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N8800-128F, EXP320J

NEC Express5800/320Fd-LR

N8800-129F, EXP320K

NEC Express5800/320Fd-MR

User's Guide (Setup)

1st Edition

8-2008

856-127506-112- A

Summary of Contents for N8800-128F

Page 1: ...N8800 128F EXP320J NEC Express5800 320Fd LR N8800 129F EXP320K NEC Express5800 320Fd MR User s Guide Setup 1st Edition 8 2008 856 127506 112 A...

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

Page 3: ...ge to physical assets This guide uses the following three types of symbols to give indications and precautions against a danger They are defined as follows Indicates that there is a risk of a danger E...

Page 4: ...yesight due to laser beam Indicates a risk of an explosion Indicates a risk of a personal injury Prohibited actions Indicates a general prohibition that is not defined herein Do no touch the indicated...

Page 5: ...uired to correct the interference at his own expense This class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la class...

Page 6: ...NEC Express5800 WARNING CAUTION CAUTION...

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Page 8: ...CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT...

Page 9: ...ver 2003 x64 Edition for short Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 32 bit Standard Edition operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 32 bit Enterprise Edition operating system Microsoft Windows S...

Page 10: ...ubject to change without prior notice 3 The contents of this manual shall not be copied or altered without prior written permission of NEC Corporation 4 All efforts have been made to ensure the accura...

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Page 12: ...tantaneously isolate the failed parts to assure non stop running operation will be moved smoothly from one module to the other minimizing damage to it You can use NEC Express5800 ft series in a missio...

Page 13: ...apter 6 explains how to troubleshoot if you cannot set up the product properly Refer to SYSTEM REPAIR on page 6 2 for details about system configurations and repairs of this product Refer to TROUBLESH...

Page 14: ...iv Windows 1 4 ON OS 5 6 6 2 6 15 x 3...

Page 15: ...ces 1 8 During Operation 1 9 Rack mount Model 1 10 Unpackaging 1 20 Accessories 1 20 CHAPTER 2 ABOUT OPERATING SYSTEM 2 1 Vmware ESX Server 3 0 2ft 2 2 Supported OS 2 2 CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING SERVER 3 1...

Page 16: ...re 4 26 NEC ESMPRO Agent 4 27 Step 8 Connect and Configure Options 4 28 Step 9 Set Network for NEC ESMPRO Agent 4 29 Step 10 Enable OS Boot Monitoring Function 4 30 Step 11 Back Up System Information...

Page 17: ...pter 1 Before Using This chapter includes information necessary for proper and safe operation of the server the main unit and its accessories Go through this chapter before you start setup of the prod...

Page 18: ...1 2 Before Using...

Page 19: ...nd safely Warning Label Warning label is placed in the certain part of the system so that the user stays alert to possible risks Do not remove or damage the label If this label is missing about to pee...

Page 20: ...1 4 Before Using...

Page 21: ...y accidents or damage to physical assets resulting from the use of this equipment in such systems or facilities Do not continue to use the server if you detect smoke odor or noise If the server emits...

Page 22: ...current is exceeded there is a risk of overheating that could lead to a fire Do not plug the cords insecurely Insert the plug firmly into an outlet There is a risk of heat or fire due to poor contact...

Page 23: ...hloride and or sulfur Avoid installing this product in an environment that may have excessive metal flakes or conductive particles in the air Such environments may cause corrosion or short circuits wi...

Page 24: ...d while the power cords are connected to power source be sure to follow the instructions described in this User s Guide Do not touch any internal device of the server unless instructed by this User s...

Page 25: ...animals away Keep animals away from the server Animal s waste or hair may get inside the server to cause a fire or electric shock Do not place any object on top of the server The object may fall off t...

Page 26: ...s on the rail when you mount dismount the server into from the rack Carry or install the server by more than 3 people To avoid a risk of injuries users should not attempt to carry or install the serve...

Page 27: ...wer branch circuit is not exceeded For more information on installation and wiring of power related facilities contact your electrician or local power company Do not pull out a device during operation...

Page 28: ...1 12 Before Using WARNING POWER CAUTION...

Page 29: ...Before Using 1 13 WARNING CAUTION AC...

Page 30: ...1 14 Before Using HDUWK SLQ...

Page 31: ...Before Using 1 15 CAUTION...

Page 32: ...1 16 Before Using CAUTION NEC...

Page 33: ...Before Using 1 17 WARNING CAUTION...

Page 34: ...1 18 Before Using CAUTION CAUTION...

Page 35: ...Before Using 1 19 CAUTION EIA 8...

