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N8100-1417F/1418F/1419F/1445F/1420F

NEC Express5800/120Lj

User's Guide

1st Edition

3-2008

856-127217-101-00

ONL-510_004_01-120Lj-000-99-0803

Summary of Contents for N8100-1417F

Page 1: ...N8100 1417F 1418F 1419F 1445F 1420F NEC Express5800 120Lj User s Guide 1st Edition 3 2008 856 127217 101 00 ONL 510_004_01 120Lj 000 99 0803...

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

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

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

Page 5: ...allation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the int...

Page 6: ...rver 2003 R2 Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition operating system or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft...

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

Page 8: ...o configure the system and provides instructions for running the BIOS SETUP Utility and the RAID configuration utility which is used to configure RAID drives in your system This chapter also provides...

Page 9: ...ation Record Table provides a table to be filled with your server configuration Text Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual For safety symbols see SAFETY INDICATIONS pro...

Page 10: ...oper Operation 1 8 Transfer to Third Party 1 9 Disposal and Consumables 1 10 User Support 1 11 Chapter 2 General Description 2 1 Overview 2 2 System Chassis 2 3 Front View 2 3 Rear View 2 8 Internal V...

Page 11: ...e Using WebBIOS 4 34 Using WebBIOS 4 36 Configuring Virtual Disk 4 49 Operation of Various Features 4 67 WebBIOS and Universal RAID Utility 4 77 Configuring Mother Board Jumpers 4 80 Chapter 5 Install...

Page 12: ...r 7 11 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 8 1 System Viewers 8 2 Lamps 8 3 LAN ACCESS Lamp 8 3 STATUS Lamp 8 3 POWER SLEEP Lamp 8 5 DISK ACCESS Lamp 8 5 Access Lamps 8 5 Hard Disk Drive Lamp 8 6 Power Supply L...

Page 13: ...16F 2 5 inch HDD Cage 9 18 Power Supply Unit 9 27 Cooling Fan Unit 9 30 3 5 inch HDD Cage 9 37 2 5 inch HDD Cage 9 43 5 25 inch Device 9 55 Internal USB Floppy Disk Drive 9 59 PCI Board 9 67 Processor...

Page 14: ...tings D 17 PROSet D 17 Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB D 19 Network Driver D 21 Re install the Network Driver D 22 Optional Network Board Driver D 23 Installation of the Option...

Page 15: ...E 20 Network Driver E 21 Re install the Network Driver E 22 Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB E 22 Graphics Accelerator Driver E 22 Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 95...

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

Page 18: ...ssible danger or their vicinity in your server to inform the user that a hazardous situation may arise when operating the server Do not intentionally remove or damage any of the labels If you find any...

Page 19: ...the power plug from the outlet then contact your service representative Using the server in such conditions may cause a fire Keep needles or metal objects away from the server Do not insert needles or...

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

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

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

Page 23: ...ng the cables Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Keep animals away from the server Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Do not leave t...

Page 24: ...be physically installed connected but cause failures of the server as well as malfunctions of the server Check and adjust the system clock before the operation in any of the following conditions After...

Page 25: ...s written on the hard disk drive Data not erased completely may be restored by special software and used for unexpected purposes It is strongly recommended that the software or service both available...

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

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

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

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

Page 30: ...tower based system Front View As application requirements increase you can expand your server with an additional memory add in boards and peripheral devices tape devices and hard disk drives The serve...

Page 31: ...General Description 2 3 SYSTEM CHASSIS Names and functions of the components are shown below Front View With Front Door Closed 1 2 1 2 4 5 6 7 1 2 3...

Page 32: ...lamp green Lights in green while the server is connected to the network Blinking in green indicates the network activity Numbers printed near the lamps indicate the LAN port number 5 DISK ACCESS lamp...

Page 33: ...ontains a factory installed hot swap 3 5 inch HDD cage With optional N8154 17F 3 5 inch HDD cage additionally installed in the server up to eight hard disk drives can be installed either of SAS or SAT...

Page 34: ...optional hot swap 2 5 inch HDD cage N8154 16F can contain up to eight 2 5 inch hard disk drives With two N8154 16F cages up to 16 hard disk drives can be installed SAS drives only 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...

Page 35: ...ts except for port 0 4 Cover open sensor The cover open sensor detects the open of the front door 5 Power switch The power switch is used to turn on off the power If you press the switch once then the...

Page 36: ...2 8 General Description Rear View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 14 12 14 12 14 13 3 13 2 15...

Page 37: ...The mouse connector is connected with the mouse coming with the server 9 Keyboard connector The keyboard connector is connected with keyboard coming with the server 10 Serial port A connector The seri...

Page 38: ...re below shows an internal view of the chassis with the factory installed HDD cage installed With the optional 2 5 inch HDD cage up to eight hard disk drive can be installed With standard air cooling...

Page 39: ...Option A The redundant fan unit contains three fans Option A front Option B PCI HDD cage and Option A rear 5 5 25 inch device bays 3 slots Up to two devices can be installed additionally An optical di...

Page 40: ...2 12 General Description MOTHER BOARD 5 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 28 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 28...

Page 41: ...IDE connector for optical disk drive 15 Jumper switch for clearing CMOS 16 Jumper switch for clearing BIOS password 17 SGPIO connector 18 Lithium battery 19 SATA2 connector SATA1 and SATA2 from top to...

Page 42: ...y of up to 48GB 4GB DIMMs x12 slots USB interface USB 2 0 Five integrated I O expansion PCI slots PCI Express x8 2 slots PCI Express x4 1 slot x8 connector PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz 1 slot PCI 32 bit 33 MH...

Page 43: ...to an uninterruptible power supply UPS unit the server supports the power linkage feature that enables control over the power supply from the UPS to the server The AC LINK feature can be enabled or d...

Page 44: ...e the BIOS Use this function to update the system BIOS or firmware of the server See Chapter 6 To update the Windows System Update Express5800 system in Windows Autorun Menu Windows based NEC EXPRESSB...

Page 45: ...O system configuration and setups with the NEC ESMPRO see Chapter 6 Available functions of the NEC ESMPRO depend on the OS you install Ask your service representative for details Maintenance Tools The...

Page 46: ...timer Monitoring of the periodic SMI timer Remote management by using Web browser e g resetting the server power on off viewing System Event Log SEL Remote KVM and remote device features A separately...

Page 47: ...s a command to eject the optical disk drive tray or a media in the drive Before executing such a command make sure that the front door is open Otherwise the drive tray or a media will hit the front do...

Page 48: ...the power control device is powered 2 Press the POWER switch on the front of the computer chassis The POWER SLEEP lamp lights in green After a while characters appear on the screen IMPORTANT If the po...

Page 49: ...Setup utility such as the start up message while in progress With the factory setup of the server the NEC logo appears on the display unit while POST is in progress To display the POST check results...

Page 50: ...unt message of the basic and expansion memory appears at top left on the display unit screen The memory check may takes a few minutes to complete depending on the memory size of the server Also it may...

Page 51: ...onal add in card it displays the message prompting you to launch the add in card BIOS configuration utility Ignore the message POST will automatically proceed a few seconds later Refer to the manual t...

Page 52: ...he UPS or the manual for the application that controls the UPS IMPORTANT Always allow POST to complete before turning off the server 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER switch on the front of the ser...

Page 53: ...the headphone jack Setting and Removing the Disc 1 Make sure that the power of the server is on with the POWER SLEEP lamp being lit in green before setting the disc on the optical disk drive 2 Press t...

Page 54: ...a similar way as in setting the disc to make the tray come out If the access LED is lit the disc is being accessed Confirm that the access LED is not lit before pressing the Open Close button Your OS...

Page 55: ...oximately 1 2 mm in diameter and 100 mm in length a straightened large paper clip will make a substitute into the emergency hole on the front of the optical disk drive and gently push it in until the...

Page 56: ...d side upward and gently put it on the tray Do not scratch the disc or write anything directly on it with a pencil or ball point pen Keep the disc away from cigarette smoke Do not leave the disc in a...

Page 57: ...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 58: ...cord Connect the power cord to the server Turning on the server Power on the server to start software setups Setups depend on the optional internal devices installed and the peripheral devices connec...

