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Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-41

NOTES:

You can use only the physical devices that have same model number
to configure logical drive.

If the process is not finished normally, the driver may not be stored
in the EXPRESSBUILDER. Refer to "Optional Board Supported by
NEC EXPRESSBUILDER" described earlier in this chapter.

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Specify the installing medium and the Windows system partition.

[Specify medium / Partition] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if
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Summary of Contents for N8100-1644F

Page 1: ...N8100 1644F 1645F 1646F 1647F 1648F 1649F N8100 1650F 1651F 1652F 1653F NEC Express5800 R120b 2 User s Guide 1st Edition 6 2010 ONL 510_017_01_R120b2 100 00 1006 ...

Page 2: ...he 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 implementation by customers of each product may vary the suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warranted by NEC To allow for design and ...

Page 3: ... cause minor personal injury including burns or property damage if the instruction is ignored Precautions and notices against hazards are presented with one of the following three symbols The individual symbols are defined as follows This symbol indicates the presence of a hazard if the instruction is ignored An image in the symbol illustrates the hazard type Attention This symbol indicates prohib...

Page 4: ...he server Otherwise an electric shock or fire may be caused Do not place the server near the fire Otherwise a fire may be caused Do not touch the component specified by this symbol Otherwise an electric shock or burn may be caused Do not use the server in the place where water or liquid may pour Otherwise an electric shock or fire may be caused Do not touch the server with wet hand Otherwise an el...

Page 5: ...not be copied or altered without the prior written permission of NEC Corporation 4 All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of all information in this User s Guide If you notice any part unclear incorrect or omitted in this User s Guide contact the sales agent where you purchased this product 5 NEC assumes no liability arising from the use of this product nor any liability for incidental ...

Page 6: ...em Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions stands for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition operating system or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition operating system Windows Server 2003 stands for Microsoft Windows Server 2003...

Page 7: ...se 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 the NEC Express server and appreciate its functions to the maximum extent ...

Page 8: ... 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 information on mother board jumper settings Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup describes how to install the operating system Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities describes...

Page 9: ...recommended for installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions See Chapter 5 for details Appendix G Installing Windows Server 2003 describes how to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 without using Express Setup Using the Express Setup tool is recommended for installing Windows Server 2003 See Chapter 5 for details Appendix H Using a Client Computer Which Has a CD Drive describes how to install the...

Page 10: ...ive Store the provided accessories in a designated place for your convenience You will need them to install an optional device or troubleshoot your server as well as to set it up Make a backup copy of each provided floppy disk if any Store the original disk as the master disk in a designated place and use its copy Improper use of any provided DVD CD ROM may alter your system environment If you fin...

Page 11: ... Transportation of this System 1 14 User Support 1 15 Chapter 2 General Description 2 1 Overview 2 1 External View 2 2 Names and Functions of Parts 2 3 Front View with Front Bezel Closed 2 3 Front View with Front Bezel Removed 2 4 Rear View 2 6 Internal View 2 8 Motherboard 2 10 Standard Features 2 11 Peripheral Bays 2 12 AC LINK Feature 2 12 Security 2 12 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 2 13 NEC ESMPRO 2 14 M...

Page 12: ...tup 5 1 About Express Setup 5 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 5 3 Notes on Windows Installation 5 3 Flow of Setup 5 8 Installing the Windows Server 2008 R2 5 9 Installing and Setting Device Drivers 5 22 Setting for Solving Problems 5 28 BitLocker 5 28 Windows Server 2008 5 29 Notes on Windows Installation 5 29 Flow of Setup 5 36 Installing the Windows Server 2008 5 37 Installing and Setting Device Driver...

Page 13: ...ator 6 7 Parameter File 6 8 NEC ESMPRO 6 21 Functions and Features 6 21 NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension 6 21 NEC ExpressUpdate Agent 6 22 Universal RAID Utility 6 23 Setup with Express Setup 6 23 Manual Setup 6 24 Creating Logical Drive of RAID 6 6 24 NEC Product Info Collection Utility 6 25 Installation 6 25 Using Utility 6 26 Uninstallation 6 26 Chapter 7 Maintenance 7 1 Making Backup Copies 7 1 Clea...

Page 14: ...ith Autorun Menu 8 48 Collecting Event Log 8 49 Collect Configuration Information 8 50 Collecting Dr Watson Diagnostic Information 8 50 Memory Dump 8 50 Recovery for Windows System 8 51 Maintenance Tools 8 52 Starting Maintenance Tools 8 52 Function of Maintenance Tools 8 55 Maintenance Tools with Remote Console 8 57 Resetting the Server 8 59 Forced Shutdown 8 60 Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server 9 ...

Page 15: ...Installing a USB interface device 9 74 Removal 9 77 Backup Fans 9 77 Installation 9 78 Removal 9 79 Optical Disk Drive 9 81 Installation Procedure 9 81 Appendix A Specifications A 1 2 5 inch HDD model A 1 3 5 inch HDD model A 3 Appendix B Other Precautions B 1 Transfer Rate of the On board LAN Controller B 1 Server Management Software B 1 Floppy Disk B 1 DVD CD ROM B 4 Tape Media B 4 Keyboard B 5 ...

Page 16: ...EXPRESSBUILDER Supports E 2 Installing Service Pack E 2 Updating System E 2 Installing on the Mirrored Volume E 2 Mounting MO Device E 2 About Removable Media E 2 Floppy Disk Drive E 2 About the System Partition Size E 3 BitLocker E 6 Installing Windows Server 2008 E 7 Preparations for Installation E 7 Creating Windows Server 2008 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER E 7 Windows Server 2008 Clean Installat...

Page 17: ... 27 Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104A F 27 About Windows Activation F 28 Setting for Solving Problems F 30 Appendix G Installing Windows Server 2003 G 1 BEFORE INSTALLING WINDOWS SERVER 2003 G 1 Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER G 1 Service Pack Which EXPRESSBUILDER Supports G 2 Application of Service Pack G 2 Updating System G 2 Re installing to the Hard Disk which has been...

Page 18: ...Using a Client Computer Which Has a CD Drive H 1 Appendix I Accessing Power and Performance Data I 1 Power Consumption I 1 Inlet Air Temperature I 3 Processor Utilization I 8 Appendix J Product Configuration Record Table J 1 Hardware J 1 Software J 3 ...

Page 19: ...Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server This chapter includes information necessary for proper and safe operation of your server ...

Page 20: ...e danger or their vicinity in your server to inform the user that a hazardous situation may arise when operating the server Do not intentionally remove or damage any of the labels If you find any labels totally partially removed or illegible due to damage contact your sales representative External View ...

Page 21: ...Notes on Using Your Server 1 3 Internal View ...

Page 22: ... or metal objects away from the server Do not insert needles or metal objects into ventilation holes in the server or openings in the optical disk drive Doing so may cause an electric shock Do not use the server in any unapproved place Install the server on a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly Do not install the rack containing the server in a place inappropriate to the rack installation environme...

Page 23: ...reign matter e g pins or paper clips enter the server Failure to follow this warning may cause an electric shock a fire or a failure of the server When such things accidentally enter the server immediately turn off the power and disconnect the power plug from the outlet Do not disassemble the server Contact your service representative ...

Page 24: ...cause some parts to fall to be broken and or to result in personal injury Insert hinges completely When installing the rack door make sure that hinge pins at top and bottom of the door are completely inserted into the rack Failure to follow this instruction may cause the door to fall to be broken and or to result in personal injury Anchor the equipment rack The equipment rack must be anchored to a...

Page 25: ... Heat will also be generated if condensation is formed on dusty blades of the halfway inserted plug increasing the possibility of fire Use the authorized power cord only Use only the power cord that comes with your server Use of an unauthorized power cord may cause a fire when the electric current exceeds the rated flow Also observe the following to prevent an electric shock or fire caused by a da...

Page 26: ...instruction 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 install the server in a place subject to corrosive gases Do not install the server in a place subject to corrosive gases such as sodium chloride sulfur dioxide hydrogen sulfide nitrogen dioxide chlorine ammonia or ozone or a place where the air might contain el...

Page 27: ... device or connecting disconnecting any interface cable to from the server If the server is off powered but its power cord is plugged to a power source touching an internal device cable or connector may cause an electric shock or a fire resulted from a short circuit Do not use any unauthorized interface cable Use only interface cables provided by NEC and locate a proper device and connector before...

Page 28: ...alling removing internal optional devices Touching any internal device of the server with its power cord connected to a power source may cause an electric shock even of the server is off powered Disconnect the power plug from the outlet occasionally and clean the plug with a dry cloth Heat will be generated if condensation is formed on a dusty plug which may cause a fire CAUTION Avoid installation...

Page 29: ...ng in injury Avoid contact with the server during thunderstorms Disconnect the power plug from the outlet when a thunderstorm is approaching If it starts thundering before you disconnect the power plug do not touch any part of the server including 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 cau...

Page 30: ...til the POST Power On Self Test completes See Chapter 2 for details of POST When you have just turned off the server wait at least 30 seconds before turning it back on When unplug the power cord s from the server wait at least 30 seconds before re plugging the power cord s to the server Turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the outlet before relocating the server Clean the server on a ...

Page 31: ...ns 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 at stores for data erasure should be used in order to avoid the trouble explained above For details on data erasure ask your sales representative Provided software To transfer or sell any software ap...

Page 32: ...ns some components that work for a 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 you replace these components on a regular basis Consult with your service representative for replacement REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION OF THIS SYSTEM This system and or ...

Page 33: ...he 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 the above actions consult with your service representative immediately Take notes on lamp indications of the server and alarm indications on the display unit before consultation which may provide a ...

Page 34: ... adjustment is important to prevent the screen from reflecting bright lights and to make the display contents easy to see You will not be able to keep good working posture and you will feel more tired than you should if you operate a display unit without adjusting horizontal and vertical angles Adjustment of Screen Brightness and Contrast The display unit has brightness and contrast adjustment fun...

Page 35: ...sic connectivity capability such as file and print services e mail web access web site server etc Your server is housed and available as a rack mount system Your server conveniently installs into a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly Your server includes a optical disk drive six hot swap Serial Attached SCSI SAS hard disk drive bays and a removable media device bay The hot swap SAS hard disk drive ...

Page 36: ...2 2 General Description EXTERNAL VIEW 2 5 inch disk model 3 5 inch disk model 1 Drive cover 1 Locic cover 3 Hard disk drive bay 4 Backup device bay 5 Optical Disk drive bay 3 2 1 5 4 2 1 5 4 3 ...

Page 37: ...abnormality the LED is illuminated in amber or blinks 4 ACT LEDs green These LEDs are illuminated when the system is connected to a network as described on page 163 The 1 after the value in parentheses indicates the LED for LAN connector 1 and the 2 indicates the LED for LAN connector 2 5 DISK ACCESS LED green amber This LED is green during access to the internal hard disk drives The LED turns amb...

Page 38: ...999999 型名製造番号 N8100 9999 9999999 1 5 3 4 3 5 See 3 to 7 on page 2 4 9 11 6 7 10 8 1 12 3 0 4 2 3 1 3 2 3 3 See 3 to 7 on previous page 2 5 inch disk model 3 5 inch disk model 9 1 11 6 7 12 10 8 3 0 3 11 2 3 2 3 4 3 6 3 7 3 5 3 3 3 1 1 3 10 3 9 3 8 5 When N8154 35 has been added 4 ...

Page 39: ... drive and similar devices are installed For details see page 258 6 UID Unit ID switch Press this switch to turn on off the UID LEDs on the front and rear panels of the server Pressing the switch once turns on the LEDs Pressing it again turns them off See page 187 The LED also goes on or flashes when software issues a command 7 POWER switch Press this switch to turn on off the power See page 184 P...

Page 40: ...ls see page 166 6 Power supply unit power supply slot 1 This unit supplies power to the server 7 Power supply unit expansion slot power supply slot 2 Install an optional power supply unit in this slot See page 212 In the standard configuration a blank cover is attached 8 Mouse connector Connect the mouse to this connector See page 179 9 Keyboard connector Connect the keyboard to this connector See...

Page 41: ...LED indicates the transmission speed of the LAN See page 166 17 LAN connectors Connect network systems on the LAN to the connectors 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T See page 180 The number 1 following the parenthesized number indicates LAN port 1 and the number 2 indicates LAN port 2 If Shared BMC LAN is set to Enabled on BIOS SETUP the LAN port 1 can be used as management LAN not only used as data ...

Page 42: ...Cooling fans 2 1 FAN1R 2 2 FAN2R 2 3 FAN3R 2 4 FAN4R 2 5 FAN1F option 2 6 FAN2F option 2 7 FAN3F option 2 8 FAN4F option 3 Support bar 4 Power supply 5 Motherboard 6 PCI riser card 7 Cover open sensor 8 Processor attached under the CPU and heat sink 9 DIMM option 10 Backplane 3 2 6 10 2 8 5 6 7 8 9 2 5 2 1 2 2 4 2 7 1 2 4 2 3 ...

Page 43: ... 3 FAN3R 2 4 FAN4R 2 5 FAN1F option 2 6 FAN 2F option 2 7 FAN3F option 2 8 FAN4F option 3 Supporting bar 4 Power supply 5 Motherboard 6 PCI riser card 7 Top cover open sensor 8 Processor attached under the CPU and heat sink 9 DIMM option 10 Backplane 2 5 3 2 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 7 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 8 2 4 2 3 ...

Page 44: ...13 CMOS clear jumper switch see page 302 14 Lithium battery 15 Connector for PCI riser card slot for low profile card 16 Connector for PCI riser card slot for full height card See PCI Card on page 236 17 Connector for RAID controller 18 USB memory module connector 19 Front panel connector 20 Front video connector 21 DIMM CPU sockets see page 217 22 Processor sockets 22 1 Processor 1 CPU 1 22 2 Pro...

Page 45: ... feature using the DUMP switch Power saving and noiseless design Power monitoring feature Power control feature High efficiency power supply supporting 80 PLUS Fan control appropriate to environment work load and configuration Noiseless design High reliability Memory monitoring feature error correction error detection Memory degeneracy feature logical isolation of a failed device Memory x4 x8 SDDC...

Page 46: ...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 disabled with Power Management Setup in the Server menu of the BIOS setup utility SETUP See Chapter 4 Security The BIOS setup utility provides a number of security features to prevent unauthorized or accid...

Page 47: ...ndix D F To update System BIOS Use this function to update the server s system BIOS or firmware See Chapter 8 To update Windows system Update the system in the Autorun menu See Chapter 6 updates the several drivers of Windows on the server To install several management utilities NEC EXPRESSBUILDER includes the management utilities NEC ESMPRO Universal RAID utility and so on You can install the app...

Page 48: ...ajor functions of the NEC ESMPRO 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 Maintenance Tools is used for maintenance and fault analysis of the server This tool is usually used by the service representative System Diagnostic Utility The system ...

Page 49: ...g 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 priced remote management license is required Remote management via LAN WAN by using NEC ESMPRO Manager and centralized management of several systems For more information about remote management usin...

Page 50: ...e or installing or removing a hard disk drive on or from a hard disk drive bay first remove the front bezel IMPORTANT The front bezel can be opened only when you unlock it by using the attached security key Do not press the POWER switch when installing or removing the front bezel 1 Insert the attached security key into the key slot and turn the key to the front bezel side while pressing it lightly...

Page 51: ...le to release the tab from the frame and then remove the front bezel from the server 2 1 To install the front bezel latch the tab at the left side of the front bezel on the server frame After the installation lock the front bezel by using the security key 1 2 Tab Frame ...

Page 52: ...nterruptive Power Supply make sure that the power control device is powered The server management logic on your system board monitors and logs system voltage changes When plugging the power cord to the system you may experience 30 seconds delay from the time you press the POWER switch on the front panel This is normal system operation and is required by the server management logic Always allow POS...

Page 53: ...S 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 press Esc You do not always need to check the POST check results Check the messages that POST displays when you use the NEC Express server for the first time the server appears to fail the server bee...

Page 54: ...pears at top left on the display unit screen The memory check may takes a few minutes to complete depending on the memory size of the server Also it may take approximately one minute for the screen display to appear after rebooting the server 2 Some messages appear upon completion of the memory check These messages appear to indicate that the system has detected the CPU keyboard and mouse 3 After ...

Page 55: ... a few seconds later Refer to the manual that comes with the optional add in card for detail 6 If you set a password using the BIOS SETUP utility the password entry screen appears upon successful completion of POST Up to three password entries will be accepted Three incorrect password entries disable the server to boot In such a case turn off the power and wait about ten seconds before turning on ...

Page 56: ...the UPS or the manual for the application that controls the UPS IMPORTANT Always allow POST to complete before turning off the server 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER switch on the front of the server The POWER SLEEP lamp goes out 3 Power off peripheral devices NOTE The standby function of Windows Server is not available Do not select Standby in the Windows shutdown menu ...

Page 57: ...the UID Unit ID switch on the front panel is pressed It goes off when the switch is pressed again Maintenance from the rear of the rack has to be carried out in a dark narrow space The interface cable of a server or power supply unit in normal state may be disconnected by accident in this situation To prevent this problem you should start maintenance after confirming the target server by using the...

Page 58: ...e server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See page iii for details Do not leave the drive open Insert a disc in the optical disk drive using the following procedure 1 Confirm that the power of the server is on the POWER LED should be lit before inserting the disc in the optical disk drive 2 Press the Eject button on the front of the op...

Page 59: ...a disc insert it again correctly To take out the disc from the optical disk drive press the Eject button in the same way as when inserting 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 Eject button As shown in the figure below hold the tray with one hand and hold the edges of the disc lightly with t...

Page 60: ...y back into position NOTE Use of Discs Keep the following notes in mind when using discs in the server Discs that do not conform to CD standards may not be able to be played back Do not drop the disc Do not place anything on the disc or bend the disc Do not attach any label to the disc Do not touch the signal side nothing is printed on this side with your hand Place the disc with its printed side ...

Page 61: ...in this way IMPORTANT The status of the write protection switch of the FLSH FDD from before it is connected to this server is applied Therefore flipping this switch after connecting the Flash FDD has no effect If it is necessary to flip this switch during use temporarily disconnect the Flash FDD from the server and then flip the switch Be careful not to accidently slide the write protection switch...

