parity Each of stripe x stripe x 1 and parity x x 1 created from stripe x and stripe x 1 is written onto a specific HDD Accordingly the total capacity assigned to the parity is just the same as the capacity...

Page 127: ...pe 4 Stripe 5 Stripe 5 Stripe 6 HDD 4 Stripe 2 Stripe 4 Stripe 6 RAID1 RAID1 RAID0 Spanning of RAID5 Data is distributed to HDDs by striping with distributed parity and then written onto HDDs by striping Owing to this feature high disk access performance of RAID0 and in addition high reliability of RAID5 can be achieved Disk array controller HDD 1 HDD 2 Stripe 1 HDD 3 Stripe 6 Stripe 2 Parity 5 6 ...

Page 128: ...M hereafter the management utility of the on board RAID MegaRAID ROMB Select a HDD and start the rebuild manually For the detailed operation refer to the MegaRAID Storage Manager User s Guide in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM that comes with the server Auto Rebuild The on board RAID MegaRAID ROMB can automatically start the rebuild without use of any utility such as MSM The auto rebuild includes two ty...

Page 129: ...er If the server is shutdown by an unforeseen accident such as power interruption turn on the power again as soon as possible The rebuild is automatically restarted The interval from the removal of the defected HDD to the installation of a substitute HDD should be 90 sec or longer If the hot swap rebuild does not operate perform the manual rebuild The following hard disk drive cannot be specified ...

Page 130: ...be installed If the system is restarted Patrol Read is aborted After restart of the system Patrol Read runs from the first step top of HDD Consistency Check The Consistency Check is used to check consistency among virtual drives It is available for redundant virtual drives in the RAID1 or RAID5 level Consistency Check can be performed through WebBIOS or MSM Consistency Check performs not only cons...

Page 131: ...rmally before executing Background Initialize Rebuild has already been executed and completed normally before executing Background Initialize Yes is specified for Disable BGI in VD Definition The Background Initialize is executed again if any of the following cases occurred in the virtual disk on which the Background Initialize has completed When the virtual disk is degraded or offline you execute...

Page 132: ... disk On MSM this feature is indicated as Add Drive The execution patterns are as shown below α Number of HDDs to be added Before execution After execution RAID level Number of HDDs RAID level Number of HDDs Description RAID0 x RAID0 x α Capacity increased equivalent to α HDDs RAID0 1 RAID1 2 Capacity remains unchanged RAID0 x RAID5 x α Capacity increased equivalent to α 1 HDDs RAID1 2 RAID0 2 α C...

Page 133: ... Reconstruction During Reconstruction do not shutdown or reboot the server If the server is shutdown by an unforeseen accident such as power interruption turn on the power again as soon as possible The Reconstruction is automatically restarted In some configuration Background Initialize may start automatically upon completion of reconstruction Ex Migration with addition for RAID5 virtual disk The ...

Page 134: ...uction Notes on Creating Virtual Drive The HDDs configuring the disk group should have the same capacity and rotation speed Be sure to execute Consistency Check after creating VD When installing an OS in VD under the On board RAID MegaRAID ROMB create a VD dedicated to OS installation WebBIOS cannot be handled via remote console functions of NEC DianaScope The physical drive numbers shown in Physi...

Page 135: ... 4 47 In the example below Physical Drive 2 PD 2 in WebBIOS is displayed as Physical Drive 1 in Disk Properties View of MegaRAID Storage Manager Physical Drives View of WebBIOS Disk Properties View of MegaRAID Storage Manager ...

Page 136: ...ing WebBIOS 1 Press Esc when the screen as shown below appears after powered on the server 2 Press Ctrl H on POST screen to start WebBIOS POST screen image with no virtual disk assigned IMPORTANT Do not press unnecessary key such as Pause during POST ...

Page 137: ...troller to operate WebBIOS and click Start NOTES When an optional N8103 90 disk array controller is installed it is displayed as MegaRAID SAS 8408E When an optional N8103 81F disk array controller is installed it is displayed as MegaRAID SCSI 320 2 The on board RAID controller MegaRAID ROMB is displayed at the bottom line ...

Page 138: ...IOS Top Menu appears IMPORTANT The physical drive numbers shown in Physical Drives box differ from slot numbers of 3 5 inch hard disk bay PD 0 denotes the physical drive number 0 See Physical Drive Properties described later Do not use WebBIOS to configure N8103 81F disk array controller ...

Page 139: ...onfiguring Your Server 4 51 Adapter Properties When you click Adapter Properties on WebBIOS Top Menu the configuration information is displayed Click Next to see the detailed settings of this controller ...

Page 140: ...C Rate 30 Recommended value 30 Permitted Reconstruction Rate 30 Recommended value 30 Permitted Adapter BIOS Enabled Disabled Prohibited Coercion Mode None 128MB way 1GB way Prohibited PDF Interval 300 Prohibited Alarm Control Disabled Enabled Silence Disabled Does not issue an alarm Prohibited 2 Cache Flush Interval 4 Prohibited Spinup Drive Count 2 Prohibited 1 Spinup Delay 6 Prohibited 1 StopOnE...

Page 141: ...resent opens the Battery Status screen as shown below IMPORTANT You cannot change values for Auto Learn Period Next Learn Time and Learn Delay Interval NOTES Status field shows Charging when the battery is in charged status It shows Discharging when the battery is in discharged status When powering on the server after replaced the battery the Status may not immediately change to Charging In that c...

Page 142: ...again Use this feature when you have installed a new HDD additionally while the WebBIOS is running IMPORTANT If the newly connected HDD contains another configuration information Foreign Configuration screen as shown below appears To use the HDD as new one click ClearForeignCfg to clear the configuration information in HDD ...

Page 143: ...hen you click Virtual Disks on WebBIOS top menu the screen for operating the VD that has already been configured IMPORTANT If no virtual disk exists the upper right column of the screen will be blank Use this menu only when a virtual disk exists ...

Page 144: ...es When you click Physical Disks on WebBIOS top menu the screen for operating the physical drive HDD appears IMPORTANT If no physical disk exists the upper right column of the screen will be blank Use this menu only when a physical disk exists ...

Page 145: ...l Drives Properties Take the following procedures to check Physical Drive Properties Shown below is an example to check property of physical drive number 0 1 Click the desired PD number PD 0 2 Click the checkbox for Properties 3 Click Go ...

Page 146: ...The Slot Number field shows a slot number to which a 3 5 inch disk bay is installed In the example the disk bay is installed in slot 2 NOTE If you click the checkbox for Locate and then nothing happens This feature is not supported ...

Page 147: ... WebBIOS to configure each adapter Clicking Adapter Selection on WebBIOS top menu opens the Adapter Selection screen again Physical View Logical View If the virtual disk has been configured using the disk array controller DG disk group is displayed on WebBIOS top menu Clicking Physical View displays information for HDDs in DG Clicking Logical View displays virtual disk in DG Events The Events scre...

Page 148: ...ur Server Exit When you click Exit on WebBIOS top menu a confirmation screen to exit from WebBIOS is displayed Click Yes to exit from WebBIOS The screen as shown below appears when WebBIOS is terminated Restart the server ...

Page 149: ... menu the screen as shown below appears Select the relevant operation and click Next at lower right of the screen Clear Configuration Allows you to clear existing configuration New Configuration Clears the existing configuration and creates a new VD If you have any existing data in the earlier defined virtual disk the data will be lost Add Configuration Retains the old configuration and then adds ...

Page 150: ...uration Allows you to define all aspects of the configuration RAID level size and others Auto Configuration with Redundancy Automatically creates redundant virtual disk Auto Configuration without Redundancy Automatically creates non redundant virtual disk IMPORTANT The On Board RAID MegaRAID ROMB supports Custom Configuration only ...

Page 151: ...hysical drives PD as a disk group DG IMPORTANT The physical drive number is not identical to the slot number of disk bay To define several Disk Groups in ascending order of the slot number of disk bay confirm the slot number on Properties screen of Physical Drive ...

Page 152: ... to a Disk Group hold Ctrl while selecting UNCONF GOOD drives 2 Upon completion of selection click Accept DG at the lower right of the screen 3 A new DG is defined in the Disk Groups frame After DG has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen ...

Page 153: ...ined VD Definition screen is displayed The defined DG is displayed in Configuration column Available RAID levels and maximum size for VD are also displayed NOTE Disk Cache Policy field may be displayed as Disable depending on firmware version of On Board RAID MegaRAID ROMB It is not a problem in operating the system ...

Page 154: ...rs in Virtual Disk column 2 Enter YYYYY the maximum size allowed for RAID5 in Select Size field 3 Click Accept at the lower center of the screen NOTE Disk Cache Policy field may be displayed as Disable depending on firmware version of On Board RAID MegaRAID ROMB It is not a problem in operating the system ...

Page 155: ...pt at the lower right of the screen 6 The confirmation message Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration 7 The confirmation message Want to Initialize the New Virtual Disks appears Normally select Yes 8 Virtual Disks operation screen is displayed If no other operation is required click Home at the lower left of the screen ...

Page 156: ...4 68 Configuring Your Server 9 The WebBIOS top menu is displayed Virtual Disk you have created is displayed in the lower right frame of the screen ...

Page 157: ...th four HDDs IMPORTANT To define two or more Disk Groups DG to the disk bay in ascending order of the slot number the physical drive numbers do not match the slot numbers of disk bay You need to check the actual slot number on Properties view of Physical Drives 1 Click Configuration Wizard on WebBIOS top menu to start Wizard ...

Page 158: ...while selecting UNCONF GOOD drives In the example two DGs will be configured and spanned 3 Upon completion of selection click Accept DG at the lower right of the screen 4 A new DG is defined in the Disk Groups frame After DG has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen ...

Page 159: ...splayed in Configuration column Available RAID levels and maximum size for VD are also displayed 5 Hold Ctrl and click the two DGs in the Configuration column to select 6 Specify the necessary parameters in Virtual Disk column NOTE Disk Cache Policy field may be displayed as Disable depending on firmware version of On Board RAID MegaRAID ROMB It is not a problem in operating the system ...

Page 160: ... enter the value of virtual disk size below multiply the maximum size of each DG allowed for the RAID level by the number of DGs 8 Click Accept at the lower center of the screen NOTE Disk Cache Policy field may be displayed as Disable depending on firmware version of On Board RAID MegaRAID ROMB It is not a problem in operating the system ...

Page 161: ...essage Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration 12 The confirmation message Want to Initialize the New Virtual Disks appears Normally select Yes 13 Virtual Disks operation screen is displayed If no other operation is required click Home at the lower left of the screen 14 The WebBIOS top menu is displayed Virtual Disk you have created is displayed in the lower right frame...

Page 162: ...alue RW Read Policy Normal Ahead Adaptive Recommended value Normal Write Policy WBack WThru BadBBU WBack WriteBack WThru WriteThru BadBBU Unavailble IO Policy Direct Cached Recommended value Direct Disk Cache Policy Unchanged Enable Disable Recommended value Uncharged Disable BGI No Yes Specify whether to perform Background Initialize after creation of VD Recommended value No IMPORTANT BGI Back Gr...

