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Installing and Using Utilities    6-21

Using Universal RAID Utility via Network

Universal RAID Utility doesn't have the function of management to computer installed RAID
Controller via network. If you want to manage it via network, please use the function of remote
console (ex. Remote Desktop of Windows).

Creating Logical Drive of RAID 6

You must use four or larger Physical Devices for creating the Logical Drive of RAID 6 by Universal
RAID Utility. If you want to create the Logical Drive from three Physical Devices, you need to use
WebBIOS.

Содержание Express5800/120Lj

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

Страница 2: ...e 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 s...

Страница 3: ...urns 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 prohibited actions An image in the symbol illu...

Страница 4: ...ing that cannot be specifically identified Indicates that improper use may cause loss of eyesight due to laser beam Prohibited Actions Indicates a general prohibited action that cannot be specifically identified Do not disassemble repair or modify the server Otherwise an electric shock or fire may be caused Mandatory Action Unplug the power cord of the server Otherwise an electric shock or fire ma...

Страница 5: ...tallation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circ...

Страница 6: ...erver 2003 R2 Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition operating system or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition operating system Windows XP x64 Edition stands for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system Windows XP stands for Microsoft Windows XP Ho...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 8: ...to 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 describ...

Страница 9: ...ration Record Table provides a table to be filled with your server configuration Text Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual For safety symbols see SAFETY INDICATIONS provided earlier IMPORTANT Items that are mandatory or require attention when using the server NOTE Helpful and convenient piece of information IN THE PACKAGE The carton contains various accessories as ...

Страница 10: ...roper Operation 1 8 Transfer to Third Party 1 9 Disposal and Consumables 1 10 User Support 1 11 Chapter 2 General Description 2 1 Overview 2 2 System Chassis 2 3 Front View 2 3 Rear View 2 8 Internal View 2 10 Mother Board 2 12 Standard Features 2 14 Peripheral Bays 2 15 AC LINK Feature 2 15 Security 2 15 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 2 16 NEC ESMPRO 2 17 Maintenance Tools 2 17 System Diagnostic Utility 2 17...

Страница 11: ...re Using WebBIOS 4 34 Using WebBIOS 4 36 Configuring Virtual Disk 4 49 Operation of Various Features 4 67 WebBIOS and Universal RAID Utility 4 77 Configuring Mother Board Jumpers 4 80 Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5 1 About Express Setup 5 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 5 3 Notes on Windows Installation 5 3 Flow of Setup 5 9 Installing the Windows Server 2003 5 10 I...

Страница 12: ...er 7 11 Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 8 1 System Viewers 8 2 Lamps 8 3 LAN ACCESS Lamp 8 3 STATUS Lamp 8 3 POWER SLEEP Lamp 8 5 DISK ACCESS Lamp 8 5 Access Lamps 8 5 Hard Disk Drive Lamp 8 6 Power Supply Lamp 8 7 LAN Connector Lamps 8 8 Error Messages 8 9 Error Messages after Power on 8 9 POST Error Messages 8 10 Beep Codes 8 14 Solving Problems 8 15 Problems with NEC Express Server 8 15 Problems with...

Страница 13: ... 16F 2 5 inch HDD Cage 9 18 Power Supply Unit 9 27 Cooling Fan Unit 9 30 3 5 inch HDD Cage 9 37 2 5 inch HDD Cage 9 43 5 25 inch Device 9 55 Internal USB Floppy Disk Drive 9 59 PCI Board 9 67 Processor CPU 9 73 DIMM 9 84 Using the Memory RAS Features 9 88 Chapter 10 Internal Cabling Diagrams 10 1 Interface Cables 10 2 Standard Configuration 10 2 Installing Additional 3 5 inch HDD Cage 10 3 Install...

Страница 14: ...ttings D 17 PROSet D 17 Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB D 19 Network Driver D 21 Re install the Network Driver D 22 Optional Network Board Driver D 23 Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver D 23 Graphics Accelerator Driver D 24 Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 107 D 25 Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 95 D 25 Installing Disk Array Controller Driv...

