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6-4 Installing and Using Utilities

NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for DOS-Based with Local Console

This subsection describes the procedures for using NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for DOS-based with
local console.

Starting NEC EXPRESSBUILDER

The following procedure instructs you to start NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.

IMPORTANT:

Do not remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-

ROM while NEC EXPRESSBUILDER is running.

Turn on peripheral devices and the server in this order.

Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM supplied with your server into the DVD-
ROM drive of your server.

Ensure that the floppy disk drive is empty.

Press the RESET switch or press

Ctrl

Alt

, and

Delete

to reboot from the NEC

EXPRESSBUILDER. (You may also turn off and then on again to reboot the server.)

NEC EXPRESSBUILDER boots up displaying the top menu.

Summary of Contents for N8100-1223F

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: ...figuration 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 c...

Page 3: ...nal 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 in...

Page 4: ...oss 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 s...

Page 5: ...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...

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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 Microso...

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Page 11: ...plement 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 su...

Page 12: ...er 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...

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 t...

Page 14: ...sposal 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 Re...

Page 15: ...on 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 Descriptio...

Page 16: ...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 Windo...

Page 17: ...tors 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...

Page 18: ...ing 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 Li...

Page 19: ...n 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 EXPRESSB...

Page 20: ...ndows 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...

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

Page 22: ...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 23: ...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...

Page 24: ...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...

Page 25: ...ce 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 ca...

Page 26: ...ied 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 Wa...

Page 27: ...rectly 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 servic...

Page 28: ...tors 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 connecto...

Page 29: ...se 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 t...

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 Mak...

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...

Page 32: ...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...

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 th...

Page 34: ...ter 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...

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...

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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: ...le 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 configur...

Page 39: ...py 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...

Page 40: ...D 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 dis...

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 dis...

Page 42: ...ers 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...

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: ...tor 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 c...

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 fac...

Page 47: ...d 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 ind...

Page 48: ...ard 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 an...

Page 49: ...ble 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 Con...

Page 50: ...l 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...

Page 51: ...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 th...

Page 52: ...icates 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 N...

Page 53: ...ctivation 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 up...

Page 54: ...t 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...

Page 55: ...D1 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 b...

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 BM...

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...

Page 58: ...ftware 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 enable...

Page 59: ...s 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...

Page 60: ...entative 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 e...

Page 61: ...e 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 th...

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: ...e 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 diagn...

Page 64: ...y 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 depr...

Page 65: ...ake 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...

Page 66: ...ry 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 p...

Page 67: ...es 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...

Page 68: ...m 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...

Page 69: ...ER 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...

Page 70: ...ppy 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 messag...

Page 71: ...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 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...

Page 73: ...y 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 th...

Page 74: ...ge 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 l...

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 eject...

Page 76: ...ide 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 C...

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: ...er 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 syste...

Page 79: ...d 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 th...

Page 80: ...h 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...

Page 81: ...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 materia...

Page 82: ...er 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...

Page 83: ...ed 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...

Page 84: ...se 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...

Page 85: ...ce 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 fro...

Page 86: ...ptional 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...

Page 87: ...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 complet...

Page 88: ...tails 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...

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 uti...

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...

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...

Page 92: ...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...

Page 93: ...nd 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 S...

Page 94: ...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...

Page 95: ...ity 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 S...

Page 96: ...er 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 configu...

Page 97: ...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 sub...

Page 98: ...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...

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 Threadi...

Page 100: ...ion 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...

Page 101: ...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 exte...

Page 102: ...IMM 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 L...

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 boo...

Page 104: ...ur 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 Middl...

Page 105: ...ow 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 S...

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 add...

Page 107: ...hese 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 Addr...

Page 108: ...ription 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 func...

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 t...

Page 110: ...isor 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...

Page 111: ...ute 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...

Page 112: ...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...

Page 113: ...t 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...

Page 114: ...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...

Page 115: ...C 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...

Page 116: ...ation 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 F...

Page 117: ...nterrupt 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 redirectio...

Page 118: ...ting 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 Ente...

Page 119: ...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 dev...

Page 120: ...aved 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...

Page 121: ...ts 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 va...

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 sin...

Page 123: ...AID 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...

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 i...

Page 125: ...ingle 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...

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...

Page 127: ...e 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 stripi...

Page 128: ...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 EX...

Page 129: ...r 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...

Page 130: ...e 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 consi...

Page 131: ...mally 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 Backg...

Page 132: ...ting virtual disk On MSM this feature is indicated as Add Drive The execution patterns are as shown below Number of HDDs to be added Before execution After execution RAID level Number of HDDs RAID lev...

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...

Page 134: ...ction 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...

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...

Page 136: ...ng 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 no...

Page 137: ...roller 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 i...

Page 138: ...OS 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 Pro...

Page 139: ...nfiguring 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 controlle...

Page 140: ...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...

Page 141: ...esent 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 batter...

Page 142: ...gain 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...

Page 143: ...en 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 U...

Page 144: ...s 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...

Page 145: ...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 th...

Page 146: ...he 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...

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 d...