Page 163: ... Click Virtual Disks on WebBIOS top menu 3 Select a VD to perform Check Consistency from the upper right frame of Virtual Disks screen 4 Click the checkmark column for Check Consistency from the lower right frame of Virtual Disks screen 5 Make sure that Check Consistency is checked and click Go ...

Page 164: ...l Disks screen 7 Click Home at the lower left of Virtual Disks screen to return to the top menu IMPORTANT Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate ...

Page 165: ... hot swap replacement Use Manual Rebuild feature to recover the virtual disk as described below 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the replaced HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the top menu In the example below the hard disk drive in slot number 2 has been replaced The indication PD Missing from DGx Slot 2 xxxxx MB represents that the PD physical drive having been i...

Page 166: ...t of the screen and then click Go on the lower center of the screen 5 When Rebuild Progress is displayed click Home at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS top menu IMPORTANT Click Home while the background Consistency Check Rebuild or reconstruction the progress indication being displayed the background processed at slow rate ...

Page 167: ...a RAID5 virtual disk configured with three HDDs and assign a newly added HDD as Hot Spare Disk 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the added HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the top menu 2 Select PD3 newly connected HDD in Physical Drives 3 The properties for Physical Drive is displayed ...

Page 168: ...cated HSP on the lower right of the screen and then click Go on the lower center of the screen Global HSP Indicates the Hot Spare Disk available for all DGs Dedicated HSP Indicates the Hot Spare Disk available only for the specific DG You need to specify the target DG ...

Page 169: ...Configuring Your Server 4 81 5 The status for the newly connected HDD changes to HOTSPARE 6 Click Home at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS top menu ...

Page 170: ... Add a HDD to a RAID5 virtual disk configured with three HDDs to make a RAID5 virtual disk configured with four HDDs 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the added HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the top menu 2 Select VD 0 already been constructed in Virtual Drives ...

Page 171: ...Configuring Your Server 4 83 3 Setting menu for VD 0 is displayed ...

Page 172: ... the WebBIOS top menu IMPORTANT The capacity of virtual disk may be incorrectly displayed after reconstruction In this case perform Scan Devices from the top menu Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate When selecting an option from a pul...

Page 173: ...in cache memory of disk array controller Improvement of reliability in Write Back mode Adoption of reusable nickel hydrogen battery Checking Battery Status Use the disk array management utility MegaRAID Storage Manager to check status of battery for onboard RAID MegaRAID ROMB 1 Start OS and run MegaRAID Storage Manager MSM 2 If the battery is properly connected the Battery Backup Unit icon is show...

Page 174: ...essage as follows Your battery is bad or missing and you have VDs configured for write back mode Because the battery is not usable these VDs will actually run in write through mode until the battery is replaced The following VDs are affected XX Press any key to continue To check the charged rate of battery cell select Physical Properties Relative State of Charge or Absolute State of Charge on Mega...

Page 175: ...ID ROMB performs the following steps during refresh operation 1 Discharges the battery The following log is recorded in the MSM and the application log Controller ID x Battery relearn started Controller ID x Battery is discharging Controller ID x BBU disabled changing WB logical drives to WT 2 The discharging completes The following log is recorded in the MSM and the application log Controller ID ...

Page 176: ... If the Auto Learn Mode is set to Disabled refresh operation is not performed If the Auto Learn Mode is set to Warn refresh operation is not performed However if no refresh operation is performed for 30 days the following log is recorded in MSM and application log at the system start up prompting you to perform Learn Cycle If you perform Learn Cycle in manual mode the log will no longer be recorde...

Page 177: ... or Warn the refresh operation starts IMPORTANT If the following log is recorded in the MSM and the application log at every system startup while the Auto Learn Mode is set to Auto perform Learn Cycle in manual mode Controller ID x Battery requires reconditioning please initiate a LEARN cycle ...

Page 178: ... Physical Drives box shows two enclosures having the different enclosure numbers To confirm the channel to which the enclosure is connected On WebBIOS Top menu click Enclosure X you want to confirm the channel number The progress bar at the bottom left of the screen shows percentage of completion Click Home to go back to WebBIOS Top menu ...

Page 179: ...andard 3 5 inch disk bay 0 is displayed in Connected Port field 50001c107160000x is displayed in SAS Address field The Channel 2 is connected with the additional 3 5 inch disk bay 4 is displayed in Connected Port field 50001c107160020x is displayed in SAS Address field ...

Page 180: ...nected to the network where broadcasting occurs frequently the performance about remote control may be affected Default Network Settings When linking the management LAN port at the rear of the server to a network refer to the following for default settings IP Address 192 168 1 1 User Name administrator Password None Host Name ARMCXXXXXXXXXXXX Using a DHCP function the host name in the case of perf...

Page 181: ...s menu On the Set Advanced Remote Management Card select Remote Management Console Enabled and then select Register IMPORTANT For security the Web server feature of BMC is disabled at the shipment Setting of Graphics Accelerator Driver When your server s OS is Windows Use the driver which is installed at initial setup by Express Setup or system update When a server s OS is Linux Since it may be au...

Page 182: ... of Enhance pointer precision in Motion in Pointer Options in Mouse properties when the server OS is Windows Server 2003 Please adjust Select a pointer speed when you cannot move a mouse pointer up to the bottom right side of the host server screen via the remote KVM console ...

Page 183: ...nd disable SSL 2 0 Supported Browsers The following browsers are supported Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 Netscape 7 0 Mozilla 1 6 Java2 Runtime Environment Java2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition 1 4 2_04 or later which you can download from the following is required http java sun com j2se If you access the login page without installing the product mentioned above you may see a dialog box for...

Page 184: ...e http port number is 80h default you can skip a port number When you use DHCP functions as well as performing auto registration to the DNS server the BMC default name is ARMC MAC Address There is the MAC address on the Management Main Card IP address 192 168 1 1 User name Administrator Password none Host name ARMC00004C9FXXXX Default host name If you want to use the Remote Management Function wit...

Page 185: ...r the first time you may see a dialogue box for security warning as shown below Read the message well and click either Yes or Always If you are not sure about the information select No NOTE When a connection is done with SSL you may see some dialogue boxes for security warning ...

Page 186: ... configure a password immediately after you log in For security reasons it is recommended to change the default user name as well For information on configuration and modification see BMC Configuration described later in this section When the password you entered is authorized the following licensing agreement appears Read the information well and click Yes If you cannot agree click No and you wil...

Page 187: ...allows you to quit this applet 2 Window menu The Window menu allows you to open various windows including Remote KVM Console window 3 Main frame Various windows open here 4 Help menu With the Help menu you can check the version of the Remote Management Console 1 2 4 3 ...

Page 188: ...ver 6 Forcefully resets the server 7 Starts up Remote KVM Console 8 Starts up BMC Configuration 9 Starts up Firmware Update 10 Displays a user name 11 Indicates status of connection with BMC 12 Indicates status of communication security 13 Indicates network access status 14 Server status lamp that shows server status 15 Makes the server collect memory dump provides the same functionality as achiev...

Page 189: ...68 800 600 640 480 720 400 720 350 KVM is an acronym for Keyboard Video and Mouse Unlike using a conventional serial console remotely KVM allows you to remotely use graphics as they are The remote KVM console cannot be used for connection via proxy Starting Up Remote KVM Console When you click the icon to start up Remote KVM Console on Control Panel the Remote KVM Console window opens IMPORTANT Ne...

Page 190: ...m out icon 9 Default size icon 10 Window resize icon 11 KVM indicator 12 Remote KVM Console screen IMPORTANT When pressing Shift CapsLock on the remote KVM console the indication may not be the same as the CapsLock LED on the management PC In addition the CapsLock status on the management PC may change after the remote KVM console has been used 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ...

Page 191: ...ws key icon pipe key icon Zoom In and Zoom Out When you click to zoom in what is shown becomes larger When you click to zoom out what is shown becomes smaller When you click the default size icon what is displayed will be the same size as the host server When you click the window resize icon the size of the Remote KVM Console window is adjusted to the remote screen size Screen Refresh When you cli...

Page 192: ...anel SEL information is loaded from BMC and the following window showing system event logs SEL opens On the upper part of the window a list of logs appears On the lower part of the window detailed information of the entry selected from the list appears When you click for reloading the SEL information is reloaded from BMC and you can update the information to latest Clearing SEL Information You can...

Page 193: ...nd the following window showing sensor data records appears On the upper part of the window a list of sensor data records appears On the lower part of the window detailed information of the entry selected from the list appears NOTE SDR information is information on definitions for each sensor on the server BMC monitors server sensors according to this information ...

Page 194: ...placeable units FRU information on Control Panel FRU information is loaded from BMC and the following window showing field replaceable units FRU information appears On the upper part of the window a list of FRUs appears On the lower part of the window detailed information of the entry selected from the list appears ...

Page 195: ...start up BMC Configuration on Control Panel the BMC Configuration window appears as shown below 1 Loads a file 2 Saves the file 3 Edits information 4 Reloads from BMC 5 Makes global settings of BMC 6 Item selection tree 7 Currently configured values NOTE Use Global settings of BMC when configuration information is loaded from a file 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Page 196: ...privilege Level Administrator the user is allowed to do all operations User the user can see information but is not allowed modify settings Remote KVM Console Specify whether or not to enable Remote KVM Console If you select this check box you can make Remote KVM Console enabled permit settings NOTE You can make settings of Remote KVM Console regardless of the access privilege levels You can make ...

Page 197: ...client Undefined UDP BMC 623 Mail server 25 1 TCP BMC Undefined WEB client Undefined TCP BMC 80 2 WEB client SSL Undefined TCP BMC 443 3 1 To change the port number select BMC Settings Alert Mail E Mail Alert Settings SMTP SMTP Port Number 2 To change the port number select BMC Settings WEB Server WEB Server Settings HTTP Port Number 3 To change the port number select BMC Settings WEB Server WEB S...

Page 198: ...tings here If DHCP is used information automatically acquired appears here IMPORTANT When you change the IP address the current connection will be disconnected after you click OK and settings of BMC is completed Close the window once and then enter the IP address or host name that has been newly configured in the browser to log in Because the login page that remains to be displayed in the browser ...

Page 199: ...settings here If DHCP is used information automatically acquired appears here 1 The default host name to be used when no host name is configured for using DHCP 2 Enter the host name of BMC If nothing is set here the default host name in the previous step will be used 3 Enter the domain name of the network to which BMC belongs 4 Choose whether or not to register the host name to the DNS server 1 2 ...

Page 200: ... a BMC host name IMPORTANT Because BMC uses a LAN controller independent of the server OS a BMC host name and a domain name cannot be exactly the same as those on the server OS If BMC belongs to a different network domain you can have the same host name When you click OK all the information in the Network Configuration window with three tabs will be written into BMC When you click Cancel the Netwo...

Page 201: ...ettings for BMC such as HTTP port IMPORTANT If you change the settings of HTTP port number Enable SSL or SSL Port Number the current connection will be disconnected Close the window once and then enter the port number that has been newly configured in the browser to log in Because the login page that remains to be displayed in the browser has been accessed by the old address you cannot use it to l...

Page 202: ...which is encrypted By default SSL is disabled 3 Specify an SSL port number in this box 4 In Login attempt period specify a time period during which you can retry login if your attempt to log in has failed 5 In Failed login attempts specify the number of login attempts during the period specified in the previous step exceeding which prompts to denial of login as specified in the following step 6 In...

