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General Description 2-13

USING YOUR SERVER

This section describes basic operations of your server including how to use devices such as the
floppy disk drive and the CD-ROM drive. See Appendix B for notes on using the floppy disk, CD-
ROM, and accessories including the keyboard and the mouse.

POWER Switch

Use the POWER/SLEEP switch to turn on/off the server.

Power On

Press the POWER switch on the front of the computer chassis.

The POWER/SLEEP lamp lights in green.

IMPORTANT:

If the power cord is connected to a power control device such as a
UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), make sure that the power
control device is powered.

Do not turn off the server until characters appear on the screen.

POWER/SLEEP lamp

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Summary of Contents for N8100-1005F

Page 1: ...N8100 1005F NEC Express5800 110Ei User s Guide 1st Edition 11 2004 ONL 3125aN 110Ei 100 99 0411...

Page 2: ...Warranty Statement accompanying each product However actual performance of each such product is dependent upon factors such as system configuration customer data and operator control Since implementat...

Page 3: ...burns or property damage if the instruction is ignored Precautions and notices against hazards are presented with one of the following three symbols The individual symbols are defined as follows This...

Page 4: ...ng that cannot be specifically identified Indicates that improper use may cause loss of eyesight due to laser beam Prohibited Actions Indicates a general prohibited action that cannot be specifically...

Page 5: ...e radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential are...

Page 6: ...rating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating system Windows 2003 stands for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Server operatin...

Page 7: ...ase of this server is your assurance of receiving state of the art high quality hardware to meet your needs both now and in the future Read this User s Guide thoroughly to fully understand handling of...

Page 8: ...configure the system and provides instructions for running the BIOS Setup Utility This chapter also provides information on mother board jumper settings Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with...

Page 9: ...manual For safety symbols see SAFETY INDICATIONS provided earlier IMPORTANT Items that are mandatory or require attention when using the server NOTE Helpful and convenient piece of information IN THE...

Page 10: ...fer to Third Party 1 9 Disposal and Consumables 1 10 User Support 1 11 Chapter 2 General Description 2 1 Overview 2 2 System Chassis 2 3 Front View 2 3 Rear View 2 5 Internal View 2 7 Mother Board 2 8...

Page 11: ...the Hard Disk Drives 4 31 Activating the SATA RAID Feature 4 31 Running the Array Configuration Utility ACU 4 32 Using the Array Configuration Utility 4 33 Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System w...

Page 12: ...r Functions 6 16 Components 6 16 Server Setup 6 18 Management PC Setup 6 19 Chapter 7 Maintenance 7 1 Making Backup Copies 7 1 Cleaning 7 2 Cleaning the Server 7 3 Cleaning the Interior 7 4 Cleaning t...

Page 13: ...8 28 Starting the Off line Maintenance Utility 8 28 Features of Off line Maintenance Utility 8 29 Resetting the Server 8 30 Forced Shutdown 8 30 Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server 9 1 Safety Notes 9 2 S...

Page 14: ...the Hard Disk which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk D 2 Manual Installation when N8103 65F 80F Keeps Connection D 2 MO Device D 2 Media such as DAT D 2 Partition Size D 3 Installing Windows Server 2...

Page 15: ...4 Creating Windows 2000 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER E 4 Windows 2000 Clean Installation E 6 Reinstallation to Multiple Logical Drives E 7 Updating the System Installing Service Pack E 9 Driver In...

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

Page 18: ...ossible 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 an...

Page 19: ...s been used in the above conditions Do not use the server if any smoke odor or noise is present If smoke odor or noise is present immediately turn off the server and disconnect the power plug from the...

Page 20: ...onnector could damage the cables and connectors to result in an electrical shock hazard or a fire Insert the power plug into the outlet as far as it goes Heat generation resulting from a halfway inser...

Page 21: ...ay cause a fire a dusty place a humid place such as near a boiler a place exposed to direct sunlight an unstable place Do not connect any interface cable with the power cord of the server plugged to a...

Page 22: ...sure to power off the server and disconnect the power plug from a power outlet before cleaning or installing removing internal optional devices Touching any internal device of the server with its powe...

Page 23: ...n electric shock Keep animals away from the server Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Do not leave the CD tray open If dust gets on the lens of CD ROM drive the drive...

Page 24: ...tem operation When you have just turned off the server wait at least 10 seconds before turning it back on If the server is connected to the UPS set at least 10 seconds delay in the power on schedule F...

Page 25: ...ritten 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...

Page 26: ...limited period of time and require replacement such as fans internal batteries the internal CD ROM drive the floppy disk drive and the mouse For stable operation of the server NEC recommends you repla...

Page 27: ...blem fits the description If it does take the recommended measure for it 3 Check if the software required for operation of the server is properly installed If the server still appears to fail after yo...

Page 28: ...adjustment is important to prevent the screen from reflecting bright lights and to make the display contents easy to see You will not be able to keep good working posture and you will feel more tired...

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

Page 30: ...dditional memory add in boards and peripheral devices tape devices CD ROM and hard disk drives The server features the following major components A high performance Intel Pentium 4 processor Up to 4GB...

Page 31: ...ral Description 2 3 SYSTEM CHASSIS Names and functions of the components are shown below Front View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 2 Additional slot 1 Additional slot 2 With optional 5 inch file device bay insta...

Page 32: ...ard disk If the built in hard disk is connected to the proper optional board this lamp can be lit only when the LED cable provided with the system is connected 6 POWER SLEEP lamp green Lights in green...

Page 33: ...General Description 2 5 Rear View 1 2 3 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12...

Page 34: ...he USB interface 7 Serial port connector The serial port 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...

Page 35: ...two 5 25 inch devices and one 3 5 inch device 6 3 5 inch floppy disk drive dotted line 7 Device bay fixing screw To remove the hard disk drive bay loosen this screw To remove the file bay remove this...