Страница 15: ...t E 20 Network Driver E 21 Re install the Network Driver E 22 Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB E 22 Graphics Accelerator Driver E 22 Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 95 107 E 23 Installing Disk Array Controller Driver N8103 90 E 23 Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104 E 23 About Windows Activation E 23 Available Switch Options for Windows Server 2003 Boot ini...

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

Страница 18: ...ossible danger or their vicinity in your server to inform the user that a hazardous situation may arise when operating the server Do not intentionally remove or damage any of the labels If you find any labels totally partially removed or illegible due to damage contact your service representative ...

Страница 19: ... the power plug from the outlet then contact your service representative Using the server in such conditions may cause a fire Keep needles or metal objects away from the server Do not insert needles or metal objects into ventilation holes in the server or openings in the floppy disk or optical disk drive Doing so may cause an electric shock CAUTION Do not access inside your server for a service or...

Страница 20: ...o the connector could damage the cables and connectors to result in an electrical shock hazard or a fire Insert the power plug into the outlet as far as it goes Heat generation resulting from a halfway inserted power plug imperfect contact may cause a fire Heat will also be generated if condensation is formed on dusty blades of the halfway inserted plug increasing the possibility of fire Use the a...

Страница 21: ...ction may cause a fire a dusty place a humid place such as near a boiler a place exposed to direct sunlight an unstable place Do not connect any interface cable with the power cord of the server plugged to a power source Make sure to power off the server and unplug the power cord from a power outlet before installing removing any optional internal device or connecting disconnecting any interface c...

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

Страница 23: ...ing the cables Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Keep animals away from the server Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Do not leave the CD tray open If dust gets on the lens of an optical disk drive the drive may have problems reading your disks In addition the tray may be broken by contacting any objects Take off the headset befo...

Страница 24: ... be physically installed connected but cause failures of the server as well as malfunctions of the server Check and adjust the system clock before the operation in any of the following conditions After carriage of device After storage of device After the pause state of the device placed in the environment beyond the specified range of condition for adequate operation temperature 10 C 35 C humidity...

Страница 25: ...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...

Страница 26: ...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 WARNING Do not remove the lithium battery Your server contains the lithium battery Do not remove...

Страница 27: ...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 ...

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

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

Страница 30: ... tower based system Front View As application requirements increase you can expand your server with an additional memory add in boards and peripheral devices tape devices and hard disk drives The server features the following major components Quad Core Dual Core Intel Xeon processor Up to 48GB of memory using 4GB DIMMs Minimum configuration is 2GB of memory Dual channel memory configuration Five i...

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

Страница 32: ... lamp green Lights in green while the server is connected to the network Blinking in green indicates the network activity Numbers printed near the lamps indicate the LAN port number 5 DISK ACCESS lamp green amber Lights in green while the internal hard disk drive is in access When any one of the internal hard disk drives fails this lamp lights in amber 6 POWER SLEEP lamp green Lights in green when...

Страница 33: ...contains a factory installed hot swap 3 5 inch HDD cage With optional N8154 17F 3 5 inch HDD cage additionally installed in the server up to eight hard disk drives can be installed either of SAS or SATA drives 1 2 NMI 5 6 7 8 6 9 4 1 2 10 11 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 ...

Страница 34: ...n optional hot swap 2 5 inch HDD cage N8154 16F can contain up to eight 2 5 inch hard disk drives With two N8154 16F cages up to 16 hard disk drives can be installed SAS drives only 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 6 7 8 6 9 4 1 2 10 11 3 ...

Страница 35: ...ots except for port 0 4 Cover open sensor The cover open sensor detects the open of the front door 5 Power switch The power switch is used to turn on off the power If you press the switch once then the POWER SLEEP lamp goes on and the power is turned on If you press the switch again the power is turned off The system is forcibly shut down when the power switch is pressed continuously for four seco...

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

Страница 37: ... The mouse connector is connected with the mouse coming with the server 9 Keyboard connector The keyboard connector is connected with keyboard coming with the server 10 Serial port A connector The serial port A connector is connected with a device having the serial interface The server cannot be directly connected to a leased line through the connector 11 Monitor connector The monitor connector is...