Page 203: ...tempt interval Login attempts and Account lock interval appear But SSL Enable Disable check box is not changed When you click OK all the information in the HTTP Configuration window will be written into BMC When you click Cancel the HTTP Configuration window closes discarding what you have configured in the window ...

Page 204: ...iguring Your Server Alert Mail Configuration By clicking Alert Main Configuration in the left pane of the BMC Configuration window you will see a window as shown below and you can make alert mail related settings ...

Page 205: ... alert 3 You can send a test mail by clicking the button in this box IMPORTANT If you want to send a test mail complete all alert mail settings detailed in the following pages Note that entering information in the Alert Mail Configuration window does not complete settings When you have entered all the information you need to enter click OK and the information will be written into BMC and settings ...

Page 206: ...ype in a message that appears in the message body of all alert mails If you don t need such message you can clear the check box If you click Acquire default message the recommended message appears NOTE The subject and message you configure here will be attached to all alert mails You can use Japanese for subject and message but you cannot use Japanese for email addresses 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 207: ... 2 Specify the port number of the SMTP server 3 Specify how many retries can be made when attempt to send the mail has failed 4 Specify a retry interval that waits for the next retry when attempt to send the mail has failed IMPORTANT This product doesn t support SMTP Authentication SMTP AUTH 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 208: ...oduct Information The product name code and number of the server IP Address IP address of BMC Event Time The time the event occurred SEL Dump Data Data representing system event logs SEL in hexadecimal BMC URL URL of the ARMC login page BMC FQDN Full domain name of BMC LCD Message LCD message in the server at the time of event occurrence BMC FW Rev Revision information of BMC firmware SDR PIA 2 Th...

Page 209: ... Starting Up the Firmware Update Window When you click the icon to start up Firmware Update on Control Panel revision information is loaded from BMC and the Firmware Update window as shown below appears When you click Cancel the Firmware Update window closes without any changes made The following pages provide information about update procedures ...

Page 210: ...you to select files Select update data files When you click Open after specifying files loading of the files begins It will take a little while for loading to be completed NOTE Because update can be made globally for each update target make sure to load everything you need You can specify multiple files to be loaded simultaneously ...

Page 211: ... data all data that has been loaded will be discarded If you click Cancel the Firmware Update window closes discarding all information that has been loaded Selecting Update Target Select update targets in the Update check boxes NOTE Only what you specify here will be written into BMC Data will not be written for those items with file loaded but not specified here IMPORTANT If you want to update bo...

Page 212: ...mpletion of Writing When writing is completed results appear in the Status column per Target OK OK NOTES For targets other than applet reboot the server or power off and then on the server to apply the update If you reboot the server or power on the server to apply the BMC firmware update connection to BMC is disconnected To continue using log in again To apply applet update log out and shut down ...

Page 213: ...hat to do 1 The HTTP communication failed Check the network environment and try again Contact your service representative if the error persists 2 Could not resolve the IP address Check the network environment You cannot use Remote KVM Console for connections via proxy 3 Unable to reach the target host Check the network environment You cannot use Remote KVM Console for connections via proxy 4 A net...

Page 214: ...C related errors No Error Message What to do 1 The IPMI request was aborted The network may be busy Try again If the error persists contact your service representative because a failure may have occurred in BMC 2 Received bad response from BMC Check the server A failure may have occurred in BMC If you don t find problem contact your service representative 3 BMC does not support IPMI 2 0 functions ...

Page 215: ...er client Try again after the client has finished using Remote KVM Console 8 Failed to shut down Remote KVM Console Use Remote KVM Console after waiting 3 or more minutes 9 Failed to make settings Check the network environment and try again Contact your service representative if the error persists 10 The UDP connection is closed Check the network environment and server If you don t find problem co...

Page 216: ...aracters or less 8 The user name is too long A user name should be 32 characters or less 9 The password is too long Use 16 or less characters 10 Passwords are not matched Again input passwords 11 Invalid HTTP port number You can use only numeric values 12 Invalid SSL port number You can use only numeric values 13 HTTP SSL should not be the same The same port number can t do them Specify different ...

Page 217: ...the update area The network may be busy Try again If the error persists contact your service representative because a failure may have occurred in BMC 3 Update data is too large Some update files may be corrupted Acquire update files again 4 Failed to prepare update The network may be busy Try again If the error persists contact your service representative because a failure may have occurred in BM...

Page 218: ...uire update files again 24 Failed to load files Some update files may be corrupted Acquire update files again 25 Could not find files Some update files may be corrupted Acquire update files again 26 Failed to verify Try again If the error persists contact your service representative because a failure may have occurred in BMC 27 Update will be stopped because interruption has occurred Check clients...

Page 219: ...rver The following describe the clearing procedure WARNING Do not disassemble repair or alter the server Never attempt to disassemble repair or alter the server on any occasion other than described in this manual Failure to follow this instruction may cause an electric shock or fire as well as malfunctions of the server 1 Record the current BIOS settings 2 Power off the server and unplug the power...

Page 220: ...and press the POWER switch 7 When the POST screen appears power off the server and unplug the power cord 8 Restore the jumper switch setting NOTE Place the clip over the jumper pins 11 and 12 after use to keep the pin Placing the clip over any other pins may cause malfunction of the server 9 Reassemble the server and press the POWER switch 10 Run BIOS setup utility and restore the parameter settin...

Page 221: ...tandard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server2003 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 set up utility SETUP S...

Page 222: ...Express Setup Express Setup helps you to install the Windows Operating System The setup automatically configures the RAID system and installs the Operating System and some management software IMPORTANT Executing the Express Setup erases all data on the hard disk ...

Page 223: ...et up the server as before execute the Express Setup with the parameter file you have saved before 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 want to use the drivers located on the OEM Disk for Mass Storage Device that ships with optional boards a parameters file is mandatory You...

Page 224: ...tion in order to install Windows Server 2003 correctly Supported OS on this model The server supports the following edition Microsoft Windows Server 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 Wind...

Page 225: ...s listed below by using a driver floppy disk OEM FD for Mass storage device see Exceptional setup and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configuration Diskette Creator in Chapter 6 Supporting installation of OS in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI EXPRESS ROMB Controller on the I O board Other optional boards N8103 81F Disk Array Controller SCSI 2ch N8103 75 SCSI Controller N81...

Page 226: ...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 Connecting MO Device If you operate installing Windows Server 2003 with MO device connected the installation m...

Page 227: ...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 228: ...see Appendix E 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 surel...

Page 229: ...the setting Disk 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 Automa...

Page 230: ...peripheral device on and then turn on the server NOTES If you operate installing Windows Server 2003 with MO device connected the installation may not be completed normally In such case detach MO device and then re install the system from the beginning Connect the hard disk drive that OS is not going to be installed after installing OS If you create multiple logical drives in your system refer to ...

Page 231: ... 1 Select a parameters file to use in the Express Setup and then click Use After the parameters file is specified the message Do you 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 10 Using a blank disk 1 Click the box under Setup File Name A o...

Page 232: ...upgraded to Dynamic Disk remained Do not select Use Existing Partition at System Partition If you specify other than 4095MB for the Partition Size it is necessary to convert to NTFS If Use Existing Partition at System Partition is selected but the partition other than the one to install Windows Server 2003 does not exist excluding maintenance partition Express Setup will reserve the maximum area o...

Page 233: ...storage driver into the floppy disk drive and follow the message to operate the installation NOTE You can use this function only when the floppy disk drive is attached to the system 13 Remove 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...

Page 234: ...ally and logon to the system Install and configure the device drivers 16 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 235: ... 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 Explo...

Page 236: ...ox appears 2 Right click Local Area Connection and click Properties from 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 PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the ca...

Page 237: ...his tool is valuable when analyzing network trouble For information on how to install the tool see the Setting for Solving Problems described later in this chapter Optional Network Board Driver N8104 121 120 119 86 111 112 If you want to utilize optional Network Board N8104 121 120 119 86 111 112 install the driver stored in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM In case of utilizing N8104 121 120 119 112 DVD ...

Page 238: ...nd click Update 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 121 120 119 112 specify DVD ROM drive l...

Page 239: ...date 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 locations and check the Search removable media floppy CD ROM check box 6 Insert Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive and click Next 7 Copying of the driver is completed and the Completing the Hardware Up...

Page 240: ...R into the floppy disk drive and click Next 7 Copying of the driver is completed and the Completing the Hardware Update Wizard dialog box below appears Click Finish Graphics Accelerator Driver Standard graphics accelerator drivers that are mounted will be installed automatically The following is the procedure when it is necessary to install manually If you want to utilize optional Graphics Acceler...

Page 241: ...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 242: ...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 243: ... 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 244: ...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 245: ...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 pass Specify the pass 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 246: ...onitoring 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 o...

Page 247: ...he server Setup Software in Master Control Menu screen appears so left click the item Click Update NEC Express5800 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 complet...

Page 248: ...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 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM 4 a When the dialog of Disk array configuration appears check Use Existing Array b Check App...

Page 249: ...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 250: ...EXPRESSBUILDER for initial setup complete the hardware configuration NEC EXPRESSBUILDER has three executing modes depending on your operating environments One is for using on Windows system and the others are booted from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD 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 diagnost...

Page 251: ...er the network or via COM B serial port NOTE No keyboard connected to the server is permitted to run this program 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 252: ...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 253: ...nfiguration Diskette from the floppy disk drive until the message that allow you to remove it appeared 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 vario...

Page 254: ...tion between the server and additional board is normal After the System Diagnostics is executed a system check program assigned to each model starts See Chapter 7 for details Create Support Disk NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM contains a number of device drivers and utilities that you can put on floppy disks and load onto your system Using this menu creates a support disk by copying from the NEC EXPRESS...

Page 255: ...le 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 not exist some menu items do not appear Create Maintenance Partition NEC EXPRESSBUILDER creates about 55MB of the maintena...

Page 256: ... 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 System Management The parameters of BMC Baseboard Management Controller are set for remote control and alert Help Displays explanations about various...

Page 257: ...e of the server When a keyboard is connected to the server the remote console feature is disabled The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER determines that the server has a console Nothing is displayed on the management PC Starting The following two methods are available to start the server Running NEC EXPRESSBUILDER from the management PC via LAN Running NEC EXPRESSBUILDER from the management PC via direct connecti...

Page 258: ...tion will be set as shown below LAN Controller 1 10 100 Enabled Serial Port A Enabled Base I O address 3F8 Interrupt IRQ 4 Serial Port B Enabled Base I O address 2F8 Interrupt IRQ 3 Serial Port Address On board COM B Baud Rate 19 2k Flow Control CTS RTS Console Type PC ANSI Top Menu ...

Page 259: ...k array and maintenance partition are automatically configured Tools When you select the Tools on the Top Menu the following screen appears The menu items available only in remote 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 followings are varied ...

Page 260: ... in the PDF format Use the Adobe Reader to view or print these documents Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive Master Control Menu appears on the screen automatically If the CD ROM 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 ...

Page 261: ...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 262: ...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 263: ...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 264: ...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 265: ...are 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 suggested corrective action Failure data includes hardware failure information such as system board temperature memory failure crashes and software failure information Performance ESMPRO monitors...