Page 62: ...electricity from your body by touching a nearby metal object such as a doorknob or aluminum frame Do not disassemble the Flash FDD Do not apply a strong force to the Flash FDD Do not place the Flash FDD in an area directly exposed to sunlight or near a heater Do not handle the Flash FDD while eating drinking or smoking Also be careful not to get thinner alcohol or other corrosive substances on the...

Page 63: ...Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server This chapter describes how to set up the server appropriate for your system on a step by step basis ...

Page 64: ... 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 connected Installing the operating system Install an operating system to the server See Chapter 5 Installing the utilities Install the utilities in the provided NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD See Chapter 6 Making backup...

Page 65: ...he ground line to a gas pipe CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 13 for details Do not carry or install the server only by a single person Do not install the server where the load may be concentrated on a specific point Do not install any component on the serv...

Page 66: ...ce generating intense magnetic field such as a TV radio broadcast communication antenna power transmission wire and electromagnetic crane is placed If unavoidable contact your service representative to request proper shield construction Place where the power cord of the server must be connected to an AC outlet that shares the outlet of another device with large power consumption Place near equipme...

Page 67: ... details Do not use any rack which does not conform to the relevant standard Always use the server in the specified place CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 13 for details Do not install remove the server in from the rack only by a single person Do not instal...

Page 68: ...erver in the rack Preparation for installation When shipped from factory the left and right slide rails are fixed with tapes at the front and side faces to prevent from falling off during transportation Peel off the tape before you install the server in the rack Removing Rail Assemblies 1 Remove the sliding rails from left and right sides of the server Tape ...

Page 69: ...d Pull the release levers on the left and right sides of the server toward direction indicated by an arrow white in the figure and remove them from the server while unlocking it 4 Only the inner rails remain screwed to the server when the rail assemblies have been removed Press this button to unlock the server Pull the release lever toward the direction shown by the arrow white to remove the rail ...

Page 70: ...removed rail assemblies toward the direction indicated by an arrow in the figure to restore the original position IMPORTANT The removed rail assemblies are to be installed on the inner rails later Be very careful not to get your finger caught in the levers or rails ...

Page 71: ...he right side front of the rack Install the rail assemblies to the right side rear and left side front and rear of the rack in the same procedure Make sure that the rail assembly is installed at the same level as the other slide rail assembly already installed NOTES There may be some backlashes in the front and rear however it is not a deficiency Make sure that the rail assembly is surely locked t...

Page 72: ...s may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 13 for details Do not lift the server only by a single person Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components 1 Pull out the sliding rails of the right and left rail assemblies until they are locked NOTE Make sure that the sliding rails are surely locked by the stopper Stopper ...

Page 73: ... the rail assemblies that are installed on the rack and then slowly push the server into the rack 3 If the server is locked on its way into the rack slowly push it in while pressing the release levers blue on the right and left sides of the server forward or rearward When the server is completely pushed into the rack the server is locked Rail assembly Inner rail at server side Release lever blue ...

Page 74: ...ion is incomplete either of rails may not go further on its way In such a case pull out the server completely until it is locked Then push the server in while unlocking the right and left sides of it 4 Make sure that the sliding rails move smoothly by pulling the server out of the rack and pushing it in several times NOTES To install the server in the location adjacent to the other device pay atte...

Page 75: ...Setting Up Your Server 3 13 Installing the Front Bezel 1 Install the front bezel so that the left tab on the front bezel engages with the chassis frame ...

Page 76: ...nger with mechanical components Do not apply any load on the server being pulled out from the rack Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack Do not pull out the server from the rack while it is operating 1 Make sure that the server is off powered and disconnect the power cords and all the interface cables from th...

Page 77: ...ck IMPORTANT Do not apply any load on the server pulled out from the rack Doing so may cause personal injury if the server drops 6 Firmly hold the server and take it out from the rack IMPORTANT Pull out the server slowly holding the bottom of the server by at least two persons Do not apply any load on the server pulled out from the rack Doing so may cause personal injury if the server drops Be ver...

Page 78: ... not pinch your finger with mechanical components Do not apply any load on the server being pulled out from the rack Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack Do not pull out the server from the rack while it is operating 1 Remove the server from the rack according to Removing the Server described earlier 2 Prepa...

Page 79: ...ssembly is being unlocked remove it from the rack 6 Insert the tool into the angle hole at the rear of rail assembly to unlock it Rotate the tool as shown in the figure below to unlock the rail assembly 7 While the rail assembly is being unlocked remove it from the rack Locking spring Viewed from front Viewed from top Viewed from front Viewed from side Angle hole ...

Page 80: ...ed interface cable IMPORTANT Power off the server and a peripheral device before connection Connecting a powered peripheral device to the powered server will cause malfunctions and failures To connect a third party peripheral device or interface cable to the server consult with your service representative for availability of such a device or cable Some third party devices may not be used for the s...

Page 81: ...The display unit can be connected to either of front or rear port USB device USB device FRONT REAR Device with the serial interface Finally connect the provided power cord to the receptacle 1 If connecting the server to UPS see the explanation below Display unit 2 Display unit 2 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T ...

Page 82: ...rsonal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 13 for details Do not plug the power cord in to an improper power source Do not connect the power cord to an outlet that has an illegal number of connections Insert the power plug into the outlet as far as it goes Use the authorized power cord only 1 Plug the provided power cord into the power receptacle on the rear of the server 2 Plug the other...

Page 83: ...to the manual that comes with the UPS When the power cord from the server to a UPS change the BIOS setup of the server to link with power supply from the UPS To power on the server from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply select Server AC LINK Power On Change a parameter for AC LINK under the Server menu of the BIOS SETUP utility See Chapter 4 for details ...

Page 84: ...cted and the power cords are connected 2 Power on the video display and any other external devices NOTE If the server power cord s is connected to a power control unit such as an UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply make sure that the power control unit is powered on 3 Open the front bezel 4 Press the POWER switch The POWER LED on the front of the server comes on POWER LED POWER switch ...

Page 85: ...tors and logs system voltage changes When powering down your system you may experience a 30 second delay from the time you press the push button power on off switch on the front panel and your system powering down This is normal system operation and is required by the server management logic If you have problems powering on your system see Chapter 8 After you have successfully powered on your syst...

Page 86: ... 6 for details MAKING BACKUP COPIES OF SYSTEM INFORMATION The system information includes the current BIOS settings and any specific information for the server Save the information after completing the system setup Without the backup data you will not be able to recover the information You can save the information by the following process NOTE An optional USB floppy disk drive is required 1 Insert...

Page 87: ...onfigures the RAID System and logical drives connected to the Onboard RAID controller or optional RAID Controller If your system has been factory configured the BIOS SETUP or RAID configuration utility do not need to be run unless you want to change the password or security features add certain types of option boards or devices upgrade your system board or change the RAID configuration This chapte...

Page 88: ...cases described below IMPORTANT The SETUP utility is intended for system administrator use only The SETUP utility allows you to set a password The server is provided with two levels of password Administrator and User With the Administrator password you can view and change all system parameters of the SETUP utility With the User password system parameters available for viewing and changing are limi...

Page 89: ... 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 to enter the password correctly three times in a row the server halts You can no longer proceed Turn off the server NOTE The server is provided with two levels of password Administrator and User With th...

Page 90: ...n item on the screen The highlighted item is currently selected Cursor Selects the Main Advanced Security Server Boot or Save Exit menu and Changes the value parameter of the selected item When a submenu option an option preceded by Æ is selected these keys are disabled Enter Press Enter to select determine parameters Esc Return to the previous screen Indicates there are submenus Parameter high li...

Page 91: ...UP utility has the following six major menus Main Advanced Security Server Boot Save Exit To specify detailed feature settings select a submenu from the above menus The following describes available functions and parameters as well as the factory settings for each menu ...

Page 92: ...by an administrator or user display only If no password is specified Administrator is displayed Memory Information Total Memory Displays the basic memory capacity display only System Language English Français Deutsch Español Italiano Select which language BIOS displays If you run SETUP with BIOS Redirection Port being enabled English is selected for System Language forcedly At that time you cannot...

Page 93: ...on is not guaranteed any temperature outside the range from 10 to 35 C or any humidity outside the range from 20 to 80 Check the system time approximately once per month In addition if incorporating the server into a system for which high time precision is required it is recommended to ensure the precision by using a time server an NTP server or similar means If the system time becomes considerabl...

Page 94: ... cursor is moved to the Advanced position the Advanced menu is displayed If an item with an arrow displayed to its left all menus in this section is selected and then the Enter key is pressed a submenu is displayed in which settings are specified ...

Page 95: ...d Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the SpeedStep feature provided by Intel processors This setting is only displayed and can only be specified if a processor that supports the feature is installed Turbo Boost Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the Turbo Boost Technology feature provided by Intel processors Performance Watt Traditional Power Optimized Specify the opti...

Page 96: ...lass Data Reuse Optimization Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the optimal reuse of data This menu appears and becomes accessible when Custom is selected for Server Class Execute Disable Bit Disabled Enabled This is only displayed for a processor that supports the Execute Disable Bit feature Specify whether to use this feature VT x Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or ...

Page 97: ...r 1 EMT64 Supported Displays whether processor 1 supports the Intel 64 architecture Hyper Threading Supported Displays whether processor 1 supports Hyper Threading features Processor 2 CPUID A number Not Installed If a number is displayed it is the processor 2 ID Not Installed indicates that processor 2 is not installed Processor Type Displays the processor 2 type Processor Speed Displays the proc...

Page 98: ...artup time Memory Retest No Yes Specify whether to clear the memory error information and test all DIMMs on the next startup After the next startup this option is automatically switched to No Memory RAS Mode Independent Mirroring Lock Step Sparing Specify the memory RAS mode For details about this feature See Chapter 9 for details Memory Frequency Auto 800MHz 1066MHz 1333MHz Specify the memory clo...

Page 99: ...t of available memory in an area at 4GB or less CPU1_DIMM1 6 Status CPU2_DIMM1 6 Status A number Disabled Not Installed Error Displays the current memory status A number is displayed if the memory is normal and indicates the capacity Disabled indicates that the memory has failed Not Installed indicates that no memory is installed and Error indicates forced memory startup The displayed names and DI...

Page 100: ...cify the boot method for LAN2 which is onboard PCI Slot 0A Option ROM Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable an option ROM for a RAID controller installed in a slot dedicated to RAID controllers PCI Slot 2B 3B Option ROM Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable an option ROM for a PCI card connected to the full height riser card PCI Slot 1C 3C Option ROM Disabled Enable...

Page 101: ...ation technology feature QPI Frequency Auto 4 800 GT s 5 866 GT s 6 400 GT s Specify the QPI bus speed Wake On LAN PME Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the feature for remotely turning the power on through a network Wake On Ring Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the feature for remotely turning the power on through a serial port modem Wake On RTC Alarm Disa...

Page 102: ...sed a submenu is displayed For details about the options see the following table Option Parameters Description SATA Information This is not displayed when SATA Mode is set to RAID Mode SATA Mode IDE Mode RAID Mode Displays the SATA Mode status display only Hard Disk Pre Delay Disable 3 Seconds 6 Seconds 9 Seconds 12 Seconds 15 Seconds 21 Seconds 30 Seconds The system waits the specified time befor...

Page 103: ...ormation submenu For details about the options see the following table display only Option Parameters Description SATA Port0 SATA Port1 SATA Port2 SATA Port3 SATA Port4 SATA Port5 Displays the devices connected to each channel Factory set ...

Page 104: ...en below is displayed For details about the options see the following table Option Parameters Description USB 2 0 Support Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable USB 2 0 Device Reset Timeout 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec Specify the time to wait when issuing a Start Unit command to a USB mass storage device until a timeout occurs Factory set ...

Page 105: ...Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable serial port A Serial A Base I O 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h Specify the base I O address for serial port A Serial A Interrupt IRQ 4 IRQ 3 Specify the interrupt for serial port A Serial Port B Settings Serial Port B Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable serial port B Serial B Base I O 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h Specify the base I O address for ...

Page 106: ...e displayed Terminal Type VT100 VT UTF8 ANSI Select the terminal type Baud Rate 9600 19200 57600 115200 Specify the baud rate used for the interface with the connected hardware console Data Bits 7 8 Specify the data bit width Parity None Even Odd Specify the parity bits Stop Bits 1 2 Specify the stop bit setting Flow Control None Hardware RTS CTS Hardware RTS CTS CD Specify the flow control method...

Page 107: ...is displayed in which settings are specified When the Enter key is pressed while Administrator Password or User Password is selected the screen for registering or changing the password is displayed Specify your password here IMPORTANT A user password can be set only if an administrator password is already set Set the passwords only after the OS is installed If you forget your password contact your...

Page 108: ...p to 20 alphanumeric characters When the Enter key is pressed the user password entry screen is displayed This password can only be used to access certain setup menus This setting can only be specified by logging in as an administrator when starting up the setup utility Security Configuration Password On Boot Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable password entry on boot An administr...

Page 109: ...assword is set If this menu is enabled the TPM setting menus below are displayed TPM State Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the TPM feature This option can only be selected when TPM Support is set to Enabled Pending TPM Operation None Enable Take Ownership Disable Take Ownership TPM Clear Specify the TPM operation This option can only be selected when TPM State is set to Enabl...

Page 110: ...h settings are specified For details about the options see the following table Option Parameters Description System Management BMC LAN Configuration Event Log Configuration Assert NMI on PERR Disabled Enabled Specify whether to support PCI PERR Assert NMI on SERR Disabled Enabled Specify whether to support PCI SERR FRB 2 Policy Retry 3 Times Disable FRB2 Timer Always Reset Specify the system opera...

Page 111: ...urs during the POST Memory Error Halt Boot Specify whether to stop operation once at the end of POST processing if there is a memory resource error while executing POST processing This setting is effective if POST Error Pause which is on the Server menu is set to Enabled Even if this option is set to Boot operation stops at the end of POST processing if errors occurred for all resources Power Swit...

Page 112: ...Setting of AC LINK System status before AC power off Stay Off Last State Power On Operating Off On On Aborting DC power being off also Off Off On Forced shutdown Off Off On Press the power switch continuously for four seconds or longer This forcibly turns off the power IMPORTANT To turn on the server from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply select Server AC LINK Power On ...

Page 113: ...stem Serial Number Displays the serial number of the system Chassis Part Number Displays the part number of the chassis Chassis Serial Number Displays the serial number of the chassis Onboard LAN1 MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the onboard LAN port 1 Onboard LAN2 MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the onboard LAN port 2 Management LAN MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the manag...

Page 114: ...d Enabled Set this option to Disabled if the management LAN port is used If this option is set to Enabled it is not possible to use LAN1 as both a normal and management LAN so the management LAN port becomes unavailable LAN Connection Type Auto Negotiation 100Mbps Full Duplex 100Mbps Half Duplex 10Mbps Full Duplex 10Mbps Half Duplex Specify the connection type for management LAN port IP Address 19...

Page 115: ...et to Enabled to use HTTPS communication for the Web interface HTTPS Port Number 443 Specify the TCP port number that the management LAN uses for HTTPS communication Command Line Interface Telnet Disabled Enabled Set to Enabled to use Telnet communication as a command line interface Telnet Port Number 23 Specify the TCP port number to be used for Telnet communication SSH Disabled Enabled Set to En...

Page 116: ...t is selected and then the Enter key is pressed a submenu is displayed For details about the options see the following table Option Parameters Description System Event Log System Event Log submenu is displayed Auto Clear Event Logs Enabled Disabled If set to Enabled logs are automatically cleared when the error log area becomes full Clear All Event Logs No Yes Press Enter and select Yes to clear t...

Page 117: ...Configuration on the Server menu the screen below is displayed In addition when View System Event Log is selected the screen below is displayed The following shows the system event log settings as an example The recorded system event log entries can be displayed by pressing the up down Home and End keys ...

Page 118: ... after execution of Clear BMC Configuration If you are using NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension settings for remote management feature made in NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension is also cleared by executing Clear BMC Configuration Before execution be sure to make backup copy of setting information for remote management feature by using NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension or System Management in Tool menu of NEC EXPRESSBUI...

Page 119: ...Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64 bit x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard 32 bit x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32 bit x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition To use the server with the other operating systems described in this section contact your service representative IMPORTA...

Page 120: ...up 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 a parameters file have a blank floppy disk MS DOS 1 44MB format ready When using a floppy disk a USB floppy disk drive is required If you want to use the drivers located on the OEM Disk for Mass Stor...

Page 121: ...ection explains the notes on the Windows installation Confirm these notes before starting the Express Setup About the Windows Family This computer supports the following Windows editions Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard hereinafter referred to as Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise hereinafter referred to as Windows Server 2008 R2 On installing other OS contact sales dealer or ...

Page 122: ...l Controller 2ch Option About the Hardware Components When you install the Windows Server 2008 R2 Express Setup requires several preparations if this computer uses the following hardware components Installing on the Mirrored Volume When re installing the OS to a hard disk drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk only the simple dynamic volume is available for installation If you want to insta...

Page 123: ... System if Multiple Logical Drives Exist 5 100 Re installing to the Hard Disk Drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk You cannot re install Windows Server 2008 R2 with the current partition of the hard disk drive upgraded to Dynamic Disk kept remained If you want to keep the current partition remained see Appendix D to re install the system Peripheral Devices such as RDX Depending on your ha...

Page 124: ...ing numbers are the recommended size Full Installation 32 768MB 32GB or more Server Core Installation 10 240MB 10GB or more 1GB 1 024MB 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 Windows Partition is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected ...

Page 125: ...pplication size 10 860MB application size If the provided partition size is smaller than that required to install the OS and paging file expand the partition size or utilize a larger disk If your system does not have a sufficient dump file size divide the required file space into multiple disks by performing the steps below 1 Set the system partition size to a size sufficient to install the OS and...

Page 126: ...ve 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 CD DVD ROM from the Drive Insert Windows DVD ROM The installation is completed Process that needs to input or select Process that proceeds automatically Skip Install OS Automatically Agree Software Licen...

Page 127: ... the server 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM 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 then on again to reboot the server The system will boot from the DVD and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER starts Select Os installation default from the Boot selection menu If you do not hit any key Os ...

Page 128: ...5 10 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5 When the Software Licence Agreement screen of Windows PE appears click Yes 6 Select Perform the Express setup from the Top Menu click Next ...

Page 129: ...parameters 2 Click Next IMPORTANT The setup using a parameter file saved in the Flash FDD is not supported NOTE If a floppy disk drive is not connected select this item Load parameters 1 Insert the floppy disk containing the parameters file 2 Select Load parameters enter the file path of the parameters file into the text box 3 Click Next ...