Page 36: ...tact your sales agent Keep the accessories in a safe place You will need them when you perform setup addition of options or replacement of failed components To check NEC EXPRESSBUILDER components see...

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Page 39: ...Chapter 2 About Operating System This chapter gives essential information on the Linux system supported by the server and how to install it...

Page 40: ...xecutable in the virtual machines of the ESX Server hereinafter called as Guest OS The following shows the status as of September 2008 Refer to our website for the latest information Windows 2000 Serv...

Page 41: ...pter 3 Installing Server This chapter describes requirements for using the product properly and safely the setup procedures to make NEC Express5800 ft series ready for use and how to connect periphera...

Page 42: ...e the server in a room where temperature can be kept between 15 and 25 C Wall outlet within the reach of supplied power cord 100V 127 V or 200V 240 V parallel bi polar power outlet with grounding Spac...

Page 43: ...s the server may malfunction Place where you cannot pull out the components fully Place that cannot sustain the total weight of the rack and its components Place where you cannot use stabilizers or wh...

Page 44: ...s close to some equipment that causes power noises e g sparks caused by power on off using a relay If you must install the server close to such equipment request your sales agent for separate power ca...

Page 45: ...damage to physical assets For details see Notes for Safe Handling in Chapter 1 Do not install or remove a rack alone Do not install the server with the cover removed Do not squeeze your fingers in th...

Page 46: ...l it between the imprinted marks that indicate the height of 4U Installing this device Follow the steps below to set the 4U chassis to the rack IMPORTANT 4U chassis weighs about 10 Kg To mount remove...

Page 47: ...r side of the rack Install the brackets with its flat side facing inside Place them with the round screws with washers that come with the device symmetrically total 4 Fasten the screws tentatively not...

Page 48: ...of the clips of the core nut to a square hole of the rack and hook the other clip to a hole by a flat blade screwdriver CHECK Check whether the core nuts fixed in both sides of the rack are the same i...

Page 49: ...to the 4 places on the front and back sides total 8 from the rear 6 Fasten tightly the washers and round screws long to the 2 places on the left and right sides total 4 from the front Washers and pla...

Page 50: ...nd the 8 plate screws on the side panels which you fastened tentatively 8 Mount the CPU IO module 0 Mount the module while lowering the locks so the module stacks on the way Panhead screws on the side...

Page 51: ...Installing Server 3 11 9 Bring back the locks on the left and right sides 10 Fasten the levers on the left and right sides with screws 11 Mount the CPU IO module 1 in the same way...

Page 52: ...1 Check that the device is powered off and remove all the power cords and interface cables that are connected to the device 2 Remove the front bezel 3 Loosen the screws on the left and right sides of...

Page 53: ...to use the server in a room where temperature can be kept between 15 and 25 C Wall outlet within the reach of supplied power cord Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS to prevent momentary voltage drop du...

Page 54: ...ns antenna power transmission wire and electromagnetic crane If unavoidable contact your sales agent to request proper shield construction Place where the power cord of the server must be connected to...

Page 55: ...e the server accessory key to unlock 2 Confirm the spots to fix 8 core nuts on the front of the chassis See the figure on the right for where to fix the core nuts 4 on the front top and 4 on the front...

Page 56: ...the bottom 5 Fix the bracket with 4 washers and countersunk screws See the figure on the right for where to fix the screws 2 screws for the backside on the top and 2 for the bottom of the tower conve...

Page 57: ...any further push and keep the rock lever to the left as push the device further inside 7 Close the lever on the top and the bottom of the device Fix the device to the bracket with clinchers 8 Take st...

Page 58: ...se of the equipment There is a risk of a burn personal injury or damage to physical assets For details see Notes for Safe Handling in Chapter 1 Do not plug the power cord in a nonconforming outlet Do...

Page 59: ...rd disks that you purchased separately If N8803 035 is mounted be sure to connect cables to the FC array unit before going on to the next step USB floppy disk drive Keyboard via keyboard hub to USB mo...

Page 60: ...rotate To connect the power cords from the server to an uninterruptible power supply UPS use service outlets on the rear of the UPS The UPS service outlets are categorized into two groups SWITCH OUT a...

Page 61: ...ESX Server Setup 4 1 Chapter 4 ESX Server Setup This chapter describes procedures for configuring OS Boot Monitoring function setting up for ESX Server installation FC card setting and so on...

Page 62: ...tallation Power on Step 1 Start setup procedure for installing ESX Server Step 3 Validate FC card Step 4 Invalidate OS Boot Monitoring function Step 5 Set HBA configuration by Emulex BIOS Step 6 Insta...