Page 266: ...he server See the online documents for details on the functions and installation of NEC DianaScope NOTES One server license is required for each server to be managed remotely by using NEC DianaScope Following server license is included in this server product UL1198 001E DianaScope Additional Server License 1 ...

Page 267: ...attempting to operate MSM read the MegaRAID Storage Manager User s Guide included 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 Express Setup a dialog to specify an application appears Select MSM on the dialog Manual ...

Page 268: ...on operating MSM IMPORTANT Before using Configuration Wizard Rebuild or Reconstruction feature of MegaRAID Storage Manager make sure the slot number of disk bays The slot number of 3 5 inch disk bay is not displayed when executing any of these features You must select a Physical Drive number assigned for 3 5 inch disk drive The Physical Drive number that appears in Physical view at the left of Meg...

Page 269: ...ed to check the slot number and Device ID on Disk Properties View of MegaRAID Storage Manager before performing Reconstruction Screen to select hard disk drive that appears when Reconstruction Remove Drive of MegaRAID Storage Manager is executed is as shown below Screen to select hard disk drive that appears when Reconstruction Add Drive of MegaRAID Storage Manager is executed is as shown below ...

Page 270: ...ion menu is as shown below Physical view shows two enclosures having the different enclosure numbers You can confirm the port to which the factory installed 3 5 inch disk bay or additional 3 5 inch disk bay in the following procedure On MegaRAID Storage Manager operation menu click Enclosure X you want to confirm the connected port If 5 is displayed for Number of Slots in Properties view the port ...

Page 271: ...graphical screens without the system being stopped Major Functions Power Console Plus has the following features Supporting the Wizard function to facilitate configuration Enabling the change of RAID levels Being compatible with SAF TE Supporting the performance monitor Supporting enclosure functions such as temperature monitoring power monitoring and fan monitoring Enabling the settings of Write ...

Page 272: ...al screens Install MegaRAID Client in the NEC Express server in which the MegaRAID controller mounted or in the management PC that is connected through the NEC Express server and network MegaRAID Server Enables control of the MegaRAID controller via the network Install MegaRAID Server in the NEC Express server in which the MegaRAID controller mounted MegaRAID Registration Server Enables control of...

Page 273: ...l 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 Power Console Plus of management PC after the Power On machine that installed Server and Management Server Install the following component in this PC MegaRAID Clien...

Page 274: ...vironment required for Power Console Plus to operate on a server Hardware Memory Size large enough for OS operation 10MB or more Free space of the hard disk 10MB 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 ...

Page 275: ...required for Power Console Plus to operate on a management PC Hardware Machine NEC Express5800 series PC AT compatible machine which contains Intel Pentium or a processor at least equivalent to it Memory Size large enough for OS operation 10MB or more Free space of the hard disk 10MB or more Display unit Screen size 1024 768 or larger Required peripheral equipment Network Interface card CD ROM uni...

Page 276: ...ring while updating the BMC Firmware The updated BMC firmware becomes valid after restarting the system Hardware Requirement Hard disk drive 2MB Supported OS Windows2000 Server Windows2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux ES 3 Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux AS 3 ...

Page 277: ... Windows Server 2003 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive Master Control Menu of NEC EXPRESSBUILDER starts automatically 2 Select BMC Online Update BMC Online Update installer starts Follow the installer directions to install ...

Page 278: ...0 Installing and Using Utilities Linux 1 Copy the following file in the suitable directory from CD ROM cp mnt cdrom BMCTOOL OnlineUp BmcOnlineUpdate i386 2 Expand the rpm file rpm ivh BmcOnlineUpdate i386 ...

Page 279: ...alling and Using Utilities 6 31 Startup Windows Server 2003 Select All Programs BmcOnlineUpdate BmcOnlineUpdate Linux Enter the following command to start the program cd usr BmcOnlineUpdate BmcOnlineUpdate ...

Page 280: ...6 32 Installing and Using Utilities Uninstallation Windows Server 2003 1 Select All Programs Control Add or Remove Programs 2 Click BmcOnlineUpdate ...

Page 281: ...Installing and Using Utilities 6 33 Linux 1 Enter the following command to remove the file rm usr BmcOnlineUpdate 2 Enter the following command to remove the directory rmdir usr BmcOnlineUpdate ...

Page 282: ...lled Update the firmware after making sure that the card is correctly installed Cannot enter the online mode Failed to save the current data Cannot enter the update mode An error was occurred while data is being updated Termination process failed BMC is possibly in Busy state Try again several minutes later The IPMI Driver not found Install the IPMI driver BMC is not supported The BMC does not sup...

Page 283: ...hardware configuration 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 disks have been auto rebuilt due to a failure it is recommended to make a backup copy of the config...

Page 284: ...e pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not disassemble repair or alter the server Do not look into the DVD ROM drive Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before cleaning 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 t...

Page 285: ...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 286: ...terior 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 ...

Page 287: ...e 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 bal...

Page 288: ...e signal side of the CD DVD ROM 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 Press the Open Close button or gently push on the tray front to close the tray 6 Wipe the signal side of the CD DVD ROM with a dry soft cloth IMPORTANT Wipe CD DVD ROMs from the center to the...

Page 289: ...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 290: ...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 291: ...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 292: ...hows 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 Changes the output destination of a log 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 an...

Page 293: ...e the room temperature can be maintained It is important for the server or internal devices to work normally after storage Store the device in the place where temperature ranges between 10 to 55ºC and humidity ranges between 20 to 80 without dew condensation If you use the server after transported or relocated check the system timer and adjust it if necessary If the system timer advances or delays...

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Page 295: ...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 296: ... NEC ESMPRO during the system operation Especially take note on whether any alert is reported to NEC ESMPRO Manager on the language 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 297: ...If the OS supports the power saving mode such as Windows 2003 pressing the SLEEP switch blinks the POWER SLEEP lamp in green and place the server in the power saving mode Press the POWER switch to turn out the POWER SLEEP lamp and place the server back in the normal mode The power saving mode is only available when the OS supports the power saving feature Some OS s allow you to set the server to a...

Page 298: ...ption Action Flashing in green The server is in operation with its processor degraded Contact your service representative Start the BIOS SETUP and select Main Processor Settings to identify the degraded processor and replace it as soon as possible Or start the BIOS SETUP and select Main Processor Settings Processor Retest Yes and then select Exit Exit Saving Changes to solve the problem The server...

Page 299: ...thermal error critical was detected Check internal fans for dust or debris Also make sure that the fans are firmly connected If this error indication persists contact your service representative A voltage error critical was detected Contact your service representative A power supply ies failed to operate Contact your service representative Flashing in amber A power alarm was detected in a power su...

Page 300: ...ee the lamps provided for each hard disk When the DISK ACCESS lamp flashes in green or amber alternately the hard disk drive connected to an internal disk array controller is under rebuilding LAN1 LAN2 ACCESS Lamp The LAN1 LAN2 ACCESS lamp is lit green when the server is connected to LAN The lamp blinks while the server is accessed through the LAN for packet transmission The value next to the icon...

Page 301: ...stem Pressing the UID switch again turns off the UID lamp You can make the NEC ESMPRO Manager NEC DianaScope or the remote management feature of Web server to flash the UID lamp When you finished working turn off the UID lamp Attention Lamp The Attention lamp lights amber when location where an error occurred cannot be identified automatically or errors occurred in two or more locations Check the ...

Page 302: ...hese lamps light amber when an error occurs on processor board If the lamp lights check the lamp indication on processor VRM error lamp in front of the processor board The lamp being lit amber indicates that the relevant processor or VRM fails Processor board error lamp Processor VRM error lamps Processor board error lamp REAR FRONT ...

Page 303: ...emory board Attention lamp being lit amber to identify the failed memory board In addition when you press the switch for DIMM slot error lamp on the failed memory board the DIMM slot error lamp lights amber Then you can identify the slot containing the failed DIMM Memory board error lamp Memory board Attention lamp DIMM slot error lamps Switch for DIMM slot error lamp ...

Page 304: ...talled in your server Check the lamp indication on the rear of the server When the rear I O board lamp lights amber the I O board may be failed When any of the PCI slot error lamps below the PCI slots light amber the relevant PCI board or I O board slot itself may be failed I O board error lamp I O board error lamp PCI slot error lamps ...

Page 305: ...ower Unit Error Lamp The Power unit error lamp lights amber when an error occurs on the power supply unit Check the power unit error lamp to identify the failed power supply unit Power unit error lamp Power unit error lamps ...

Page 306: ...iled fan see FAN Fault Lamps described later Thermal Error Lamp The thermal error lamp lights amber when an abnormal temperature in the server is detected Check the room temperature where the server is installed Access Lamps The access lamps for the DVD ROM drive light when access is made to a media in the drive Fan error lamp Thermal error lamp ACCESS lamp ...

Page 307: ... green during power on Flashes green during rebuilding e g memory board is hot added 2 Memory board Attention lamp Lights amber when an error occurred on memory board or DIMM 3 Memory board Redundancy lamp Lights green in memory mirroring or memory RAID configuration 3 2 1 ...

Page 308: ... hard disk does not affect the operation of the server However it is recommended to replace the failed hard disk and auto rebuild reconfigure the hard disks as soon as possible You can hot swap such a failed hard disk Alternate lighting green or amber Indicates that the hard disk is being rebuilt this status is not a failure If the defected hard disk is replaced with a new one in the disk array co...

Page 309: ...ilding Observe the following notes to use the auto rebuild feature Do not power off the server If the server is powered off before rebuilding hard disks the auto rebuild feature will not start When you removed a hard disk wait at least 60 seconds before installing the hard disk back again Do not replace another hard disk while rebuilding is in progress ...

Page 310: ...t in the LINK state check the network cable and the cable connection If the lamp is not lit still after the checking the network LAN controller may be defected Contact your service representative 1000 100 10 lamps The 1000 100 10 lamp indicates whether the LAN2 port normally equipped with the server is operated through the 1000BASE T 100BASE TX or 10BASE T network interface If the lamp is lit ambe...

Page 311: ...This lamp is available only when the operation system is Windows 2003 If the driver of a Hot Plug PCI board is stopped under Windows 2003 and then the PCI board is logically disconnected from the system PCI slot fault lamp blinks in amber If an error occurred on PCI board or the slot installed the PCI board this lamp lights in amber PCI Slot Power Lamp PCI Slot Fault Lamp ...

Page 312: ...tioning normally the lamp lights in red A cooling fan failure is also indicated by the status lamp located on the front panel The failed fan may be hot swapped IMPORTANT Do not remove the fan that is normally operating Ask your service representative for replacement of the cooling fan If a cooling fan fails do not continue to operate the system but ask your service representative for replacement a...

Page 313: ... 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 ser...

Page 314: ...iled 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 to provide the setting again 0251 System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used The default values have just been set Start the SETUP to provide the setting again If the error cannot...

Page 315: ... Floppy configuration changed 0618 Floppy config error device disabled 0619 Parallel port configuration changed 061A Parallel port config error device disabled 0B00 Rebooted during BIOS boot at Post Code 0B1B PCI System Error on Bus Device Function 0B1C PCI Parity Error on Bus Device Function 0B28 Unsupported Processor detected on Processor 1 0B29 Unsupported Processor detected on Processor 2 0B2A...