Page 36: ...ation jumper switch CMOS Clear Slot 14 2 and 3 64bit 100 MHz PCI X 6 Front panel connector Slot 14 4 and 5 32bit 33 MHz PCI X 7 Lithium battery 15 Rear cooling fan connector 8 Serial ATA connectors 16...

Page 37: ...emulation mode format support Remote power on feature AC LINK feature Self diagnosis Memory monitoring feature single bit error correction double bit error detection Temperature detection Cooling fan...

Page 38: ...e bays for installing up to three ATA150 or SCSI hard disk drives NOTE The optional peripheral device bay can include two 5 25 inch file devices or one hot swap SCSI hard disk drive bay one slim heigh...

Page 39: ...word Check the user account when entering the BIOS setup utility or booting the system NEC EXPRESSBUILDER The CD ROM that comes with your server contains a setup utility called NEC EXPRESSBUILDER When...

Page 40: ...rver monitoring terminal and the NEC ESMPRO Agent for the NEC Express server NOTE For details of major functions of the NEC ESMPRO system configuration and setups with the NEC ESMPRO see Chapter 6 Ava...

Page 41: ...including the keyboard and the mouse POWER Switch Use the POWER SLEEP switch to turn on off the server Power On Press the POWER switch on the front of the computer chassis The POWER SLEEP lamp lights...

Page 42: ...the NEC logo appears on the display unit while POST is in progress To display the POST check results press Esc NOTE You can set the POST check results to appear on the display unit without pressing E...

Page 43: ...d expansion memory appears at top left on the display unit screen The memory check may takes a few minutes to complete depending on the memory size of the server Also it may take approximately one min...

Page 44: ...ally restarts POST all over again when you exit the BIOS setup utility 4 If your server uses onboard serial ATA SATA RAID feature the following message is displayed on the screen to prompt you to run...

Page 45: ...omplete before turning off the server 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER SLEEP switch on the front of the server The POWER SLEEP lamp goes out 3 Power off peripheral devices SLEEP Switch The POWER S...

Page 46: ...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 to boot the system When an unformatted floppy disk is inserted...

Page 47: ...ic 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 sw...

Page 48: ...ges 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not leave the tray ejected from the CD ROM drive Take off the headphone before you plug in the headphone jack Setting and Removing the CD ROM Make sure that the server is...

Page 49: ...ect When you fail to eject the CD ROM tray with the Open Close button and take out the CD ROM from the server follow the procedure below 1 Press the POWER switch to power off the server The POWER SLEE...

Page 50: ...d side upward and gently put it on the tray Do not scratch the CD ROM or write anything directly on it with a pencil or ball point pen Keep the CD ROM away from cigarette smoke Do not leave the CD ROM...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...cord Connect the power cord to the server Turning on the server Power on the server to start software setups Setups depend on the optional internal devices installed and the peripheral devices connect...

Page 53: ...a damage claim with the carrier immediately INSTALLING OPTIONAL DEVICES To install any optional device see Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server for the installation procedure Proceed to the next section if...

Page 54: ...r only by yourself Do not install the server in any place other than specified The following figure illustrates a site suitable for installing the server It is recommended that the server should be us...

Page 55: ...igerator Places with strong vibration Places with corrosive gas in presence near chemicals or with possibilities of chemicals sprayed over On a non antistatic carpet Places with possibilities of falli...

Page 56: ...t use the server with any loose interface connection Do not step on the interface cable or place any heavy object on it IMPORTANT Power off the server and a peripheral device before connection Connect...

Page 57: ...ing Up Your Server 3 7 Device with the serial interface e g modem Keyboard Mouse Display unit Hub multiport repeater Printer with the parallel interface Device with the USB interface e g terminal adap...

Page 58: ...llowing instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not plug the power cord in to...

Page 59: ...NEC ESMPRO UPSController that controls the UPS connect the power cord to an SWITCH OUT outlet For constant power supply connect the power cord to a UN SWITCH OUT outlet Connect the modem that is in se...

Page 60: ...next step To use the server with no optional devices installed besides the graphic board install a desired OS to the server 1 Make sure all external devices such as a video display keyboard and mouse...

Page 61: ...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 hid...

Page 62: ...ER INSTALLING UTILITIES Install the utilities that come with the server See Chapter 6 for details MAKING BACKUP COPIES OF SYSTEM INFORMATION The system information includes the current BIOS settings a...

Page 63: ...o perform a RAID disk format or verify disk operation on the serial ATA disk drives The Array Configuration Utility is used only for the serial ATA hard disk drives that are connected with the serial...

Page 64: ...d below IMPORTANT The BIOS Setup utility is intended for system administrator use only The BIOS Setup utility allows you to set a password The server is provided with two levels of password Supervisor...

Page 65: ...Setup utility the password entry screen appears Enter the password Enter password Up to three password entries will be accepted If you fail to enter the password correctly for three consecutive times...

Page 66: ...can change Cursor Move between menus and Select the previous value or the next value for the field Enter Execute command or select submenu Esc Exit the current menu and return to the previous menu F1...

Page 67: ...n LAN PME Enabled Select Server AC LINK Stay Off ATA Drive Settings To check the ATA drives connected with the onboard ATA channels Select Main Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave IDE Secondary Maste...

Page 68: ...Console Redirection and set each item Memory To check the installed memory DIMM board status Select Advanced Memory Configuration and check the status indications The on screen DIMM group numbers and...

Page 69: ...elect Security Set User Password and enter a password Set Administrator password first then User password External Devices To set up external devices Select Advanced I O Device Configuration and set u...

Page 70: ...o save the current configuration data Select Exit Exit Saving Changes or Save Changes To discard changes to the current configuration data Select Exit Exit Discarding Changes or Discard Changes To loa...