Page 59: ...amage claim with the carrier immediately INSTALLING OPTIONAL DEVICES To install any optional device see Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server for the installation procedure Proceed to the next section if yo...

Page 60: ...the range between 15 to 25 C Close enough to connect the mouse and the display Install the server on the floor or rigid flat desk Open the stabilizers to secure the server Place having a space enough...

Page 61: ...tic changes in temperature e g near a heater air conditioner or refrigerator Places with strong vibration Places with corrosive gas in presence near chemicals or with possibilities of chemicals spraye...

Page 62: ...cable connector Do not use any unauthorized interface cable Do not use the server with any loose interface connection Do not step on the interface cable or place any heavy object on it IMPORTANT Power...

Page 63: ...to the leased line is prohibited Keyboard Mouse Display unit Hub multiport repeater Device with the serial interface e g modem Direct connection to the leased line is prohibited Connect to appropriat...

Page 64: ...llowing instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not plug the power cord in to...

Page 65: ...e 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 is connected to a UPS change the BIOS SETUP utility of the server to link w...

Page 66: ...trol unit 2 Open the front door and press the POWER switch The POWER SLEEP lamp on the front of the server comes on NOTES Connect the power cord and wait at least 10 seconds before pressing the POWER...

Page 67: ...memory test the POST displays the amount of memory it was able to access and test Depending on the amount of installed memory it may take several minutes to complete the memory test NOTE The factory...

Page 68: ...rmation includes the current BIOS settings and any specific information for the server Save the information after completing the system setup Without the backup data you will not be able to recover th...

Page 69: ...d to change system configuration parameters This utility is pre installed in the flash memory of the server and ready to run The server is configured with the correct parameters using the SETUP utilit...

Page 70: ...s Main menu If you have previously set a password with the SETUP utility the password entry screen appears Enter the password Enter password Up to three password entries will be accepted If you fail t...

Page 71: ...elects the Main Advanced Security Server Boot or Exit menu and Changes the value parameter of the selected item When a submenu option an option preceded by is selected these keys are disabled Enter Pr...

Page 72: ...ns The SETUP utility has the following six major menus Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit To set minute functions select a submenu from the above menus The following describes available functions...

Page 73: ...t the shipment Processor Settings Select submenu Shows the processor settings submenu Language English US Fran ais FR Deutsch DE Espa ol SP Italiano IT Select which language BIOS displays Factory set...

Page 74: ...ache nnn KB Displays L2 cache size for processor Processor 2 CPUID Numeral Disabled Displays CPU ID for processor if present Disabled indicates that the processor is defected View only Processor 2 L2...

Page 75: ...ress Esc to switch to the POST execution screen Reset Configuration Data No Yes Select Yes if you want to clear the system configuration data during the next boot Automatically reset to No in the next...

Page 76: ...and 22 DIMM Group 4 DIMM sockets 32 and 42 DIMM Group 5 DIMM sockets 13 and 23 DIMM Group 6 DIMM sockets 33 and 43 Memory Retest Yes No Causes BIOS to retest all memory on the next boot Extended RAM S...

Page 77: ...ce Allows selecting the onboard VGA controller or optional PCI VGA controller as the display device that will be active when the system boots The Force option is selected to use the onboard VGA contro...

Page 78: ...Base I O address 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Selects the base I O address for serial port A Interrupt IRQ 3 IRQ 4 Selects the interrupt for a serial port A Serial Port B Disabled Enabled Selects whether serial po...

Page 79: ...rt is enabled or disabled Wake On RTC Alarm Disabled Enabled Specify whether the remote power on function by using RTC alarm feature is enabled or disabled Factory set IMPORTANT If the AC power is tur...

Page 80: ...anumerics Press Enter to display the supervisor password entry screen This password enables all the SETUP menus to be accessed This setting can be done only on login with the password input of Supervi...

Page 81: ...ur Setting TPM Support Disabled Enabled Disables or enables TPM feature This item becomes selectable when Supervisor Password is set on Security menu Current TPM State Displays the current TPM state C...

Page 82: ...minutes Specify whether to enable or disable the boot monitoring function on booting or select the time limit for timeout To use this function install NEC ESMPRO Agent Set this item to Disabled if the...

Page 83: ...is valid when Power On or Last State is specified for AC LINK Platform Event Filtering Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the platform event filtering PEF feature Factory set IMPOR...

Page 84: ...mber of the chassis View only Chassis Serial Number Displays the serial number of the chassis View only Onboard LAN1 MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the onboard LAN port 1 View only Onboard LA...

Page 85: ...e baud rate used for the interface with successive remote consoles Flow Control None Xon Xoff CTS RTS CTS RTS CD Specify the flow control method Terminal Type PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Specify the type of...

Page 86: ...e HTTP Port Number 80 Specify the TCP port number which the management LAN uses for HTTP communication HTTPS Disabled Enabled Set to Enabled to use HTTPS communication for Web interface HTTPS Port Num...

Page 87: ...r execution of Clear BMC Configuration Executing Clear BMC Configuration also clears settings made in NEC DianaScope Before execution be sure make backup copy of setting information of NEC DianaScope...

Page 88: ...information on the device in the relevant indication To boot the server from a desired device the device must be registered as a boot device Up to eight boot devices can be registered 2 Pressing X af...

Page 89: ...be terminated with storage of the modified information Then the server automatically reboots the system Load Setup Defaults Select this item to return all the values of SETUP to the default values Sel...

Page 90: ...y In actual RAID can configure more than one HDDs as a single array disk group to operate the HDDs effectively This can bring higher performance than a single HDD of a large capacity The Internal RAID...

Page 91: ...3 8 RAID 10 4 8 RAID 50 6 8 IMPORTANT To use RAID 5 or RAID 6 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit To configure RAID6 using Express Setup at least four hard disk d...

Page 92: ...RAID Controller DG0 108 GB VD1 3 16 GB VD1 2 16 GB VD1 1 16 GB VD0 1 20GB VD0 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...

Page 93: ...5 Striping of both data and redundant data Yes Three or more HDDs required Capacity capacity of single HDD number of HDDs 1 RAID6 Striping of both data and redundant data Yes Three or more HDDs requir...

Page 94: ...D is defected the data saved in the HDD cannot be recovered RAID Controller HDD 1 HDD 2 Stripe 1 HDD 3 Stripe 4 Stripe 2 Stripe 5 Stripe 3 Stripe 6 RAID1 In the RAID1 level data saved in a HDD is writ...

Page 95: ...Stripe 5 Parity 1 2 Stripe 3 Stripe 6 Stripe 1 Stripe 4 Parity 5 6 RAID6 A RAID 6 extends RAID 5 by adding an additional parity block Q created by different calculation method such as weighting by som...

Page 96: ...e 4 Stripe 5 Stripe 5 Stripe 6 HDD 4 Stripe 2 Stripe 4 Stripe 6 RAID1 RAID1 RAID0 RAID50 Data is distributed to HDDs by striping with distributed parity and then written onto HDDs by striping Owing to...

Page 97: ...tically start the rebuild without use of any utility such as Universal RAID Utility The auto rebuild includes two types as follows Standby rebuild Automatic rebuild by using hot spares In the configur...

Page 98: ...To change settings of Patrol Read use Universal RAID Utility If the system is restarted while running Patrol Read Patrol Read resumes from that point Consistency Check The Consistency Check is used to...

Page 99: ...executed and completed normally before executing Background Initialize for RAID5 only Yes is specified for Disable BGI in VD Definition Virtual disk is in degraded or offline state Background Initiali...

Page 100: ...Before execution After execution RAID level Number of HDDs RAID level Number of HDDs Description RAID0 x RAID0 x Capacity increased equivalent to HDDs RAID0 1 RAID1 2 Capacity remains unchanged RAID0...

Page 101: ...irtual disk then execute 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 agai...

Page 102: ...drive called HDD hereafter Indication of HDD allocation status Creation of virtual disk Setting of RAID level Setting of Stripe Block size Setting of Read Policy Write Policy IO Policy Indication of c...

Page 103: ...llows WebBIOS Enclosure number and Slot number shown in Physical Drives box X X X shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector number Enclosure number Slot number With this server the Connector n...