Page 316: ...ve to replace the power supply unit 0B7D The normal operation can t be guaranteed with use of only one PSU Contact you service representative to add an additional power supply unit or replace the existing power supply unit 0B80 BMC Memory Test Failed 0B81 BMC Firmware Code Area CRC check failed 0B82 BMC core hardware failure 0B83 BMC IBF or OBF check failed 0B8A BMC SEL area full 0B8B BMC progress...

Page 317: ...9D 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 bad Contact your service representative 0BC0 POST detected startup failure of 1st Processor 0BC1 POST detected startup failure of 2nd P...

Page 318: ...abled 8143 DIMM group 4 with error is enabled 8144 DIMM group 5 with error is enabled 8145 DIMM group 6 with error is enabled 8146 DIMM group 7 with error is enabled 8147 DIMM group 8 with error is enabled Contact your service representative to replace the two DIMMs in the relevant group 8150 NVRAM Cleared By Jumper 8151 Password Cleared By Jumper Turn off the power Then recover the jumper setting...

Page 319: ...of all DIMMs are correct 8300 Secondary BIOS is corrupted Contact your service representative 8400 Onboard PCIE 1 Link Failure 8401 Onboard PCIE 2 Link Failure 8412 PCI Slot 3 PCIE Link Failure 8413 PCI Slot 4 PCIE Link Failure 8414 PCI Slot 5 PCIE Link Failure Turn off the power once and then on again to restart the server If the error cannot be corrected contact your service representative 8420 ...

Page 320: ...ponents referenced in the POST error codes and messages table listed above NOTE Failed processors or memory boards can be also identified with the BIOS SETUP utility Fans Processors Fan 3 Fan 2 Fan 1 Processor 3 Processor 4 Processor 2 Processor 1 Fan 6 Fan 5 Fan 4 Fan 8 Fan 7 ...

Page 321: ...t 2 Memory board slot 3 Memory board slot 4 1 DIMM 1 DIMM 1 DIMM 1 DIMM 1 2 DIMM 2 DIMM Group 1 DIMM 2 DIMM Group 3 DIMM 2 DIMM Group 5 DIMM 2 DIMM Group 7 3 DIMM 3 DIMM 3 DIMM 3 DIMM 3 4 DIMM 4 DIMM Group 2 DIMM 4 DIMM Group 4 DIMM 4 DIMM Group 6 DIMM 4 DIMM Group 8 DIMM slot 1 DIMM slot 2 DIMM slot 3 DIMM slot 4 ...

Page 322: ...e I O board 1 3 3 1 Memory is not detected Or DIMM type is incorrect 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 DIMM and memory boards are properly connected If the error persists contact your service representative to replace DIMM or memory board 1 5 1 1 Processor fails to start 1 5 2 2 No processor error Check if the processor is pr...

Page 323: ...CD displays the followings POST progress Error occurred during operation or DC OFF AC power is being on When POST detects an error the POST error code is displayed on the virtual LCD upon completion of POST See the table for POST error codes for details POST Progress POWER ON READY ASF Code ASF Message System BIOS Version Product ID POST Progress Code POST Error Code POWER ON READY Other Messages ...

Page 324: ...xpress and initializing chipset register 28h Initializing memory 2Ah Zero Clear of memory 0 4MB 2Ch Address line test of memory 0 4MB 2Eh Memory test 0 4MB 0Ah Initializing processor 2Fh Setting cache for processor 38h Shadowing BIOS 20h Refresh test for DRAM 0Fh Initializing lDE controller 67h Initializing application processor 69h Initializing SMl 49h Initializing PCI PCI X PCI Express Resource ...

Page 325: ...resentative Try the following steps to cancel the error 1 Start BIOS SETUP 2 Select Advanced Memory Configuration Memory Retest Yes 3 Select Exit Exit Saving Changes M 1 D 1 C Err A correctable error frequently occurs in DIMM 1 on memory board 1 M 1 D 2 C Err A correctable error frequently occurs in DIMM 2 on memory board 1 M 1 D 3 C Err A correctable error frequently occurs in DIMM 3 on memory bo...

Page 326: ...An uncorrectable error occurs in DIMM 3 or DIMM 4 on memory board 2 M 3 D 1 UC Err M 3 D 2 UC Err An uncorrectable error occurs in DIMM 1 or DIMM 2 on memory board 3 M 3 D 3 UC Err M 3 D 4 UC Err An uncorrectable error occurs in DIMM 3 or DIMM 4 on memory board 3 M 4 D 1 UC Err M 4 D 2 UC Err An uncorrectable error occurs in DIMM 1 or DIMM 2 on memory board 4 M 4 D 3 UC Err M 4 D 4 UC Err An uncor...

Page 327: ...resentative PCI S 3 C Err A correctable error frequently occurs on PCI board slot 3 PCI S 4 C Err A correctable error frequently occurs on PCI board slot 4 PCI S 5 C Err A correctable error frequently occurs on PCI board slot 5 The system can continue operation However consult with your service representative PCI S 1 Err A fatal error occurs on PCI board slot 1 PCI S 2 Err A fatal error occurs on ...

Page 328: ...lm XX 1 2V voltage alarm occurred on I O board BB 1 5v Alm XX 1 5V voltage alarm occurred on I O board BB 1 8v Alm XX 1 8V voltage alarm occurred on I O board BB VTT Alm XX 1 150V voltage alarm occurred on I O board VDD TNB Alm XX 1 500V voltage alarm occurred on processor board VCACHE1 Alm XX VCACHE1 voltage alarm occurred on processor board VCACHE2 Alm XX VCACHE2 voltage alarm occurred on proces...

Page 329: ...rred DUMP Request Dump switch is pressed SMI timeout SMI timeout occurred AC lost Alm 1 AC lost occurred on power unit 1 AC lost Alm 2 AC lost occurred on power unit 2 AC lost Alm 3 AC lost occurred on power unit 3 AC lost Alm 4 AC lost occurred on power unit 4 Power Unit 1 Alm Power unit 1 Failure occurred Power Unit 2 Alm Power unit 2 Failure occurred Power Unit 3 Alm Power unit 3 Failure occurr...

Page 330: ...he specifications of DIMMs Fail to power on the server T Is the server is properly supplied with power Check if the power cord is connected to a power outlet or UPS that meets the power specifications for 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 po...

Page 331: ...t least four DIMM boards are required for operation T Is the memory size large The memory check may take a few seconds if the memory size is large Wait for a while T Did you perform any keyboard or mouse operation immediately after you started the server If you perform any keyboard or mouse operation immediately after start up POST may accidentally detect a keyboard controller error and stops proc...

Page 332: ...evices connected make sure to set the PCI device interrupt and others with the BIOS setup utility of the server Most PCI devices generally do not require any change to the configuration but some boards do require specific settings Refer to the manual that comes with the board for details to make correct settings Menus to check Advanced Advanced Chipset Control PCI Device Some devices connected to ...

Page 333: ... Change setting of NEC ESMPRO Agent Start NEC ESMPRO Agent from Windows control panel select System Express5800 Server Monitor The default is Does not monitor Monitoring starts automatically You need not to restart the system however reconfigure the tree may be needed if the server is not detected T Is connection suppressed by settings of firewall or gateway The connection may be restricted by set...

Page 334: ... need to save the configuration data into the floppy disk before clearing password BMC can be configured and saved with NEC DianaScope Agent and the system management feature of NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 1 Power off the server and unplug the power cord 2 Change the BMC configuration jumper switch setting as shown below See Chapter 4 for details Factory set jumper switch location Jumper switch location fo...

Page 335: ...hange the keyboard and mouse settings Refer to manual that comes with your OS to check that the keyboard and mouse settings are correct T Is the server in the Secure Mode In the Secure Mode the keyboard and mouse are disabled To release the Secure Mode enter the password specified with the BIOS setup utility Fail to access read or write to the floppy disk T Does the floppy disk drive contain a flo...

Page 336: ...D R disk Make sure there is no soil due to fingerprint or others on the disk surface Also make sure that there is no crack on the disk surface Clean the disk surface if it is soiled If read out still fails set another disk of which data has been successfully read out to check if the drive can read the disk T Is the CD R disk closed Close the session or set the disk in closed status and try to read...

Page 337: ...ils 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 I O 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 manua...

Page 338: ...ered in MegaRAID Storage Manager MSM log Controller ID a Unexpected sense PD b c CDB 0xXX Sense 0xXX a Controller number of LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI EXPRESS ROMB Normally the controller ID is 0 It depends on the number of disk array controller cards N8103 90 installed in PCI Express slot b SAS port number of LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI EXPRESS ROMB 1 Port 0 3 2 Port 4 7 c Slot number for the devi...

Page 339: ...o SAS device is abnormally ended Normally the command is retried therefore it is not a problem in operating the system T This message may be logged when SAS hard disk drive that has not been configured is removed from the slot It is not a problem in operating the system T If the message is displayed again for the specific hard disk drive check if the hard disk drive is connected correctly If the s...

Page 340: ...wer at startup of OS after rebuilding the hard disk drives with WebBIOS Event Source MR_MONITOR Event Type Error Event ID 251 Description Controller ID x VD is now DEGRADED VD x It is not a problem in operating the system A popup message may appear if the notification feature for NEC ESMPRO Manager is enabled ...

Page 341: ...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 342: ...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 refer to Enabling the Hardware Management Feature bundled in Windows Server 2003 R2 on the following site NEC Express5800 Web Site http www nec co jp express download W2K3_R2 Problems with Windows Server 2003 Cannot install the ope...

Page 343: ...nds The power will not be turned off if you press the switch just one time The server is not found on the network T Is the LAN cable connected Make sure to connect the LAN cable to the network port on the rear of the server Also make sure that the LAN cable to use conforms with the network interface standard T Is BIOS configuration correct The internal LAN controller may be disabled with the BIOS ...

Page 344: ...ou can continue You cannot log on until you activate Windows Do you want to activate Windows now To shut down the computer click Cancel YES NO Cancel About System Log when re starting the system on Windows Server 2003 Type Warning Source E100B Event ID 4 Description Adapter Intel R PRO 100 Network Connection Adapter Link Down When re starting the system without connecting the network cable this lo...

Page 345: ...ot recognized T Is the PCI board installed correctly Confirm that the PCI board is installed in the slot correctly T Is the proper IRQ assigned for the board Assign the proper IRQ by referring to Chapter 4 T Is Disabled specified in Option ROM for the slot to install SCSI card excluding the array board used for OS boot Check the settings with the BIOS setup utility Menus to check Advanced PCI Conf...

Page 346: ...e or Hot Replace is to be executed the driver of the PCI board cannot be stopped Terminate the software then stop the driver of the PCI board If executing Hot Replace restart the software after having mounted a new PCI board The Telnet Service is not installed Adjust the computer name to 14 characters or less and then install the Telnet Service according to How to install the Telnet Service How to...

Page 347: ... following 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 i...

Page 348: ... 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 correct value It is not necessary to ...