Page 71: ...lect a submenu from the above menus The following describes available functions and parameters as well as the factory set for each menu Main If BIOS Setup is started the Main menu appears first If you...

Page 72: ...econd floppy disk drive is included in this system Hard Disk Pre Delay Disabled 3 seconds 6 seconds 9 seconds 12 seconds 15 seconds 21 seconds 30 seconds Allows slower spin up drives to come ready Pri...

Page 73: ...S will clear historical processor status and retest the processor on the next boot CPU Speed nnn GHz Displays clock speed for the processor View only Processor 1 CPUID Numeral Disabled Displays CPU ID...

Page 74: ...ed Enabled If enabled the BIOS will display the NEC logo during POST Press Esc to switch to the POST execution screen Reset Configuration Data No Yes Select Yes if you want to clear the system configu...

Page 75: ...ory nnnnnnn KB Indicates the total capacity of the extended memory View only DIMM Group 1 4 Status Normal Not installed Disabled Displays the current status of the memory bank Disabled indicates that...

Page 76: ...n ROM PCI Slot 5 Option ROM Enabled Disabled Enable option ROM scan of the selected device When the graphics accelerator board is installed or the disk array controller or SCSI controller boards to be...

Page 77: ...8MB Specify the memory size for internal graphics device Factory set Embedded NIC Gbit 1 submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting Onboard LAN1 Control Disabled Enabled If Disabled the BIOS wi...

Page 78: ...Enabled Selects whether serial port A is enabled or disabled Base I O Address 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Selects the base I O address for serial port A Interrupt IRQ 3 IRQ 4 Selects the inte...

Page 79: ...native mode for ATA Note A specific OS does not support the native mode SATA Controller Mode Option Compatible Enhanced Compatible mode SATA and PATA drives are automatically detected and recognized...

Page 80: ...timer corresponding to multimedia is enabled or disabled Wake On LAN PME Disabled Enabled Specify whether the remote power on function through embedded NIC PCI devices in slots 1 to 5 is enabled or d...

Page 81: ...led Enabled Auto If disabled PCI Express Port 1 will not accept PCI Express device Port 1 Enabled Displays the Port 1 Enabled or Disabled View only Port 1 Number Displays the Port 1 Number View only P...

Page 82: ...below for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting PCI IRQ line 1 PCI IRQ line 2 PCI IRQ line 3 PCI IRQ line 4 PCI IRQ line 5 Disabled Auto Select 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI devices us...

Page 83: ...Set User Password to display the following screen Enter the passwords on the dialog box Passwords may have up to seven characters including alphanumerics and symbols IMPORTANT User password can be se...

Page 84: ...sed the user is prompted for a password press Esc to abort Once set this can be disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password jumper on system board refer to Configuring Mother Board...

Page 85: ...hows the state of the power of the server Factory set IMPORTANT To power on the server from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply select Server AC Link Power On If the server is connected to the UPS se...

Page 86: ...View only Board Part Number Displays the mother board part number View only Board Serial Number Displays the mother board serial number View only System Part Number Displays the system part number Vi...

Page 87: ...ecify the address interrupt of the serial port to which a remote console is connected ACPI Redirection Port Disabled Serial Port A Specify the serial port to which an ACPI console is connected Baud Ra...

Page 88: ...evices in the order set in this menu on booting Finding the boot software the server starts the software The priority of the boot devices can be changed by using the and keys Move the cursor to the de...

Page 89: ...ware modified Load Setup Defaults Load default values for all BIOS Setup items IMPORTANT This option sets SATA RAID Enabled in the Advanced I O Device Configuration menu to Disable If the SATA hard d...

Page 90: ...the start up message of the CMOS Setup Utility of the mother board It then displays the utility start up message for optional PCI boards one by one The start up message appears for the optional PCI b...

Page 91: ...pair 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 f...

Page 92: ...t the prompt to run the BIOS Setup utility and select Load Setup Default at the Exit menu IMPORTANT If the SATA hard disk drives are installed in your server and the onboard SATA RAID feature is used...

Page 93: ...e RAID drive with the SCSI or IDE hard disk drives purchase the optional RAID controller board and hard disk drives Installing the Hard Disk Drives Install the two serial ATA hard disk drives to your...

Page 94: ...stem startup Press Ctrl A for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The ARC menu appears presenting these options Array Configuration Utility ACU Disk utilities To select an option from this menu browse...

Page 95: ...ions describe these operations in greater detail Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ACU menu Array Configuration Utility...

Page 96: ...enu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting th...

Page 97: ...t be used See Initializing Disk Drives described later To create an array 1 Turn on your server and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ACU 2 From the ACU menu Array Configuration Utility 3 From...

Page 98: ...g the ACU Instead use Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition See Chapter 6 for details To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu select an array type and press Enter Note t...

Page 99: ...via When appropriate RAID0 No Init Creating a RAID0 on new drives RAID0 Migrate Creating a RAID0 from on new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve Your server does not support this optio...

Page 100: ...e Quick Init option may return some data miscompares if you later run a consistency check This is normal and is not a cause for concern The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID1 D...

Page 101: ...ou may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array see Viewing Array Properties described e...

Page 102: ...tilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your server and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ACU 2 From the ACU menu...

Page 103: ...rive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again IMPORTANT Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be...

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Page 105: ...soft Windows 2000 Server 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 sy...

Page 106: ...Setup is intended for the initial setup of the server system Therefore it clears the contents of the hard disk For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Express Setup automatically configures...

Page 107: ...guration parameters are loaded by using the Configuration Diskette Creator see Chapter 6 Normal start Normal start is to create the Configuration Diskette after starting the Express Setup NOTES Use th...