Page 63: ...rovider with good knowledge for setup Operate the step 1 to 11 Step 1 Start setup procedure for installing ESX Server The followings are required for the ESX Server installation Software Products for...

Page 64: ...tructions below to prepare x Connect each CPU IO module and external storage with FC cables x Remove all the optional PCI boards except FC card and peripheral equipments except external storage x Remo...

Page 65: ...power supply is turned off When the AC power is off The power cord is not plugged into the outlet Connect the power cords to NEC Express5800 ft series in the following order 1 Connect the power cord t...

Page 66: ...ore the NEC logo appears After a while the NEC logo will appear on the screen While the NEC logo is displayed on the screen NEC Express5800 ft series is performing the power on self test POST to check...

Page 67: ...displayed on the screen Example Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit ftServer Setup F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit...

Page 68: ...ESX Server Setup 5 Move the cursor onto Advanced and select Advanced The Advanced menu appears 6 Move the cursor onto Option ROM Configuration and press Enter The Option ROM Configuration submenu appe...

Page 69: ...he cursor onto PCI Slot3 upper Option ROM and press Enter Parameters appear 8 Among the parameters choose Enabled and press Enter The current display of the configuration for PCI Slot3 upper Option RO...

Page 70: ...4 10 ESX Server Setup 9 Move the cursor onto Embedded SAS Option ROM and press Enter Parameters appear...

Page 71: ...display of current configuration for Embedded SAS Option ROM becomes Disabled This is the end of steps for validating FC card The following procedure shows how to invalidate the monitoring function P...

Page 72: ...the function you will not be able to complete the installation correctly Follow the procedure described here to setup correctly Important If you do not process the setting described here you cannot c...

Page 73: ...Server Setup 4 13 2 Move the cursor onto Monitoring Configuration and press Enter The Monitoring Configuration submenu appears 3 Move the cursor onto OS Boot Monitoring and press Enter Parameter appe...

Page 74: ...4 Select Disabled from the parameter and press Enter The display of current setting for OS Boot Monitoring becomes Disabled 5 Press Esc key then go back to Server menu and move the cursor onto Exit T...

Page 75: ...he Setup confirmation window appears 7 Select Yes and press Enter Save the setting and quit the SETUP and then reboot TIPS When installing ESX Server once power off the server for preparation of insta...

Page 76: ...is required to complete the storage settings such as creating a logical disk 1 Start from the CPU IO module 0 and perform the following 1 1 Start the configuration window of Emulex BIOS In the Emulex...

Page 77: ...ESX Server Setup 4 17 1 4 Select Enable or Disable BIOS 1 5 Select 1 so that Enabled is configured...

Page 78: ...4 18 ESX Server Setup 1 6 Select Esc twice to return to the screen where FC card has been selected 1 7 Select Configure Boot Devices...

Page 79: ...ESX Server Setup 4 19 1 8 Select the location for Boot Entry select 1 1 9 Select the boot device select 01...

Page 80: ...4 20 ESX Server Setup 1 10 Enter LUN Hex select 00 1 11 Select Boot LUN select 01...

Page 81: ...boot the OS 2 Start from the CPU IO module 1 Perform steps 1 1 to 1 13 similarly CHECK The images shown in 1 9 1 11 are examples The information displayed varies depending on the product name of exter...

Page 82: ...Set CPU IO module 0 as the primary and insert the installation CD into the drive of primary side 2 Press Enter at boot _ 3 Replace the CD with the install CD of Software Products for VMware Infrastru...

Page 83: ...license agreement and click Next 6 If the Warning shown in the right appears click Yes Initialization of the partition table is performed 7 In the partitioning options selection window select Recommen...

Page 84: ...commended value Save about 2GB disk space for the partition that includes var crash because the dump file is stored under var crash when collecting the dump You do not have to change the swap partitio...

Page 85: ...ick the checkbox of System clock UTC to select a country Do not untick if using UTC Click Next 13 In Set Root Password enter the password for Root account and click Next 14 Installation starts 15 Clic...

Page 86: ...cd mnt cdrom install sh All input should remain to be default ftadmin can be used in SSH connection etc After installation completes eject the install CD of ft control software for VMware Infrastruct...

Page 87: ...point esmpro_sa 4361 01 rpm ivh Esmpro common rpm ivh Esmpro type1 rpm ivh Esmpro ft rpm ivh Esmpro Express 5 Move the current directory to opt nec esmpro_sa log to run the following commands cd opt...