Page 349: ...n during the installation it will install the system as Workgroup Open System in Control Panel to specify joining the Domain Specified large value as partition size but when Windows is actually started the system partition is created by 4095MB Is the Partition Size specified by the value larger than the real area If you want to create one partition in all area of the hard disk excluding the mainte...

Page 350: ...P When more than two Network adapter are specified the detailed specification of the protocol may all be set by default value Re specify the details from Control Panel Not more than two Network adapter is connected but the detailed specification of the protocol are all set by default e g Specified IP Address on TCP IP but DHCP is specified Are you specifying more than two protocols In this case th...

Page 351: ...ctly but is not recognized it may be faulty Contact the maintenance service agent that you are contracted with or the dealer that you purchased this controller from Rebuilding cannot be performed T Is the capacity of the hard disk to be rebuilt insufficient Use a hard disk of the same capacity as the faulty one T Is the RAID configuration RAID0 RAID0 does not have redundancy thus rebuilding cannot...

Page 352: ...ontracted with or the dealer that you purchased it from Consistency Check cannot be performed T Is virtual disk indicated as Degraded Replace the failed hard disk drive and execute rebuild process T Is RAID level of virtual disk RAID0 The Consistency Check does not work on RAID0 because it has no redundancy ...

Page 353: ... Storage Manager MSM log Controller ID x BBU disables changing WB logical drives to WT Application event log Event Source MR_MONITOR Event Type Warning Event ID 195 Description Controller ID x BBU disables changing WB logical drives to WT The battery is charged and discharged when it is replaced The following error message may be registered in event log application log however it is not a problem ...

Page 354: ...llowing message appears during POST The battery hardware is missing or malfunctioning or the battery is unplugged If you continue to boot the system the battery backed cache will not function Please contact technical support for assistance Press D to disable this warning if your controller does not have a battery The battery of on board RAID MegaRAID ROMB may be faulty Contact your service represe...

Page 355: ...with Configuration Diskette Creator The bit map of the Configuration Diskette Creator window is not displayed correctly during setting of setup information When the Trekking command is used If the specified number of colors is fewer than 256 in the display setting the bit map is not displayed correctly but the setup information can be displayed correctly The Point to Point tunneling protocol canno...

Page 356: ...o or more processors in the NEC Express server If this message is logged it is no problem for operation 1 Click Management Tool Event Viewer from the Control Panel 2 Select the type of the log to collect On Application Log the events related to the running application is archived On Security Log the events related to the security is archived On System Log the events occurred at the item which conf...

Page 357: ...em error or stall occurred follow the procedure below after restarting the system 1 Point to Settings in Start menu and click Control Panel The Control Panel dialog box appears 2 Double click Management Tool and double click Computer Management The Computer Management dialog box appears 3 Click System Tool System Information 4 Click Save as System Information File in the Operation menu 5 Input the...

Page 358: ...hile the server is in the successful operation may affect the system operation Restarting the system due to an 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 ...

Page 359: ...ng may not be available when the processor stalls IMPORTANT Do not use a toothpick or plastic stick that is easy to break Use a pin having the length of 1 inch 25 mm or longer Recovery for Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and Windows Server 2003 If the system fails to start by some reasons recover the system with the recovery console However recovery using this method should be performed only by s...

Page 360: ...the server Starting the Off line Maintenance Utility The Off line Maintenance Utility may be started in the following ways From the CD ROM Set the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM in 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 Set the Off lin...

Page 361: ...o 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 Without the backup data the system specific information and or configuration may not be restored O...

Page 362: ...n progress FORCED SHUTDOWN Use this function when an OS command does not shut down the server the POWER switch does not turn off the server or resetting does not work 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 remot...

Page 363: ... for damage to optional devices or the server or malfunctions of the server resulted from installation by the user NEC recommends you ask your service representative for install or removing any optional devices Make sure to use only optional devices and cables authorized by NEC Repair of the server due to malfunctions failures or damage resulted from installing inappropriate devices or cables will...

Page 364: ...the server Do not look into the DVD ROM drive Do not remove the lithium Ni CD and or NiMH 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 Do not lift the server only by a single person Make sur...

Page 365: ...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 Cloth Do not wear a wool or synthetic cloth to work with the server Wear anti static shoes to work wi...

Page 366: ...p on the front of the server goes off 4 Remove all the cables connected to the server on the rear panel 5 Make the clearance of 1m to 2m in the front and rear sides and left and right sides of the server NOTE Make sure to disconnect the power cord from the outlet before installing or removing the option devices If you remove the internal cable with the power cord being connected the STATUS lamp wi...

Page 367: ...IMPORTANT Do not use any hard disk drives that are not authorized by NEC Installing a third party s hard disk drive may cause a failure of the server as well as the hard disk drive Purchase hard disk drives of the following models N8150 199 36 3GB 15 000rpm SAS N8150 200 73 2GB 15 000rpm SAS N8150 201 146 5GB 15 000rpm SAS The supported RAID level depends on the disk array controller to be used On...

Page 368: ...e is installed in the 3 5 inch disk bay The purpose of a dummy tray or dummy sponge is to increase the cooling effect in the server Install a dummy tray or dummy sponge block in slots not containing a hard disk drive IMPORTANT Use the appropriate dummy tray or dummy sponge block for this server Slot 0 Slot 2 Slot 4 Slot 1 Slot 3 Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 HDD cage op...

Page 369: ...he disk array configuration use the same model of hard disk drives 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare except for disk array configuration 2 Unlock the front door with the security key and open the front door 3 Locate the slot in which you are going to install a hard disk drive The server has five slots 4 Remove the dummy tray or dummy sponge block...

Page 370: ...ck the hard disk drive 6 Firmly hold the additional hard disk drive and handle and insert it into the slot IMPORTANT Push the hard disk drive until the handle hook butts to the frame Carefully hold the hard disk drive with both hands ...

Page 371: ...handle The handle is locked when a click is heard IMPORTANT Be careful not to get your finger caught between the handle and tray NOTE Make sure that the handle is hooked to the frame when having inserted the hard disk drive 8 Close the front door ...

Page 372: ...dummy tray into the empty slot 1 Shutdown the system and press the POWER switch to turn off the power 2 Unlock the hard disk drive 1 2 3 Firmly hold the additional hard disk drive and handle then take out them NOTE If removing a failing hard disk drive confirm the slot in which the DISK lamp of the hard disk drive is amber before starting the removal ...

Page 373: ...reen and amber alternatively to indicate it IMPORTANT When auto rebuild fails the DISK lamp lights in amber Remove and install the hard disk drive again to restart auto rebuild If the disk array monitoring utility is installed check the status through MegaRAID Storage Manager Observe the following notes for auto rebuild Do not power off the server in the period between a hard disk drive error and ...

Page 374: ...power supply units are used AC power can be divided into two lines with a pair of power supply units With the AC power redundant configuration the server can continue its operation without power interruption even if either of AC power line fails Installation Take the following steps to install a power supply unit 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare...

Page 375: ...or future use 4 Insert the power supply unit into the slot IMPORTANT Be sure to push straight the power supply unit To avoid damaging the power supply unit do not tilt or twist the unit as you push it into the connector NOTE Make sure that the power supply unit is pushed in to an end securely ...

Page 376: ... removed blank cover for future use 6 Power on the server The POWER lamp on the power supply units goes on 7 Confirm by the STATUS lamp or on the POST diagnostic screen that there are no errors related to the power supply units See Chapter 8 for details on the error messages If the POWER lamps are off reinstall the power supply units If the POWER lamps are still off contact your service representa...

Page 377: ... with the system operating power on state Skip step 2 1 Check the POWER lamp on the power supply unit and determine which unit needs to be replaced The lamp of the failing power supply unit is off 2 Shutdown the system and turn off the server 3 While pressing down on the locking tab grasp the handle and carefully pull the power supply unit out of the power supply bay IMPORTANT To avoid damaging th...

Page 378: ...er install the blank cover in the vacant slot of the power supply bay 5 Install the new power supply unit taking steps 3 to 6 of Installation and confirm that the power supply unit is installed normally NOTE If one of the three or four power supply units of the server is replaced while the power is on the POWER lamp of the new power supply unit goes on If it is replaced while the power is off the ...

Page 379: ...tain two single height SCSI devices or one full height device To use the 5 25 inch device connect it to optional SCSI controller board Setting of SCSI ID Refer to the manual that comes with the SCSI controller Setting of terminator Set the terminator to OFF IMPORTANT No tape device can be connected to on board SCSI interface To use a tape device connect it to optional SCSI controller Slot 2 Slot 1...

Page 380: ...llation procedures for SCSI device 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Open the front door 3 Pull the dummy cover toward you gently and carefully 4 Pull the SCSI cable and power cable out of the 5 25 inch device bay ...

Page 381: ...crew coming with the 5 25 inch device Using longer screws or those of different diameter may cause the device to be broken NOTE Use the lower screw holes to secure the rail to the device 6 Connect the interface cable Connect the SCSI and power cables secured in the 5 25 inch device bay to the 5 25 inch device IMPORTANT A connector cap is attached to the power cable Keep the removed cap for future ...

Page 382: ... 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 8 Close the front door 9 Provide the setup for the SCSI controller Refer to the manual that comes with the SCSI controller board for setup Removal Remove the 5 25 inch device in the reverse procedure of the installation ...

Page 383: ...to follow these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Be sure to power off the server before removing the rear access cover Removal 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Loosen the captive screws located on the rear of the cover 3 Slide the rear access cover toward the rear of the chassis 4 Lif...

Page 384: ...t tools or loose parts inside the system 1 Position the cover on the chassis so that the cover tabs align with the chassis slots 2 While lightly pressing down on the cover slide it toward the front of the chassis 3 Attach the cover to the chassis with the captive screws located on the rear of the cover Captive screws ...

Page 385: ...r to prepare 2 Remove the rear access cover 3 Loosen the screw securing the PCI access cover 4 Hold the end of the cover the end where the screw is loosened and take out the cover slowly and gently Installation Take the following steps to install the PCI access cover 1 Orient the PCI access cover with the screw toward the front of the server 2 Insert the tab on the rear side of the PCI access cove...

Page 386: ...ch the metal frame of the server to discharge static electricity from your body before handling the PCI board Do not touch the PCI board terminals or on board parts by a bare hand or place the PCI board directly on the desk For static notes see the section Anti static Measures NOTES The tab on the PCI board slot indicates hot plug or non hot plug by its color Hot plug slot has the green tab PCI sl...

Page 387: ...st be installed in the 5V PCI slot and a 3 3V PCI board must be installed in the 3 3V PCI slot A universal PCI board can be installed in any PCI slot 5V PCI board 3 3V PCI board Universal PCI board The PCI Express boards are x1 x4 x8 and x16 The server can contain x1 x4 and x8 PCI Express board PCI Express board x4 PCI Express board x8 ...

Page 388: ... reliability is improved for RAID 1 5 10 or 50 Set Option ROM Scan a parameter of the slot in which a hard disk is installed to Disabled in PCI Configuration on the Advanced menu of the BIOS SETUP utility The Enabled is factory set If two or more disk array controllers are installed set only the slot containing the board to boot up to Enabled Do not set Option ROM Scan for embedded SAS to Disabled...