Page 108: ...contact sales dealer or the maintenance service representative Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver To install optional mass storage driver see Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configura...

Page 109: ...you want to install Windows Server 2003 on the volume that is mirrored using Disk Management invalid the mirroring before operating the installation to set back to the basic disk and valid the mirror...

Page 110: ...file size exceeds 4095MB specify 4095MB for the paging file size The dump file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB If you install any application program or the like a...

Page 111: ...Confirmed Select Setup Parameter File No Retrieve again Existing File Select OS New File Terminate Check Setup Parameter File If you need to reset the specification Correct Confirm the setting select...

Page 112: ...ation 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...

Page 113: ...installation click Skip Click Review Go to step 8 Click Skip Go to step 9 Using Blank disk 1 Click the box under Setup File Name A or press A The input box appears 2 Input the file name Operating Syst...

Page 114: ...her than 4095MB for the Installing Partition it is necessary to convert to NTFS If Use Existing Array at New Existing RAID Configuration is selected but the partition other than the one to install Win...

Page 115: ...into the floppy disk drive and follow the message to operate the installation 10 Follow the message and take NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM and Configuration Diskette out of the CD ROM drive and the floppy...

Page 116: ...s necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the CD ROM drive 2 The Windows Explorer dialog starts The procedure in th...

Page 117: ...y 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...

Page 118: ...work Board N8104 84 112 103 113 the network driver will be installed automatically Therefore the driver attached to the Network board should not be used If you want to utilize optional Network Board N...

Page 119: ...N8104 86 111 specify CD ROM driveletter WINNT DOTNET BC5 PRO100 WS03XP32 Then click Next 7 Click Finish Graphics Accelerator Driver Standard graphics accelerator drivers that are mounted will be insta...

Page 120: ...izard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert Windows Server...

Page 121: ...such case memory dump may not be stored correctly Follow the procedure below to specify 1 Select Control Panel and click System The System Properties dialog box appears 2 Select Advanced tab 3 Click...

Page 122: ...lick Set IMPORTANT Be sure to create memory dump with the size described above on the OS partition If Default Size of the paging file is specified to the value smaller than Recommended value the corre...

Page 123: ...dows 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 s...

Page 124: ...ndows Components Wizard dialog box appears 4 Check the Management and Monitoring Tools check box of the component ON and click Next 5 If the setup asks to install the disk insert Windows Server 2003 C...

Page 125: ...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...

Page 126: ...new mass storage device not to be supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER you have to set as follows 1 Read the manual supplied with the mass storage device before setting the server 2 If the mass storage de...

Page 127: ...e Driver To install optional mass storage driver see Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Configuration Diskette Creator in Chapter 6 to create setup inf file BIOS Specification Before installin...

Page 128: ...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...

Page 129: ...p file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB If you install any application program or the like add necessary space to the partition to install these programs For exampl...

Page 130: ...er File No Retrieve again Existing File Select OS New File Terminate Check Setup Parameter File If you need to reset the specification Correct Confirm the setting select whether or not to modify Confi...

Page 131: ...on may not be completed normally In such case detach MO device and then re install the system from the beginning Connect the hard disk that OS is not going to be installed after installing OS If you c...

Page 132: ...the installation click Skip Click Review Go to step 8 Click Skip Go to step 9 Using Blank disk 1 Click the box under Setup File Name A or press A The input box appears 2 Input the file name Operating...

Page 133: ...specify other than 4095MB for the Installing Partition it is necessary to convert to NTFS If Use Existing Array at New Existing RAID Configuration is selected but the partition other than the one to...

Page 134: ...Read the contents carefully and click I agree or press F8 if you do agree If you do not agree click I disagree or press F3 IMPORTANT If you do not agree to this agreement the setup terminates and Win...

Page 135: ...ovides the server an environment tolerant on any trouble and enhances throughput between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Inser...

Page 136: ...if necessary You can operate the process from Network and Dial up Connection to display the property dialog box for local area network NOTE We recommend you to add Network Monitor at AddingServices Ne...

Page 137: ...hics Accelerator Driver board follow the document attached to the board to install the driver 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the CD ROM drive 2 Click Start menu point to Programs Accessor...

Page 138: ...er Wizard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert Windows 20...

Page 139: ...mers 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 t...

Page 140: ...6 Click Performance Options 7 Click Change on the Virtual Memory dialog box 8 Modify Initial Size in the Paging File Size for Selected Drive box to the value larger than Recommended Size and click Spe...

Page 141: ...indows 2000 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 ca...

Page 142: ...Windows Components Wizard dialog box appears 4 Check the Management and Monitoring Tools check box of the component ON and click Next 5 If the setup asks to install the disk insert Windows 2000 CD RO...

Page 143: ...ve of the server Setup Software in Master Control Menu screen appears so left click the item Click Update the System from the menu and the setup will start After that follow the message to continue th...

Page 144: ...new mass storage device not to be supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER you have to set as follows 1 Read the manual supplied with the mass storage device before setting the server 2 If the mass storage de...

Page 145: ...up procedure explained in this manual For ASMBE refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition User s Guide Overview of the specifications Hard disk drive One hard disk drive for each channel tw...

Page 146: ...and use it as the standard SATA In addition to driver installation ASMBE installation is mandatory for using HostRAID functions For the installation of ASMBE refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager Brows...

Page 147: ...ate system See this chapter Install ASMBE See ASMBE User s Guide 2 Install Standby Hibernation Lock driver See appendix of ASMBE User s Guide 2 End 1 You can create RAID by using the NEC EXPRESSBUILDE...

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Page 149: ...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 150: ...dows 2000 or other operating systems contact your service representative for the server certified operating systems NOTE Before using NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for initial setup complete the hardware configu...

Page 151: ...indows 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...