Page 104: ...ersion XXXX Build MMM DD YYYY Copyright c xxxx LSI Corporation HA X Bus X Dev X MegaRAID SAS PCI 8708EM2 FW package X X X XXXX X Logical Drive s found on the host adapter X Logical Drive s handled by...

Page 105: ...Configuring Your Server 4 37 Main Menu Shown below is Adapter Selection screen that appears first on WebBIOS Select a controller to operate WebBIOS and click Start...

Page 106: ...Top Menu appears IMPORTANT X X X shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector number Enclosure number Slot number With this server the Connector number is not supported thus it is always indicate...

Page 107: ...nfiguring Your Server 4 39 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 108: ...4 40 Configuring Your Server The detailed settings is continued to the next page Click Next to view more information...

Page 109: ...F Interval 300 Prohibited Alarm Control Disabled Enabled Silence Disabled Does not issue an alarm Prohibited 2 Cache Flush Interval 4 Prohibited Spinup Drive Count 2 Prohibited Spinup Delay 12 Prohibi...

Page 110: ...You cannot change values for Auto Learn Period Next Learn Time and Learn Delay Interval NOTES Status field shows Charging when the battery is in charged status It shows Discharging when the battery i...

Page 111: ...ted HDD contains another configuration information Foreign Configuration screen as shown below appears To use the HDD as new one click Clear to clear the configuration information in HDD If you use Un...

Page 112: ...you click Virtual Disks on WebBIOS Top Menu the screen for operating the VD that has already been configured IMPORTANT If no hard disk drive exists the upper right column of the screen will be blank U...

Page 113: ...When you click Physical Disks on WebBIOS Top Menu the screen for operating the physical drive HDD appears IMPORTANT If no hard disk drive exists the upper right column of the screen will be blank Use...

Page 114: ...e following procedures to check Physical Drive Properties Shown below is an example to check property of physical drive 0 0 0 1 Click the Physical Drive you want to check 2 Click the checkbox for Prop...

Page 115: ...BIOS 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 RAID...

Page 116: ...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 117: ...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 118: ...ows you to define all aspects of the configuration RAID level size and others Auto Configuration with Redundancy Automatically creates redundant virtual disk Auto Configuration without Redundancy Auto...

Page 119: ...Configuring Your Server 4 51 Use this menu to define several physical drives PD as a disk group DG...

Page 120: ...Disk Group hold Ctrl while selecting physical drives HDDs in DG 5 Upon completion of selection click Add to Array at the lower left of the screen 6 A new DG is defined in the Disk Groups frame To defi...

Page 121: ...Configuring Your Server 4 53 7 After the DG has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen 8 Then the Span Definition screen appears...

Page 122: ...10 After the Span has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen IMPORTANT To configure RAID0 1 5 or 6 perform Span Definition to a single DG only If you need to perform Span Definition...

Page 123: ...Define the virtual disk VD in DG that has been created in previous step When DG was defined VD Definition screen is displayed In the Next LD Possible RAID Levels column available RAID levels and maxim...

Page 124: ...nition click Next IMPORTANT The value shown in Select Size indicates the maximum size allowed for RAID1 or RAID6 You need to specify the maximum size for RAID0 or RAID5 according to Next LD Possible R...

Page 125: ...r right of the screen 8 The confirmation message Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration 9 The confirmation message All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to I...

Page 126: ...4 58 Configuring Your Server 11 The WebBIOS Top Menu is displayed Virtual Disk you have created is displayed in the lower right frame of the screen...

Page 127: ...N The following explains the sample procedure to configure RAID10 striping of RAID1 with four HDDs IMPORTANT Do not attempt to configure RAID00 or RAID60 They are not supported 1 Click Configuration W...

Page 128: ...and spanned 3 Upon completion of selection click Add to Array at the lower right of the screen After making sure that the new DG has defined in Disk Groups frame to the right click Accept DG 4 A new D...

Page 129: ...triping of RAID1 using the two DGs that have been created in previous step When DGs were defined VD Definition screen is displayed 6 Select DG0 from Array With Free Space frame then click Add to SPAN...

Page 130: ...ng Your Server 7 Then select DG1 and click Add to SPAN When the two DGs are defined in the Span field to the right click Next 8 The VD Definition screen is displayed Enter the necessary parameters and...

Page 131: ...4 63 9 Make sure that both DG0 and DG1 are defined as VD 0 then click Next at the lower right of the screen 10 On the Preview screen make sure the VD is defined correctly then click Accept at the low...

Page 132: ...message All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to Initialize appears Normally select Yes 13 Virtual Disks operation screen is displayed If no other operation is required click Home at the...

Page 133: ...is specified for Write Policy Checked Normal WriteBack Unchecked Constant WriteBack Recommended value Checked IO Policy Direct Cached Recommended value Direct Disk Cache Policy NoChange Enable Disabl...

Page 134: ...y Backup Unit is not installed The controller always uses cache memory for writing In this mode the data in cache memory may not be protected from being damaged if the power failure occurs due to char...

Page 135: ...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 136: ...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 137: ...Manual Rebuild feature to recover the virtual disk as described below 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the replaced HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the Top Menu In t...

Page 138: ...nter of the screen 5 When Rebuild Progress is displayed click Home at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS Top Menu IMPORTANT Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Che...

Page 139: ...RAID5 virtual disk configured with three HDDs and assign a newly added HDD as Hot Spare 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the added HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of t...

Page 140: ...the lower center of the screen Global HSP Indicates the Hot Spare available for all DGs Dedicated HSP Indicates the Hot Spare available only for the specific DG You need to specify the target DG NOTE...

Page 141: ...Configuring Your Server 4 73 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 142: ...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 143: ...Configuring Your Server 4 75 3 Setting menu for VD 0 is displayed...

Page 144: ...wer left of the screen to return to 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 Cl...

Page 145: ...can see a number of Adapter where Adapter No in Adapter Selection menu Universal RAID Utility manages RAID Controller by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of RAID Controller where Number...

Page 146: ...r The numbers of physical devices connected to the controller are sorted in ascending order based on ID and assigned number beginning with 1 starting from the smallest number The ID is same value of C...

Page 147: ...onsistency Check Priority Consistency Check Rate WebBIOS Low 10 NOTES WebBIOS can set BGI Rate Background Initialize Priority But Universal RAID Utility can t set it Universal RAID Utility can set Ini...

Page 148: ...ar them The following describes how to clear these passwords You can also use the following procedure to clear the CMOS data in the server IMPORTANT Clearing the CMOS data resumes the factory set conf...

Page 149: ...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 Make sure to complete installation Do not pinch your fing...

Page 150: ...POST to run the BIOS Setup utility and configure the mother board again Clearing Password 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal in Chapter 9 to prepare 2 Remove the left side cover...

Page 151: ...andard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition To use the server with the other o...

Page 152: ...p in order to save or backup parameters for installation If you want to set up the server as before execute the Express Setup with the parameter file you have saved before NOTES If you want to create...

Page 153: ...llation Confirm these notes before starting the Express Setup About the Windows family This computer supports the following Windows editions Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Wi...

Page 154: ...erver 2003 R2 x64 Edition OS installation media with Service Pack 2 OS installation media No Service Pack Service Pack 2 OS installation media No Service Pack Windows Server 2003 R2 OS installation me...

Page 155: ...SCSI Controller N8103 95 SCSI Controller N8103 107 SCSI Controller N8103 104 SAS Controller Option NOTES The driver of option card mentioned above is stored in the EXPRESSBUILDER DVD If you use the b...

Page 156: ...system drive If you create multiple logical drives in your system see Re installing the Operating system when multiple logical drive exist Appendix E NOTE If you connect the N8103 90 Disk Array Contro...

Page 157: ...commended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able t...

Page 158: ...e size 2 See Chapter 5 and set that debugging information equivalent to the dump file size is to be written to a separate disk If the disk does not have enough free space to enable the dump file size...

Page 159: ...Save parameters Step 11 Next Start Express Setup Step 12 Next RAID Configuration Perform Create the OS partition format Copying Windows driver Copying Selected Application Remove the Floppy Disk and...