Page 389: ...ontroller 4Gbps Optical PCI Express x4 7 N8104 113 1000BASE T Adapter 2ch 64bit 133MHz PCI X 1 N8104 103 1000BASE T Adapter 64bit 133MHz PCI X 1 N8104 111 1000BASE TX Adapter 32bit 33MHz PCI 6 N8104 112 1000BASE SX Adapter 64bit 133MHz PCI X 1 N8104 86 100BASE TX Adapter 32bit 33MHz PCI 2 Can be installed Cannot be installed 1 Only one card can be installed per a PCI X bus 2 Up to two cards can be...

Page 390: ...er on board LAN controller But it is also impossible to configure the Teaming function of the same AFT ALB on a standard network controller and an optional LAN board Restriction on Teaming among Onboard LANs When teaming is configured among onboard LANs the following system event log appears when Windows starts You can ignore this message and continue operation source iANSMiniport event IDs 11 13 ...

Page 391: ...nal section of the board mates with the connector of the PCI board slot The insulators are installed between the PCI board slots They are for protecting the PCI board already been installed Take care not to remove or damage the insulator when installing or removing the PCI board If the insulator is taken off reinstall the insulator in place 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal ...

Page 392: ... unlock and open the tab IMPORTANT Do not open the retention tab to 90 degrees or more Doing so could damage the tab 1 2 5 Remove the blank plate IMPORTANT Keep the blank plate being removed for future use 6 Align the board with the grooves of the guide rail and insert the board slowly and gently ...

Page 393: ...e it with the lock on the upper part of the guide rail The insulators are installed between the PCI board slots They are for protecting the PCI board already been installed Take care not to remove or damage the insulator when installing or removing the PCI board If the insulator is taken off reinstall the insulator in place 8 Slowly close the tab to secure the PCI board NOTE Make sure that the tab...

Page 394: ...ST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error message list in Chapter 8 11 Start 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 for details Removal Remove the board in the reverse procedure of the installation ...

Page 395: ...tate when a function in inactive state is restarted Use the BIOS Setup utility to set the following before executing the PCI Hot Plug function Select Advanced PCI Configuration Hot plug PCI Control Reserving memory space for PHP Select memory space for installed board 1 1 The memory capacity appears to be less than the actually installed memory capacity To execute the PCI Hot plug function be sure...

Page 396: ...tion by lamps on the I O board PCI slot Power lamp green Lights when power is supplied normally to the PCI board installed PCI slot Fault lamp amber Lights when an error occurs on PCI board or the slot containing the PCI board Flashes when the driver is stopped from Windows Server 2003 for Hot Remove or Hot Replace PCI slot Fault lamp PCI slot Power lamp ...

Page 397: ...m that the PCI Slot Power lamp of the slot in which you are going to install the PCI board is off 3 Push the tab at the tip of the additional slot cover of the slot in which you are going to install the PCI board to unlock the tab Open the tab IMPORTANT Do not open the retention tab to 90 degrees or more Doing so could damage the tab 1 2 4 Remove the additional slot cover IMPORTANT Keep the remove...

Page 398: ...e may cause damage to the PCI board NOTES After installed the long board secure it with the lock on the upper part of the guide rail The insulators are installed between the PCI board slots They are for protecting the PCI board already been installed Take care not to remove or damage the insulator when installing or removing the PCI board If the insulator is taken off reinstall the insulator in pl...

Page 399: ... PCI board and installs the driver If an error occurred in the installed board or slot the PCI Slot Fault lamp goes on amber 10 Reinstall the rear access cover 11 Take the following steps to check if the additionally installed PCI board is recognized and operating properly 1 Select Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management and Device Manager in the order to start the Device Manager 2 ...

Page 400: ...9 38 Upgrading Your Server 3 Click the General tab to display the property to confirm that the device is normally operated The message in the property depends on the location of the PCI board slot ...

Page 401: ...ove IMPORTANT Before removing a PCI board be sure to stop the driver of the slot containing the PCI board from the operating system Failure to do so may cause the system to fail To stop the device driver from the OS window 1 Open Add Remove Hardware in Control Panel The Add Remove Hardware Wizard starts 2 Click Next 3 Select Uninstall Unplug a device for hardware task then click on Next ...

Page 402: ...9 40 Upgrading Your Server 4 Select Unplug Eject a device for removal task then click on Next 5 Select the target device then click on Next ...

Page 403: ...ate the slot from which the board to be removed NOTE Confirm that the PCI Slot Power lamp of the target PCI slot is off To stop the device driver using the PCI hot plug switch 1 Remove the rear access cover and confirm the slot to remove the PCI board 2 Press the PCI hot plug switch on the slot from which the PCI board is to be removed NOTE Confirm that the PCI Slot Power lamp of the target PCI sl...

Page 404: ...ore Doing so could damage the tab 4 Install the additional slot cover on the slot from which you remove the PCI board then slowly close the tab IMPORTANT To maintain the dust proofing and electromagnetic radiation characteristics and cooling performance of the server be sure to install the blank plate on the slot from which you removed the PCI board 5 Reinstall the rear access cover Tab Lock for l...

Page 405: ...place IMPORTANT Before removing a PCI board be sure to stop the driver of the slot containing the PCI board from the operating system Failure to do so may cause the system to fail To stop the device driver from the OS window 1 Open Add Remove Hardware in Control Panel The Add Remove Hardware Wizard starts 2 Click on Next 3 Select Uninstall Unplug a device for hardware task then click on Next ...

Page 406: ...ct Unplug Eject a device for removal task then click on Next 5 Select the target device then click on Next 6 Confirm that the driver is used by the device you want to remove then click on Next The Add Remove Hardware Wizard terminates ...

Page 407: ...ed NOTE Confirm that the PCI Slot Power lamp of the target PCI slot is off 2 Disconnect all the cables from the PCI board 3 Push the tab to unlock it slowly open the tab then remove the PCI board IMPORTANT Do not open the retention tab to 90 degrees or more Doing so could damage the tab Tab Lock for long card ...

Page 408: ...installed the long board secure it with the lock on the upper part of the guide rail The insulators are installed between the PCI board slots They are for protecting the PCI board already been installed Take care not to remove or damage the insulator when installing or removing the PCI board If the insulator is taken off reinstall the insulator in place 6 Connect the cables to the PCI board while ...

Page 409: ...error occurred in the installed board or slot the PCI Slot Fault lamp goes on amber 9 Reinstall the PCI slot cover 10 Take the following steps to check if the additionally installed PCI board is recognized and operating properly 1 Select Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management and Device Manager in the order to start the Device Manager 2 Move the cursor to the added board ...

Page 410: ...property to confirm that the device is normally operated The message in the property depends on the location of the PCI board slot Notes when removing the PCI slot insulators Be careful that the insulator does not contact with the capacitor of the PCI Express slot ...

Page 411: ...d can be hot swapped replacement with power on state in the memory RAID configuration For hot swap memory board see Memory Hot Plug Feature 1 Hot Replace and Memory Hot Plug Feature 2 Hot Add described later in this chapter Memory board slot 3 for additional memory board Memory board slot 4 for additional memory board Memory board slot 2 for additional memory board Memory board slot 1 for factory ...

Page 412: ...board parts by a bare hand or place the memory board directly on the desk For static notes see the section Anti static Measures described earlier The memory board becomes very hot while being powered When removing the board turn off the power and wait for several minutes before pulling it out 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Unlock the front d...

Page 413: ...nd wait for several minutes before pulling it out Note that the hot plug memory board is off powered when it is unlocked the LED goes off Wait several minutes in this state 5 Hold the ejector and pull the memory board out from the server 6 Put the memory board on a dry clean and static free place Installation Install the memory board in reverse order of the removal steps ...

Page 414: ...ows Example Frequency of 400 MHz buffered capacity of 1GB row address of 14 bits column address of 11 bits and single rank 2 400 B 1024 R14 C11 S Single rank Column address Row address Capacity Buffered Registered Frequency IMPORTANT The last digit character indicates the symbol representing either of single rank S or dual rank D If DIMMs of single rank and dual rank are installed on the same memo...

Page 415: ...ilure of the DIMM as well as the server Repair of the server due to failures or damage resulted from installing such a board will be charged Install two additional DIMMs for each group because the server uses interleaved memory If DIMMs of different specifications are installed in a group the server does not operate normally DIMM specification is shown on the label attached to the DIMM as follows ...

Page 416: ...e Memory Board described earlier in this chapter NOTE To additionally install a memory board remove one screw to remove the blank cover from the additional slot IMPORTANT Keep the removed blank cover for future use 4 Locate the DIMM socket in which you are going to install DIMMs 5 Fully open the levers at both ends of the socket 1 and remove the socket cover IMPORTANT To avoid damaging the lever d...

Page 417: ... address Row address Capacity Buffered Registered Frequency 7 Install the memory board back into the chassis slot 8 Install the memory slot cover 9 Power on the server and verify that POST displays no error messages If POST displays an error message take a note on the message and see the POST error messages listed in Chapter 8 10 Start the SETUP and select Advanced Memory Configuration to verify t...

Page 418: ...ront door 3 Remove the memory slot cover and then remove the memory board on which the DIMMs to be removed are installed NOTE The error lamp corresponding to the failing DIMM goes on 4 Open the levers at both sides of the socket from which you remove the DIMM 1 The DIMM is unlocked and ready for removal 2 5 Install the memory board 6 Install the memory slot cover 7 Power on the server and verify t...

Page 419: ... 3 Memory board 4 A 2GB 1GB 2 2GB 1GB 2 2GB 1GB 2 2GB 1GB 2 B 8GB 2GB 4 8GB 2GB 4 8GB 2GB 4 8GB 2GB 4 C 4GB 1GB 4 4GB 1GB 4 D 16GB 4GB 4 16GB 4GB 4 16GB 4GB 4 16GB 4GB 4 Memory RAID Feature If one of the four memory boards encounters an uncorrectable error the memory RAID feature switches to the other memory board to continue operation To use this feature four memory boards must be installed Each ...

Page 420: ...ndicates that the memory mirroring memory RAID feature has worked a The Redundancy lamp on the front panel of the server lights green b The failing DIMM group is degraded when the server restarts c If NEC ESMPRO Agent has been installed the following log is registered as a system log of Event Viewer Source name ESMCommonService Event ID 2313 Explanation Part of the DIMM was isolated due to a memor...

Page 421: ...ating system is running 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Unlock the front door with the security key and open the front door 3 Remove the two screws and then remove the memory slot cover 4 Press the Attention switch corresponding to the memory board to be removed The memory board power lamp and the memory board redundancy lamp for that board g...

Page 422: ...ory board becomes very hot while being powered When removing the board turn off the power and wait for several minutes before pulling it out Note that the hot plug memory board is off powered when it is unlocked the LED goes off Wait several minutes in this state 6 Hold the ejector and pull the memory board out from the server ...

Page 423: ...witch on the memory board The memory board Power lamp starts flashing and after a while it goes on The Memory Board Redundancy lamp goes on IMPORTANT To set back the memory boards in redundant configuration be sure to install the boards so that they can have redundancy 8 Install the memory board in reverse order of the removal steps This completes Hot Replace of memory board ...