Page 148: ...r 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 terminate...

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...

Page 150: ...ration 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 Redun...

Page 151: ...ysical 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...

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...

Page 153: ...ned 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...

Page 154: ...s 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...

Page 155: ...t 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 ap...

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: ...h 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...

Page 158: ...hile 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 Dis...

Page 159: ...played 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 paramete...

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...

Page 161: ...ssage 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 sc...

Page 162: ...lue 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 Dis...

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...

Page 164: ...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 bei...

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 f...

Page 166: ...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 w...

Page 167: ...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...

Page 168: ...ated 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 a...

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 G...

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 s...

Page 173: ...n 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 MegaRAI...

Page 174: ...ssage 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...

Page 175: ...D 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 Controlle...

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 3...

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...

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...

Page 179: ...ndard 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 Con...

Page 180: ...ected 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 t...

Page 181: ...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 Sett...

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...

Page 183: ...d 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...

Page 184: ...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...

Page 185: ...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 conn...

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...

Page 187: ...llows 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...

Page 188: ...er 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 Indicat...

Page 189: ...8 800 600 640 480 720 400 720 350 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...

Page 190: ...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...

Page 191: ...s 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...

Page 192: ...nel 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 info...

Page 193: ...d 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 selec...

Page 194: ...laceable 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 li...

Page 195: ...tart 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 I...

Page 196: ...rivilege 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 KV...

Page 197: ...lient 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 Mai...

Page 198: ...ings 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...

Page 199: ...ettings 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 i...

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 diff...

Page 201: ...ttings 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...

Page 202: ...hich 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 fai...

Page 203: ...empt 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 int...

Page 204: ...guring 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 relat...

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 inform...

Page 206: ...pe 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...

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 se...

Page 208: ...duct 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...

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 appear...

Page 210: ...ou 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 ma...

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...

Page 212: ...pletion 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...

Page 213: ...at 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 envi...

Page 214: ...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 occurr...

Page 215: ...r 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 Chec...

Page 216: ...racters 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 Inval...

Page 217: ...he 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 b...

Page 218: ...ire 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 Fa...

Page 219: ...ver 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...

Page 220: ...nd 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...

Page 221: ...andard 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 op...

Page 222: ...xpress 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...

Page 223: ...t 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 fil...

Page 224: ...ion 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...

Page 225: ...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 i...

Page 226: ...hat 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...

Page 227: ...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 ma...

Page 228: ...ee 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 partitio...

Page 229: ...he 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...

Page 230: ...eripheral 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 devic...

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...

Page 232: ...pgraded 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 Par...

Page 233: ...torage 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 EXPRE...

Page 234: ...lly 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 Win...

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...

Page 236: ...x 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 Spee...

Page 237: ...is 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 1...

Page 238: ...d 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 locatio...

Page 239: ...ate 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...

Page 240: ...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...

Page 241: ...e 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 Cont...

Page 242: ...ory 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 t...

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...

Page 244: ...d 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...

Page 245: ...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 246: ...nitoring 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...

Page 247: ...e 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 continu...

Page 248: ...upported 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 config...

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: ...XPRESSBUILDER 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 oth...

Page 251: ...r 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 Micr...

Page 252: ...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 253: ...figuration 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...

Page 254: ...ion 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 EX...

Page 255: ...e 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...

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 i...

Page 257: ...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...

Page 258: ...ion 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...

Page 259: ...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 amo...

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 RO...

Page 261: ...skette 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...

Page 262: ...n 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 sp...

Page 263: ...ut 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...

Page 264: ...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...

Page 265: ...re 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...

Page 266: ...e 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 Fo...

Page 267: ...ttempting 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 E...

Page 268: ...n 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...

Page 269: ...d 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 D...

Page 270: ...on 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 dis...

Page 271: ...raphical 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 l...

Page 272: ...l 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 Serve...

Page 273: ...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...

Page 274: ...ironment 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 7...

Page 275: ...equired 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 Memo...

Page 276: ...ing 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 Ser...

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...

Page 278: ...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 i...

Page 279: ...lling 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 BmcOnlineUp...

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: ...led 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 dat...

Page 283: ...ardware 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 co...

Page 284: ...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 serv...

Page 285: ...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 286: ...erior 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...

Page 287: ...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 ont...

Page 288: ...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...

Page 289: ...m 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 L...

Page 290: ...ion 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...

Page 291: ...ows 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...

Page 292: ...ows 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 out...

Page 293: ...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 55 C and...

Page 294: ...7 12 Maintenance This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 295: ...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 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 V...

Page 297: ...f 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...

Page 298: ...tion 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 degrade...

Page 299: ...hermal 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 volt...

Page 300: ...e 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...

Page 301: ...tem 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 worki...

Page 302: ...ese 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 indicate...

Page 303: ...mory 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...

Page 304: ...alled 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...

Page 305: ...wer 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...

Page 306: ...led 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...

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...

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...

Page 309: ...lding 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...

Page 310: ...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...

Page 311: ...his 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 syste...

Page 312: ...ioning 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 n...

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 PO...