Page 160: ...ver 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server 3 Press the RESET switch or press Ctrl Alt and Delete to reboot from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER You may also turn off and...

Page 161: ...not load parameters 1 Select Do not load parameters 2 Click Next NOTE If a floppy disk drive is not connected select this item Load parameters 1 Insert the floppy disk containing the parameters file 2...

Page 162: ...ayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next IMPORTANT Be sure to perform Consistency Check for the RAID drives configured by Express Setup NOTES You can use only the physical d...

Page 163: ...tion size larger than 2 097 152MB 2TB at RAID system If you select Create a new partition at Windows system drive settings the contents of the hard disk will be all deleted If Use existing partitions...

Page 164: ...s steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next NOTE Even if you do not input value into Administrator password Confirm password is displayed 10 Enter the setting...

Page 165: ...r workgroup name to be used Enter domain account steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 12 Select the installing components Select Windows components steps...

Page 166: ...ed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 14 Save the parameters Save parameters steps are displayed If you want to save the parameters set the free formatted floppy disk Selec...

Page 167: ...ding to the message If you proceed the setup by using setup parameter file remove the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive Insert Windows Server 2003 CD ROM into the optical disk drive Agree Softwar...

Page 168: ...3 and selected applications will be installed automatically and rebooted several times After rebooting it logs on to the system automatically 20 If you install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 insert...

Page 169: ...on test and so on Setup of teaming Configuring several network adapters as one team provides the server a tolerant environment on any trouble and enhances throughput between the switches PROSet is nec...

Page 170: ...e of the classic start menu Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run dxsetup exe in the following directory 004 win winnt dotnet dl3 proset win32 The Intel R PRO...

Page 171: ...ALB can be connected to only Switching Hub When exchange the mother board or option network card make sure to remove the adapter team before exchanges and recreate the adapter team after exchange comp...

Page 172: ...k Settings tab on TEAM xxx yy Properties 2 Click Modify Team 3 Point to the adapter Intel R PRO 1000 and click Set Primary or Set Secondary 4 Click OK 5 The setup will go back to EAM xxx yy Properties...

Page 173: ...not installed 1 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu 1 Click Start menu Click Control Panel Click Network Connections and Click...

Page 174: ...click the Network Adapter Name in the Network Adapter list 2 Click the Link and specify the Speed and Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 3 Click Apply and click OK Also add or delete...

Page 175: ...ing N8104 123A Please refer to the installation manual provided with the board Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver 1 Start Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and Double click Networ...

Page 176: ...nu is displayed close menu screen 2 Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run setup exe in the following directory 004 win winnt dotnet video setup exe 4 Follow t...

Page 177: ...r N8103 90 The Disk Array Controller driver will be installed automatically Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104 If you utilize SAS controller driver N8103 104 update your system with NEC EXPRES...

Page 178: ...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 179: ...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 180: ...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 181: ...le size for all drives and 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...

Page 182: ...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 183: ...ve Windows Component The Windows Components Wizard dialog box appears 4 Click Management and Monitoring Tools and then click Details The Management and Monitoring Tools dialog appears 5 Click to selec...

Page 184: ...IMPORTANT If you install Windows Server 2003 CD ROM which contains Service Pack 2 to your system you do not have to apply Service Pack 2 again Updating the System is executed by Express Setup automati...

Page 185: ...completing the system setup Without the backup data you will not be able to recover the information You can save the information by the following process 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the o...

Page 186: ...ice is RAID Controller configure the RAID system before running the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 3 Boot the system from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD 4 Select Load the optional driver into the EXPRESSBUILDER from the...

Page 187: ...Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities This section describes how to use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD that comes with your server and to install the utilities stored on the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER...

Page 188: ...ESSBUILDER referred to as EXPRESSBUILDER hereinafter helps you install the Operating system the Management software or use the maintenance utilities When you insert the EXPRESSBUILDER disk into the op...

Page 189: ...The configuration with Windows PE 2 0 supports Windows Server 2003 32bit and Windows Vista Business 32 bit x86 but the other operation is not supported You can use the Express Setup see Chapter 5 or t...

Page 190: ...nance Utility The Maintenance Utility is usually used by the service representative See Chapter 8 BIOS FW Updating You can update the system BIOS by using the floppy disk prepare a 3 5 floppy disk ROM...

Page 191: ...ou want to operate this computer via the BIOS redirection the console less function select this item NOTE If you operate this computer via the Remote KVM function select the Maintenance Tools Normal m...

Page 192: ...ft Windows XP Vista or Windows Server 2003 or later Some documents are provided in PDF format Use the Adobe Reader to view or print these documents If the menu does not appear select My computer by us...

Page 193: ...lities automatically except for a few key input to confirm the specification Also you can install the system with the same specification as before when re installing the system We recommend you to cre...

Page 194: ...nstallation and creating Parameter file Follow the procedure below IMPORTANT Do not remove NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from drive during a parameter file creation 1 Start the OS 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUI...

Page 195: ...Installing and Using Utilities 6 9 4 Click Parameter File Creator Parameter File Creator will appear...

Page 196: ...nd Using Utilities 5 Load Parameters step is displayed Select Do not load parameters from the menu click Next 6 Select the installing Operating System Select Install the Windows 32bit editions from th...

Page 197: ...devices Parameter File Creator displays upper limit that the RAID controller can support The total of The number of physical devices used to create the logical drive and The number of the physical dev...

Page 198: ...larger than 2 097 152MB 2TB at RAID system If you select Create a new partition at Windows system drive settings the contents of the hard disk will be all deleted If Use existing partitions is selecte...

Page 199: ...ense mode Enter basic parameters steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next IMPORTANT Computer name and User name are required parameters NOTE Even if you do no...

Page 200: ...e displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next NOTE The order of entry in custom setting may differ from the numbering of LAN port 11 Enter the domain or workgroup name to...

Page 201: ...components Select Windows components steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 13 Select the installing applications Select applications steps are displayed Co...

Page 202: ...parameters steps are displayed If you want to save the parameters set the free formatted floppy disk Select Save parameters enter the file path of the parameters files into the text box and click Next...

Page 203: ...as been created Click Yes to exit Parameter File Creator NOTES If you modify existing information file parameter file click Load Parameters at Load Parameters screen Refer to help to modify informatio...

Page 204: ...Some features of NEC ESMPRO Manager include Hardware and software server configuration Hardware resources mounted in servers such as the CPU memory disks RAID System and LAN boards Software resources...

Page 205: ...xternal SAS HDD Before attempting to operate Universal RAID Utility read the Universal RAID Utility User s Guide contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD The manual explains the installation procedure and...

Page 206: ...ge x86 If CPU architecture is x64 Install the NET Framework Ver2 0 Redistributable Package x64 in Autorun Menu for the setup of Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Click Setup Windows Install the Microsoft Vi...

Page 207: ...Controller via network If you want to manage it via network please use the function of remote console ex Remote Desktop of Windows Creating Logical Drive of RAID 6 You must use four or larger Physical...

Page 208: ...e remote management of this server See the online documents for details on the functions and installation of NEC DianaScope NOTE You need the server license to activate DianaScope for this product The...

Page 209: ...dware configuration or BIOS configuration select System Information Management and then Save of the Off line Maintenance Utility to make a backup copy of the system information Also make a backup copy...

Page 210: ...e repair or alter the server Do not look into the optical disk drive Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructio...

Page 211: ...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 212: ...months Cleaning the interior 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...

Page 213: ...ove it 4 Take out the ball from the mouse Cover the bottom of the mouse with your hand and turn your hand holding the mouse the mouse is on your palm with the button upward The mouse ball is released...

Page 214: ...om the tray NOTE Do not touch the signal side of the disc with your hand 4 Wipe the tray with a dry soft cloth IMPORTANT Do not wipe the lens of the optical disk drive Doing so may damage the lens and...

Page 215: ...e system 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 disconnec...

Page 216: ...sole The LAN connection 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...

Page 217: ...stics tool title Shows 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 st...

Page 218: ...e log information of the diagnostics It can be saved on a floppy disk To save it on a floppy disk insert a formatted floppy disk to the floppy disk drive and select Save F Option Optional features can...