Страница 38: ...ure below shows an internal view of the chassis with the factory installed HDD cage installed With the optional 2 5 inch HDD cage up to eight hard disk drive can be installed With standard air cooling heat sink installed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 1 ...

Страница 39: ... Option A The redundant fan unit contains three fans Option A front Option B PCI HDD cage and Option A rear 5 5 25 inch device bays 3 slots Up to two devices can be installed additionally An optical disk drive is factory installed 6 HDD cage slot Optional HDD cage can be installed 7 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Up to four hard disk drives can be installed 8 Redundant cooling fan unit Option B 9 Mo...

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

Страница 41: ... IDE connector for optical disk drive 15 Jumper switch for clearing CMOS 16 Jumper switch for clearing BIOS password 17 SGPIO connector 18 Lithium battery 19 SATA2 connector SATA1 and SATA2 from top to bottom 20 Connector for Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 21 PCI board slots slots PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 and PCI 5 from bottom to top PCI 1 64 bit 133MHz PCI 2 32 bit 33MHz PCIe 3 x...

Страница 42: ...ry of up to 48GB 4GB DIMMs x12 slots USB interface USB 2 0 Five integrated I O expansion PCI slots PCI Express x8 2 slots PCI Express x4 1 slot x8 connector PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz 1 slot PCI 32 bit 33 MHz 1 slot SATA2 x2 channels not for hard disk drive Ultra ATA 100 x1 channel Up to two multi processors Can be used as rack mount type N8143 71F rack conversion kit is required Many Available Features...

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

Страница 44: ...te the BIOS Use this function to update the system BIOS or firmware of the server See Chapter 6 To update the Windows System Update Express5800 system in Windows Autorun Menu Windows based NEC EXPRESSBUILDER feature updates the several resources of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 See Chapter 6 To install the utilities NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD includes some management software for Windows NEC ESMPRO NE...

Страница 45: ...RO 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 diagnostic utility contained i...

Страница 46: ...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 DianaScope and centralized management of several systems For more information about remote management using We...

Страница 47: ...es a command to eject the optical disk drive tray or a media in the drive Before executing such a command make sure that the front door is open Otherwise the drive tray or a media will hit the front door It may cause a device failure to occur Insert the provided security key into the key hole and turn the key to unlock the front door Then hold the front door edges and gently pull the door away fro...

Страница 48: ... the power control device is powered 2 Press the POWER switch on the front of the computer chassis The POWER SLEEP lamp lights in green After a while characters appear on the screen IMPORTANT If the power cord is connected to the server an initial diagnosis of the hardware starts The POWER switch does not work while in diagnosis Wait for about 10 seconds then press the POWER switch Do not turn off...

Страница 49: ...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...

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

Страница 51: ...ional add in card it displays the message prompting you to launch the add in card BIOS configuration utility Ignore the message POST will automatically proceed a few seconds later Refer to the manual that comes with the optional add in card for detail 8 If you set a password using the BIOS SETUP utility the password entry screen appears upon successful completion of POST Up to three password entri...

Страница 52: ...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 ...

Страница 53: ... the headphone jack Setting and Removing the Disc 1 Make sure that the power of the server is on with the POWER SLEEP lamp being lit in green before setting the disc on the optical disk drive 2 Press the Open Close button on the front of the optical disk drive The tray comes out 3 Put the disc on the tray carefully and securely with the character printed surface facing upward 4 Press the Open Clos...

Страница 54: ...n a similar way as in setting the disc to make the tray come out If the access LED is lit the disc is being accessed Confirm that the access LED is not lit before pressing the Open Close button Your OS may have a command to eject the tray When you have taken out the disc retract the tray back in place ...

Страница 55: ...roximately 1 2 mm in diameter and 100 mm in length a straightened large paper clip will make a substitute into the emergency hole on the front of the optical disk drive and gently push it in until the tray is ejected IMPORTANT Do not use a toothpick or plastic stick which can be easily broken If the above procedure does not let you take out the DVD CD ROM contact your service representative 3 Hold...