Page 152: ...T 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 se...

Page 153: ...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 di...

Page 154: ...check if the server functions are normal and if the connection between the server and additional board is normal After the System Diagnostics is executed a system check program assigned to each model...

Page 155: ...istence 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...

Page 156: ...entative After rebooting the system an update program is started automatically from the floppy disk and the various BIOS and firmware programs are updated IMPORTANT Do not turn off the server while th...

Page 157: ...ded in the PDF format Use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read these documents Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Master Control Menu appears on the screen automatically If the Aut...

Page 158: ...tup the servers from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER NOTE You can install Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 without Configuration Diskette Also you can modify newly create Configuration Diskette during the setu...

Page 159: ...k 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...

Page 160: ...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 whe...

Page 161: ...ransfer tasks Some features of ESMPRO Manager include Hardware and software server configuration Hardware resources mounted in servers such as the CPU memory disks disk arrays and LAN boards Software...

Page 162: ...Spare disks that are to be used for automatically executing Rebuild if a redundant disk array enters the Degraded state Making a consistency check on redundant disk arrays Recording HostRAID events i...

Page 163: ...6 15 Promise Array Management Promise Array Management is a RAID management utility for monitoring serial ATA RAID controller Refer to online documentation pdf format contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER C...

Page 164: ...oring and fan monitoring Enabling the settings of Write Read and Cache policies for each logical drive Supporting the save and restore functions for configuration Enabling the display of the SCSI tran...

Page 165: ...ice Monitor MegaRAID Server MegaRAID Client Management PC Management PC that monitors and controls servers via the network TCP IP When managing array on Terminal Server working on Windows NT Server Ve...

Page 166: ...on a server Hardware Machine NEC Express5800 series connected with the AMI disk array controller A Memory Size large enough for OS operation 8MB or more Free space of the hard disk 5MB or more Displa...

Page 167: ...800 series PC AT compatible machine which contains Intel Pentium or a CPU at least equivalent to it Memory Size large enough for OS operation 8MB or more Free space of the hard disk 5 MB or more Displ...

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Page 169: ...nfiguration 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...

Page 170: ...mble repair or alter the server Do not look into the CD ROM drive Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions...

Page 171: ...rver 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...

Page 172: ...ll 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...

Page 173: ...ove 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...

Page 174: ...the tray NOTE Do not touch the signal side of the CD ROM with your hand 4 Wipe the tray with a dry soft cloth IMPORTANT Do not wipe the lens of the CD ROM drive Doing so may damage the lens and may ca...

Page 175: ...to diagnose the server Test Items The following items are tested in system diagnostics Memory CPU cache memory Hard disk used as a system IMPORTANT When executing the System Diagnostics make sure to...

Page 176: ...urn off the server Then unplug the power cord 2 Disconnect all the LAN cables from the server 3 Plug the power cord and turn on the server 4 Use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM to reboot the server See...

Page 177: ...0 ForceEnd 00 Guide line Test window Test result Test windows title Diagnosis tool title Diagnosis tool title shows a name of this diagnosis and Version information Test windows title shows the progre...

Page 178: ...Log Info shows the log information and error messages of the diagnosis it can be saved to a floppy disk To save the log information to a floppy disk insert a formatted floppy disk to a floppy disk dri...

Page 179: ...ds to be relocated stored due to a change in the floor layout to a great extent contact the sales agent Make sure to make a backup copy of your valuable data in the hard disk if any Make sure not to a...

Page 180: ...7 12 Maintenance This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 181: ...erver 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...

Page 182: ...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 V...

Page 183: ...ions See Chapter 2 for each location Access lamp POWER SLEEP lamp Disk access lamp LINK ACT lamp 1000 100 10 lamp FRONT REAR Access lamp Optional 5 inch file device bay and hot swap SCSI hard disk dri...

Page 184: ...ISK ACCESS lamp indicates the state of hard disks in the hard disk drive This lamp lights in green every time any of such hard disks is accessed IMPORTANT To indicate the access states of the built in...

Page 185: ...y can contain three 1 inch height SCSI hard disk drives Each hard disk drive has a DISK lamp on its front panel The DISK lamp indicates the drive status as follows Lighting green The hard disk is inst...

Page 186: ...the rebuild is terminated normally The lamp goes on amber if the rebuild fails IMPORTANT To abort rebuilding power off the server In such a case restart the server hot swap the failed hard disk and r...

Page 187: ...yboard 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...

Page 188: ...0 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 ch...

Page 189: ...60 DIMM group 1 has been disabled 0B61 DIMM group 2 has been disabled 0B62 DIMM group 3 has been disabled 0B63 DIMM group 4 has been disabled Contact your service representative 0B70 The error occurre...

Page 190: ...properly installed 2 Remove the DIMM once and then re install it to check if it operates normally 3 Ask your service representative to replace the failed DIMM or mother board 1 3 1 3 Keyboard controll...

Page 191: ...e Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in Chapter 4 for the positions of the jumper switches Fail to power on the server T Is the server is properly supplied with power Check if the power cord is connecte...

Page 192: ...emory boards or PCI devices Operation of the server with unauthorized devices is not guaranteed Fail to access to internal or external devices or such devices fail to operate T Are cables properly con...

Page 193: ...re correct Fail to access read or write to the floppy disk T Does the floppy disk drive contain a floppy disk Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive until it clicks T Is the floppy disk write...

Page 194: ...device applicable to the server Operation of any SCSI device that is not authorized by NEC is not guaranteed T Is the cable connection changed See Chapter 10 for cable connection T Are SCSI devices pr...

Page 195: ...roblems with Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Cannot install the operating system correctly T Did you confirm the notes on installing the operating system See Chapter 6 During installation the fol...