Page 219: ...to be relocated stored due to a change in the floor layout to a great extent contact your service representative Make sure to make a backup copy of your valuable data in the hard disk drive if any Ma...

Page 220: ...7 12 Maintenance This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 221: ...ur server does not operate as expected read this chapter before assuming a failure NOTE For provision against an unexpected failure it is recommended to install the maintenance utility NEC ESMPRO to t...

Page 222: ...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 DataV...

Page 223: ...l STATUS Lamp The STATUS lamp stays lit in green when the server is in successful operation When the STATUS lamp is unlit or lit flashing in amber it indicates that the server has failed The following...

Page 224: ...are firmly connected If the STATUS lamp indication does not change when the fans are normal contact your service representative A voltage alarm was detected On amber All the power supply units failed...

Page 225: ...r for a certain period of time or to select the power saving mode with a command DISK ACCESS Lamp The DISK ACCESS lamp indicates the state of hard disk drives in the hard disk drive bay This lamp ligh...

Page 226: ...r amber Indicates that the hard disk drive is being rebuilt this status is not a failure If the defected hard disk drive is replaced with a new one in RAID system the data is automatically rebuilt aut...

Page 227: ...on The defected power unit can be replaced with a new one in the hot swap mode without power interruption The POWER FAIL lamp flashes green if the power supply unit receives the AC power through the p...

Page 228: ...ble is normal the network LAN controller may be faulty In this case contact your service representative Speed lamp for data transmission ports This lamp indicates whether each of the standard network...

Page 229: ...d 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...

Page 230: ...esentative 0230 System RAM Failed at offset 0231 Shadow Ram Failed at offset 0232 Extended RAM Failed at address line Contact your service representative 0250 System battery is dead Replace and run SE...

Page 231: ...server supports the CPU If you are not sure contact your service representative to request the maintenance 0B42 Resource Conflict 0B43 Warning IRQ not configured 0B45 System configuration Data Write E...

Page 232: ...power once and then on again to restart the server If the error cannot be corrected contact your service representative 0B93 BMC SDR Repository empty Turn off the power once and then on again to rest...

Page 233: ...pported Processor Speed detected on CPU Slot 2 8150 NVRAM Cleared by Jumper Start SETUP and provide setting again 8151 Password Cleared by Jumper Start SETUP and set password again 8160 Mismatched Pro...

Page 234: ...ity check error 1 3 4 1 DRAM address error 1 3 4 3 DRAM test Low Byte error 1 4 1 1 DRAM test High Byte error Check if the DIMMs are properly connected If the error persists contact your service repre...

Page 235: ...ng See Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in Chapter 4 for the positions of the jumper switches Fail to power on the server T Is the server is properly supplied with power Check if the power cord is con...

Page 236: ...memory boards or PCI devices Operation of the server with unauthorized devices is not guaranteed Fail to access to internal or external devices or such devices fail to operate T Are cables properly co...

Page 237: ...tray The tray is provided with a holder to secure the DVD CD ROM Make sure that the DVD CD ROM is placed properly in the holder T Is the DVD CD ROM applicable to the server The DVD CD ROM for Macinto...

Page 238: ...SCSI devices properly configured When the server has external SCSI devices connected hard disk drive settings including SCSI ID and terminator are required Refer to the manual that comes with the SCS...

Page 239: ...PRO 1000 has been deactivated from the team Event Type Error Event Source IANSMiniport Event Category None Event ID 16 Description Team 0 The last adapter has lost link Team network connection has bee...

Page 240: ...ion response from the IMAP4Svc service When this event is not registered by rebooting the system it is not a problem in operating the system There are some cases that an event log is registered as fol...

Page 241: ...During installation the following warning is registered in the System Log of the EventViewer Error detected on the device Device CdRom0 during the paging operation There is no problem on this issue F...

Page 242: ...LAN controller may be disabled with the BIOS Setup utility of the server Check the setting with the BIOS setup utility T Have the protocol and service already configured Install the distinctive networ...

Page 243: ...urned off 1 Select Start Administrative Tools Computer Management 2 Select Device Manager Network Adapter and double click Intel R PRO 1000 EB Network Connection with I O Acceleration n Set as follows...

Page 244: ...s message appears check the error and take the appropriate corrective action according to the message listed in the table below Message Cause This EXPRESSBUILDER version was not designed for this comp...

Page 245: ...re are some cases that the system partition is created by size about 8MB smaller than specified size It is not a problem in operating the system Specified to join the Domain but the system is installe...

Page 246: ...After making sure that the RAID Controller is connected correctly then power on the server If the RAID Controller is not recognized correctly despite correct connection the RAID Controller may be fail...

Page 247: ...pear T Is your system Windows XP or later or Windows 2003 or later The Windows Autorun menu is supported by Windows XP Windows 2003 or later If your system runs on Windows Autorun Menu on Windows 2000...

Page 248: ...el 2 Select the type of the log to collect On Application Log the events related to the running application is archived On Security Log the events related to the security is archived On System Log the...

Page 249: ...gnostic Information Dr Watson collects diagnostic information related to application errors The location to save the information can be specified as you like For more information refer to Chapter 5 Me...

Page 250: ...S AND WINDOWS SERVER 2003 If the system fails to start by some reasons recover the system with the recovery console However recovery using this method should be performed only by system administrator...

Page 251: ...r server into the optical disk drive of your server 3 Press Ctrl Alt and Delete to reboot the server from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER You may also turn off and then on again to reboot the server System boo...

Page 252: ...nese starts by the automatic operation when the operation is not done for five seconds after the Language Selection menu is displayed 5 English is selected The tool menu is displayed When you use a lo...

Page 253: ...er information ask your service representative The Off line Maintenance Utility provides the following features IPMI Information Viewer Provides the functions to view the system event log SEL sensor d...

Page 254: ...mware programs are updated IMPORTANT Do not turn off the server while the update program is running If the update processing is discontinued the system becomes unable to start ROM DOS startup FD Creat...

Page 255: ...management PC via direct connection COM B For the procedure for starting Maintenance Tools with Remote Console refer to the online document of NEC DianaScope IMPORTANT Do not change the boot device or...

Page 256: ...tion will be set as shown below LAN Controller 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 BIOS Redirection Port Seria...

Page 257: ...ts before starting the OS press and hold Ctrl and Alt and press Delete This restarts the server IMPORTANT Resetting the server clears the DIMM memory and the data in process To reset the server when i...

Page 258: ...ycle the power once to load the OS and turn off the power again in the normal way If the processor is heated excessively the circuit for protecting expensive components is started If so the POWER SLEE...

Page 259: ...ny liability 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 installing or remo...

Page 260: ...disassemble repair or alter the server Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Fa...

Page 261: ...tic electricity Select a suitable work space Work with the server on the anti static or concrete floor When you work with the server on a carpet where static electricity is likely to be generated make...

Page 262: ...eft in the server Confirm that particularly conductive parts such as screws are not left in the server Turning on the power with a conductive part on the mother board or cable terminal causes the serv...

Page 263: ...edure 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER switch to turn off the power of the server The POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 3 Pull out all the power cords from the AC inlet on the server 4 Remove all the cabl...

Page 264: ...r Removal Remove the left side cover in the following procedure WARNING Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may result in death or serious...

Page 265: ...ke sure that the hooks on the side cover are inserted into the frames and holes of the server securely IMPORTANT After one or more optional devices are installed or removed completely install the remo...

Page 266: ...oling efficiency and can affect performance or cause damage due to overheating Removal Follow these steps to remove the CPU duct cover 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal describe...

Page 267: ...duct cover does not contact with any cables or components on mother board Adjust the CPU duct cover until the tab on the right end of the duct cover is engaged with the slot on the chassis NOTE Make s...

Page 268: ...150 237 750GB 7 200 rpm SATA2 300 N8150 199 36 3GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 200 73 2GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 201 146 5GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 226 300GB 15000 rpm SAS Note The SAS drive cannot coexist with SAT...

Page 269: ...ID Utility to build configure and manage the RAID System See RAID System Configuration in Chapter 4 and Universal RAID Utility in Chapter 6 In addition you may use Express Setup to configure the RAID...