Страница 56: ...ed side upward and gently put it on the tray Do not scratch the disc or write anything directly on it with a pencil or ball point pen Keep the disc away from cigarette smoke Do not leave the disc in a high temperature place e g place exposed to direct sunlight or close to a heater When dust or fingerprints are attached on the disc wipe the disc from its center to edge with a dry soft cloth slowly ...

Страница 57: ...Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server This chapter describes how to set up your server appropriate for your system on a step by step basis ...

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

Страница 59: ...damage claim with the carrier immediately INSTALLING OPTIONAL DEVICES To install any optional device see Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server for the installation procedure Proceed to the next section if you have no optional devices to install IMPORTANT There are third party products memory modules hard disk drives etc available for the server in the markets However NEC recommends that you should use N...

Страница 60: ... the range between 15 to 25ºC Close enough to connect the mouse and the display Install the server on the floor or rigid flat desk Open the stabilizers to secure the server Place having a space enough to fully open the front door The front door extrudes about 35 mm from the left side of the server when fully opened Room that satisfies the following conditions While operating While halting Temperat...

Страница 61: ...stic changes in temperature e g near a heater air conditioner or refrigerator Places with strong vibration Places with corrosive gas in presence near chemicals or with possibilities of chemicals sprayed over On a non antistatic carpet Places with possibilities of falling objects Places where a power outlet that shares the ground line with another especially the one to which a device with large pow...

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

Страница 63: ...n to the leased line is prohibited Keyboard Mouse Display unit Hub multiport repeater Device with the serial interface e g modem Direct connection to the leased line is prohibited Connect to appropriate power source Device with the USB interface e g terminal adapter REAR FRONT USB device ...

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

Страница 65: ...ce outlets on the rear of the UPS Refer to the manual that comes with the UPS for details When the power cord from the server is connected to a UPS change the BIOS SETUP utility of the server to link with power supply from the UPS Change a parameter for AC LINK of the Server menu of the BIOS SETUP utility See Chapter 4 for details Connect the battery connector when using UPS Disconnect the connect...

Страница 66: ...ntrol unit 2 Open the front door and press the POWER switch The POWER SLEEP lamp on the front of the server comes on NOTES Connect the power cord and wait at least 10 seconds before pressing the POWER switch The Status lamp lights thin amber immediately after the power cord is connected or AC power is supplied to the server Wait until the lamp goes off then press the POWER switch Do not power off ...

Страница 67: ...g memory test the POST displays the amount of memory it was able to access and test Depending on the amount of installed memory it may take several minutes to complete the memory test NOTE The factory set is defined to hide the POST screen with the NEC logo screen You can always change the NEC logo screen to the POST screen by pressing Esc To change the start up screen use the BIOS setup utility S...

Страница 68: ...ormation 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 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive and reboot the system 2 Select Maintenance Tools Normal mode 3 Sele...

Страница 69: ...ed to change system configuration parameters This utility is pre installed in the flash memory of the server and ready to run The server is configured with the correct parameters using the SETUP utility and shipped in the best conditions Thus you don t need to use the SETUP utility in most cases However you might wish to use the SETUP utility in the cases described below IMPORTANT The SETUP utilit...

Страница 70: ...ts 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 for three consecutive times the server halts You can no longer proceed Power off the server NOTE The server is provided with two levels of password Supervisor and User ...

Страница 71: ...Selects the Main Advanced Security Server Boot or Exit menu and Changes the value parameter of the selected item When a submenu option an option preceded by is selected these keys are disabled Enter Press Enter to select determine parameters Esc Exit SETUP and return to the previous screen F9 Sets the parameter of the currently displayed item back to the factory set parameter F10 Save and exit the...

Страница 72: ...ons The SETUP utility has the following six major menus Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit To set minute functions select a submenu from the above menus The following describes available functions and parameters as well as the factory set for each menu ...

Страница 73: ...at the shipment Processor Settings Select submenu Shows the processor settings submenu Language English US Français FR Deutsch DE Español SP Italiano IT Select which language BIOS displays Factory set IMPORTANT Check and adjust the system clock before the operation if any of the following conditions is applicable After carriage of device After storage of device After the device is entered into the...