Page 424: ... must also be in mirroring configuration In addition be sure to specify Advanced Memory Configuration Hot add Memory Support to Enabled Hot Add memory feature in normal mode When the operating system starts with memory board 1 factory installed installing memory boards on which DIMMs are installed to memory board slots 2 3 and 4 can increase the physical memory capacity See Memory Hot Plug Feature...

Page 425: ...ng a memory board to memory board slot 4 can make the memory mirroring configuration And it is notified the operating system After a while you can view the added physical memory in performance monitor of task manager You can confirm that a half of installed physical memory capacity is added In memory mirroring configuration the memory board additionally installed by using the Hot Add memory featur...

Page 426: ...lectricity from your body before handling the processor board Do not touch the processor board terminals or on board parts by a bare hand or place the processor board directly on the desk For static notes see the section Anti static Measures described earlier 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Unlock the front door with the security key and open...

Page 427: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 65 5 Remove the two screws securing the ejector 6 Unlock the processor board and open the ejector ...

Page 428: ...t from the chassis NOTE Notes when removing the processor board The processor board is very heavy max 7 kg Pay attention not to drop it 8 Put the processor board on a dry clean and static free place Installation Install the processor board in reverse order of the removal steps ...

Page 429: ... and one VRM are factory installed 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 Processor VRM 3 Processor VRM 4 Processor VRM 1 Processor VRM 2 Processor 3 Processor 4 Processor 2 Processor 1 ...

Page 430: ...ngle processor configuration processor must be installed on the Processor 1 Install the processor in the ascending order of the processor number see figure above To maintain the cooling effect in the server install the dummy cover to the empty slot 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Unlock the front door with the security key and open the front ...

Page 431: ... processor on the socket slowly and gently NOTE Be aware of processor direction Pin layouts on two corners among four differ from others to prevent an incorrect insertion Confirm the pin mark and pin layout on the socket and insert the processor correctly 10 Push the processor lightly to the socket and push down the lever to secure the processor Pin mark ...

Page 432: ...sink and put the heat sink on processor NOTE You need not to care the direction of heat sink 12 Tighten the four screws to secure the heat sink 13 Make sure that the heat sink is level IMPORTANT If the heat sink is not level remove it and check if the processor is positioned correctly ...

Page 433: ...the incorrect insertion 16 Install the components you removed previously 17 Start SETUP and select Yes for Reset Configuration Data on the Advanced menu This setting is required to change the hardware configuration data See Chapter 4 for details 18 To add one or more processors to the server in 1 processor configuration to operate the server with more than one processor do the procedure below For ...

Page 434: ...turn the heat sink to the left and right lightly to make sure that the heat sink can be apart from the processor Removing the heat sink with it adhering to the processor may cause the processor and or socket to be defected Take the following procedure if a processor is removed or replaced 1 Start SETUP to select menus Main Processor Settings Processor Retest in the order to clear the error informa...

Page 435: ...M Registered Error check ECC Memory Memory mirroring feature Online sparing memory feature Memory Hot add Hot replace feature Memory RAID feature Supported Graphics VRAM ATI Radeon7000M VRAM 16MB Floppy disk standard Hard disk standard Hard disk maximum 732 5GB 146 5GBx5 1172GB 146 5GBx8 Additional HDD cage is required Auxiliary input device DVD ROM standard ATAPI Interface 1 Load on tray type x3 ...

Page 436: ... port on the rear panel Parallel D sub 25 pin 1 port Network RJ 45 2 ports and 1 management port Display MINI D sub 15 pin 1 port External interface SCSI Cabinet design Middle Tower External dimensions 310 width 456 height 805 depth mm Weight 75 kg Max Power supply 100 to 127 Vac 10 200 to 240 Vac 10 50 60 Hz 1Hz Power consumption 1800 VA Temperature 10 to 35 C Environmental requirements Humidity ...

Page 437: ...M that comes 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 dens...

Page 438: ...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 439: ...ng 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 440: ...rom its center to edge with a dry soft cloth slowly and gently Use the CD DVD cleaner to clean the CD DVD ROM Do not use record spray cleaner benzene or thinner Keep the CD DVD ROM in a CD DVD ROM 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 in...

Page 441: ...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 442: ...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 443: ...t The factory set IRQs are assigned as follows 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 COM B serial port PCI 11 BMCIRQ PCI 4 COM A serial port PCI 12 Mouse 5 PCI LPT2 parallel port 13 Numeric processor 6 Floppy disk 14 Primary IDE DVD ROM drive 7 LPT1 parallel port 15 PCI ...

Page 444: ...1 PIRQ2 PIRQ3 PIRQ4 PIRQ5 PIRQ8 USB 1 USB 2 USB20 IDE native mode SMBus VGA INTA RAID INTA LAN INTA INTB PCISlot 1 PCI INTB INTA INTC INTD PCISlot 2 PCI INTA INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 3 PCI Express INTA INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 4 PCI Express INTA INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 5 PCI Express INTA INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot 6 PCI X INTB INTD INTA INTC PCI Slot 7 PCI X INTB INTD INTA INTC PCI Slot 8 PCI X INTA IN...

Page 445: ...ace ICH5 3C 3Dh Master 8259 Programming Interface ICH5 40 42h 8254 Programming Interface ICH5 43h RESERVED ICH5 4E 4Fh Configuration Registers PC87417 50 52h 8254 Programming Interface ICH5 53h RESERVED ICH5 60h Keyboard Mouse PC87417 61h NMI Status Register ICH5 62h PC87417 63h NMI Status Register ICH5 64h Keyboard Mouse PC87417 65h NMI Status Register ICH5 66h PC87417 67h NMI Status Register ICH...

Page 446: ...H5 278 27Fh Parallel Port 3 PC87417 2F8 2FFh Serial port 2 PC87417 376h Secondary IDE Control Block Registers ICH5 370 377h Floppy disk 2 IDE 2 PC87417 378 37Fh Parallel Port 2 PC87417 3B0 3BBh VGA Radeon7000M 3BC 3BEh Parallel port 1 PC87417 3C0 3CFh VGA Radeon7000M 3D4 3D5h VGA Radeon7000M 3F6h Primary IDE Control Block registers ICH5 3F0 3F7h Floppy disk 1 IDE 1 PC87417 3F8 3FFh Serial port 1 P...

Page 447: ...upports the following optional boards NOTE If you want to install the other boards by using a driver floppy disk OEM FD for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Exceptional setup and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configuration Diskette Creator in Chapter 6 Supporting installation of OS in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI EXPRESS ROMB Controller on the I O boar...

Page 448: ...ition 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 MO Device If you specify the file system as NTFS with MO Device connected during the installation the file system will not be converted normally Disconnect MO Device and restart the installation from the beginning Media such as DAT During the OS installation d...

Page 449: ...e 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 formul...

Page 450: ...t need to create it again You can create 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 or Windows...

Page 451: ...reate Windows Server 2003 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 Windows Me 98 95 or Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4 0 Windows XP 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive of the server Master Control M...

Page 452: ...es 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 determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Cu...

Page 453: ... Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 after the application of System update Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 In this case note that the Windows setup screen is not displayed 11 Insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 CD ROM into the DVDROM drive Confirm the parameters and click OK 12 When the installation has completed remove Microsoft Windows...

Page 454: ...on to the system using the administrator account or other account which is a member of the Administrators group 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM 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 ...

Page 455: ...es the server a 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...

Page 456: ...log 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 Open the Device Manager 2 Double click Network Adapter Name in the list 3 Click the Link and specify the Link Speed Duplex Settings value the same as the value specified for HUB ...

Page 457: ... 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 the Driver tab and click Update Driver Hardware Update Wizard appears 4 Select the Install from a list or specific location Advan...

Page 458: ...ck Windows Explorer 3 Run Setup exe in the following directory DVD ROM Drive Letter WINNT W2K3AMD VIDEO SETUP EXE 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 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM from the DVD ROM drive follow the direction on the screen and restart the system Installing SCSI Controll...

Page 459: ...SI Logic Megaraid SCSI 320 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 locations and check the Search removable media floppy CD ROM check box 6 Insert Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM DISK for NEC ...

Page 460: ...dows Server 2003 x64 Editions must be activated before you can use Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Windows activation process is as follows 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 461: ...Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions D 15 The following screen is displayed 3 Process Windows activation according to the following message ...

Page 462: ...D 16 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 463: ...storage device except ones listed below see Exceptional setup and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configuration Diskette Creator in Chapter 6 Supporting installation of OS in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI EXPRESS ROMB Controller on the I O board Other optional boards N8103 81F Disk Array Controller SCSI 2ch N8103 75 SCSI Controller N8103 95 SCSI Controller N8190 126 SCSI...

Page 464: ...during the installation the file system will not be converted normally Disconnect MO Device and restart the installation from the beginning Media such as DAT During the OS installation do not attach the unnecessary media for OS installation to the system such as DAT About the Upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2 The in place upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2003 R2 is not recommende...

Page 465: ...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 example if...

Page 466: ...g 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 Windows Serv...

Page 467: ...reate 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 Windows Me 98 95 or Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows NT 4 0 Windows XP 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive of the server Master Control Menu will app...

Page 468: ...ur 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 determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load s...

Page 469: ...R2 DISC 2 according to the following procedures You can install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 after the application of System update Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 In this case note that the Windows setup screen is not displayed 11 Insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 CD ROM into the DVD ROM drive Confirm the parameters and click OK 12 When the insta...

Page 470: ...operation you should update your system using the following procedures 1 Logon to the system using the administrator account or other account which is a member of the Administrators group 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the DVD ROM 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...

Page 471: ...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 472: ... 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 PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu point to Control Panel and click Intel PROSet The procedure in the case of the classic star...

Page 473: ...ble click Adaptec SCSI Card 29320ALP Ultra320 SCSI 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 locations and check the Search removable media floppy CD ROM check box 6 Insert Windows Server 2003 OEM DIS...

Page 474: ...ic Megaraid SCSI 320 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 locations and check the Search removable media floppy CD ROM check box 6 Insert Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER int...

Page 475: ...ion Windows Server 2003 must be activated before you can use Windows Server 2003 Windows activation process is as follows 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 476: ...E 14 Installing Windows Server 2003 The following screen is displayed 3 Process Windows activation according to the following message ...

Page 477: ... 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 478: ...E 16 Installing Windows Server 2003 SETTING FOR COLLECTING MEMORY DUMP DEBUG INFORMATION Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

Page 479: ...lled Group 3 Size Serial No Date Installed Group 4 Size Serial No Date Installed Group 5 Size Serial No Date Installed Group 6 Size Serial No Date Installed Group 7 Size Serial No Date Installed Group 8 Size Serial No Date Installed Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date Installed Hard Disk Drive Standard Slot 0 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Slot 1 Type Serial No Capacity Date...

Page 480: ...ity Date Installed Type number Slot 6 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Slot 7 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Backup Device Slot 1 Size Capacity Serial No Model name Type number Date Installed Slot 2 Size Capacity Serial No 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 Slo...

Page 481: ...ufacturer Date Installed Additional Cabinet for Disk Model name Serial No Date Installed External Peripheral Device 1 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date Installed External Peripheral Device 2 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date Installed Display Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date Installed Keyboard Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date Installed Mouse Model name Serial No Manufacturer ...

Page 482: ...ecord Table 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 ...

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