Page 270: ...rver only by opening the front door In the RAID system hard disk drives may be installed or removed with the power of the server being on 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key...

Page 271: ...d disk drive 5 Securely hold the hard disk drive with tray and handle and insert it into the slot IMPORTANT Push the hard disk drive until the hook of the handle hits the frame Hold the hard disk driv...

Page 272: ...ght between the handle and the tray NOTE Make sure that the hook of the handle is hanged on the frame 7 Close the door opened in step 1 IMPORTANT To use the hard disk drives installed in the slots you...

Page 273: ...Windows or execute the format command of the operating system However the actual data remains written on the hard disk drive Data not erased completely may be restored by special software and used for...

Page 274: ...ver 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key to open the front door 2 Push the lever to release the lock 3 Pull the handle toward you 4 Hold the handle and hard disk drive secure...

Page 275: ...started only by the hot swap of a defected hard disk drive or disk replacement in the power on state During the auto rebuild the disk lamp on the hard disk drive is lit green or amber alternatively I...

Page 276: ...al RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 Installing an additional 2 5 inch HDD cage N8154 16F allows the server to be equipped with up to 16 hard disk drives The port numbers for additional 2 5 inch...

Page 277: ...server only by opening the front door In the RAID System hard disk drives may be installed or removed with the power of the server being on 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security k...

Page 278: ...ot The hard disk drive has a spring EMI shield to prevent malfunction due to static electricity or noise Push the spring with your finger so that the spring is not caught with the chassis frame IMPORT...

Page 279: ...e handle The handle is locked with a click IMPORTANT Note that your fingers may not be caught between the handle and the tray NOTE Make sure that the hook of the handle is hanged on the frame 7 Close...

Page 280: ...Windows or execute the format command of the operating system However the actual data remains written on the hard disk drive Data not erased completely may be restored by special software and used for...

Page 281: ...23 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key to open the front door 2 Push the lever to release the lock 3 Pull the handle toward you 4 Hold the handle and hard disk drive secure...

Page 282: ...started only by the hot swap of a defected hard disk drive or disk replacement in the power on state During the auto rebuild the disk lamp on the hard disk drive is lit green or amber alternatively I...

Page 283: ...guring the RAID System More than one hard disk drive is required to configure a Logical Drive Use hard disk drives of the same capacity and performance e g revolution for each pack to configure them i...

Page 284: ...red to connect with a disk expansion unit Refer to the manual coming with the disk expansion unit for details After connecting the disk expansion unit use WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility to set the...

Page 285: ...unit in the following procedure 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Loosen a screw securing the blank cover to remove the cover from the chassis IM...

Page 286: ...er supply unit may be failed Contact your service representative to ask for maintenance 5 Turn on the power of the server The POWER FAIL lamps on the power supply units go on 6 Make sure that any erro...

Page 287: ...on the rear face and determine which module needs to be replaced 2 Shutdown the system and power off the server 3 Disconnect the power cord from the failed power supply unit 4 While pressing down on...

Page 288: ...nd PCI devices With optional redundant cooling fan unit the server can continue operation even if one of the fan units is defected IMPORTANT Be sure to ask your service representative for replacement...

Page 289: ...nal Fan Unit Optional fan unit is composed of three fan units The shape of Option A for front or rear fan differs from that of Option B for HDD cage See the figure below Catch HDD cage fan Option B Fr...

Page 290: ...cover 4 Insert the Option A fan unit into the slot for additional front fan Insert the groove of the Option A fan unit along with the guide of the factory installed front fan and push it to the end 5...

Page 291: ...shing the lock lift the dummy fan cover slowly to remove it 7 Insert the Option A fan unit into the slot for additional rear fan Insert the groove of the Option A fan unit along with the guide of the...

Page 292: ...9 34 Upgrading Your Server 8 Install the fan box in the chassis 9 Insert the Option B fan unit into the additional slot for PCI HDD cage Fan cable Option B fan unit Fan box...

Page 293: ...oard connector For easy installation remove the hot swap fan from the cooling fan unit during installation 10 Insert the tabs into holes on the frame of the server and push the cooling fan unit toward...

Page 294: ...her board Take care to connect the cable to the proper connector Otherwise NEC ESMPRO will fail to monitor the server 12 Reassemble the removed components Jumper pin for Option A front fan JFAN7 conne...

Page 295: ...300 N8150 237 750GB 7 200 rpm SATA2 300 N8150 199 36 3GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 200 73 2GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 201 146 5GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 226 300GB 15000 rpm SAS Note The SAS drive cannot coexist w...

Page 296: ...r Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key and open the front door 3 Remove the side cover 4 Remove the dummy cover from the...

Page 297: ...to the mating power connectors on the rear of the HDD cage Connect one end of the SAS SATA cable to the SAS SATA connector on the rear of the HDD cage and the other end to the SAS SATA connector on m...

Page 298: ...installed 3 5 inch HDD cage PORT0 to PORT3 SAS SATA2 Connector Used to connect with the additional 3 5 inch HDD cage PORT4 to PORT7 Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 SAS SATA2 connecto...

Page 299: ...SGPIO2 Connector Used to connect with the additional 3 5 inch HDD cage PORT4 to PORT7 7 Fix the 3 5 inch HDD cage to the chassis Fix the HDD cage to the server with four fixing screws 8 Install the c...

Page 300: ...9 42 Upgrading Your Server Removal Remove the HDD cage in the reverse procedure of the installation...

Page 301: ...isk drive Purchase hard disk drives of the following models N8150 199 36 3GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 200 73 2GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 201 146 5GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 226 300GB 15000 rpm SAS To use RAID 5 RA...

Page 302: ...over 4 Disconnect all the cables from the rear of 3 5 inch HDD cage NOTE To disconnect SGPIO cable or SAS SATA cable hold the connector unlock it then pull it out Pulling the cable while holding the c...

Page 303: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 45 6 Remove the two screws fixing the dummy cover of floppy disk drive Then remove the dummy cover 7 Remove the three flat countersunk screws from front of the server chassis...

Page 304: ...Your Server 8 Slowly and carefully laydown the server so that its right side faces the floor 9 Remove the two hexagon set screws from bottom of the chassis 10 Remove the two screws from the side of H...

Page 305: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 47 11 Move the position of HDD cage frame by lifting the frame along the L shaped groove 12 Secure the HDD cage frame with two screws...

Page 306: ...9 48 Upgrading Your Server 13 Rotate the stabilizer on bottom of chassis and secure the HDD cage frame with two screws 14 Slowly and carefully raise the chassis...

Page 307: ...9 49 15 Secure the front of chassis with three flat countersunk screws removed in Step 7 16 Insert the 2 5 inch HDD cage into the lower slot and secure it with four screws that have removed from 3 5 i...

Page 308: ...dummy covers that come with 2 5 inch HDD cage with seven screws 18 Secure the dummy cover for FDD slot removed in Step 6 with two screws 19 Remove the dummy connector cover from the SAS SATA connecto...

Page 309: ...the SAS SATA cable from the farther connector on rear of the 2 5 inch HDD cage with the right connector on the Internal RAID Controller Connect another SAS SATA cable from the nearer connector with th...

Page 310: ...ring for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key and open the front door 3 Remove the side cover 4 Remove the dummy cover f...

Page 311: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 53 5 Insert the HDD cage to the mating slot 6 Fix the 2 5 inch HDD cage to the chassis Fix the HDD cage to the server with four fixing screws...

Page 312: ...the farther connector on rear of the 2 5 inch HDD cage with the connector on the optional RAID controller Connect another SAS SATA cable from the nearer connector with the connector on the other opti...

Page 313: ...troller IMPORTANT Two single height devices or one double height device can be installed Set the SCSI termination of the device to be installed to OFF and assign a unique SCSI ID not duplicated or cor...

Page 314: ...nch device by using the four screws coming with the device IMPORTANT Always use the screws coming with the 5 25 inch device Using longer screws or those of different diameter may cause the device to b...

Page 315: ...the server Check the device installed in a 5 25 inch device bay based on the factory installed optical disk drive 9 Connect the interface and power cables to the 5 25 inch device installed from the l...