Страница 74: ...Cache nnn KB Displays L2 cache size for processor Processor 2 CPUID Numeral Disabled Displays CPU ID for processor if present Disabled indicates that the processor is defected View only Processor 2 L2 Cache nnn KB Displays L2 cache size for processor Execute Disable Bit Enabled Disabled Displayed only when the CPU supports Execute Disable Bit Virtualization Technology Enabled Disabled Enables or d...

Страница 75: ...Press Esc to switch to the POST execution screen Reset Configuration Data No Yes Select Yes if you want to clear the system configuration data during the next boot Automatically reset to No in the next boot NumLock On Off Sets power on Numlock state Memory Processor Error Boot Halt If Halt is selected the boot is stopped when POST error occurs Factory set IMPORTANT Be sure to take a note of boot p...

Страница 76: ... and 22 DIMM Group 4 DIMM sockets 32 and 42 DIMM Group 5 DIMM sockets 13 and 23 DIMM Group 6 DIMM sockets 33 and 43 Memory Retest Yes No Causes BIOS to retest all memory on the next boot Extended RAM Step 1MB 1KB Every location Disabled 1MB indicates that the memory test is done in the unit of 1MB 1KB indicates that the memory test is done in the unit of 1KB Every location tests every memory locat...

Страница 77: ...rce Allows selecting the onboard VGA controller or optional PCI VGA controller as the display device that will be active when the system boots The Force option is selected to use the onboard VGA controller if the optional PCI VGA controller is installed in the system Factory set Onboard LAN submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting LAN Controller Disabled Enabled If Disabled the BIOS will ...

Страница 78: ... Base I O address 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Selects the base I O address for serial port A Interrupt IRQ 3 IRQ 4 Selects the interrupt for a serial port A Serial Port B Disabled Enabled Selects whether serial port B is enabled or disabled Base I O address 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Selects the base I O address for serial port B Interrupt IRQ 3 IRQ 4 Selects the interrupt for a serial port B USB Controller Enabled Disa...

Страница 79: ...ort is enabled or disabled Wake On RTC Alarm Disabled Enabled Specify whether the remote power on function by using RTC alarm feature is enabled or disabled Factory set IMPORTANT If the AC power is turned off while the Wake On Ring feature is enabled this feature is disabled at the next system boot after AC power on You need to press the Power switch to boot the system If the AC power is turned of...

Страница 80: ...hanumerics Press Enter to display the supervisor password entry screen This password enables all the SETUP menus to be accessed This setting can be done only on login with the password input of Supervisor at start of SETUP Set User Password Up to eight alphanumerics Press Enter to display the user password entry screen For this password accessing to the SETUP menu is restricted Password on boot Di...

Страница 81: ...our Setting TPM Support Disabled Enabled Disables or enables TPM feature This item becomes selectable when Supervisor Password is set on Security menu Current TPM State Displays the current TPM state Change TPM State No Change Enable Activate Deactivate Disable Clear Changes TPM state Factory set ...

Страница 82: ... minutes Specify whether to enable or disable the boot monitoring function on booting or select the time limit for timeout To use this function install NEC ESMPRO Agent Set this item to Disabled if the system is booted from OS without installation of NEC ESMPRO Agent Boot Monitoring Policy Retry 3 Times Always Reset Specify the processing at the occurrence of timeout during boot monitoring If Retr...

Страница 83: ...d is valid when Power On or Last State is specified for AC LINK Platform Event Filtering Disabled Enabled Specify whether to enable or disable the platform event filtering PEF feature Factory set IMPORTANT To power on the server from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply select Server AC LINK Power On The table below shows the operation when the AC power to the server is turn off once and then on a...

Страница 84: ...umber of the chassis View only Chassis Serial Number Displays the serial number of the chassis View only Onboard LAN1 MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the onboard LAN port 1 View only Onboard LAN2 MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the onboard LAN port 2 View only Management LAN MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the management LAN port View only BMC Device ID Displays BMC device ...

Страница 85: ...he baud rate used for the interface with successive remote consoles Flow Control None Xon Xoff CTS RTS CTS RTS CD Specify the flow control method Terminal Type PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 Specify the type of remote console Continue Redirection after POST Disabled Enabled Specify whether to continue console redirection feature after completion of POST Remote Console Reset Disabled Enabled Specify whether...