Page 196: ...e OS may cause unstable operation Use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM to update the system See Chapter 6 The system does not restart automatically when a stop error occurs though the system is adjusted...

Page 197: ...nfiguration correct The internal LAN controller may be disabled with the CMOS Setup utility of the server Check the setting with the BIOS setup utility T Have the protocol and service already configur...

Page 198: ...ollowing 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...

Page 199: ...Maintenance Service Company and ask them to check the CD ROM drive Express Setup terminated and asks to input setup information There are some errors on the specified setup information Follow the ins...

Page 200: ...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 2000 is actually s...

Page 201: ...ign Each adapter is specified so that all the installed protocols can be used The value that can not be specified during Express Setup will all be specified by default value When more than two Network...

Page 202: ...ollecting Event Log This section describes on how to collect the log of various events that occurred on the server IMPORTANT If STOP error system error or stall occurred follow the procedure below aft...

Page 203: ...m 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 Managemen...

Page 204: ...it is saved as NTBackup or ARCServe on the label You can specify the location to save the diagnostic information as you like For more information refer to Specifying Memory Dump Debug Information ref...

Page 205: ...your server 3 Press the RESET switch or press Ctrl Alt and Delete to reboot the server You may also turn off and then on again to reboot the server 4 When no RAID controller including embedded HostRA...

Page 206: ...ou are requested press R to select system recovery procedure 11 If you are requested select either of the procedure below Manual Recovery Press M Do not select this option unless you are a high level...

Page 207: ...ion These replaced files do not reflect the changes of the configuration after the setup at all 14 Follow the instruction displayed on the screen If you take a note of any file name in which trouble i...

Page 208: ...he 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 CD ROM drive and rebo...

Page 209: ...ration 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 Informa...

Page 210: ...urn on the power back again wait approximately 10 seconds after turning off the power forced shutdown IMPORTANT If the remote power on function is used cycle the power once to load the OS and turn off...

Page 211: ...or bad influences resulting from the operation of the server subject to the installation or removal NEC recommends that you request a maintenance engineer of your service representative having the ex...

Page 212: ...r or alter the server Do not remove the lithium battery Do not look into the CD ROM drive Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the...

Page 213: ...tic electricity Select a suitable work space Work with the server on the anti static or concrete floor When you work with the server on a carpet where static electricity is likely to be generated make...

Page 214: ...cedure 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER SLEEP switch to turn off the power of the server The POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 3 Pull out the power cord from the AC inlet on the server 4 Remove all the ca...

Page 215: ...y to remove the right side cover Removal Remove the left side cover in the following procedure WARNING Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions...

Page 216: ...9 6 Upgrading Your Server 3 Loosen the two screws 4 Slide the cover backward a little 5 Hold the side cover securely to remove it...

Page 217: ...edure of the removal Make sure that the hooks on the side cover are inserted into the frames and holes of the server securely IMPORTANT After one or more optional devices are installed or removed comp...

Page 218: ...9 8 Upgrading Your Server Secure the side cover with two screws removed in the removal procedure Screws...

Page 219: ...ont mask 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the left side cover as described earlier in this chapter 3 Pull the release tabs 3 at the left e...

Page 220: ...nstallation The front mask can be installed in the reverse order of the removal Insert the three tabs at the right end of the front mask into the holes on the front of the server press the left end of...

Page 221: ...e any hard disk drive that is not authorized by NEC Installing a third party hard drive may cause a failure in the server as well as the hard disk drive Repair of any failure or damage in the server c...

Page 222: ...hard disk 2 ID0 Top Second hard disk ID1 Middle Third hard disk ID2 Bottom 1 An optional SCSI controller or RAID controller is required for installing SCSI hard disk 2 Set the SCSI termination to OFF...

Page 223: ...able and power cord from the hard disk drive if connected 5 Loosen two screws on the front panel securing the hard disk bay 6 Loosen the screws securing the hard disk bay Only loosen the screws They m...

Page 224: ...the mother board 8 Place the hard disk bay on a flat and rigid place carefully 9 Hold the hard disk with the connector side facing toward you and the board side facing downward and then insert the har...

Page 225: ...ause the hard disk to be damaged 11 Insert the holes of the hard disk bay into the hooks of the server with making the hard disk bay contact with the frame of the server In the figure the PCI guide ra...

Page 226: ...e server NOTES Make sure that the screw securing hooks on the hard disk bay are hang on the screws on the server Also make sure that the craws on the hard disk bay are inserted to the holes on the fro...

Page 227: ...ables remove them Save the removed caps carefully Put the mating caps on the unused power connectors and bundle the cables with a repeat tie Locate the termination resistor at the end of the SCSI cabl...

Page 228: ...mains 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...

Page 229: ...addition do not put the PCI board on a desk directly See Static Precautions in this chapter for details of the static electricity The long sized board full length board can be installed only to the PC...

Page 230: ...I Disk array controller Prepare the hard disk drives and cables appropriate to RAID controller to be installed Configure the Logical Settings of hard disk drive Prepare the number of hard disk drives...

Page 231: ...AID controller with the DISK ACCESS lamp on the front panel of the server use the LED cable that comes with your server to connect the LED connectors on the mother board and RAID controller N8103 78F...

Page 232: ...9 22 Upgrading Your Server N8103 80F Use an appropriate RAID configuration utility to configure the RAID Pin Black Pin Red...

Page 233: ...ttings of hard disk drive These boards are the output of maximum 5 V When connecting a hard disk containing the OS to the SCSI controller board install the hard disk starting from the youngest PCI slo...

Page 234: ...of the board those of the devices connected to the board and other parameters by using the SCSI BIOS utility of the SCSI controller Refer to the document coming with the board for the details of the...

Page 235: ...rs on the installed board appropriately referring to the manual provided with the board if necessary 2 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 3 Remove the...