Page 130: ...tup 8 Select the installing Operating System Select Install the Windows 64bit editions from the menu click Next 9 Enter the setting of a logical drive Enter RAID settings steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 131: ... If the process is not finished normally the driver may not be stored in the EXPRESSBUILDER Refer to Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER described earlier in this chapter 10 Specify the installing medium and the Windows system partition Specify medium Partition steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 132: ...ettings the contents of the hard disk will be all deleted If Use existing partitions is selected EXPRESSBUILDER installs the Operating System to the Windows partition The Boot partition if it exists and the Windows partition are deleted The data in the other partition is kept if the system has two or more partitions See the figure below Boot Partition Deleted Windows Partition Deleted User Data Pa...

Page 133: ...eps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next IMPORTANT Computer name and Administrator password that satisfy the next condition are required More than 6 characters Contains characters from three of the following categories numbers uppercase letters lowercase letters and signs ...

Page 134: ... the network protocol Enter Network Protocol steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 13 Enter the domain or workgroup name to be used Enter domain account steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 135: ...ing System with Express Setup 5 17 14 Select the installing components Select Windows components steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next Full Installation Server Core Installation ...

Page 136: ...yed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 16 Save the parameters Save 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 If not select Do not save parameters ...

Page 137: ...RESSBUILDER DVD ROM from the optical disk drive according to the message If you proceed the setup by using setup parameter file remove the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive 19 Insert Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD ROM into the optical disk drive NOTE Windows Server 2008 R2 and selected applications will be installed automatically and reboots several times ...

Page 138: ...ears Full Installation only Read the license terms carefully If you agree select I accept the license terms and then click Next 21 When the following message appears press Ctrl Alt Del 22 Log on to the system Full Installation When the following screen appears enter your password into Password and click ...

Page 139: ...n the following screen enter your password into Password and click Hereinafter proceed operations according to the message Now the Setup using Express Setup has completed After Express Setup has completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Installing and Setting Device Drivers ...

Page 140: ...ng updated in the previous section NOTES To change the LAN driver and PROSet settings log on to the system from a local console using an administrator account Remotely changing the settings by using the operating system s remote desktop feature is not supported Internet Protocol TCP IP check box is necessary checked to set an IP Addresses According to the circumstances the check box is not checked...

Page 141: ...ters and double click following adapter Open the adapter Properties Intel R 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection Intel R 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection 2 3 Click Power Management tab and change setting in Wake On LAN according to the following list Setting item Using WOL Not using WOL Wake On Magic Packet ON OFF Wake on Magic Packet from power off state ON OFF Wake ...

Page 142: ...ic protocols SLA is a switch assisted teaming mode and requires configuring ports at both ends of the link server interfaces and switch ports IMPORTANT AFT ALB setup must be operated after system update and restarting the system All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist on the same LAN If they are connected to the separate switches they will not work normally The adapters...

Page 143: ...Tolerance 7 Click Finish IMPORTANT Teaming an adapter with standard network adapter and optional network adapter will cause the following message appear Click OK and continue the setting One or more adapters in the team do not support true NDIS6 20 Receive Side Scaling Receive Side Scaling will be disabled for the team Disabling Receive Side Scaling will negatively impact the performance of the te...

Page 144: ...dapters in team list 10 Click Test Switch Run test to confirm the adapter team is properly setup Confirm the result in Test results 11 Restart the system Remove Team 1 Open the Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and open TEAM Team name properties 3 Click Setting tab 4 Click Remove Team button 5 Click Yes to the message 6 Confirm TEAM Team name adapter in not existing in Network adapters tree ...

Page 145: ...ator Driver described in Appendix D when you want to reinstall the driver individually Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 107 If you use the SCSI Controller N8103 75 107 you do not need to install the driver manually It is automatically installed by Windows Plug and Play Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104A If you use the SAS Controller N8103 104A you do not need to install the driv...

Page 146: ...t can recover from any trouble precisely and as soon as possible when it should occur For more information refer to Page 5 88 BitLocker For BitLocker hotfix is provided by Microsoft Before applying hotfix check the information written by Microsoft carefully For more information visit http support microsoft com kb 975496 en us ...

Page 147: ...f you install Windows Server 2008 without using Express Setup see Appendix E Notes on Windows Installation This section explains the notes on the Windows installation Confirm these notes before starting the Express Setup About the Windows Family This computer supports the following Windows editions Windows Server 2008 Standard 64 bit x64 Edition Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64 bit x64 Edition he...

Page 148: ...system supports the following mass storage controllers for installation Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 129 RAID controller 256MB RAID 0 1 N8103 130 RAID Controller 256 MB RAID0 1 5 6 Other controllers N8103 75 SCSI Controller N8103 95 SCSI Controller N8103 104A SAS Controller N8103 107 SCSI Controller N8190 127 Fibre Channel Controller N8190 131 Fibre Channel Co...

Page 149: ...d LTO into the device mounted on this computer during the Windows installation Connecting Hard Disk Drive Do not connect the other hard disk drives except the drive that you want to create the Windows system drive If you create multiple logical drives in your system see Re installing the Operation System if Multiple Logical Drives Exist 5 100 Re installing to the Hard Disk Drive which has been upg...

Page 150: ...file size recommended Installed memory size 1 5 Dump file size Installed memory size 300MB Application size Required size IMPORTANT The above mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virt...

Page 151: ...that required to install the OS and paging file expand the partition size or utilize a larger disk If your system does not have a sufficient dump file size divide the required file space into multiple disks by performing the steps below 1 Set the system partition size to a size sufficient to install the OS and paging file 2 See Setting for Solving Problems to write the debug information of the dum...

Page 152: ...d size IMPORTANT The above mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire s...

Page 153: ...s smaller than that required to install the OS and paging file expand the partition size or utilize a larger disk If your system does not have a sufficient dump file size divide the required file space into multiple disks by performing the steps below 1 Set the partition size to a size sufficient to install the OS and paging file 2 See Setting for Solving Problems to write the debug information of...

Page 154: ...ve 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 CD DVD ROM from the Drive Insert Windows DVD ROM The installation is completed Process that needs to input or select Process that proceeds automatically Skip Install OS Automatically Agree Software Licen...

Page 155: ...evice on and then turn on the server 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM 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 then on again to reboot the server The system will boot from the DVD and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER starts Select Os installation default from the Boot selection menu If y...

Page 156: ...rating System with Express Setup 4 Select English from the Select Language click OK 5 When the Software License Agreement screen of Windows PE appears click Yes 6 Select Perform the Express setup from the Top Menu click Next ...

Page 157: ...parameters 2 Click Next IMPORTANT The setup using a parameter file saved in the Flash FDD is not supported NOTE If a floppy disk drive is not connected select this item Load parameters 1 Insert the floppy disk containing the parameters file 2 Select Load parameters enter the file path of the parameters file into the text box 3 Click Next ...

Page 158: ...stalling Operating System Select Install the Windows 32bit editions or Install the Windows 64bit editions from the menu click Next 9 Enter the setting of a logical drive Enter RAID settings steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 159: ... If the process is not finished normally the driver may not be stored in the EXPRESSBUILDER Refer to Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER described earlier in this chapter 10 Specify the installing medium and the Windows system partition Specify medium Partition steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 160: ... at Windows system drive settings the contents of the hard disk will be all deleted If Use existing partitions is selected EXPRESSBUILDER installs the Operating System to the 1st partition 1st partition is deleted The data in the other partition is kept if the system has two or more partitions See the figure below First Partition Deleted Second Partition Retained Third Partition Retained You canno...

Page 161: ...eps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next IMPORTANT Computer name and Administrator password that satisfy the next condition are required More than 6 characters Contains characters from three of the following categories numbers uppercase letters lowercase letters and signs ...

Page 162: ... the network protocol Enter Network Protocol steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 13 Enter the domain or workgroup name to be used Enter domain account steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 163: ...ting System with Express Setup 5 45 14 Select the installing components Select Windows components steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next Full Installation ServerCore Installation ...

Page 164: ...yed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 16 Save the parameters Save 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 If not select Do not save parameters ...

Page 165: ...EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM from the optical disk drive according to the message If you proceed the setup by using setup parameter file remove the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive 19 Insert Windows Server 2008 DVD ROM into the optical disk drive NOTE Windows Server 2008 and selected applications will be installed automatically and reboots several times ...

Page 166: ...ng System with Express Setup 20 Agree Software License Agreement screen appears Read the license terms carefully If you agree select I accept the license terms and then click Next 21 When the following message appears click Start ...

Page 167: ...49 22 When the following message appears press Ctrl Alt Del 23 Log on to the system Full Installation When the following screen appears enter your password into Password and click Server Core Installation When the following screen appears click Other User ...

Page 168: ...r Administrator into UserName your password into Password and click Hereinafter proceed operations according to the message Now the Setup using Express Setup has completed After Express Setup has completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Installing and Setting Device Drivers ...

Page 169: ...x is not checked from begin Manually checked the check box and set an IP addresses Using N8104 125A Adapter after System Update To use the N8104 125AAdapter after updating your system you must first uninstall the LAN driver and PROSet and then update your system with the N8104 125AAdapter connected For a server running a full installation 1 Remove a team of network adapters NOTES Before you remove...

Page 170: ...re the settings after reinstalling the LAN driver 2 At a command prompt run dxsetup exe in your removable medium containing the Driver Set Windows Server 2008 64 bit x64 Editions drive letter 017 win winnt ws2008x64 r148 apps prosetdx vistax64 dxsetup exe Windows Server 2008 32 bit x86 Editions drive letter 017 win winnt ws2008 r148 apps prosetdx vista32 dxsetup exe 3 In Intel R Network Connection...

Page 171: ...estart the system WOL Refer to the following procedure for WOL Wake On LAN setting 1 Start Device Manager 2 Point to Network adapters and double click following adapter Open the adapter Properties Intel R 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection Intel R 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection 2 3 Click Power Management tab and change setting in Wake On LAN according to the follo...

Page 172: ...1 The packet which includes ethernet address of adapter in Ethernet Header or the Packet including the IP address assigned by IP Header to adapter NOTES Power Saver Options setting is not necessary to change Above setting will be maintained until manually resetting are executed 4 Click OK 5 Restart the system IMPORTANT The parameters of Wake On LAN will not exist if the network ports are not avail...

Page 173: ...ic protocols SLA is a switch assisted teaming mode and requires configuring ports at both ends of the link server interfaces and switch ports IMPORTANT AFT ALB setup must be operated after system update and restarting the system All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist on the same LAN If they are connected to the separate switches they will not work normally The adapters...

Page 174: ... Link Aggregation Switch Fault Tolerance 7 Click Finish 8 Click TEAM Team name from Device manager Network adapters to modify the team Click Settings tab and click Modify Team button 9 Refer to the following procedure to set the team member adapter priority status Set Primary Point the adapter and click Set Primary button Set Secondary Point the adapter and click Set Secondary button NOTE Adapter ...

Page 175: ...e Team 1 Open the Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and open TEAM Team name properties 3 Click Setting tab 4 Click Remove Team button 5 Click Yes to the message 6 Confirm TEAM Team name adapter is not existing in Network adapters tree and restart the system ...

Page 176: ...ics accelerator drivers will be installed automatically Refer to Graphics Accelerator Driver described in Appendix E when you want to reinstall the driver individually Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 95 107 If you use the SCSI Controller N8103 75 95 107 you do not need to install the driver manually It is automatically installed by Windows Plug and Play Installing SAS Controller Driver ...

Page 177: ...en box to start command prompt 3 Execute following command line bcdedit set pae forceenable 4 Reboot the system The setting mentioned above enables after reboot 5 Execute following command line on command prompt bcdedit Confirm pae ForceEnable exists in Windows boot loader The setting for PAE option is now completed Refer following site about Bcdedit exe Boot Configuration Data Editor Frequently A...

Page 178: ...e notes on the Windows installation Confirm these notes before starting the Express Setup About the Windows family This computer supports the following Windows editions Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition hereinafter referred to as Windows Server 2003 NOTE Express Setup does not support the installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Ed...

Page 179: ...f you want to install the other boards by using a driver floppy disk OEM Disk for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM Disk for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Parameter File Creator in Chapter 6 Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 129 RAID controller 256MB RAID 0 1 N8103 130 RAID Controller 256 M...

Page 180: ...le media such as DAT and LTO into the device mounted on this computer during the Windows installation Connecting Hard Disk Drive Do not connect the other hard disk drives except the drive that you want to create the Windows system drive If you create multiple logical drives in your system see Re installing the Operation System if Multiple Logical Drives Exist 5 100 Re installing to the hard disk d...

Page 181: ...ory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire system The maximum paging file size which can be set on one partition is 4095MB If the above paging file s...

Page 182: ...ile 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 to be written then after installing the system using the Size required for installation Paging file size install an additional new disk Installing the Service Pack When installing Windows Server 200...

Page 183: ...etting Input Steps 5 to 10 Next 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 CD DVD ROM from the Drive Insert Windows CD ROM Agree Software License Agreement Install OS Automatically Log on Automatically The installation is completed Process that...

Page 184: ...server 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM 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 then on again to reboot the server The system will boot from the DVD ROM and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER starts Select Os installation default from the Boot selection menu If you do not hit any key Os i...

Page 185: ...Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5 67 5 When the Software License Agreement screen of Windows PE appears click Yes 6 Select Perform the Express setup from the Top Menu click Next ...

Page 186: ...parameters 2 Click Next IMPORTANT The setup using a parameter file saved in the Flash FDD is not supported NOTE If a floppy disk drive is not connected select this item Load parameters 1 Insert the floppy disk containing the parameters file 2 Select Load parameters enter the file path of the parameters file into the text box 3 Click Next ...

Page 187: ...ical drive Enter RAID settings steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next NOTES You can use only the physical devices that have same model number to configure logical drive If the process is not finished normally the driver may not be stored in the EXPRESSBUILDER Refer to Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER described earlier in this chapter ...

Page 188: ...r partition size than the capacity of connected hard disk drive You can not specify a logical drive larger than 2 097 144MB 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 selected EXPRESSBUILDER installs the Operating System to the 1st partition 1st partition is deleted The data in...

Page 189: ... 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 zzzzz is displayed 12 Enter the setting of the network protocol Enter Network Protocol steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 190: ...or workgroup name to be used Enter domain account steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 14 Select the installing components Select Windows components steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

Page 191: ...yed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 16 Save the parameters Save 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 If not select Do not save parameters ...

Page 192: ...xpress setup step 18 Remove NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM from the optical disk drive according to the message If you proceed the setup by using setup parameter file remove the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive Insert Windows Server 2003 CD ROM into the optical disk drive Agree Software License Agreement screen appears ...

Page 193: ...the appropriate value When the following message is displayed click OK and input the product key The setup script file does not contain a valid Product ID Contact your system administrator for a valid Product ID 20 Insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 into the optical disk drive after the OS installation Hereinafter proceed operations according to the message When the installation has fi...

Page 194: ...unction of network contained 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 several network adapters as one team provides the server a tolerant environment on any trouble and enhances throughput between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these...

Page 195: ...osetdx win32 The Intel R PROSet InstallShield Wizard dialog starts 4 Click Next 5 Choose I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next 6 Click Next 7 Click Install 8 When InstallShield Wizard Completed window is displayed click Finished 9 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM from the optical disk drive restart the system ...

Page 196: ...n the Device Manager 2 Double click Network Adapter Name in the list 3 Click the Advanced and specify the Link Speed Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 4 Click OK 5 Restart the system When PROSet is installed 1 Open the Device Manager 2 Double click Network Adapter Name in the list 3 Click the Link Speed and specify the Speed Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 4...

Page 197: ...Dual Port Server Network Connection Intel R 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection 2 3 Click Power Management tab and change setting in Wake On LAN according to the following list Setting item Using WOL Not using WOL Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power ON ON Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby ON or OFF OFF 4 Click Advanced tab and point to Enable...

Page 198: ...r OFF OFF Wake On Magic Packet ON OFF Wake on Magic Packet from power off state ON OFF Wake on Link OFF OFF IMPORTANT WOL do not work by DirectedPacket 1 on shutdown state even Wake On Directed Packet is ON WOL work by DirectedPacket on sleep and hibernate state 1 The packet which includes ethernet address of adapter in Ethernet Header or the Packet including the IP address assigned by IP Header t...

Page 199: ...ic protocols SLA is a switch assisted teaming mode and requires configuring ports at both ends of the link server interfaces and switch ports IMPORTANT AFT ALB setup must be operated after system update and restarting the system All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist on the same LAN If they are connected to the separate switches they will not work normally The adapters...

Page 200: ... Link Aggregation Switch Fault Tolerance 7 Click Finish 8 Click TEAM Team name from Device manager Network adapters to modify the team Click Settings tab and click Modify Team button 9 Refer to the following procedure to set the team member adapter priority status Set Primary Point the adapter and click Set Primary button Set Secondary Point the adapter and click Set Secondary button NOTE Adapter ...

Page 201: ...e Team 1 Open the Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and open TEAM Team name properties 3 Click Setting tab 4 Click Remove Team button 5 Click Yes to the message 6 Confirm TEAM Team name adapter is not existing in Network adapters tree and restart the system ...

Page 202: ...he Install from a list or specific location Advanced radio button and click Next 5 Select the Search for the best driver in these locations radio button and uncheck the Search removable media floppy CD ROM check box 6 Check the Include this location in the search check box and when using N8104 111 specify 017 win winnt dotnet r148 pro100 win32 ndis5x Then click Next When using N8104 112 119 120 12...

Page 203: ...cribed in Appendix G when you want to reinstall the driver individually Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 95 107 If you use the SCSI Controller N8103 75 95 107 update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM attached to your system The SCSI Controller driver will be installed automatically Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104A If you use the SAS Controller N8103 104A update your ...

Page 204: ...tart point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click System System Properties dialog box will be shown 3 Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under Setup and Recovery 4 Under System Setup click Edit to open Boot ini 5 Add PAE to Operating Systems section in Boot ini file and then save it Example of Boot ini file boot loader timeout 30 default multi 0 disk 0...

Page 205: ...ng System with Express Setup 5 87 Setting for Solving Problems Setup your computer in advance so that it can recover from any trouble precisely and as soon as possible when it should occur For more information See Page 5 88 ...