Страница 86: ...ce HTTP Port Number 80 Specify the TCP port number which the management LAN uses for HTTP communication HTTPS Disabled Enabled Set to Enabled to use HTTPS communication for Web interface HTTPS Port Number 443 Specify the TCP port number which the management LAN uses for HTTPS communication Command Line Interface Telnet Disabled Enabled Set to Enabled to use Telnet communication as a command line i...

Страница 87: ...er execution of Clear BMC Configuration Executing Clear BMC Configuration also clears settings made in NEC DianaScope Before execution be sure make backup copy of setting information of NEC DianaScope NOTE Executing Save Custom Defaults Load Custom Defaults of BIOS SETUP does not save the settings you have made in BMC LAN Configuration menu Event Log Configuration Submenu Option Parameter Descript...

Страница 88: ...e information on the device in the relevant indication To boot the server from a desired device the device must be registered as a boot device Up to eight boot devices can be registered 2 Pressing X after selecting a device allows the selected device to be registered as a boot device or deleted from the registration With eight boot devices being registered any other device cannot be registered as ...

Страница 89: ... be terminated with storage of the modified information Then the server automatically reboots the system Load Setup Defaults Select this item to return all the values of SETUP to the default values Selecting Load Setup Defaults causes the confirmation screen to appear Select Yes to return the values to the default values Select No to return to the Exit menu screen Load Custom Defaults Select this ...

Страница 90: ...ly In actual RAID can configure more than one HDDs as a single array disk group to operate the HDDs effectively This can bring higher performance than a single HDD of a large capacity The Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 has a feature to divide a single disk group into several logical drives The Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 recognizes these virtual disks as if i...

Страница 91: ...6 3 8 RAID 10 4 8 RAID 50 6 8 IMPORTANT To use RAID 5 or RAID 6 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit To configure RAID6 using Express Setup at least four hard disk drives of same capacity must be installed NOTE For details of the RAID levels see RAID Levels described later in this chapter Disk Group A disk group is configured with more than one HDDs The allowabl...

Страница 92: ... RAID Controller DG0 108 GB VD1 3 16 GB VD1 2 16 GB VD1 1 16 GB VD0 1 20GB VD0 2 20GB VD0 3 20GB VD0 RAID5 40 GB VD1 RAID5 32 GB Parity The parity means redundant data A single set of redundant data is created from the data saved in more than one HDD The created redundant data is used for data recovery when a HDD is defected Hot Swap The hot swap enables a HDD to be removed or replaced under syste...

Страница 93: ...D5 Striping of both data and redundant data Yes Three or more HDDs required Capacity capacity of single HDD number of HDDs 1 RAID6 Striping of both data and redundant data Yes Three or more HDDs required Capacity capacity of single HDD number of HDDs 2 RAID10 Striping of RAID1 Yes Four or more HDDs required Capacity capacity of single HDD number of HDDs 2 RAID50 Striping of RAID5 Yes Six or more H...

Страница 94: ...DD is defected the data saved in the HDD cannot be recovered RAID Controller HDD 1 HDD 2 Stripe 1 HDD 3 Stripe 4 Stripe 2 Stripe 5 Stripe 3 Stripe 6 RAID1 In the RAID1 level data saved in a HDD is written to another HDD without change The mode is called mirroring When data is written onto a single HDD the same data is written onto another HDD If either of the HDDs is defected the other HDD contain...

Страница 95: ... Stripe 5 Parity 1 2 Stripe 3 Stripe 6 Stripe 1 Stripe 4 Parity 5 6 RAID6 A RAID 6 extends RAID 5 by adding an additional parity block Q created by different calculation method such as weighting by some factor thus it uses block level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all member disks This mode is called striping with duplex and distributed parity Accordingly the total capacity as...