Page 88: ...ation completes network configuration for a port is duplicated When you change the network configuration or configure the duplication setting by adding a LAN card it is necessary to configure the sett...

Page 89: ...EC ESMPRO Agent NEC ESMPRO Agent is required for continuous operation of the NEC Express5800 ft series To run NEC ESMPRO Agent you need to configure the SNMP settings For details and methods of the se...

Page 90: ...ity Server Boot Exit ftServer Setup F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Monitoring Configuration Item Specific Help Disable...

Page 91: ...ed after the server is repaired Follow the steps below to make a backup copy of the system information 1 Prepare a 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive...

Page 92: ...operation When an optical disk drive is used during the system operation the product may not work properly If an optical disk drive is used remove the mounted allocating optical disk drive and reboot...

Page 93: ...pletion of Installation This chapter describes the procedures after installation such as how to install management utilities and how to setup PCs on the network You may need to confirm these procedure...

Page 94: ...ESSBUILDER CD ROM contains NEC ESMPRO Agent for monitoring NEC Express5800 ft series and NEC ESMPRO Manager for managing the NEC Express5800 ft series Install and setup these management utilities in t...

Page 95: ...nstallation Guide included in the CD ROM of NEC ESMPRO Agent for VMware Infrastructure 3 In order for NEC ESMPRO Agent to operate it is necessary to configure the settings according to your environmen...

Page 96: ...install it chkconfig compat libstdc 7 3 gawk glibc initscripts libstdc net snmp net snmp utils newt portmap sed slang tar 2 SNMP service settings To monitor from NEC ESMPRO Manager it is necessary to...

Page 97: ...to start automatically sbin chkconfig level 345 portmap on 5 Setting firewall When monitoring the device where NEC ESMPRO Agent is installed from the NEC ESMPRO Manager use the following port If you s...

Page 98: ...ivh Esmpro type1 rpm ivh Esmpro ft rpm ivh Esmpro Express 5 Move the current directory to opt nec esmpro_sa log to run the following commands cd opt nec esmpro_sa log sh mount point esmpro_sa vmset s...

Page 99: ...t procedures vary depending on the server you use rpm e Esmpro Express rpm e Esmpro ft rpm e Esmpro type1 rpm e Esmpro common IMPORTANT Make sure to uninstall the package in this order 3 Uninstall the...

Page 100: ...es alerts from the server When a failing module in the server is to be replaced NEC ESMPRO Manager enables logical module disconnection from the server and logical installation after module replacemen...

Page 101: ...E This configuration aims to avoid possibility of timeout if the connection fails and there is no communication between Express5800 ft server including guest OS that operates on Express5800 ft servers...

Page 102: ...ameters Value TcpMaxConnectRetransmissions Type REG_DWORD Configuration value 5 Value TcpMaxDataRetransmissions Type REG_DWORD Configuration value 8 Value TcpMaxConnectREsponseRetransmissions Type REG...

Page 103: ...occurs only when the system is starting up by a reboot Caution This configuration just shifts the timing of the connectio timeout and does neither control nor avoid the timeout Furthermore this confi...

Page 104: ...ice at path 1 CPU IO module 1 is the primary opt ft bin ftsmaint bringup 0 Completed bringUp on the device at path 0 Confirm LEDs illuminate in green Status lamp 2 of CPU IO module 0 Green Status lamp...

Page 105: ...tab Example Disable auto reinstallation of CPU module from 6 00 to 18 15 everyday Add the following rows to etc crontab Defer CPU bringup at 6 00 every day Enable CPU bringup at 18 15 every day 0 6 ro...

Page 106: ...ver and the version of the kernel in the service console Check the version following the steps below ESX Server 1 Run the following command on the service console esxupdate l query Service Console 1 R...

Page 107: ...form the procedure when you need to check the ft Server Control Software version of the current system such as before adding units or attachment to NEC Express5800 ft series Confirm the version follow...

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Page 109: ...Chapter 6 Troubleshooting This chapter describes what to do when files needed to operate the OS are damaged and any trouble occurs on the product...

Page 110: ...sole try fsck IMPORTANT If the sd device cannot be recognized by the service console the system cannot be repaired To execute this configuration login as a user with root privilege fsck C pvf dev sd d...

Page 111: ...iate corrective action according to the error codes listed in the table below Message Cause and Remedy This machine is not supported This NEC EXPRESSBUILDER version is not designed for this server Exe...

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Page 113: ...Appendix A About Services Information on NEC Express5800 ft series is provided the web at NEC Express5800 Web ASIA PACIFIC http www nec co jp express...

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