Page 206: ...ocedures for collecting memory dump debug information in the server IMPORTANT Cautions for the Memory 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 occurs after specifying the process below the message to inform that the system is in short of virtual memory may appear but continue to start t...

Page 207: ...TANT To specify Complete Memory Dump to write the debug information is recommended If the mounted memory size is larger than 2GB Complete Memory Dump cannot be specified so that specify Kernel Memory Dump instead Specify the drive where there is a free area more than the size of the memory capacity mounted on Express server 300MB In case the mounted memory size exceeds 2GB due to the added memory ...

Page 208: ...ng debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the Windows Partition is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire system For more information on Recommended value see About the System Parti...

Page 209: ...ry size exceeds 2GB due to the added memory change the write debugging information to Kernel Memory Dump before adding memory The size of debugging information memory dump to be taken also changes due to adding memory Verify the size of the empty space in the debugging information memory dump write destination drive Windows Server 2008 32 bit x86 Edition To specify Complete Memory Dump to write th...

Page 210: ...m size Then click Set IMPORTANT The above mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file wi...

Page 211: ... Dump before adding memory The size of debugging information memory dump to be taken also changes due to adding memory Verify the size of the empty space in the debugging information memory dump write destination drive Windows Server 2003 To specify Complete Memory Dump to write the debug information is recommended If the mounted memory size is larger than 2GB Complete Memory Dump cannot be specif...

Page 212: ...ile 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 the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of th...

Page 213: ...ored in following directory C Users User Name AppData Local Temp NOTE The folder may be treated as hidden folder If the folder does not appear run Explorer and select Organize Folder and search options View and check to Show hidden files folders and drives When the User mode Process Dump is created pick up the file from the directory described in Step 4 Refer to Knowledge Base of Microsoft web sit...

Page 214: ...owing directory C Users User Name AppData Local Temp NOTE The folder may be treated as hidden folder If the folder does not appear run Explorer and select Tools Folder Options View and check to Show hidden files and folders When the User mode Process Dump is created pick up the file from the directory described in Step 4 Refer to Knowledge Base of Microsoft web site for more information about the ...

Page 215: ...x appears 3 Specify the location to store the diagnostic information in the Log File Path box The diagnostic information will be stored with the file name DRWTSN32 LOG NOTE You can not specify network pass Specify the pass on local computer 4 Specify the location of crash dump file in the Crash Dump box NOTE Crash Dump File is a binary file that can be read with Windows Debugger 5 Select Full radi...

Page 216: ...curity Alert appears click Run Select Complete for a setup format 3 Network Monitor is installed NOTE To remove Network Monitor go to Programs and Features Network Trace Capture Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 1 On the Start menu start Microsoft Network Monitor 2 On Start Page select Create a new capture tab or select New in the File menu and click Capture A new tab for capturing a netw...

Page 217: ...ws 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 select the Network Monitor Tools check box and then click OK 6 The Windows Components Wizard dialog box appears again so click Next 7 If the setup asks to install the disk insert the OS CD ROM into optical disk drive and click OK 8 Cli...

Page 218: ...rs Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Where do you want to install Windows Windows Server 2003 The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list Cannot modify the drive letter of your system or boot volume Confirm the proper drive letter is assigned and then continue the setup 3 Continue th...

Page 219: ...tter you want to assign 6 Click OK 7 If the following message appears click Yes Some programs that rely on drive letters might not run correctly Do you want to continue 8 Close the Server Manager Windows Server 2003 1 Click Start menu right click My Computer and specify Manage to start Computer Management 2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the window 3 Right click the volume you wan...

Page 220: ...ent workstations UPDATING THE SYSTEM 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 automatically Execute Updating the System in following cases Modified system configuration Recovered the system using recovery process See Updating the System section in A...

Page 221: ...er 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 Connect Flash FDD or USB FDD to the USB connector 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive and reboot the system 3 Select Tool menu Normal mode 4 Select English 5 Select Maintenance Utility 6 Select System Informat...

Page 222: ... 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 RAID Controller configure the RAID System before running the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 3 Boot the system from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM 4 Select Load the optional driver into the EXPRESSBUILDER from the Top menu click Next Setting the driver disk for the mass storage contr...

Page 223: ...Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities This section describes how to use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM that comes with your server and to install the utilities stored on the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER ...

Page 224: ...ILDER The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER helps you install the Operating system the Management software or use the maintenance utilities When you insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive and restart the system the following menu appears ...

Page 225: ...hat built on Windows PE 3 0 technology Pay attention to the automatic reboot that occurs after 72 hours from start You can use the Express Setup see Chapter 5 or the following functions from this menu Create the OEM Disk You can create the Windows OEM Disk to use at the Windows manual setup Load the driver This function is not usually used If you add the new device to the server this function may ...

Page 226: ...pter 8 BIOS FW Updating You can update the system BIOS by using the Flash FDD or USB FDD ROM DOS Startup FD The ROM DOS Startup FD is used for starting the ROM DOS system Test and diagnostics This function allows you to diagnose this computer See Chapter 7 System Management The parameters of BMC Baseboard Management Controller are set for remote control and alert This menu s function is the same a...

Page 227: ... If you 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 Tool menu Normal mode The menu s functions are the same as the Tool menu Normal mode ...

Page 228: ...oft 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 using the Explorer and double click the icon of the optical disk drive that contains the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM Some menu items are grayed out when the logon user does not have the authority of the...

Page 229: ...m the specification Also you can install the system with the same specification as before when re installing the system We recommend you to create Parameter file to setup the servers from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER When using a floppy disk a USB floppy disk drive is required IMPORTANT You cannot create Parameter file for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions The setup using a parameter file saved in ...

Page 230: ...allation and creating Parameter file Follow the procedure below IMPORTANT Do not remove NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM from drive during a parameter file creation 1 Start the OS 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive The menu will appear 3 Right click on the screen or left click Setup Windows The menu will appear ...

Page 231: ...Installing and Using Utilities 6 9 4 Click Parameter File Creator Parameter File Creator will appear ...

Page 232: ... 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 or Install the Windows 64bit editions from the menu click Next ...

Page 233: ... 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 devices specified as the hot spare must not exceed The number of the total physical devices which connected to the target system NOTE You can use only the physical devices that have same model number to...

Page 234: ... Utilities 8 Specify the installing medium and the Windows system partition Specify medium Partition steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 ...

Page 235: ...Installing and Using Utilities 6 13 Windows Server 2003 ...

Page 236: ...008 R2 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER installs the Operating System to the Windows partition The Boot partition if it exists and the Windows partition are deleted The data in the other partition is kept if the system has two or more partitions See the figure below Boot Partition Deleted Windows Partition Deleted User Data Partition Retained If Use existing partitions is selected when you operate Windows Serve...

Page 237: ...es 6 15 9 Enter the user information and client license mode Enter basic parameters steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 ...

Page 238: ...do not input value into Administrator password Confirm password zzzzz is displayed 10 Enter the setting of the network protocol Enter network protocol steps are 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 ...

Page 239: ...ter domain account steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next 12 Select the installing components Select Windows components steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 ...

Page 240: ... Using Utilities Windows Server 2003 13 Select the installing applications Select applications steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 ...

Page 241: ...ave the parameters Save 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 If not select Do not save parameters ...

Page 242: ...ameters file has 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 information file If you cancel operation on the way click at the upper right corner of the screen ...

Page 243: ...oftware server configuration Hardware resources mounted in servers such as the CPU memory disks RAID System and LAN boards Software resources such as operating system information and drivers running on each server Server failures On screen real time displays provide the system administrator with the failure type location cause and suggested corrective action Failure data includes hardware failure ...

Page 244: ...ply without terminating the system Refer to Installation Manual in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for more information about an installation and functions of the NEC ExpressUpdate Agent IMPORTANT To get the information of the update package which does not support NEC ExpressUpdate please refer to the web site below http www nec com global prod express index html For installation procedure and detailed exp...

Page 245: ... 6 Before attempting to operate Universal RAID Utility read the Universal RAID Utility Ver2 3 User s Guide contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM The manual explains the installation procedure and notes on operating Universal RAID Utility Setup with Express Setup You can install Universal RAID Utility with Express Setup contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM When you start the Express Setup a di...

Page 246: ...e setup of Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Click Setup Windows Install the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package x86 Use the x86 package whatever the CPU architecture may be for the setup of the Runtime component of the Microsoft Visual C 2005 SP1 Linux You need to run the setup sh in the install image of Universal RAID Utility There is the install image of Universal RAID Utility in the ...

Page 247: ...03 x64 Editions Windows Server 2008 Installation You can install this utility according to the following procedure 1 Insert NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM in the optical disk drive after OS starts 2 Click from the menu displayed with Auto run in order of Setup software Product Info Collection Utility 3 The installation of this utility is started Thereafter install it according to the message in the di...

Page 248: ... on this device is stored in the data compressed file zip form Uninstallation Except for Server Core Choose Add or Remove Programs Product Info Collection Utility Vx x x from the Control Panel Thereafter uninstall it according to the message in the dialog box For Server Core Enter the following command from the command prompt Wmic product where name Product Info Collection Utility call uninstall ...

Page 249: ...ice representative When you have changed the hardware configuration or BIOS configuration select System Information Management and then Save of the Off line Maintenance Utility to make a backup copy of the system information Also make a backup copy of the RAID System configuration data by using NEC EXPRESSBUILDER if your system is in the RAID System configuration When your hard disk drives have be...

Page 250: ...e server do not use volatile solvents such as thinner and benzene to clean the server The power receptacle the cables the connectors on the rear panel of server and the inside of the server must be kept dry Do not moisten them with water 1 Make sure that the server is off powered the POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 2 Unplug the power cord of the server from a power outlet 3 Wipe off dust from the power ...

Page 251: ...all vacuum cleaner with plastic tipped nozzle and electrostatic protection computer grade canned air and a small brush for cleaning the interior Follow the procedure below to clean the interior of the server WARNING Unplug all power cords Unplug all power cords before performing any maintenance Voltage is present inside the server and display unit even after the power is turned off All voltage is ...

Page 252: ...t the server and peripheral devices are all off powered the POWER SLEEP lamp goes off and then wipe the keyboard surface with a dry cloth The mouse does not work normally if its optical sensor is stained Wipe the optical sensor with a dry cloth Optical sensor ...

Page 253: ...rom 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 may cause a malfunction of the drive 5 Push on the tray front to close the tray 6 Wipe the signal side of the disc with a dry soft cloth IMPORTANT Wipe disc from the center to the outside Use only d...

Page 254: ...ystem Test Items The following items are tested in system diagnostics Memory CPU cache memory Hard disk drive used as a system IMPORTANT When executing the system diagnostics make sure to disconnect the LAN cable Executing the system diagnostics with the LAN cable connected the network may be influenced NOTE On checking the hard disk drive no data is written into the disk ...

Page 255: ...o execute System Diagnostics with remote console 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 the LAN cables from the server 3 Plug the power cord and power on the server 4 Use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM to start the system 5 Select Tool menu Nor...

Page 256: ...ostics 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 start end and elapsed time and completion status of the diagnostics Guide line Shows the details of the keys to operate window Test summary window Shows the results of each test that executed the diagn...

Page 257: ...ces Log Info Shows the log information of the diagnostics Log information can be saved To save it connect a FAT formatted removable media and select Save F Option Optional features can be used from this menu Reboot Reboots the system 8 Select Reboot in the Enduser Menu above The server restarts and the system is started from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 9 Exit the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER and remove the DVD f...

Page 258: ...uses P State Performance State of processor that is defined in ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Thus the OS must support P State The following OSs support the power control feature OS that supports power control feature Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 or later Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 or later Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 ...

Page 259: ... 2008 However it is not the problem in operating the system the event is logged because the P State is controlled by the server side Event ID 7 Source Kernel Processor Power Level Warning Description The speed of processor 0 is being limited by system firmware The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 71 seconds since the last report ...

Page 260: ...ay cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 9 for details Never attempt to lift the server only by two or less persons Do not install the server in any place other than specified Do not pinch your finger with mechanical component Do not connect disconnect any interface cable with the power cord of the server plugged to a power source Avoid installation in extreme temperat...

Page 261: ...d of the server from a power outlet 4 Remove all the cables from the server 5 Hold the server by its bottom to carry the server IMPORTANT Do not hold the front mask to lift the server The front mask may be disengaged from the server causing personal injury 6 Protect the server with the shock absorbing materials and pack it securely ...

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Page 263: ...our 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 the server and client computers ...

Page 264: ...ng the system operation Especially take note on whether any alert is reported to NEC ESMPRO Manager on the management PC Check whether any alert is reported in NEC ESMPRO Manager Example NOTE For provision against an unexpected failure it is recommended to install NEC ESMPRO Manager to your computer ...

Page 265: ... flashes it indicates that the server is in abnormal state The table below explains the STATUS LED indication the meanings and the procedures NOTES If NEC ESMPRO is installed you can confirm the cause of a failure by referring to the error log If shutdown processing can be performed via the operating system when you want to restart the system after turning the power off restart the system by perfo...

Page 266: ...f the STATUS LED indication does not change when the fans are normal contact your sales representative A voltage alarm was detected All the power supply units failed A CPU temperature alarm was detected On amber A temperature alarm was detected on chipset Contact your sales representative Flashing amber Either of the following was detected in the redundant power configuration AC power not supplied...

Page 267: ...access is made to the hard disk drive When the DISK ACCESS LED turns amber it indicates that a hard disk drive failure has occurred Check the hard disk drive LED for the status of the failing hard disk drive UID LED ID When the UID switch is pressed the front panel UID LED blue and the motherboard UID LED turn on or flash The motherboard UID LED is visible through the rear of the chassis and allow...

Page 268: ...rating However replace the hard disk drive as soon as possible and perform reconstruction rebuild processing The failing hard disk drive can be replaced in hot swap mode Blinking in green and amber alternately The LED indicates that reconstruction rebuild processing is being performed for the hard disk drive This flashing does not indicate a failure When a failing hard disk drive is replaced in RA...

Page 269: ... then perform rebuild processing again Observe the following notes on using the auto rebuild function Do not turn the power off or reboot the system during rebuild processing Let 90 seconds or more pass between removing a failing hard disk drive and mounting a new one Do not replace a failing hard disk drive while rebuild processing is being performed on another hard disk drive ...

Page 270: ...ntact your sales representative Speed LEDs for data transmission ports This LED indicates whether each of the network ports normally equipped with the server is operated through the 1000BASE T 100BASE TX or 10BASE T network interface If the LED is lit amber the network port is operated through 1000BASE T If the LED is lit green the network port is operated through 100BASE TX If the LED is off the ...

Page 271: ...switch is turned on If the LED does not go on when the server power switch is turned on or if it turns amber the power supply unit is probably faulty In this case contact your service representative to replace the power supply unit NOTE When the optional power supply unit is installed if one power supply unit fails the other can be used to continue operations thereby providing redundancy In additi...

Page 272: ...Alarm messages are useful information for maintenance NOTE The list of POST error messages only contains messages for the server For details about the BIOS error messages for the SCSI controller card and RAID controller which are options connected to the motherboard and the actions to take see the manuals that come with the options System Monitoring Check Passed ERROR AE81 CPU1_DIMM1 with error is...

Page 273: ... up POST processing did not finish Use the BIOS setup utility to specify the correct settings 8006 System configuration data cleared by Jumper The BIOS setup utility settings were cleared using the jumper Specify the BIOS setup utility settings again 8007 SETUP Menu Password cleared by Jumper The BIOS setup utility menu password was cleared using the jumper Use the BIOS setup utility to specify an...

Page 274: ...A CPU temperature abnormality was detected A001 Memory Error detected in CPU1_DIMM1 An error was detected for CPU1_DIMM1 A002 Memory Error detected in CPU1_DIMM2 An error was detected for CPU1_DIMM2 A003 Memory Error detected in CPU1_DIMM3 An error was detected for CPU1_DIMM3 A004 Memory Error detected in CPU1_DIMM4 An error was detected for CPU1_DIMM4 A005 Memory Error detected in CPU1_DIMM5 An e...

Page 275: ...1 has been disabled A memory error was detected CPU2_DIMM1 has been disabled AE08 CPU2_DIMM2 has been disabled A memory error was detected CPU2_DIMM2 has been disabled AE09 CPU2_DIMM3 has been disabled A memory error was detected CPU2_DIMM3 has been disabled AE0A CPU2_DIMM4 has been disabled A memory error was detected CPU2_DIMM4 has been disabled AE0B CPU2_DIMM5 has been disabled A memory error w...

Page 276: ... in PCI slot 2 failed B003 Expansion ROM not initialized PCI Slot 3B Option ROM expansion in PCI slot 3 failed B004 Expansion ROM not initialized PCI Slot 1C Option ROM expansion in PCI slot 4 failed B005 Expansion ROM not initialized PCI Slot 2C Option ROM expansion in PCI slot 5 failed B006 Expansion ROM not initialized PCI Slot 3C Option ROM expansion in PCI slot 6 failed If the board is not us...

Page 277: ...etected An error was detected for the 4th SM Bus C065 5th SMBus device Error detected An error was detected for the 5th SM Bus C066 6th SMBus device Error detected An error was detected for the 6th SM Bus Contact your service representative C101 BMC Memory Test Failed C102 BMC Firmware Code Area CRC check failed C103 BMC core hardware failure BMC device chip error C104 BMC IBF or OBF check failed ...

Page 278: ... service representative C10D Internal Use Area of BMC FRU corrupted Failure of the SROM for storing chassis information This is not a fatal error but turn off the power and then restart the server If this does not resolve the problem contact your service representative C10E BMC SDR Repository empty BMC device chip error Turn off the power and then restart the server If this does not resolve the pr...

Page 279: ...rruption C200 The error occurred during memory configuration check The memory information could not be obtained Turn off the power and then restart the server If this does not resolve the problem contact your service representative C201 Memory Configuration change is detected The memory configuration has changed since the previous startup This message appears if the configuration was changed since...

Page 280: ...lty Contact your service representative to replace the RAID controller SAS drives were detected but this controller does not support SAS drives Please remove the SAS drives then restart your system Press any key to continue or C to load the configuration utility RAID Controller may be faulty Contact your service representative to replace the RAID controller SATA drives were detected but this contr...