Page 236: ...ding Your Server 5 Remove the PCI board retention springs from the server 6 Remove the additional slot cover at the same location height as the installation slot IMPORTANT Save the removed slot cover...

Page 237: ...long sized board align the board with the groove of the guide rail on the front of the server and then connect the board to the slot IMPORTANT If the board cannot be installed well remove the board o...

Page 238: ...nance Setting after installation Depending on the type of the installed board some settings of the server must be modified by using the proper utility such as the BIOS Setup Utility or the setup utili...

Page 239: ...e PCI board retention springs following the installation steps 4 and 5 4 Remove the board 5 Install the additional slot cover and then install the PCI board retention springs following the installatio...

Page 240: ...e bare hands contact with terminals and components on the DIMM In addition do not put the DIMM on a desk directly See Static Precautions for details of the static electricity Do not use any DIMM not a...

Page 241: ...dth All either single sided or dual sided Matched in both channels Populate symmetrical memory slots 1 and 3 2 and 4 Contact your sales representative or dealer for detail The following table lists an...

Page 242: ...and gently 4 Confirm the socket in which a DIMM is installed 5 Open the levers at both ends of the socket IMPORTANT To avoid damaging the lever do not apply an excess force to the lever NOTE Use extre...

Page 243: ...EC ESMPRO to identify the DIMM socket group in which the defected DIMM is installed The server operates only when at least one DIMM is installed 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Remova...

Page 244: ...d the file bay NOTES If a SCSI device is installed the optional SCSI controller board and built in SCSI cable are required See CABLE CONNECTIONS for details To install the DVD RAM and AIT IDE drives c...

Page 245: ...built in SCSI cable set the termination resistance to ON 2 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 3 Remove the left side cover and front mask as described...

Page 246: ...ver 8 Push the tabs on the both sides of the dummy cover to remove the cover IMPORTANT Save the removed dummy cover carefully 9 Remove the EMI cover IMPORTANT Save the removed EMI cover carefully Dumm...

Page 247: ...to secure it If not use the screws provided with the server Using screws longer than the required length may cause the device to be damaged Align the front face of the device to be installed with the...

Page 248: ...nstalled from one side of the server See CABLE CONNECTIONS described later for details IMPORTANT Use the built in IDE interface cable for connecting the IDE file device NOTE Connect the interface cabl...

Page 249: ...NOTE Depending on the SCSI cable the number of connectors varies Connect the connector nearest to the end to the first disk the next connector to the second disk and so on 16 Install the device drive...

Page 250: ...t devices one slim CD ROM drive and one 3 5 inch floppy disk drive NOTE 5 25 inch device bay can include two SCSI file devices or one SCSI device and one IDE device If you install the IDE file device...

Page 251: ...the server See File Device described earlier in this chapter 2 Remove the four screws securing the floppy disk drive to the standard file bay IMPORTANT Save the screws for installation procedure 3 Pu...

Page 252: ...o screws on the both sides of the 5 inch file bay see figure below 5 Pull the floppy disk drive carrier out of the 5 inch file bay 6 Place the floppy disk drive into the floppy disk drive carrier see...

Page 253: ...the carrier upside down 8 Line up the screw holes in the carrier with the screw holes in the drive 9 Fix the floppy disk drive with four screws removed in Step 2 10 Connect the power relay cable to th...

Page 254: ...Step 4 13 Install the 5 25 inch file device s into the 5 inch file bay Refer to File Device described earlier in this chapter for installation procedures NOTE Fix the installed file device as shown in...

Page 255: ...talled set the parameters including the transmission rate using the BIOS utility of the SCSI controller Refer to the manual provided with the SCSI controller for details NOTE Depending on the SCSI cab...

Page 256: ...Refer to File Device described earlier in this chapter for installation procedures For detail connector location on the back of the cage refer to the manual that comes with the cage After installing...

Page 257: ...Chapter 10 Internal Cabling Diagrams Internal cable connections of the server are shown below NOTE Refer to Chapter 2 for detail connector locations on the mother board...

Page 258: ...is added is described below IMPORTANT Your server can contain a maximum of three hard disk drives All the hard disk drives installed in your server must be the same interface Installation of SCSI Dis...

Page 259: ...Installation of SATA Disks If the serial ATA SATA hard disks are added connect the cables as shown in the figure below Fill the drive bay with the hard disk drives from the top to bottom bay Optional...

Page 260: ...rray is an integer multiple of the capacity of a connected hard disk RAID1 mirroring The hard disk drives are paired and mirrored All data is 100 percent duplicated on a drive of equivalent size IMPOR...

Page 261: ...RTANT Use hard disks with the same capacity and performance Purchase the power cables separately To indicate the access status of the internal hard disks connect the LED cable provided with the server...

Page 262: ...disk drives The disk array controller does not connect with the optional external SCSI drive enclosure RAID0 striping RAID0 provides block striping across multiple drives yielding higher performance t...

Page 263: ...two hard disks are required Use the SCSI cables sold separately for the connection In the figure below the number of connectors varies depending on the type of the SCSI cable If the optional hot swap...

Page 264: ...are installed the SCSI controller built in the server can be connected to the SCSI device through the hard disks However the SCSI controller and the SCSI cable used for the connection is sold separat...

Page 265: ...I disks are installed and the SCSI device is desired to be controlled by a controller other than that for the hard disks the optional SCSI controller and internal SCSI cable are required The installed...

Page 266: ...10 10 Internal Cabling Diagrams The SCSI controller is connected with the 5 25 inch device as shown in the figure below Standard configuration...

Page 267: ...vice to 0 If the SCSI cable sold separately has the connector for terminating the SCSI connection make the termination setting of the 5 25 inch device invalid SCSI cables sold separately are required...