Page 314: ...led 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...

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 Co...

Page 316: ...e 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 exist...

Page 317: ...D 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...

Page 318: ...bled 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 ena...

Page 319: ...f 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 PC...

Page 320: ...onents 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 P...

Page 321: ...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 G...

Page 322: ...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 ar...

Page 323: ...D 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...

Page 324: ...press 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...

Page 325: ...esentative 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 f...

Page 326: ...n 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 un...

Page 327: ...esentative 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...

Page 328: ...m 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 occurre...

Page 329: ...red 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...

Page 330: ...e 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...

Page 331: ...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 mou...

Page 332: ...vices 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...

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 n...

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 Po...

Page 335: ...ange 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 keyboar...

Page 336: ...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 f...

Page 337: ...ls 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 Wh...

Page 338: ...red 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 de...

Page 339: ...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...

Page 340: ...er 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...

Page 341: ...0A 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 syste...

Page 342: ...inary 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 M...

Page 343: ...ds 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...

Page 344: ...u 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 Win...

Page 345: ...t 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 Chapt...

Page 346: ...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...

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...

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 RO...

Page 349: ...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...

Page 350: ...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...

Page 351: ...tly 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...

Page 352: ...ntracted 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...

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 disa...

Page 354: ...lowing 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 co...

Page 355: ...ith 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 spec...

Page 356: ...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 colle...

Page 357: ...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 358: ...ile 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...

Page 359: ...g 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 Serv...

Page 360: ...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 DVD ROM drive and reb...

Page 361: ...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...

Page 362: ...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...

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 optiona...

Page 364: ...he 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...

Page 365: ...elect 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 s...

Page 366: ...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 serv...

Page 367: ...MPORTANT 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 d...

Page 368: ...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...

Page 369: ...e 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...

Page 370: ...k 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...

Page 371: ...andle 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 insert...

Page 372: ...ummy 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...

Page 373: ...een 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 monito...

Page 374: ...ower 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 interr...

Page 375: ...r 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...

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...

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 Sh...

Page 378: ...r 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 normall...

Page 379: ...ain 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 co...

Page 380: ...lation 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 P...

Page 381: ...rew 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...

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 f...

Page 383: ...o 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 sect...

Page 384: ...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...

Page 385: ...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 Ins...

Page 386: ...h 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 boar...

Page 387: ...t 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...

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 util...

Page 389: ...ntroller 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 11...

Page 390: ...r 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 Onboar...

Page 391: ...al 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 n...

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...

Page 393: ...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 d...

Page 394: ...T 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...

Page 395: ...ate 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 Res...

Page 396: ...ion 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...

Page 397: ...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 th...

Page 398: ...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 fo...

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 t...

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: ...ve 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 driv...

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: ...te 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...

Page 404: ...re 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 electromagnet...

Page 405: ...lace 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 dr...

Page 406: ...t 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...

Page 407: ...d 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 IMPOR...

Page 408: ...nstalled 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 installe...

Page 409: ...rror 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 recogn...

Page 410: ...roperty 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 insula...

Page 411: ...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...

Page 412: ...oard 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 W...

Page 413: ...d 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...

Page 414: ...ws 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 Buffere...

Page 415: ...lure 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 serv...

Page 416: ...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 f...

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...

Page 418: ...ont 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...

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 t...

Page 420: ...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...

Page 421: ...ting 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 scre...

Page 422: ...ry 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 i...

Page 423: ...itch 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 configur...

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 s...

Page 425: ...g 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...

Page 426: ...ectricity 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 no...

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: ...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 In...

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 logg...

Page 430: ...gle 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 s...

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 l...

Page 432: ...ink 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...

Page 433: ...he 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...

Page 434: ...urn 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...

Page 435: ...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 Flopp...

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...

Page 437: ...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 Th...

Page 438: ...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 439: ...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 440: ...om 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...

Page 441: ...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 442: ...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 443: ...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...

Page 444: ...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...

Page 445: ...ce 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 RESERVE...

Page 446: ...5 278 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 Rad...

Page 447: ...pports 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 Instal...

Page 448: ...tion 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 Devi...

Page 449: ...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 a...

Page 450: ...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 Express580...

Page 451: ...eate 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...

Page 452: ...s 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...

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 d...

Page 454: ...n 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 auto...

Page 455: ...s 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...

Page 456: ...og 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 P...

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...

Page 458: ...k 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 Signatu...

Page 459: ...I 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 Adv...

Page 460: ...ows 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 an...

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: ...torage 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 EXPRESSBUIL...

Page 464: ...uring 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 th...

Page 465: ...ith 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 fil...

Page 466: ...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 appea...

Page 467: ...eate 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 fl...

Page 468: ...r 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 mes...

Page 469: ...2 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...

Page 470: ...peration 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...

Page 471: ...ant 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...

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...

Page 473: ...le 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...

Page 474: ...c 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...

Page 475: ...on 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 mso...

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...

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: ...led 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...

Page 480: ...ty 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 nam...

Page 481: ...facturer 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...

Page 482: ...cord 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 run...

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