Page 281: ... longer accessible Please check your cables and also ensure all disks are present Press any key to continue or C to load the configuration utility The following VDs have missing disks xx If you proceed or load the configuration utility these VDs will be marked OFFLINE and will be inaccessible Please check your cables and ensure all disks are present Press any key to continue or C to load the confi...

Page 282: ...hen battery is not used Run WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility to check the setting for cache mode If forced write back is specified change it to constant write back or write through mode When battery is used Check if battery is connected properly If the same error persists contact your service representative to replace the RAID controller and battery Entering the configuration utility in this stat...

Page 283: ...ot of the controller DIMM on the controller needs replacement If you continue data corruption can occur Press X to continue or else power off the system and replace the DIMM module and reboot If you have replaced the DIMM please press X to continue Contact your service representative to replace the RAID controller ...

Page 284: ...An error occurred during a memory capacity check Make sure that the DIMMs are correctly inserted If this does not resolve the problem contact your service representative and request either DIMM or motherboard replacement 1 1 No graphics controller could be detected Contact your service representative and request motherboard replacement 1 An error was detected during the POST processing 1 DIMM has ...

Page 285: ...nt from BIOS Message sent from BMC Example z Messages displayed on top line BIOS messages On screen message Description Action XX BIOS Rev YYYY POST in progress XX POST code YYYY BIOS version Wait until POST completes Prepare To Boot POST completes normally Wait until booting up completes CPU1_DIMM C Err A correctable error occurred on one of CPU1_DIMMs CPU2_DIMM C Err A correctable error occurred...

Page 286: ...p XX CPU2_DIMM4 Temp XX CPU2_DIMM5 Temp XX CPU2_DIMM6 Temp XX A temperature abnormality was detected XX 09 High temperature abnormality XX 02 Low temperature abnormality A temperature abnormality at the warning level was detected XX 07 High temperature warning XX 00 Low temperature warning It is possible that a fan has failed or is clogged up Contact your service representative and request repairs...

Page 287: ...em management interrupts WDT timeout A watchdog timer timeout occurred HDD 1 Fault HDD 2 Fault HDD 3 Fault HDD 4 Fault HDD 5 Fault HDD 6 Fault HDD 7 Fault HDD 8 Fault HDD 9 Fault HDD 10 Fault HDD 11 Fault HDD 12 Fault Operation was performed while the hard disk drive had a failed status supported only when the onboard RAID controller N8103 129 130 is used HDD 7 Fault and HDD 8 Fault only apply to ...

Page 288: ...ring See Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in Chapter 4 for the positions of the jumper switches Fail to power on the server Is the server is properly supplied with power Check if the power cord is connected to a power outlet or UPS that meets the power specifications for the server Check the power cord for broken shield or bent plugs Make sure the power breaker for the connected power outlet is on...

Page 289: ... 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 Are cables properly connected Make sure that the interface cables and power cord are properly connected Also make sure that the cables are connected in the correct order Is the power on order correct When the server has any...

Page 290: ... 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 Is the DVD CD ROM applicable to the server The DVD CD ROM for Macintosh is not available for use For the disk which does not conform to the CD standard the playback of such a disk with the optical disk drive is not guaranteed The POWER SLEEP lamp goes on when the power c...

Page 291: ...CSI 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 SCSI device for details Is cable length exceeded Refer to the manual that comes with the SCSI device for details Are the optional SCSI controllers properly configured Use the BIOS Setup utility for proper ...

Page 292: ...l R has been deactivated from the team Event Type Error Event Source iANSMiniport Event Category None Event ID 16 Description Team Name The last adapter has lost link Team network connection has been lost Event Type Warning Event Source iANSMiniport Event Category None Event ID 22 Description Primary Adapter does not sense any Probes Intel R Possible reason partitioned Team Above mentioned event l...

Page 293: ...entation namespace Root IntelNCS2 to use the LocalSystem account This account is privileged and the provider may cause a security violation if it does not correctly impersonate user requests This event does not affect system operation Ignore this message The following system event is logged when Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed Event ID 134 Source Microsoft Windows Time Service Level Warning De...

Page 294: ...aspx kb 976072 en us The following warnings are logged to application event log when you import a transportable shadow copy to another server that has a read only volume while operating Windows Server 2008 R2 Event ID 8193 Source VSS Level Error Description Volume Shadow Copy Service error Unexpected error calling routine IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX mpio disk ven_nec pro d_istorage_2000 rev_280...

Page 295: ...st Window This event does not affect system operation Ignore this message For more details see http support microsoft com kb 975777 en us The following system events are logged when Windows Server 2008 is installed Event ID 134 Source Microsoft Windows Time Service Level Warning Description NtpClient was unable to set a manual peer to use as a time source because of DNS resolution error on time wi...

Page 296: ...elEthernetDiag has been registered in the Windows Management Instrumentation namespace Root CIMv2 to use the LocalSystem account This account is privileged and the provider may cause a security violation if it does not correctly impersonate user requests A provider WmiPerfClass has been registered in the Windows Management Instrumentation namespace root cimv2 to use the LocalSystem account This ac...

Page 297: ... These events do not affect system operation Ignore these messages There are some cases that an event log is registered as follows when you install Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Source DCOM Category Error Event ID 10016 Description The application specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM server application with CLSID 555F3418 D99E 4E51 800A 6E89CFD8B1D7 ...

Page 298: ...ield of the event contains a binary representation of the record If you use Hardware Management which is provided by Windows Server 2003 R2 above shown event log will be registered For more details refer to Enabling Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Hardware Management on the following site NEC Express5800 Web Site http www nec co jp express download W2K3_R2 The system displays the message below an...

Page 299: ...EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM in the optical disk drive Take out the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM and restart the server Is the OS broken Use recovery process to recover the system The OS presents unstable operation Did you update the system Installing a network drive after installation of the OS may cause unstable operation Use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM to update the system See Chapter 6 The system d...

Page 300: ... utility Have the protocol and service already configured Install the distinctive network driver for the server Make sure that the protocol such as TCP IP and services are properly specified Is the transfer speed correct Open the network property dialog box in control panel to specify the link speed and duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB The Telnet Service is not installed Adjust...

Page 301: ...is available unless the AC power is turned off Select Start Administrative Tools Computer Management Select Device Manager double click Intel R PRO 1000EB Network Connection with I O Acceleration n under Network Adapter and specify as follows in Detail tab PME ON Wake On Magic Packet The system time lags If you do not use the server that adjust time such as NTP Network Time Protocol Server the sys...

Page 302: ...hard disk drives and additional disk cage Connect the SAS cable properly If the same error persists the hard disk drive may be faulty Contact your service representative A hard disk drive fails Contact your service representative Rebuild fails Is the capacity of the hard disk drive to be rebuilt sufficient The hard disk drive to be rebuilt should have the same capacity of the failed had disk drive...

Page 303: ...succeeded It is not the problem in operating the system Event ID317 The following message may be registered in RAID log in Universal RAID Utility and OS log Event Log or Windows syslog of Linux Source Raidsrv Event ID 317 8000013D Type Warning Description RU0317 CTRL 1 PD 2 3 4 5 An error of warning level occurred on physical device Error code 6 Single shot message indicates the successful retry e...

Page 304: ...lation default is selected at Boot selection screen following message is displayed After this 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 computer Insert the correct version and click OK When you click OK the computer reboots This NEC EXPRESSBUILDER ...

Page 305: ...t went wrong It is write protected or the floppy disk may be damaged Please check a floppy disk and perform creation of OEM Disk again Failed in the deletion of the file Please confirm whether the media is not write protected state or not The Flash FDD or the floppy disk is write protected Cancel write protected state If you have already cancelled write protected state connect the USB floppy disk ...

Page 306: ...Windows Server 2008 If you install using BackUp DVD ROM product key is not required If you install using the DVD ROM other than BackUp DVD ROM product key screen is displayed twice at during OS installation and before MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS dialog which displayed after OS installation Enter product key following the message Case of Windows Server 2003 If you install using BackUp CD ROM p...

Page 307: ... Parameter File Creator requires to run by Microsoft HTML Application host If Parameter File Creator does not start associate the file type with Microsoft HTML Application host via following process 1 Click Run on Start menu 2 Type windir system32 mshta exe register in the Open box and click OK ...

Page 308: ...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 failed Contact your service representative Rebuild fails Is the capacity of the hard disk drive to be rebuilt sufficient The hard disk drive to be rebuilt should have the same capacity of the failed had d...

Page 309: ... appear with different names on Device Manager It is not a problem in operating the system To display correct controller name run following command in the driver software NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD and restart the system Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 32 bit x86 Windows Server 2008 64 bit x64 Drive Letter 017 win winnt ws2008x64 elxstor friendlyname exe ...

Page 310: ... appear Is your system Windows XP or later or Windows 2003 or later The Autorun menu is supported by Windows XP Windows 2003 or later If your system runs on Windows 2000 you need to setup IE6 0 before using the menu The menu is not available for Windows 2008 server core environment Is Shift pressed Setting the DVD CD with Shift pressed down cancels the Autorun feature Is the system in the proper s...

Page 311: ...nel 2 Select the type of the log to collect On Application Log the events related to the running application is archived On Security Log the events related to the security is archived On System Log the events occurred at the item which configures Windows system is archived 3 Click Save as in the Run menu 4 Input the file name of archived log in the File Name box 5 Select the type of the log file y...

Page 312: ...agnostic 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 Memory Dump If an error occurs the dump file should be saved to acquire necessary information If you saved the dump to DAT write down that it is saved as NTBackup or ARCServe on the label You can speci...

Page 313: ...y console For more information refer to Online Help For Windows Server 2008 If the system fails to start for some reason rebuild the system using the recovery console Note that this method is recommended for only users and administrators who have a thorough knowledge of the recovery console For more information refer to Online Help For Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions If the system fails to start ...

Page 314: ...The Maintenance Tools is started according to the following procedure 1 Turn on peripheral devices and the server in this order 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM supplied with your 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 boots up displayin...

Page 315: ...ode is selected when using it with remote console IMPORTANT An initial selection of the menu is Japanese Japanese 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 local console ...

Page 316: ...8 54 Troubleshooting When you use a remote console 6 Each tool is selected and it starts ...

Page 317: ...rther 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 data record SDR and filed replaceable unit FRU and to make a backup copy of them Using this feature you can find system errors and events to determine a maintenance part BIOS Setup Viewer Provides t...

Page 318: ...ing If the update processing is discontinued the system becomes unable to start ROM DOS startup FD Creates a support disk for starting the ROM DOS system Test and diagnostics Execute various tests on the server system to check if the server functions are normal and if the connection between the server and additional board is normal After the Test and diagnostics is executed a system check program ...

Page 319: ...use this feature on any other computer than the server or on any other server obtained without the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Doing so may cause a failure of the server Be sure to select Tool menu Redirection mode in Boot selection menu from the remote console Starting The following two methods are available to start the server Running Maintenance Tools from the management PC via LAN Running Maintenance T...

Page 320: ...ement menu from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER to create a configuration file Save the configuration file into the root directory of the floppy disk as the following file name File name CSL_LESS cfg If you exit the BIOS SETUP by unusual way e g forced power off or reset the redirection process may fail In such a case setup again by using the configuration file On Windows Server 2008 you need to open Device Ma...

Page 321: ...lts 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 it is not frozen make sure that no processing is in progress ...

Page 322: ... on function is used cycle 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 SLEEP switch cannot be used to control the power because the system is entered into the reset status Pull out the power cord and turn off the power After a while check the operation ...

Page 323: ...ional 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 removing any optional devices Make sure to use only optional devices and cables authorized by NEC Repair of the server due to malfunctions failures or damage resulted from installing such devices or cables will be charged For the Wind...

Page 324: ... the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions might cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 12 for details Do not lift the server only by a single person Make sure to complete card installation Do not install the server on the rack leaving the cover removed Do not in...

Page 325: ...y Select a suitable work space Work with the server on the anti static or concrete floor When you work with the server on a carpet where static electricity is likely to be generated make sure take anti static measures beforehand Use a work table Place the server on an anti static mat to work with it Cloth Do not wear a wool or synthetic cloth to work with the server Wear anti static shoes to work ...

Page 326: ...Prepare a Phillips screwdriver to install or remove the component The server needs to be pulled out from the rack for installing removing any internal components other than the hard disk drives and power supply units CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions might cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 12 fo...

Page 327: ...nd left sides of the front panel and slowly pull out the server from the rack The server is locked while you are pulling it Stop pulling when it is locked To place the server in the rack push it back into the rack while pushing the right and left release levers blue forward or rearward IMPORTANT Be very careful not to get your finger caught in the levers or rails Release lever blue Press this butt...

Page 328: ...that attaching screws and other conductive components has not been forgotten Leaving a conductive component on the motherboard or the end of a cable can cause operational problems when the power is turned on Check the effectiveness of server internal cooling Make sure that the vents used to cool the wires running through the inside of the server are not blocked If the cooling effectiveness is lost...

Page 329: ... according to the included slots For details see the figure below IMPORTANT Use a hard disk drive authorized by NEC Installing a third party hard disk drive might cause a failure of the server as well as the hard disk drive Purchase hard disk drives of the following models current as of June 2010 N8150 276 160GB 7200rpm SATA2 300 N8150 277 500GB 7200rpm SATA2 300 N8150 300 146 5GB 10000rpm SAS N81...

Page 330: ...gure below IMPORTANT Use a hard disk drive authorized by NEC Installing a third party hard disk drive might cause a failure of the server as well as the hard disk drive Purchase hard disk drives of the following models current as of June 2010 N8150 209A 250GB 7200rpm SATA2 300 N8150 274 500GB 7200rpm SATA2 300 N8150 263 1TB 7200rpm SATA2 300 N8150 278 2TB 7200rpm SATA2 300 Port 0 Port 3 Port 1 Por...

Page 331: ...nal RAID controller N8103 129 130 Use WebBIOS or the Universal RAID Utility to build set up or manage a RAID system For details see page 337 of Universal RAID Utility which is included with the optional RAID controller The hard disk drive bays include dummy trays These dummy trays are used to increase the server internal effects of cooling Be sure to install the dummy trays if not installing hard ...

Page 332: ... the hard disk drives having the same specification including the capacity 3 5 inch hard disk drive 1 See page 197 to prepare 2 Locate the slot in which you are going to install a hard disk drive The server has six slots Install the hard disk drives in ascending port number order The port numbers are determined by the slot positions 3 Remove the dummy tray Install dummy trays in all slots IMPORTAN...

Page 333: ...d disk drive handle 5 With the handle in the fully open position firmly hold the drive carrier and handle and insert it into the chassis IMPORTANT Push the drive to check if it is firmly secured Carefully hold the hard disk drive with both hands ...

Page 334: ...onfirm that the handle is hooked to the frame when having inserted the hard disk drive 7 Power on the server and run the SETUP utility Select the Boot menu described on page 299 to set the boot priority When you install an additional hard disk drive the boot priority stored in BIOS is cleared 8 Install the front bezel you removed in step 2 There are tabs on the left side of the front bezel Engage ...

Page 335: ...ard disk drives from the lower port number as described in 2 5 inch hard disk drive on page 203 3 Remove the dummy tray Dummy trays are in all hard disk drive bays except the Port0 bay IMPORTANT Keep the dummy tray for future use The purpose of a dummy tray is to increase the cooling effect in the server Install a dummy tray in slots not containing a hard disk drive 4 Unlock the hard disk drive ha...

Page 336: ...he slot 6 Put your fingers on the front of the drive carrier 7 Push the drive carrier into the slot until it stops IMPORTANT Confirm that the handle is hooked to the frame when having inserted the hard disk drive Be careful not to get your finger caught between the handle and tray ...

Page 337: ... is hooked to the frame when having inserted the hard disk drive 9 Power on the server and run the SETUP utility Select the Boot menu described on page 299 to set the boot priority When you install an additional hard disk drive the boot priority stored in BIOS is cleared 10 Install the front bezel you removed in step 2 There are tabs on the left side of the front bezel Engage the tabs with the ser...

Page 338: ...starting the removal 1 See page 197 to prepare 2 Push the lever to unlock and open the handle IMPORTANT Do not press the POWER switch during the installation or removal of the hard disk drive if your server is running 3 Firmly hold the handle and hard disk drive and pull out the hard disk drive 4 If using the server with the hard disk drive removed install the dummy tray in the vacant slot to ensu...

Page 339: ...previously recorded boot order settings are cleared 6 Install the front bezel you removed in step 2 2 5 inch hard disk drive IMPORTANT Do not press the POWER switch during the installation or removal of the hard disk drive if your server is running 1 See page 197 to prepare 2 Push the lever to unlock 3 Open the handle DISK LED ...

Page 340: ...d disk drive removed install the dummy tray in the vacant slot to ensure the cooling efficiency 6 Power on the server and run the SETUP utility Select the Boot menu described on page 299 to set the boot priority When you install an additional hard disk drive the boot priority stored in BIOS is cleared 7 Install the front bezel you removed in step 2 ...

Page 341: ...led hard disk drive with a new one replace the disk while the server is powered While auto rebuild is in progress the DISK LED flashes green and amber alternatively to indicate it Observe the following notes for auto rebuild Do not power off the server in the period between a hard disk drive error and completion of auto rebuild When you removed a hard disk drive wait at least 90 seconds before ins...

Page 342: ...he unlikely event one of the power supplies fails Installation Take the following steps to install a power supply unit 1 See page 197 to prepare IMPORTANT Be sure to turn off the power Not doing so might cause incorrect operations or a failure 2 Remove the blank cover Insert your fingers into the two round holes and remove the cover IMPORTANT Keep the removed blank cover for future use 3 Insert th...

Page 343: ...er 9 21 IMPORTANT Do not touch the terminals of the power supply unit 4 Grab the handle and securely press the power supply unit into place The power supply unit is locked when a distinct click is heard Contact terminals ...

Page 344: ...cted AC POWER LEDs on both power supply units go on green 6 Power on the server The AC POWER LEDs go on 7 Confirm by the STATUS LED or on the POST screen that there are no errors related to the power supply units See page 371 for details on the error messages If the AC POWER LEDs are off reinstall the power supply units If the same error message still appears contact your sales representative Powe...

Page 345: ... can be replaced with the system operating power on state Skip step 2 1 Locate the failed power supply unit by the AC POWER LED on the rear of each power supply unit The LED of the failed power supply unit is lit amber or flashing amber 2 Shutdown the system and press the POWER switch to turn off the power 3 Disconnect the power cord from the failed power supply 4 Grab the power supply unit handle...