Page 316: ...9 58 Upgrading Your Server Removal Remove the 5 25 inch device in the reverse procedure of the installation...

Page 317: ...ternal USB floppy disk drive 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the side cover and open the front mask as described earlier in this chapter...

Page 318: ...d carefully See the figure below 5 Secure the floppy disk drive to the server chassis with two screws that come with the drive 6 Close the front mask 7 Fold the four stabilizers at the bottom of the s...

Page 319: ...an the internal USB floppy disk drive has been installed in the server use the interface cable for internal USB floppy disk drive stored in the chassis Do not use an interface cable that comes with th...

Page 320: ...SB floppy disk drive has been installed in the server this step is unnecessary NOTE If any other USB device has already been installed in the server this step is unnecessary 12 Install the left side c...

Page 321: ...stallation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the side cover and open the front mask as described earlier in this chapter 3 Remove the two fixing screws and remove the dummy panel for f...

Page 322: ...t the 4 pin connector of the USB interface cable to the internal USB floppy disk drive NOTE Pay attention to orientation of the connector The USB connector cannot be inserted reversely 6 Insert the in...

Page 323: ...nd gently so that its right side faces the floor 11 Route the 10 pin connector side of USB interface cable through the space between the fan and the bottom face and around the mother board NOTE If any...

Page 324: ...SB floppy disk drive has been installed in the server this step is unnecessary NOTE If any other USB device has already been installed in the server this step is unnecessary 13 Install the left side c...

Page 325: ...arge the static electricity on your body Do not make bare hands contact with terminals and components on the PCI board In addition do not put the PCI board on a desk directly See Static Precautions in...

Page 326: ...and elements on PCI board the PCI board or cable may be damaged Due to some board type you may remove the connector cap from an adjacent slot or SCSI connector for external devices before installing...

Page 327: ...al battery To be installed in N8103 117 N8104 111 100BASE TX adapter 32 bit 33MHz PCI 2 max N8104 119 1000BASE T adapter 64 bit 133MHz PCI X 1 max per PCI bus 2 max per PCI bus with AFT N8104 120 2 ma...

Page 328: ...ssage may be displayed on POST if many PCI boards are installed ERROR Expansion ROM not initialized PCI Mass Storage Controller in slot xx xx slot number Change setting in Advanced PCI Configuration o...

Page 329: ...on height as the installation slot IMPORTANT Keep the additional slot cover being removed for future use 4 Make the component side of the board face the bottom of the server slowly insert the board al...

Page 330: ...Reinstall the removed components 8 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error...

Page 331: ...ANT Two CPUs must have the same clock frequency Make sure of the CPU type appropriate to the server NOTE If the different revision of the processor is installed in the multiprocessor system Windows lo...

Page 332: ...ands contact with the CPU pins In addition do not put any CPU on a desk directly See Static Precautions for details of the static electricity 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal d...

Page 333: ...holder 7 Put the CPU on the socket slowly and carefully IMPORTANT Make sure of the orientation of CPU A pin mark is placed on CPU and CPU socket to prevent an incorrect insertion Check the pin marks o...

Page 334: ...ly 12 Set Reset Configuration Data on the Advanced menu to Yes This setting is required to change the hardware configuration data See Chapter 4 for details 13 If the CPUs are additionally installed to...

Page 335: ...t and right lightly to make sure that the heat sink can be apart from the CPU Removing the heat sink with it adhering to the CPU may cause the CPU and or socket to be defected Do the following procedu...

Page 336: ...on of Heat Sink Install the heat sink in the following procedures 1 Remove the protective cover from the heat sink 2 Put the heat sink on CPU If you are going to use the water cooling heat sink see Wa...

Page 337: ...that the heat sink is level with the mother board NOTES If the heat sink is not level remove it and then install it again The following probably causes the heat sink not to be level The CPU is not pos...

Page 338: ...allation of Water Cooling Heat Sink Install the water cooling heat sink on the CPU in the following procedure 1 Peel off the tape and remove the protector on the bottom Also remove the protector on th...

Page 339: ...rading Your Server 9 81 2 Put the water cooling heat sink on the CPU 3 Fix the water cooling heat sink with screws For how to fix the water cooling heat sink see step 11 of the CPU installation proced...

Page 340: ...w Jumper switch setting Water cooling heat sink Standard heat sink Failure to connect the cables properly or set the jumper switch correctly may cause the liquid leak and pump rotation of the water co...

Page 341: ...n IMPORTANT If you have installed or removed the water cooling heat sink you must update the system Use the Update CD ROM provided with N8101 402 water cooling heat sink to update the system Updating...

Page 342: ...of two modules IMPORTANT Due to an interleave device add two DIMMs in group The server does not operate if DIMMs of different specifications are installed in a single group NOTE To use the memory mirr...

Page 343: ...An additional 8 GB DIMM N8102 361 cannot be used if water cooling heat sink is installed NOTES Up to 48GB 4GB 12 of DIMMs can be added If water cooling heat sink is installed up to 24GB 2GB 12 of DIM...

Page 344: ...M 6 Install the remove components 7 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the erro...

Page 345: ...the levers at the both ends of the socket for the DIMM to be removed The lock is released to allow the DIMM to be removed 5 Install the component removed in Step 2 6 Turn on the power of the server T...

Page 346: ...mal memory configuration The chipkill ECC memory feature can operate in any configuration The memory area on the motherboard of the server is divided into two memory branches as shown in the figure be...

Page 347: ...hould have the same capacity Run SETUP see Chapter 4 change parameters appropriately in the Mirror menu selected as shown below save the settings and exit from SETUP Advanced Memory Configuration Memo...

Page 348: ...4 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 24GB 12GB 15 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 24GB Notes on Configuring Memory Mirroring In memory mirroring configuration the menus related to memory mirroring in BIOS SETUP are...

Page 349: ...atically changes the running DIMM from the failed one to a DIMM in the standby group to continue the processing NOTE The operating system recognizes the memory devices as those with capacities less th...

Page 350: ...e Sparing menu selected as shown below save the settings and exit from SETUP Advanced Memory Configuration Sparing Install memory devices in the following order Group 1 Group 3 Group 5 for memory bran...

Page 351: ...hen online spare memory is specified Single rank memory configuration Logical memory capacity Physical memory capacity Number of DIMMs Physical memory capacity Dual rank memory configuration Logical m...

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Page 353: ...Chapter 10 Internal Cabling Diagrams Internal cable connections of the server are shown below...

Page 354: ...below shows an example of the connections in the standard configuration One of the connectors on Internal RAID Controller PCIe 6 is connected to the hard disk drive bay IDE device Optical disk drive...

Page 355: ...of the connectors on Internal RAID Controller PCIe 6 is connected to the additional HDD cage IDE device Optical disk drive 5 25 inch device bay 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are option...

Page 356: ...resistor Set Disabled for all the terminating resistors of connected devices For other setting refer to the manual provided with the device A file device needs settings such as a SCSI transfer rate F...

Page 357: ...cting the disk expansion unit use WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility to set the disk expansion unit in a RAID System RAID0 RAID1 or RAID5 For details on settings and the setting methods refer to the ma...

Page 358: ...he power unit installed in the server The connector numbers and the internal devices to which the connectors are connected are shown in the figures below Standard Configuration Mother board 5 25 inch...

Page 359: ...agrams 10 7 Installing 3 5 inch HDD Cage Power cable Mother board 5 25 inch device bay Option Optical disk drive Power supply 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional 3 5 inch HDD ca...

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Page 361: ...max File bay 5 25 inch device bay 3 slots An optical disk drive is factory installed 3 5 inch floppy disk drive bay 1 slot Hard disk drive bay 3 5 inch disk 4 slots 4 slots with optional HDD cage 2 5...

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Page 363: ...s with the server contains the NEC ESMPRO utility NEC recommends that you should install the NEC ESMPRO for effective use of the reliability enhancement features of the server Floppy Disk The followin...

Page 364: ...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 365: ...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 366: ...its center to edge with a dry soft cloth slowly and gently Use the dedicated cleaner to clean the DVD CD ROM Do not use record spray cleaner benzene or thinner Keep the DVD CD ROM in the dedicated ca...

