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Contents
Installing Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adding or Removing PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adding or Removing Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Control
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Levels of System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Controller Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
L1 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
L1 Controller Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
L1 Front Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Optional Ethernet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Console Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Operating the L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L1 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Viewing System Configuration (from a Brick’s Perspective) . . . . . . . . 27
Command Targeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Viewing Information, Warnings, and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 28
Powering On, Powering Off, and Resetting the Brick . . . . . . . . . . 29
Console Mode from L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L1 Console Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Viewing Information, Warnings, and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 32
L2 Emulator Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring an Emulated L2’s IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting Command Targeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Viewing Information, Warnings, and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Powering On, Powering Off, and Resetting the System From the L2 Emulator . . . . 38
Console Mode from the L2 Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Console Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
L1 Mode from L2 Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Upgrading L1 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Upgrading L1 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Summary of Contents for SGI Altix 3700 Bx2
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