Page 346: ...alled normally NOTE If one of the two power supply units of the server is replaced the AC POWER LED of the new power supply unit goes on amber until the AC power cord is connected It turns on green when the AC power cord is connected If it is replaced while the power is off the LED flashes green The LED goes on green when the power is turned on ...

Page 347: ... toward the rear of the server while pressing the lock buttons on the cover 4 Lift off the drive cover from the server Installation When installing the drive cover confirm that the tab of the drive cover is securely inserted into the slots in the server frame Slide the drive cover toward the rear of the server The drive cover is locked when a distinct click is heard At this time check the lock but...

Page 348: ...et screw on the back of the logic cover and then slide the cover towards the back 4 Lift the logic cover to remove it from the server Attachment When attaching the logic cover make sure that the logic cover tab is securely inserted into the server frame and slide the drive cover towards the front When the cover is in position tighten the set screw on the back NOTE If the logic cover is hard to clo...

Page 349: ...es see page 196 Make sure to use a DIMM authorized by NEC Installing a third party DIMM might cause a failure 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 Purchase DIMMs of the following models current as of June 2010 N8102 371 Additional 1GB memory stick 1GB 1 N8102 372 Additional 2GB memory stick 2GB 1 N810...

Page 350: ...U2_DIMM6 are not available NOTES If an N8102 371 372 373 374 375 memory stick is installed or the standard memory configuration is used memory mirroring and LockStep x8 SDDC features are not supported The factory installed two 1GB DIMMs and additional 1GB memory stick is unavailable for x4 SDDC feature To use x4 SDDC feature additional 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB memory stick is required FRONT REAR 7 1 9 3 1...

Page 351: ...DIMM3 CPU1_DIMM6 CPU2_DIMM4 CPU2_DIMM1 CPU2_DIMM5 CPU2_DIMM2 CPU2_DIMM6 If the onboard CPU is Xeon E5620 Operates at 800MHz Operates at 800MHz If the onboard CPU is Xeon E5503 E5506 Has an additional 16 GB memory stick been installed If the onboard CPU is XEON E5620 E5640 N N N N Are at least four memory sticks installed per CPU N Operates on an 1333MHz memory clock Y Y Y Y Y Y N Operates on a 106...

Page 352: ...S features including standard memory configuration x4 SDDC ECC memory a memory mirroring feature a memory LockStep x8 SDDC ECC memory feature and a memory sparing feature To use the memory mirroring or LockStep feature see Using the Memory RAS Features on page 222 ...

Page 353: ...197 to prepare 2 Pull out the server from the rack as described on page 197 3 Remove the drive cover and logic cover as described on page 214 4 Remove the PCI riser card as described on page 236 5 Remove the four support bar screws and then remove the support bar NOTE The support bar can spring upwards when freed resulting in the loss of screws Firmly hold the support bar down while removing the s...

Page 354: ...e Position the DIMM above the socket Align the small notch at the bottom edge of the DIMM with the key in the socket NOTE Make sure of the orientation of the DIMM Position the DIMM so that a notch in the bottom edge of the DIMM aligns with the keyed socket Applying too much pressure can damage the socket Keyed DIMMs insert only one way 9 Attach the processor duct Place the USB cable on top of the ...

Page 355: ...ror message take a note on the message and see the POST error messages listed on page 371 13 Run the BIOS SETUP utility and select Advanced Memory Configuration Memory Information to verify that the installed DIMM shows a number See page 275 for details 14 Select Memory Configuration Memory Retest on the Advanced menu and specify Yes This setting is required to update the hardware configuration in...

Page 356: ...as described in the Attachment procedure 7 Open the clips at each end of the socket from which you remove the DIMM The DIMM pops out of the socket 8 Hold the DIMM by the edges lift it away from the socket and store it in an anti static package 9 Reinstall all parts removed in Steps 3 to 7 See installation procedures for detail explanations 10 Power on the server and verify that POST displays no er...

Page 357: ... use the memory mirroring feature or LockStep x8 SDDC ECC memory feature an additional memory stick N8102 387 388 389 390 391 is required To use x4 SDDC ECC memory feature an additional memory stick N8102 371 372 373 374 375 is required The memory area on the motherboard of the server is divided into two memory channels as shown in the figure below Memory controller Memory controller The memory mi...

Page 358: ... 6 CPU2 DIMM3 6 is disabled To use the Memory Mirroring feature an additional memory stick N8102 387 388 389 390 391 is required Mirror set 3 Mirror set 1 Mirror set 4 Mirror set 2 CPU2 DIMM3 CPU1 DIMM1 CPU1 DIMM4 CPU1 DIMM2 CPU1 DIMM5 CPU1 DIMM3 CPU1 DIMM6 CPU2 DIMM4 CPU2 DIMM1 CPU2 DIMM5 CPU2 DIMM2 CPU2 DIMM6 Memory controller Memory controller CH0 CH0 CH1 CH1 CH2 CH2 CH0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Da...

Page 359: ... DIMM status is Mirror Install memory devices in the following order The following mirroring cannot be configured Memory mirroring within a specific memory channel Notes on configuring memory mirroring In memory mirroring configuration Memory RAS Mode menu is changed from Mirror to Independent in the following cases When you additionally install DIMMs that unable to configure memory mirroring When...

Page 360: ...to enable x8 SDDC x8 Single Device Data Correction With this feature a single device can detect and correct one to eight bit error IMPORTANT The LockStep feature uses channels 0 and 1 When setting up this feature memory channel 2 of each CPU CPU1 DIMM3 6 CPU2 DIMM3 6 cannot be used It is necessary to install an additional N8102 387 388 389 390 391 memory stick Memory controller Memory controller ...

Page 361: ...l memory devices in the following order The following LockStep cannot be configured LockStep between memory channels of different memory controllers CPU LockStep within the same memory channel Notes on configuring LockStep In LockStep configuration Memory RAS Mode menu is changed from LockStep to Independent in the following cases When you additionally install DIMMs that unable to configure LockSt...

Page 362: ...5 are required to use the memory sparing feature The capacity of the additional memory sticks must match the capacity of the other memory sticks used in the server Example Memory sparing in a 2 CPU configuration Memory controller Memory controller CPU1 CPU2 CH0 CH1 CH2 CH0 CH1 CH2 Spare set 3 Spare set 1 Spare set 4 Spare set 2 CPU1 DIMM 4 CPU1 DIMM 5 CPU1 DIMM 6 CPU1 DIMM 1 CPU1 DIMM 2 CPU1 DIMM ...

Page 363: ...emory Configuration Memory RAS Mode Sparing After exiting SETUP launch SETUP again and check that the added DIMMs have the status Sparing Insert the additional memory sticks in the following sequence Memory sparing cannot be used in the following case There are DIMMs of varying capacities installed in the server FRONT REAR 3 1 3 1 31 2 1 2 1 21 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 CPU configuration Mother board CPU2 DIM...

Page 364: ...see page 196 Do not operate the system until confirming that the additionally installed CPU is in normal state Make sure to use the CPU authorized by NEC Installing a third party CPU might cause a failure of the CPU as well as the server Repair of the server due to failures or damage resulted from installing such a board will be charged NOTE If the different revision of the processor is installed ...

Page 365: ...d logic cover as described on page 214 4 Remove the PCI riser card as described on page 236 5 Remove the four support bar screws and then remove the support bar NOTE The support bar can spring upwards when freed resulting in the loss of screws Firmly hold the support bar down while removing the screws 6 Remove the fan duct from the chassis 7 Locate the CPU socket which you are going to install CPU...

Page 366: ... the four screws and remove the CPU dummy cover IMPORTANT Keep the removed cover for future use 9 Open the socket lever by pushing the lever down and away from the socket 10 Lift the load plate IMPORTANT Do not touch the socket contacts ...

Page 367: ...moved from the socket 12 Hold a new processor with your thumb and index fingers and place it on the socket carefully as shown in the figure below NOTES Align notches with the socket Lower the processor straight down without tilting or sliding it in the socket IMPORTANT Hold the processor only at the edges being careful not to touch the bottom of the processor Notch Pin Marker Pin Marker Key ...

Page 368: ...and then engage the socket lever 14 Put the heat sink on CPU and fix the heat sink with four screws Check the orientation of the heat sink and then tighten the screws Make sure that the screw aligns with the screw hole If not the screw may damage the motherboard 1 4 2 3 CPU1 heat sing CPU2 heat sing ...

Page 369: ...emove it and then install it again The following probably causes the heat sink not to be level The CPU is not positioned correctly All screws are not completely tightened Do not move the secured heat sink 16 Reinstall the processor duct Place the USB cable on top of the processor duct Rear of the server Front of the server CPU1 heat sing CPU2 heat sing USB cable ...

Page 370: ...inserted under the support bar NOTE The support bar can spring upwards when freed resulting in the loss of screws Firmly hold the support bar down while removing the screws 18 Set Reset Configuration Data on the Advanced menu to Yes This setting is required to update the hardware configuration information See page 275 for details Support bar Processor duct ...

Page 371: ...eat sink adhere to the CPU To remove the heat sink from the CPU first turn the heat sink to the left 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 might cause the CPU and or socket to fail Do the following procedure if a CPU is removed or replaced 1 When a CPU is replaced select menus Main Processor Settings to confir...

Page 372: ... metal frame of the server to discharge static electricity from your body before handling the PCI board Do not touch the PCI card terminals or on board parts by a bare hand or place the PCI card directly on the desk For static notes see page 196 Some restrictions are imposed on the combination of PCI cards which can be installed in the server Contact your service representative for details A riser...

Page 373: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 51 FRONT Riser card slot Dedicated to low profile PCI boards Riser card slot Dedicated to full height PCI boards Mother board REAR 3B 2B Slot for RAID Controller 3C 2C 1C ...

Page 374: ...e following order 3B 2B 1C 2C 3C The PCI devices of the same type including onboard PCI device may be recognized in different order from that described above depending on OS or RAID System BIOS Utility Check the slot location of PCI device by PCI bus number device number and function number shown in the table below PCI device Bus number Device number Function number Onboard NIC1 1h 0 0 Onboard NIC...

Page 375: ... priority If a device that can be booted PCI card USB device etc is added the boot priority might change If the priority has changed use Hard Drive BBS Priorities on the Boot menu of BIOS SETUP to specify a higher priority for the boot device Boot Æ Hard Drive BBS Priorities Æ Check the display If the boot device is an HDD under N8103 129 130 Bus 07 Dev 00 PCI RAID Adapter ...

Page 376: ...e 197 to prepare 2 Pull out the server from the rack as described on page 197 3 Remove the logic cover as described on page 214 4 Hold the riser card handle and bracket as shown in the figure below and remove the riser card If the card is hard to remove hold down the server while lifting the card NOTE Be very careful not to contact the other component 5 Check the insertion positions in the table o...

Page 377: ... remove the additional slot cover NOTE Keep the removed additional slot cover for future use 8 Only for the full height full length type When inserting a full height full length PCI card remove the card retainer Low profile riser card Full height side riser card Retainer ...

Page 378: ... left on them cause the server to malfunction If you are unable to install a PCI card correctly remove it and then install it again Be careful not to apply excess force to a PCI card or riser card Doing so may damage the card NOTES Confirm that the end of the PCI card bracket is inserted in the frame slot of the riser card Some PCI cards have terminal section that extends over the mating connector...

Page 379: ...t or fingerprints Dust and fingerprints left on them cause the server to malfunction 11 Insert the riser module assembly into the slot on the motherboard Align the riser card terminal section with the slot on the motherboard and firmly push the riser module until it is fully seated Full height riser card Low profile riser card Insert the hooks Insert the hooks ...

Page 380: ...ot order as described on page 299 Installing RAID Controller Take the following steps to install the optional RAID controller in the RAID Controller slot If using an optional RAID controller N8103 129 130 For a detailed description see the instruction manual that came with your optional RAID controller N8103 129 130 IMPORTANT The optional RAID controller is an electronic component that is extremel...

Page 381: ...n or standby mode 1 See page 197 to prepare 2 Pull out the server from the rack as described on page 197 3 Remove the logic cover as described on page 214 4 Hold the riser card handle and bracket as shown in the figure on the right and remove the riser card If the card is hard to remove hold down the server while lifting the card IMPORTANT Carefully remove the riser card so as not to contact any o...

Page 382: ...IMPORTANT This server does not have any connectors to which the connectors of LEDs for indicating disk access such as for the RAID controller can be connected If a RAID controller is connected use the Boot menu of the BIOS setup utility to set the controller s boot priority to the eighth item or an item that has higher priority If the RAID controller is specified as the ninth item or an item that ...

Page 383: ...7 3 Remove the logic cover as described on page 214 4 Hold the riser card handle and bracket as shown in the figure on the right and remove the riser card If the card is hard to remove hold down the server while lifting the card IMPORTANT Carefully remove the riser card so as not to contact any other components 5 Disconnect cables from the RAID controller 6 Remove screws from the RAID controller a...

Page 384: ...ctor board provided with the additional battery to the RAID controller 8 Secure the RAID controller to the server chassis 9 Remove the two screws for the battery bracket attached to the server and then remove the bracket Screw Connector board Screw ...

Page 385: ... came with the additional battery to fix the battery to the bracket 11 Connect the cable to the additional battery Be aware of the face of the connector according to the figure below Connect a cable to the connector with matching their markings Screw ...

Page 386: ... the screws that came with the additional battery to fix the battery to the bracket 13 For a 2 5 inch model route the cables as shown in the following figures When connecting to a RAID controller inserted into the dedicated slot Screw ...

Page 387: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 65 When connecting to a RAID controller inserted into a low profile slot When connecting to a RAID controller inserted into a full height slot ...

Page 388: ... on the RAID controller Be aware of the face of the connector according to the figure below 15 Install the components you removed previously Removing Additional Battery for RAID Controller Remove the additional battery for RAID controller in reverse order of the installation steps ...

Page 389: ...RAID System has your valuable data stored make sure to make a backup copy of the data in another hard disk drive before installing the RAID controller and configuring 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 in the RAID System NOTES Make sure of RAI...

Page 390: ...ler Do not touch the RAID controller terminals or on board parts by a bare hand or place the RAID controller directly on the desk For static notes see page 196 NOTE Before installing an optional RAID controller run the SETUP utility select Advanced PCI Configuration and confirm that Enabled is set for the parameter PCI Slot xx ROM xx PCI slot number IMPORTANT When N8103 129 130 is inserted do not ...

Page 391: ...nd setting up the operating system If you are not installing the operating system to the hard disk drives select Other in the Select OS step in Express Setup The installer will then automatically execute the processes from configuring the RAID system to installing the maintenance utilities If you are executing a manual setup use the RAID configuration utility incorporated in the chip on the card T...

Page 392: ... a separately sold SCSI controller and SCSI cable K410 146 00 are required For details see Supported cards and slots into which they can be inserted on page 239 Do not install a backup device that is not specified by NEC Only devices that have dimensions up to a width of approximately 9 cm 3 5 inches and a height of approximately 4 cm 1 6 inches can be installed in this server Backup device bay ...

Page 393: ...6 2 Pull the server out of the rack as described on page 196 3 Remove the drive cover and logic cover as described on page 214 4 Remove the PCI riser card as described on page 236 5 Remove the support bar and processor duct as described on page 228 6 Press the device carrier level to unlock the carrier and then remove the carrier from the front of the unit 7 Press the tabs on both sides of the fro...

Page 394: ... the device carrier 10 Use the screws that came with the server to fix the backup device in place NOTE Be sure to use the screws that came with the server Adjust the attachment position of the device so that the screw holes line up If the device is long enough to make connecting a cable difficult slide the device forward for connection ...

Page 395: ...rt way into the server not all the way in 13 Connect the power cable that is connected to the backup device to the backplane 14 Insert the device carrier into the backup device bay Push the carrier in until you hear a click indicating that the carrier is locked into place NOTE Be careful not to get the cables wedged into anything while pushing the carrier in 15 Connect an optional SCSI controller ...

Page 396: ... came with your backup device Installing a USB interface device 1 Prepare as described on page 196 2 Pull the server out of the rack as described on page 196 3 Remove the drive cover and logic cover as described on page 214 4 Remove the PCI riser card as described on page 236 5 Remove the support bar and processor duct as described on page 228 6 Press the device carrier level to unlock the carrier...

Page 397: ... the device carrier 10 Use the screws that came with the server to fix the backup device in place NOTE Be sure to use the screws that came with the server Adjust the attachment position of the device so that the screw holes line up If the device is long enough to make connecting a cable difficult slide the device forward for connection ...

Page 398: ...cted Only insert the carrier part way into the server not all the way in 13 Connect the power cable that is connected to the backup device to the backplane 14 Insert the device carrier into the backup device bay Push the carrier in until you hear a click indicating that the carrier is locked into place NOTE Be careful not to get the cables wedged into anything while pushing the carrier in 15 Conne...

Page 399: ... Adapter 17 Install the device driver for the connected backup device For details see the instruction manual that came with your backup device Removal To remove a component perform the steps for attaching it in reverse BACKUP FANS By inserting optional fans into the expansion fan slots you can ensure that the system is cooled even if the main fans fail The following figure shows the standard fan s...

Page 400: ...slot in which to insert an additional fan 5 Insert the fan straight into this slot Push the fan in until you hear a click indicating that the fan is locked into place 6 Change the position of the JFANSEL_1 jumper strap on the fan board IMPORTANT Do not change any other jumper settings Doing so might cause a server failure or incorrect operations 3 2 1 3 2 1 Redundant configuration Strap Standard c...

Page 401: ...ult in an injury such as a burn or physical damage For details see page iii z Shock caution 1 Determine which fan to remove replace You can use a management tool such as EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 2 to determine which fans have failed In addition if the LED for a fan is illuminated while the system is turned on it indicates that the fan has failed 2 Grab the fan as shown in the figure on the right and li...

Page 402: ... the position of the JFANSEL_1 jumper strap on the fan board IMPORTANT Do not change any other jumper settings Doing so might cause a server failure or incorrect operations 3 2 1 3 2 1 Redundant configuration Strap Standard configuration ...

Page 403: ... steps to install the optical disk drive 1 See page 197 to prepare 2 Pull out the server from the rack as described on page 197 3 Remove the drive cover as described on page 216 4 Remove the cable while holding both ends of cable fixing bracket of the optical disk drive 5 Remove the optical disk drive bracket by pulling the bracket in the direction of the arrow while pulling up the pull button tha...