Page 268: ...IDE Device If an IDE device such as a DVD RAM drive is installed use the IDE cable provided with the IDE device Remove the cable connected to the CD ROM drive and save it carefully Standard configura...

Page 269: ...ng Diagrams 10 13 POWER CABLES An example of the power cable connection is shown in the figure below The server only uses the power cables shown here Standard configuration Optional 5 inch file device...

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Page 271: ...disk bay 1 slot A 1 44MB floppy disk drive is factory installed Additional PCI slot 5 slots 1 slot for PCI Express 2 slots for 64bit 100MHz 2 slots for 32bit 33MHz Disk array Standard SATA controller...

Page 272: ...A 2 Specifications This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 273: ...es 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 followi...

Page 274: ...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 lea...

Page 275: ...g system IMPORTANT Formatting a used floppy disk clears all the data contained in it if any Formatting a floppy disk from the DOS command line is not available with the server Use a formatted floppy d...

Page 276: ...dge with a dry soft cloth slowly and gently Use the CD cleaner to clean the CD ROM Do not use record spray cleaner benzene or thinner Keep the CD ROM in a CD ROM case when not in use Tape Media The fo...

Page 277: ...ring 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 ser...

Page 278: ...he 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 cli...

Page 279: ...tem timer 8 Real time clock 1 Keyboard 9 PCI 2 Cascaded connection 10 PCI 3 COM B 11 PCI 4 COM A 12 Mouse 5 PCI 13 Numeric processor 6 Floppy disk 14 Primary IDE 7 PCI 15 Secondary IDE PIRQ and PCI De...

Page 280: ...imer 1 60 Keyboard mouse 61 System speaker 64 Keyboard mouse 70 71 Real time clock Non maskable interrupt 81 8F C0 DF DMA1 DMA2 A0 A1 Interrupt controller 2 F0 FE Coprocessor 170 177 IDE secondary bus...

Page 281: ...e NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM attached to your system supports the following optional boards Raid Controller and SCSI Controller N8103 65F SCSI Controller N8103 75 SCSI Controller N8103 78F Disk Array C...

Page 282: ...n Manual Installation when N8103 65F 80F Keeps Connection If you keep those controllers connecting during installation process pop up messages may appear This does not affect on system behavior Click...

Page 283: ...ile size The 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 pro...

Page 284: ...wing 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 NE...

Page 285: ...PRESSBUILDER from Master Control Menu if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Run the operating system 3 Inser...

Page 286: ...uding embedded HostRAID feature or SCSI controller is installed in the system press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardwar...

Page 287: ...rds WinXP Server 2003 IA 32 When N8103 75F board is installed Win NET Promise FastTrak S150 SX4 tm Controller When N8103 78F board is installed Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA HostRAID Controller When Hos...

Page 288: ...he Windows Server 2003 CD ROM in CD ROM drive 6 If the RAID controller including embedded HostRAID feature is installed in the system press F6 while a message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardw...

Page 289: ...If your system has a controller N8103 56F following message often appears on the display during the upgrade installation to Windows Server 2003 Please type D i386 and click OK D CD Drive Insert disk...

Page 290: ...which you want to install the operating system when the following message appears The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN ARROW ke...

Page 291: ...2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the window 3 Right click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the Change Drive Letter and Path 4 Click Yes 5 Choose the Assign a...

Page 292: ...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...

Page 293: ...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 C...

Page 294: ...ox 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 PROSe...

Page 295: ...ted will be installed automatically The following is the procedure when it is necessary to install manually If you want to utilize optional Graphics Accelerator Driver board follow the document attach...

Page 296: ...d click Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert Windows Server 2003 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive enter a...

Page 297: ...UILDER CD ROM attached to your system supports the following optional boards Raid Controller and SCSI Controller N8103 65F SCSI Controller N8103 75 SCSI Controller N8103 78F Disk Array Controller N810...

Page 298: ...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 connect...

Page 299: ...ze The 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 300: ...ures Create from the menu which appears when running NEC Express5800 Server with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER If you have only NEC Express5800 Server to create Windows 2000 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER use t...

Page 301: ...SBUILDER from Master Control Menu if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Run the operating system 3 Insert th...

Page 302: ...HostRAID feature or SCSI controller is installed in the system press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuratio...

Page 303: ...ngs and Updating the System of this manual Reinstallation to Multiple Logical Drives This subsection describes the procedure for reinstalling the operation system if the multiple logical drives exist...

Page 304: ...ot volume cannot modify with the following procedure 1 Click Start menu right click My Computer and specify Manage to start Computer Management 2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the wi...

Page 305: ...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...

Page 306: ...test and so on Specify teaming Configuring several network adapters as one team provides the server an environment tolerant on any trouble and enhance through put between the switches PROSet is necess...

Page 307: ...y You can operate the process from Network and Dial up Connection to display the property dialog box for local area network NOTE We recommend you to add Network Monitor at AddingServices Network Monit...

Page 308: ...for a suitable driver for my device recommended radio button is selected and click Next 4 Select the Specify a location check box and deselect other check boxes Click Next 5 Other Upgrade Device Drive...

Page 309: ...2 Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run SETUP EXE in the following directory CD ROM Drive Letter WINNT VIDEO INTEL SETUP EXE 4 Follow the message to continue...

Page 310: ...d click Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert Windows 2000 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive enter a into co...

Page 311: ...e Installed 4 Size Serial No Date Installed Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date Installed Hard Disk Bay 1 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Bay 2 Type Serial No Capacity Date Insta...

Page 312: ...t 2 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 3 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 4 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 5 Model name Serial No Date Installed AGP Board Slot Mode...

Page 313: ...le F 3 Software Firmware version OS Name Version Application of RUR media Apply Name Version File system FAT HPFS NTFS Others Bundled software installed Licensed software installed Application running...

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