Page 367: ...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 368: ...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 369: ...actory set IRQs are assigned as follows IRQ Peripheral Device Controller 0 System timer 1 2 3 COM2 serial port 4 COM1 serial port 5 PCI 6 PCI 7 PCI 8 Real time clock 9 ACPI Compliant System 10 PCI 11...

Page 370: ...C 2 IRQ This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 371: ...nal 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 Installing with the OEM FD for Mass storage device and...

Page 372: ...e it by yourself Updating System If you modified the Windows system execute Update the System in Autorun Menu Re installing to the Hard Disk Drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk If you want t...

Page 373: ...insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire system Regardless of the size of the mounted memory or the Write debugging information type of memory dump the maximum size of th...

Page 374: ...or Installation NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition CD ROM Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Serv...

Page 375: ...SBUILDER use this procedure If Windows Server 2003 can be operated on NEC Express5800 Server you can use the other procedure described later Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2...

Page 376: ...elow 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Start the Operating System 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server The Menu will appear 4 Click Create drive disk and se...

Page 377: ...on the system power again 4 Press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration or Press F6 if you need to install...

Page 378: ...ecify only a value equal to or less than 2 097 152MB as partition size 9 When the installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions has finished the system reboots automatically 10 The Windows Setup sc...

Page 379: ...onfirm the parameters and click OK 12 When the installation has completed remove Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 CD ROM from the optical disk drive and restart the system After ins...

Page 380: ...ion in which you want to install the operating system when the following message appears The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN A...

Page 381: ...Path 4 Click Yes 5 Choose the Assign a drive letter and specify the drive letter you want to assign 6 Click OK 7 If the following message appears click Yes Changing the drive letter of a volume may c...

Page 382: ...again when Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions CD ROM where ServicePack 2 is included is used and it is installed If you install Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions CD ROM which contains Service Pack 2 you...

Page 383: ...PRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server 3 Click Start menu and Run and then execute the following command When Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions is used 004 win winnt w2k3amd qfe enu...

Page 384: ...s CD ROM that contains Service Pack 2 to your system you do not have to apply Service pack 2 again 1 Log on to the system with the account that has administrative privilege e g administrator 2 Insert...

Page 385: ...ystem the following message may be shown but there is no impact to the operation Do not click cancel since it may be taken away after a few seconds 4 Click OK to restart the system 5 When the reboot i...

Page 386: ...tab and then click OK Hide extensions for know file type Hide protected operating system files Recommended When the message You have chosen to display protected operating system files is displayed cl...

Page 387: ...ained in network driver Utilizing PROSet enables the following items Confirm detailed information of the adapter Diagnose loop back test packet transmission test and so on Setup of teaming Configuring...

Page 388: ...icense agreement and click Next 6 Click Next 7 Choose I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next 8 Click Install 9 When InstallShield Wizard Completed window is displayed click Finishe...

Page 389: ...an be connected to only Switching Hub When exchange the mother board or option network card make sure to remove the adapter team before exchanges and recreate the adapter team after exchange complete...

Page 390: ...ttings tab on TEAM xxx yy Properties 2 Click Modify Team 3 Point to the adapter Intel R PRO 1000 and click Set Primary or Set Secondary 4 Click OK 5 The setup will go back to EAM xxx yy Properties and...

Page 391: ...installed 1 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu 1 Click Start menu click Control Panel click Network Connections and click Loc...

Page 392: ...k Adapter list 2 Click the Link and specify the Speed and Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 3 Click Apply and click OK Also add or delete any protocols and services if necessary You...

Page 393: ...N8104 123A Please refer to the installation manual provided with the board Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver 1 Start Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and double click Network A...

Page 394: ...install the driver individually 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive If the autorun menu is displayed close menu screen 2 Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and...

Page 395: ...talled automatically Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 95 The SCSI controller driver will be installed automatically Installing Disk Array Controller Driver N8103 90 The Disk Array Controller dr...

Page 396: ...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 397: ...Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions D 27 The following screen is displayed 3 Process Windows activation according to the following message...

Page 398: ...D 28 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 399: ...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 Installing with the OEM FD for Mass storage device and In...

Page 400: ...ice Pack You can install the Service Pack on the server When the Service Pack is not attached to your system prepare it by yourself When installing Windows Server 2003 R2 it is not necessary to apply...

Page 401: ...rver 2003 R2 The in place upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2003 R2 is not recommended because it may overwrite any files or registries and cause unexpected impact to the system or th...

Page 402: ...so set an enough size of the 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 fo...

Page 403: ...dows Server 2003 Standard Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Ed...

Page 404: ...ws Server 2003 or Windows can be operated on NEC Express5800 Server you can use the other procedure described later Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Turn on your NEC Express...

Page 405: ...low 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Start the Operating System 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server The Menu will appear 4 Click Create drive disk and sel...

Page 406: ...4 Press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration or Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAI...

Page 407: ...or less than 2 097 152MB as partition size 9 When the installation of Windows Server 2003 has finished the system reboots automatically Windows Server 2003 has been installed Go on the step 14 Windows...

Page 408: ...the parameters and click OK 12 When the installation has completed remove Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 CD ROM from the optical disk drive and restart the system 13 When the installation has...

Page 409: ...which you want to install the operating system when the following message appears The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN ARROW ke...

Page 410: ...2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the window 3 Right click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the Change Drive Letter and Path 4 Click Yes 5 Choose the Assign a...

Page 411: ...ion again following the procedure described in this manual 4 The drive letter of the re installed system may differ from the one of the previous system If you need to modify the drive letter modify it...

Page 412: ...figuration Recovered the system using recovery process The system update brings the correction program provided by Microsoft to be applied to reinforce the system security The system update is recomme...

Page 413: ...ive of the server 3 Click Start menu and Run and then execute the following command When the English version of Windows Server 2003 R2 is used 004 win winnt dotnet qfe enu kb921411 exe When the Simpli...

Page 414: ...E 16 Installing Windows Server 2003 5 When the following message is displayed make sure to click Finish to restart the system With that application process of the Hotfix KB921411 is finished...

Page 415: ...2 to your system you do not have to apply Service pack 2 again 1 Log on to the system with the account that has administrative privilege e g administrator 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the...

Page 416: ...the following message may be shown but there is no impact to the operation Do not click cancel since it may be taken away after a few seconds 4 Click OK to restart the system 5 When the reboot is star...

Page 417: ...ab and then click OK Hide extensions for know file type Hide protected operating system files Recommended When the message You have chosen to display protected operating system files is displayed clic...

Page 418: ...ut between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive If the autorun menu i...

Page 419: ...pop up menu 2 Click Configure The property dialog box for network adapter appears 3 Click the Advanced and specify the Link Speed Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 4 Click OK on the...

Page 420: ...ive Load Balancing ALB See Chapter 5 Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB for reset the Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB Graphics Accelerator Driver If you ut...

Page 421: ...will be installed automatically Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104 If you utilize SAS controller driver N8103 104 update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system The SAS...

Page 422: ...E 24 Installing Windows Server 2003 2 When the screen as follows is displayed click Next The following screen is displayed 3 Process Windows activation according to the following message...

Page 423: ...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 424: ...E 26 Installing Windows Server 2003 SETTING FOR COLLECTING MEMORY DUMP DEBUG INFORMATION Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5...

Page 425: ...torun menu appears close the menu 3 Copy the below files of EXPRESSBUILDER to a hard disk by using Explorer root folder 004 copy version xml ar_menu copy this sub folder doc copy this sub folder win c...

Page 426: ...F 2 Using a Client Computer Which Has a CD Drive This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 427: ...alled 4 Size Serial No Date Installed Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date Installed Hard Disk Drive Bay 1 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Bay 2 Type Serial No Capacity Date Insta...

Page 428: ...2 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 3 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 4 Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 5 Model name Serial No Date Installed AGP Board Slot Model...

Page 429: ...le G 3 Software Firmware version OS Name Version Application of RUR media Apply Name Version File system FAT HPFS NTFS Others Bundled software installed Licensed software installed Application running...

Page 430: ...G 4 Product Configuration Record Table This page is intentionally left blank...

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