Page 404: ... and then slide the cover in the direction of the arrow to remove it 8 Attach the optional internal optical disk drive to the bracket and then fix the drive in place by using the screw that was used to fix the dummy cover in place 9 Align the bracket cover hooks with the screw holes of the optical disk drive and then use screws to fix the cover in place Screws Cover fixing screws Cover ...

Page 405: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 83 10 Install the drive into the server by performing steps 4 and 5 in reverse 11 Install the components you removed previously ...

Page 406: ... SAS 7 2TB 600GB x 12 SSD SATA 600GB 50GB x 12 with optional bay installed Drive bay Hot plug Supported Interface level RAID system SATA 3Gb s RAID 0 1 10 standard 3 RAID 5 6 50 option SAS 6Gb s RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 option Optical disk drive Built in external drive option 4 5 FDD External drive option 5 Auxiliary storage Device bay 1 x 3 5 inch model tape device bay Additional slots Supported slot 1...

Page 407: ... 294W 283VA 281W 286VA 284W 297VA 295W Power consumption 100V max at configuration with high load 580VA 570W 600VA 590W 620VA 610W 580VA 570W 670VA 660W 790VA 780W Temperature 10 to 35ºC operating 10 to 55ºC non operating storage Environmental requirements Humidity 20 to 80 RH no condensation 6 1 In a 2 CPU configuration Max 96GB 16GB x 6 in a 1 CPU configuration 2 When using the memory RAS featur...

Page 408: ...ll height 312mm 1 x PCI Express 2 0 x 8 lanes x 8 sockets Full height 312mm 1 x PCI Express 2 0 x 8 lanes x 8 sockets Low profile 167 6mm 2 x PCI Express 2 0 x 4 lanes x 8 sockets Low profile 167 6mm A PCI X slot can be installed by using the optional riser card Graphics accelerator Video RAM Management controller embedded on motherboard 32MB Graphics Graphic display resolution 640 x 480 800 x 600...

Page 409: ...GB x 6 in a 1 CPU configuration 2 When using the memory RAS feature you need to install a dedicated RAS memory board N8102 387 388 389 390 391 Note that the memory boards N8102 371 372 373 374 375 cannot be used 3 The hard disk drive capacity is indicated based on the conversion value of 1GB 1000 3 bytes If you are calculating the hard disk drive capacity based on a conversion value of 1GB 1024 3 ...

Page 410: ...omes with the server contains the NEC ESMPRO utility NEC recommends that you should install the NEC ESMPRO for effective use of the reliability enhancement features of the server Floppy Disk The following describes use of the floppy disk Floppy disk type The server uses 3 5 inch floppy disks You can use the following two types of 3 5 inch floppy disks 2HD floppy disk double sided high density trac...

Page 411: ...sk with foods and drinks or in a place exposed to cigarette smoke Do not leave the floppy disk near any form of liquid or a chemical or in a place where a chemical may be accidentally sprayed over them Do not place any magnetic objects e g magnet near the floppy disk Do not clip the floppy disk or drop it Keep the floppy disk in a floppy disk case that protects it from magnetism and dust Write pro...

Page 412: ... it on the DOS command line The format method depends on your operating system Refer to the manual that comes with your operating system for details Data backup Data backup is to copy data stored in a media into another media e g floppy disk digital audio tape or magnet optical disk IMPORTANT Make sure to make a back up copy of every floppy disk if provided The floppy disk is a very delicate stora...

Page 413: ...m 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 case when not in use Tape Media The following describes data handling with the DAT DLT or AIT optionally available for the server Saving your valuable data When you save your valuable data or programs ...

Page 414: ...ering alphanumeric characters or symbols IMPORTANT Do not pour any liquid such as water or put anything into the keyboard Doing so may cause a failure of the keyboard The keyboard provided with the server is designed for adjustment of an angle Adjust the keyboard angle at which the keyboard is easy to operate The adjustment assists in reducing strain on your shoulders arms and fingers NOTE The key...

Page 415: ...the mouse on a dusty or dirty desk disturbs smooth movement or normal operation of the mouse When your mouse movement seems dull clean your mouse See Chapter 7 Mouse operation includes Click Double click and Drag Click Press the button only once and release it Double click Press the button twice consecutively and release it Drag Press and hold the button and move the mouse Operation of the server ...

Page 416: ...ory set IRQs are assigned as follows IRQ Peripheral Device Controller IRQ Peripheral Device Controller 0 System timer 12 SM Bus 1 13 Numeric data processor 2 14 3 COM 2 serial port 15 4 COM 1 serial port 16 VGA LAN1 5 PCI 17 LAN2 SATA 6 18 7 PCI 19 8 Real time clock 20 USB 9 ACPI Compliant System 21 USB 10 PCI 22 USB 11 Motherboard resource 23 USB ...

Page 417: ...C 2 IRQ This page is intentionally left blank ...

Page 418: ...oppy disk OEM Disk for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM Disk for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Parameter File Creator in Chapter 6 Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 129 RAID controller 256MB RAID 0 1 N8103 130 RAID Controller 256 MB RAID0 1 5 6 Other controllers N8103 75 SCSI Controller N8...

Page 419: ...s been upgraded to Dynamic Disk only the simple dynamic volume is available for installation If you want to install the OS on a volume that is mirrored using Disk Management invalidate the mirroring and reset to the basic disk before the installation and validate the mirroring again after the installation You can create invalidate or delete the mirror volume by using Disk Management in Computer Ma...

Page 420: ...for system operation Following numbers are the recommended size Full Installation 32 768MB 32GB or more Server Core Installation 10 240MB 10GB or more 1GB 1 024MB 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 Windows Partition is required Correct debug information might n...

Page 421: ...n size 10 860MB application size If the provided partition size is smaller than that required to install the OS and paging file expand the partition size or utilize a larger disk If your system does not have a sufficient dump file size divide the required file space into multiple disks by performing the steps below 1 Set the system partition size to a size sufficient to install the OS and paging f...

Page 422: ...content encrypted by BitLocker The recovery password may be needed when you start the operating system after performing the following tasks Replacing the motherboard Initializing the TPM Changing the BIOS setting Windows Server 2008 R2 is not installed in the partition encrypted by BitLocker For BitLocker hotfix is provided by Microsoft Before applying hotfix check the information written by Micro...

Page 423: ... 2008 R2 INSTALLING Windows Server 2008 R2 Preparations for Installation NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard DVD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise DVD ROM User s Guide Getting Started ...

Page 424: ...r system needs a BIOS update go to http www nec com express 2 Insert the Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD ROM into your DVD ROM drive 3 Restart the system To restart the system press Ctrl Alt Del or turn off the system once and then turn it on again IMPORTANT When prompted to press any key to boot from CD or DVD press Enter while the message is displayed If the Windows installation screen shown in step ...

Page 425: ...D 8 Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 4 Select a language and other options from the drop down lists and then click Next 5 Click the Install now button The installation starts ...

Page 426: ...the Windows operating system that you purchased NOTE The Windows versions listed on the screen vary depending on the Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD ROM you are using 7 Read the license terms carefully If you agree select I accept the license terms and then click Next ...

Page 427: ... do not use the RAID Controller Remove the Backup DVD ROM or Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD ROM and set NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD and select Load Driver Load Driver To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive insert the installation mdeia containing the driver files and then click OK NOTE The installation media can be a floppy disk CD DVD or USB flash drive Browse OK Cancel Click Browse...

Page 428: ...river and then click OK Go to Step 11 If the Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAIDTM is used LSI Embedded MegaRAID If the N8103 129 130 RAID Controller is used LSI MegaRAID SAS 9264 8i 11 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD and set Backup DVD ROM or Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD ROM 12 Select the disk where a partition will be created and then click Drive options advanced IMPORTANT If the parti...

Page 429: ...OTE When new partition is created initial 100MB is assigned as boot partition by Windows OS 14 Select the partition created in step 13 and then click Format 15 Select the partition created and then click Next NOTE The number of partitions displayed to a screen by environment of the use is different ...

Page 430: ... When the following message appears the installation starts automatically 16 After a full installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 is completed the following dialog box will prompt you to set or change the password before you log on Click OK ...

Page 431: ...ou have selected a full installation If you have selected a Server Core installation NOTE Administrator password that satisfy the next condition are required More than 6 characters Contains characters from three of the following categories numbers uppercase letters lowercase letters and signs ...

Page 432: ...hen the following message appears click OK to log on 19 Log on to the system The steps vary depending on the edition you selected in step 6 If you have selected a full installation On the Initial Configuration Tasks window enter user information ...

Page 433: ...e command prompt enter user information NOTE For more detailed procedure see the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Step By Step Guide After installations is completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Setup of Device Driver Normally Install in Server and Updating the System of this chapter ...

Page 434: ... the System disables the Scalable Networking Pack SNP function The setting of SNP function may affect the system performance so refer to the attention of SNP detail in the following site before setting it http www nec com global prod express Update the system in the situation below CPU is expanded expanded to single processor to multi processor Modified system configuration Recovered the system us...

Page 435: ...s Server 2008 follow each of the instructions If you have selected a full installation If the menu is displayed click Setup Windows and click Update the system NOTE Right clicking on the Menu produces the same outcome If you have selected a Server Core installation 1 Execute the following command line from command prompt to specify the optical disk drive e g D drive cd d d 017 win winnt bin oschk ...

Page 436: ...lick OK The update starts NOTE The following box appears during the update if you have deployed a full installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Wait until the update completes 6 When the following message appears click OK to restart the system The system has been updated ...

Page 437: ...s standard drivers mounted on the device For the information on installing and setting up the driver that is not described in this section refer to the document attached to the driver LAN Driver and PROSet Please refer to Chapter 5 Installing and Setting Device Drivers for Windows Server 2008 R2 to install and setup LAN driver and PROSet ...

Page 438: ...3 Run setup exe in the following directory 017 win winnt ws2008x64 video 4 Follow the message to continue the installation If the dialog message Digital Signature could not been found appears select Yes to continue 5 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM from the optical disk drive restart the system Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 107 If you use the SCSI Controller N8103 75 107 you do ...

Page 439: ...ctivated before you can use Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows activation process is as follows For a server running a full installation 1 Select Control Panel and click System and Security then select System IMPORTANT If the following message appears Windows has already been activated on your system ...

Page 440: ...Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 D 23 2 In the following screen click Change product key 3 Type the product key shown on your COA label and click Next ...

Page 441: ...D 24 Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 4 Activate Windows The Windows activation is complete ...

Page 442: ...f the following message appears Windows has already been activated on your system Click to exit 2 Type slmgr ipk PID and press Enter PID is your product key on the COA label 3 Type slmgr dti to obtain an installation ID for Windows activation and press Enter 4 See systemroot system32 sppui phone inf for the phone number of the Microsoft customer service ...

Page 443: ...h you obtained in step 3 and receive a confirmation ID 6 At the command prompt type slmgr atp CID and press Enter CID is the confirmation ID that you received from the call center The Windows activation is complete SETTING FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

Page 444: ...k for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM Disk for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Parameter File Creator in Chapter 6 Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 129 RAID controller 256MB RAID 0 1 N8103 130 RAID Controller 256 MB RAID0 1 5 6 Other controllers N8103 75 SCSI Controller N8103 95 SCSI Contr...

Page 445: ...talling the OS to a hard disk drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk only the simple dynamic volume is available for installation If you want to install the OS on a volume that is mirrored using Disk Management invalidate the mirroring and reset to the basic disk before the installation and validate the mirroring again after the installation You can create invalidate or delete the mirror vo...

Page 446: ...ecommended Installed memory size 1 5 Dump file size Installed memory size 300MB Application size Required size IMPORTANT The above mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory ...

Page 447: ...red to install the OS and paging file expand the partition size or utilize a larger disk If your system does not have a sufficient dump file size divide the required file space into multiple disks by performing the steps below 1 Set the system partition size to a size sufficient to install the OS and paging file 2 See Setting for Solving Problems to write the debug information of the dump file ont...

Page 448: ...ORTANT The above mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire system Depe...

Page 449: ... file onto another disk If there is not enough disk space to write the debug information add another disk for the dump file BitLocker If you use BitLocker note the following Before you install Windows Server 2008 create two partitions System partition for a loader Boot partition for the operating system NOTE For more information see the following documentation in Microsoft TechNet Windows BitLocke...

Page 450: ...re installation It does not need except for using Onboard RAID controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID NOTE If you have already Windows Server 2008 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER for NEC Express5800 server in which you are going to install Windows Server 2008 you do not need to create it again NOTE What is OEM Disk In case of creating the disk for Windows Server 2008 64 bit x64 Edition It is called Windows ...

Page 451: ... and then on again to reboot the server The system will boot from the DVD and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER starts 5 Select Create the OEM Disk for Windows from Tools Menu step 6 Connect the Flash FDD or the USB floppy disk drive If you use the floppy disk drive insert a floppy disk into it 7 Select Create a Windows Server 2008 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER at Create OEM Disk and click Perform NOTE In case of ...

Page 452: ...Installing Windows Server 2008 E 9 If you have already cancelled write protected state connect the floppy disk drive again ...

Page 453: ...ing System 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive of the server The Menu will appear 4 Connect the Flash FDD or the USB floppy disk drive If you use the floppy disk drive insert a floppy disk into it 5 Click Create drive disk and select OEM Disk for Windows Server 2008 NOTES In case of creating the disk for Windows Server 2008 64 bit x64 Edition select OEM Disk for Win...

Page 454: ... you use Onboard RAID controller LSI Embedded MegaRAIDTM Windows Server 2008 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER is necessary 3 Restart the system To restart the system press Ctrl Alt Del or turn off the system once and then turn it on again IMPORTANT When prompted to press any key to boot from CD or DVD press Enter while the message is displayed If the Windows installation screen shown in step 4 does not...

Page 455: ...E 12 Installing Windows Server 2008 5 Click the Install now button The installation starts 6 Enter your product key and then click Next ...

Page 456: ...t I purchased and then click Next You will see only possible editions that have been determined by Windows based on the key you entered in step 6 NOTE The Windows versions listed on the screen vary depending on the Windows Server 2008 DVD ROM you are using 8 Read the license terms carefully If you agree select I accept the license terms and then click Next ...

Page 457: ... do not use the RAID Controller Remove the Backup DVD ROM or Windows Server 2008 DVD ROM and set NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD and select Load Driver Load Driver To install the device driver needed to access your hard drive insert the installation mdeia containing the driver files and then click OK NOTE The installation media can be a floppy disk CD DVD or USB flash drive Browse OK Cancel Click Browse an...

Page 458: ...lect the path a list of drivers is displayed Select the following driver and then click OK Go to Step 15 If the N8103 129 130 RAID Controller is used LSI MegaRAID SAS 9264 8i 12 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD and set Backup DVD ROM or Windows Server 2008 DVD ROM 13 Select the disk where a partition will be created and then click Drive Option IMPORTANT If the partition has already been created g...

Page 459: ...starts automatically NOTE If the disk drive contains NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM you will be prompted to replace a media with that for OS installation Insert the install media according to the on screen message Install Windows Insert Disc Please insert Windows installation disc 1 OK Cancel ...

Page 460: ... the following dialog box will prompt you to set or change the password before you log on Click OK 2 Change the password and then click the button NOTE Computer name and Administrator password that satisfy the next condition are required More than 6 characters Contains characters from three of the following categories numbers uppercase letters lowercase letters and signs 3 When the following messa...

Page 461: ...dows Server 2008 4 On the Initial Configuration Tasks window enter user information If you have selected a Server Core installation 1 After a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 is completed press Ctrl Alt Del ...

Page 462: ...Server 2008 E 19 2 Select Other User 3 Log on to the system as an administrator You need not enter your password in this dialog box Click the button 4 Before you log on you will be prompted to change the password Click OK ...

Page 463: ... of the following categories numbers uppercase letters lowercase letters and signs 6 When the following message appears click OK 7 At the command prompt enter user information NOTE For more detailed procedure see the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Step By Step Guide After installations is completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Setup of Device Driver Normally Install in Server and Updat...

Page 464: ...The setting of SNP function may affect the syste m performance so please refer to the attention of SNP detail in the following site before setting it http www nec com global prod express Refer to the public information of SNP function when KB967224 is not applied Notes are described about KB967224 Update the system in the situation below CPU is expanded expanded to single processor to multi proces...

Page 465: ...Server 2008 follow each of the instructions If you have selected a full installation If the menu is displayed click Setup Windows and click Update the system NOTE Right clicking on the Menu produces the same outcome If you have selected a Server Core installation 1 Execute the following command line from command prompt to specify the optical disk drive e g D drive cd d d 017 win winnt bin oschk C ...

Page 466: ...lick OK The update starts NOTE The following box appears during the update if you have deployed a full installation of Windows Server 2008 Wait until the update completes 6 When the following message appears click OK to restart the system The system has been updated ...

Page 467: ...stalled automatically NOTE Windows Server 2008 The graphics accelerator driver is supported only on a server running a full installation Use VGA on a server running a Server Core installation Please follow the following procedure when you want to reinstall the driver individually 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive If the autorun menu is displayed close menu screen ...

Page 468: ...g and Play Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104A If you use the SAS Controller N8103 104A you do not need to install the driver manually It is automatically installed by Windows Plug and Play Installing Fibre Channel Controller Driver N8190 127 131 153 154 If you use the Fibre Channel Controller N8190 127 131 153 154 you do not need to install the driver manually It is automatically installe...

Page 469: ...re you can use Windows Server 2008 Windows activation process is as follows For a server running a full installation 1 Go to the Start menu and in the Run dialog box type slui and press Enter IMPORTANT If the following message appears Windows has already been activated on your system Click Close to exit ...

Page 470: ...Installing Windows Server 2008 E 27 2 In the following screen click Type a different product key 3 Type the product key shown on your COA label and click Next ...

Page 471: ...E 28 Installing Windows Server 2008 4 Activate Windows The Windows activation is complete ...

Page 472: ...on your system Click to exit 2 Type slmgr ipk PID and press Enter PID is your product key on the COA label 3 Type slmgr dti to obtain an installation ID for Windows activation and press Enter 4 See systemroot system32 slui phone inf for the phone number of the Microsoft customer service 5 Call the above number inform the representative of the installation ID which you obtained in step 3 and receiv...

Page 473: ...E 30 Installing Windows Server 2008 6 At the command prompt type slmgr atp CID and press Enter CID is the confirmation ID that you received from the call center The Windows activation is complete ...

Page 474: ...he setting procedure is as follows 1 Click Run on Start menu 2 Type cmd exe in the Open box to start command prompt 3 Execute following command line bcdedit set pae forceenable 4 Reboot the system The setting mentioned above enables after reboot 5 Execute following command line on command prompt bcdedit Confirm pae ForceEnable exists in Windows boot loader The setting for PAE option is now complet...

Page 475: ...E 32 Installing Windows Server 2008 SETTING FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

Page 476: ...tional boards NOTE If you want to install the other boards by using a driver floppy disk OEM Disk for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM Disk for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Parameter File Creator in Chapter 6 Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 129 RAID controller 256MB RAID 0 1 N8103 130 R...

Page 477: ...system in the Autorun Menu Re installing to the Hard Disk Drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk If you want to leave the existing partition when installing the system on the hard disk drive upgraded to Dynamic Disk note the following issue Do not select the partition that OS had been installed as the partition to install the OS newly Select Use the current File System for the format of OS ...

Page 478: ...le is 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 the dump file is The size of the mounted memory 1MB If you install any application program or the like add necessary space to the partition to install these programs For example if the mounted memo...

Page 479: ...r Installation NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM 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 Service Pack 2 CD ROM User s Guide Getting Started Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER ...

Page 480: ...ition OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER use this procedure If Windows 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 Flash FDD or one USB floppy disk drive and 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Turn on your NEC Express5800 Server 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive of the server 4 ...

Page 481: ...r You can create Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER from Autorun Menu if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one Flash FDD or one USB floppy disk drive and 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Start the Operating System 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive of the server The Menu will appear 4 ...

Page 482: ...on the hard disk drive this step is unnecessary The Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions setup screen will appear If the screen is not displayed Enter was not pressed properly Begin after turning on the system power again 4 If the RAID Controller Option Controller is used press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configu...

Page 483: ... storage devices is displayed IMPORTANT If you have created the OEM Disk into the Flash FDD connect the Flash FDD before you start the system 7 Select the proper Controller and press Enter LSI Embedded MegaRAID Windows XP 2003 64 bit When Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID is used LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver Server 2003 for x64 When N8103 129 130 RAID Controller is installed...

Page 484: ...tep 10 10 If the SAS Controller N8103 104A is connected Press S IMPORTANT Insert the Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive If the floppy disk drive has already contained Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER you do not need to insert the Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER If you have created the OEM Dis...

Page 485: ...l Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 according to the following procedures You can install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 after the application of System update Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 In this case note that the Windows Setup screen is not displayed 15 Insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 CD ...

Page 486: ...Microsoft to be applied to reinforce the system security The system update is recommended It is necessary to use ServicePack2 or more ServicePack 2 need not be applied 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 do not have to apply Hotfix for ...

Page 487: ...inistrator authority to the server such as administrator 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM 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 017 win winnt w2k3amd qfe enu kb921411 exe 4 When the following message is displayed click Next After that follow the message to continue the process...

Page 488: ...nstalling Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions F 13 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 489: ...ck 2 again 1 Log on to the system with the account that has administrative privilege e g administrator 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive of server The Autorun Menu will be displayed 3 Left click on Setup Windows and then click Update the system NOTE Right clicking on the Autorun Menu produces the same outcome 4 When the following message appears click OK IMPORTANT...

Page 490: ...ll installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Wait until the update completes 5 When the following message appears Updating the System was finished When you apply Service Pack Click Yes and then go to Step 6 When you don t apply Service Pack Click No and then go to Step 8 6 When the following message appears click Yes ...

Page 491: ...03 x64 Editions 7 When the following message appears select a Service Pack and click Open and then according to a message please apply it 8 When the following message appears click Yes to restart the system The system has been updated ...

Page 492: ...ew 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 click Yes 4 Make sure of the files Open System drive WINDOWS system32 drivers directory and make sure usbhub sys and usbport sys are exists in the directory If you can not found them copy the files ac...

Page 493: ...ator privileges Operation by Remote Desktop Connection is prohibited Without changing any parameter when opened the properties of adapter teaming please click the Cancel button for close the dialog Click OK button will cause temporary loss of network connectivity PROSet is a utility that confirms the function of network contained in network driver Utilizing PROSet enables the following items Confi...

Page 494: ...er The procedure in the case of the classic start menu Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run dxsetup exe in the following directory 017 win winnt w2k3amd r148 apps prosetdx winx64 The Intel R PROSet InstallShield Wizard dialog starts 4 Click Next 5 Choose I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next 6 Click Next 7 Click Install 8 When Install...

Page 495: ...he Internet Protocol TCP IP check box and IP address will be able to set When PROSet is not installed 1 Open the Device Manager 2 Double click Network Adapter Name in the list 3 Click the Advanced and specify the Link Speed Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 4 Click OK 5 Restart the system When PROSet is installed 1 Open the Device Manager 2 Double click Network Adapter Name in t...

Page 496: ... Port Server Network Connection Intel R 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection 2 3 Click Power Management tab and change setting in Wake On LAN according to the following list Setting item Using WOL Not using WOL Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power ON ON Allow this device to bring the computer out of standby ON or OFF OFF 4 Click Advanced tab and point to Enable PME...

Page 497: ...F OFF Wake On Magic Packet ON OFF Wake on Magic Packet from power off state ON OFF Wake on Link OFF OFF IMPORTANT WOL do not work by DirectedPacket 1 on shutdown state even Wake On Directed Packet is ON WOL work by DirectedPacket on sleep and hibernate state 1 The packet which includes ethernet address of adapter in Ethernet Header or the Packet including the IP address assigned by IP Header to ad...

Page 498: ...rotocols SLA is a switch assisted teaming mode and requires configuring ports at both ends of the link server interfaces and switch ports IMPORTANT AFT ALB setup must be operated after system update and restarting the system All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist on the same LAN If they are connected to the separate switches they will not work normally The adapters spe...

Page 499: ...k Aggregation Switch Fault Tolerance 7 Click Finish 8 Click TEAM Team name from Device manager Network adapters to modify the team Click Settings tab and click Modify Team button 9 Refer to the following procedure to set the team member adapter priority status Set Primary Point the adapter and click Set Primary button Set Secondary Point the adapter and click Set Secondary button NOTE Adapter prio...

Page 500: ...am 1 Open the Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and open TEAM Team name properties 3 Click Setting tab 4 Click Remove Team button 5 Click Yes to the message 6 Confirm TEAM Team name adapter is not existing in Network adapters tree and restart the system ...

Page 501: ...stall from a list or specific location Advanced radio button and click Next 5 Select the Search for the best driver in these locations radio button and uncheck the Search removable media floppy CD ROM check box 6 Check the Include this location in the search check box and when using N8104 111 specify 017 win winnt w2k3amd r148 pro100 winx64 ndis5x Then click Next When using N8104 112 119 120 121 1...

Page 502: ...low the message to continue the installation If the dialog message Digital Signature could not been found appears select Yes to continue 5 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM from the optical disk drive restart the system Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 107 If you use the SCSI Controller N8103 75 107 update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM attached to your system The SCSI C...

Page 503: ...fore you can use Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Windows activation process is as follows NOTE When you use Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions BackUp CD ROM activation process is not needed 1 Click Run on Start menu Type as follows in the Open box and click OK oobe msoobe a 2 When the screen as follows is displayed click Next ...

Page 504: ...Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions F 29 The following screen is displayed 3 Process Windows activation according to the following message ...

Page 505: ...F 30 Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions SETTING FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

Page 506: ...al boards NOTE If you want to install the other boards by using a driver floppy disk OEM Disk for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM Disk for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Parameter File Creator in Chapter 6 Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 129 RAID controller 256MB RAID 0 1 N8103 130 RAID ...

Page 507: ...ck 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 Service Pack 1 Updating System If you modified the Windows system execute Update Express5800 system in the Autorun Menu Re installing to the Hard Disk which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk If you want to leave the existing partition when...

Page 508: ...e if necessary About the Upgrade to Windows Server 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 the applications If you install Windows Server 2003 R2 backup user data referring Windows Server 2003 Clean Installation and reinstall Windows Server 2003 R...

Page 509: ...e size is recommended for collecting debug information memory dump The paging file with initial size large enough to store the dump file in the boot drive is required Correct debug information might not be able to be collected due to virtual memory shortage when the paging file is insufficient so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire system The maximum paging file size which can be...

Page 510: ... Set the Size required for installation Paging file 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 to be written then after installing the system using the Size required for installation Paging file size install an additional new disk ...

Page 511: ...ion CD ROM Windows Server 2003 Service Pack CD ROM User s Guide Getting Started Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER Creating Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER Before installing create Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER NOTE If you have already Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER for NEC Express5800 Server which you are going to install Windows Ser...

Page 512: ...he server You may also turn off and then on again to reboot the server The system will boot from the DVD ROM and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER starts 5 Select Create the OEM DISK for Windows from Tools Menu step 6 Connect the Flash FDD or the USB floppy disk drive If you use the floppy disk drive insert a floppy disk into it 7 Select Create an Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER at Create OEM Dis...

Page 513: ...ppy disk drive and 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Start the Operating System 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive of the server The Menu will appear 4 Connect the Flash FDD or the USB floppy disk drive If you use the floppy disk drive insert a floppy disk into it 5 Click Create drive disk and select OEM Disk for Windows Server 2003 NOTE You can do the same operation with the...

Page 514: ...ive this step is unnecessary The Windows Server 2003 setup screen will appear If the screen is not displayed Enter was not pressed properly Begin after turning on the system power again 4 If the RAID Controller Option Controller is used 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 t...

Page 515: ...vices is displayed IMPORTANT If you have created the OEM Disk into the Flash FDD connect the Flash FDD before you start the system 7 Select the proper Controller and press Enter LSI Embedded MegaRAID Windows XP 2003 32 bit When Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID is used LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver Server 2003 32 bit When N8103 129 130 RAID Controller is installed The screen ...

Page 516: ...yed Go to Step 10 10 If the SAS Controller N8103 104A is connected Press S IMPORTANT Insert the Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER into the floppy disk drive If the floppy disk drive has already contained Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER you do not need to insert the Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER If you have created the OEM Disk into the Flash FDD conn...

Page 517: ...system IMPORTANT In this case the Windows Setup screen may not be displayed Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 according to the following procedures You can install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 after the application of System update Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 In this case note that the Windows Setup screen is not displayed 15 Inser...

Page 518: ... used in the procedure for license authentication should be matched with the COA label in which the product key contained in Windows Server 2003 is written NOTES Execute the activation within 30 days System may be locked after 30 days is passed COA label may be attached to your server ...

Page 519: ... the System and Hotfix KB921411 Modified system configuration Recovered the system using recovery process NOTE If you use Windows Server 2003 CD ROM which includes Service Pack 2 the application of Hotfix KB921411 is not required Application Process of the Hotfix KB921411 Apply the Hotfix KB921411 before execute Updating the System 1 Log on to the system by the account with administrator authority...

Page 520: ...ollowing message is displayed click Next After that follow the message to continue the process 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 521: ...with the account that has administrative privilege e g administrator 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive of server The Autorun Menu will be displayed 3 Left click on Setup Windows and then click Update the system NOTE Right clicking on the Autorun Menu produces the same outcome 4 When the following message appears click OK IMPORTANT There is no problem in operation ...

Page 522: ...ll installation of Windows Server 2003 Wait until the update completes 5 When the following message appears Updating the System was finished When you apply Service Pack Click Yes and then go to Step 6 When you don t apply Service Pack Click No and then go to Step 8 6 When the following message appears click Yes ...

Page 523: ...rver 2003 7 When the following message appears select a Service Pack and click Open and then according to a message please apply it 8 When the following message appears click Yes to restart the system The system has been updated ...

Page 524: ...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 click Yes 4 Make sure of the files Open System drive WINDOWS system32 drivers directory and make sure usbhub sys and usbport sys are exists in the directory If you can not found them copy the files accor...

Page 525: ...r drivers update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM attached to your system Standard graphics accelerator drivers will be installed automatically Please follow the following procedure when you want to reinstall the driver individually 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM into the optical disk drive If the autorun menu is displayed close menu screen 2 Click Start menu point to Programs ...

Page 526: ...our system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM attached to your system The SCSI Controller driver will be installed automatically Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104A If you use the SAS Controller N8103 104A update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD ROM attached to your system The SAS Controller driver will be installed automatically ...

Page 527: ...fore you can use Windows Server 2003 Windows activation process is as follows NOTE When you use Windows Server 2003 R2 Backup CD ROM activation process is not needed 1 Click Run on Start menu Type as follows in the Open box and click OK oobe msoobe a 2 When the screen as follows is displayed click Next ...

Page 528: ...Installing Windows Server 2003 G 23 The following screen is displayed 3 Process Windows activation according to the following message ...

Page 529: ... to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click System System Properties dialog box will be shown 3 Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under Setup and Recovery 4 Under System Setup click Edit to open Boot ini 5 Add PAE to Operating Systems section in Boot ini file and then save it Example of Boot ini file boot loader timeout 30 default multi 0 disk 0 rdisk 0 p...

Page 530: ...Installing Windows Server 2003 G 25 SETTING FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

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Page 532: ...If Autorun menu appears close the menu 3 Copy the below files of EXPRESSBUILDER to a hard disk by using Explorer root folder copy version xml 017 ar_menu copy this sub folder doc copy this sub folder win copy this sub folder 4 Delete the ar_menu autorun_menu xml on the hard disk and rename the ar_menu autorun_en xml on the hard disk to the autorun_menu xml 5 Copy the above files folders to a CD R ...

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Page 534: ...agement Controller via IPMI Intelligen Platform Management Interface Network Function Code 3Eh Controller specific OEM Command Code 0Bh Get Current Sensor Data Shown below is a sample file created by Visual Basic Script e g Power vbs Start Script Option Explicit Prepare for IPMI Driver Dim osvc oclass Dim oinstance oipmi set osvc getobject winmgmts root wmi set oclass osvc get microsoft_ipmi for e...

Page 535: ...s ResponseData 1 WScript Echo Data MS Byte 0x hex outparams ResponseData 2 WScript Echo Power Consumption outparams ResponseData 2 256 _ outparams ResponseData 1 watts End If End Script Command Line Example C VBS cscript nologo Power vbs Execution Result Example Completion Code 0x0 Power Consumption 528 watts The power consumption is 528 watts NOTE Power consumption may not be collected depending ...

Page 536: ...set oipmi oinstance next Get SDR Repository Info Dim oinparams set oinparams oclass methods_ requestresponse inparameters Get SDR Repository Info oinparams networkfunction ha oinparams lun 0 oinparams responderaddress h20 oinparams command h20 oinparams requestdatasize 0 Fire IPMI Command Dim outparams Dim i RecordCount set outparams oipmi execmethod_ requestresponse oinparams RecordCount outparam...

Page 537: ...Reserve_LS Reserve_MS Record_LS Record_MS sensorType If sensorType 1 Then Temperature WScript Echo call GetIDString Reserve_LS Reserve_MS Record_LS Record_MS WScript Echo Sensor Type Temperature sensorNum outparams ResponseData 10 call GetSensor Reserve_LS Reserve_MS Record_LS Record_MS sensorNum End If End If Record_LS outparams ResponseData 1 Record_MS outparams ResponseData 2 If Record_LS hff A...

Page 538: ... sensorNum oinparams requestdatasize 1 set sensorData oipmi execmethod_ requestresponse oinparams If sensorData Completioncode 0 Then WScript Echo Sensor Not Available exit Sub End If rawData sensorData ResponseData 1 If units1 and h40 Then If rawData And h80 Then rawData rawData Xor hff End If Elseif units1 and h80 Then call get2complement rawData rawData 8 End If If sensorData ResponseData 2 And...

Page 539: ... h20 oinparams command h23 oinparams requestdata array rv_ls rv_ms rc_ls rc_ms 47 1 oinparams requestdatasize 6 set outsdridstringtype oipmi execmethod_ requestresponse oinparams Dim outsdridstring Dim idlength j idlength outsdridstringtype ResponseData 3 and 31 oinparams networkfunction ha oinparams lun 0 oinparams responderaddress h20 oinparams command h23 oinparams requestdata array rv_ls rv_ms...

Page 540: ...ees C ID String Baseboard Temp2 Sensor Type Temperature Current Value 53 degrees C ID String IO Riser Temp Sensor Type Temperature Current Value 43 degrees C ID String M1 DIMM 1A Temp Sensor Type Temperature Current Value 37 degrees C Inlet air temperature data is obtained from the sensor that contains the character string Amb Ambient or Front Panel in its ID String In the example above the data i...

Page 541: ...onLevel impersonate strComputer root cimv2 set objRefresher CreateObject WbemScripting Swbemrefresher Set objProcessor objRefresher AddEnum _ objWMIService Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Processor objectSet objRefresher Refresh Dim first first true Do For each intProcessorUse in objProcessor If first Then If intProcessorUse Name _Total Then first false End If else Wscript Echo Proc intProcessorUse...

Page 542: ...oc9 PercentProcessorTime 0 Proc10 PercentProcessorTime 0 Proc11 PercentProcessorTime 0 Proc12 PercentProcessorTime 0 Proc13 PercentProcessorTime 7 Proc14 PercentProcessorTime 20 Proc15 PercentProcessorTime 63 Proc_Total PercentProcessorTime 8 Proc0 to Proc64 represents utilization of individual processor and Proc_Total represents utilization of overall processors NOTE The processor number indicate...

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Page 544: ...l No Date Installed CPU2 DIMM1 Size Serial No Date Installed CPU2 DIMM2 Size Serial No Date Installed CPU2 DIMM3 Size Serial No Date Installed CPU2 DIMM4 Size Serial No Date Installed CPU2 DIMM5 Size Serial No Date Installed CPU2 DIMM6 Size Serial No Date Installed Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date Installed Hard Disk Drive Port 0 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Port 1 Type...

Page 545: ...nstalled PCI Slot 1C Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 2C Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 3C Model name Serial No Date Installed Printer Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date Installed Additional Cabinet for Disk Model name Serial No Date Installed External Peripheral Device 1 Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date Installed External Peripheral Device 2 Model name Serial N...

Page 546: ...d Table J 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 when a failure occurred ...

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