Страница 96: ...pe 4 Stripe 5 Stripe 5 Stripe 6 HDD 4 Stripe 2 Stripe 4 Stripe 6 RAID1 RAID1 RAID0 RAID50 Data is distributed to HDDs by striping with distributed parity and then written onto HDDs by striping Owing to this feature high disk access performance of RAID0 and in addition high reliability of RAID5 can be achieved RAID Controller HDD 1 HDD 2 Stripe 1 HDD 3 Stripe 6 Stripe 2 Parity 5 6 Parity 1 2 Stripe...

Страница 97: ...atically start the rebuild without use of any utility such as Universal RAID Utility The auto rebuild includes two types as follows Standby rebuild Automatic rebuild by using hot spares In the configuration including hot spares the rebuild is performed automatically if a HDD assigned to a virtual disk is defected Hot swap rebuild Automatic rebuild by hot swapping defected HDD IMPORTANT Note the fo...

Страница 98: ... To change settings of Patrol Read use Universal RAID Utility If the system is restarted while running Patrol Read Patrol Read resumes from that point Consistency Check The Consistency Check is used to check consistency among virtual drives It is available for redundant virtual drives except for RAID0 It is also available for host spare Consistency Check can be performed through WebBIOS or Univers...

Страница 99: ... executed and completed normally before executing Background Initialize for RAID5 only Yes is specified for Disable BGI in VD Definition Virtual disk is in degraded or offline state Background Initialize is performed if the virtual disk of RAID6 is partially degraded The Background Initialize is executed again if any of the following cases occurred in the virtual disk on which the Background Initi...

Страница 100: ... execution RAID level Number of HDDs RAID level Number of HDDs Description RAID0 x RAID0 x α Capacity increased equivalent to α HDDs RAID0 1 RAID1 2 Capacity remains unchanged RAID0 x RAID5 x α Capacity increased equivalent to α 1 HDDs RAID0 x RAID6 x α α 2 or more Capacity increased equivalent to α 2 HDDs RAID1 2 RAID0 2 α Capacity increased equivalent to α 1 HDDs RAID1 2 RAID5 2 α Capacity incre...

Страница 101: ...virtual disk then execute Reconstruction During Reconstruction do not shutdown or reboot the server If the server is shutdown by an unforeseen accident such as power interruption turn on the power again as soon as possible The Reconstruction is automatically restarted In some configuration Background Initialize may start automatically upon completion of Reconstruction Ex Migration with addition fo...

Страница 102: ... drive called HDD hereafter Indication of HDD allocation status Creation of virtual disk Setting of RAID level Setting of Stripe Block size Setting of Read Policy Write Policy IO Policy Indication of configuration information and status of virtual disk Removal of virtual disk Clearing of configuration Execution of initialization Execution of Consistency Check Execution of manual rebuild Execution ...

Страница 103: ...ollows WebBIOS Enclosure number and Slot number shown in Physical Drives box X X X shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector number Enclosure number Slot number With this server the Connector number is not supported thus it is always indicated as The Enclosure Number is always 1 The Slot number represents a slot number of disk bay Universal RAID Utility Enclosure number and Slot number sho...

Страница 104: ...Version XXXX Build MMM DD YYYY Copyright c xxxx LSI Corporation HA X Bus X Dev X MegaRAID SAS PCI 8708EM2 FW package X X X XXXX X Logical Drive s found on the host adapter X Logical Drive s handled by BIOS Press Ctrl H for WebBIOS IMPORTANT Do not press unnecessary key such as Pause during POST If you fail to press Ctrl H and the system proceeds without displaying the WebBIOS main menu shown on th...

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

Страница 106: ... Top Menu appears IMPORTANT X X X shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector number Enclosure number Slot number With this server the Connector number is not supported thus it is always indicated as The Enclosure number is always 1 The Slot number represents a slot number of disk bay ...

Страница 107: ...onfiguring Your Server 4 39 Adapter Properties When you click Adapter Properties on WebBIOS Top Menu the configuration information is displayed Click Next to see the detailed settings of this controller ...

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

Страница 109: ...DF Interval 300 Prohibited Alarm Control Disabled Enabled Silence Disabled Does not issue an alarm Prohibited 2 Cache Flush Interval 4 Prohibited Spinup Drive Count 2 Prohibited Spinup Delay 12 Prohibited StopOnError Disabled Enabled Prohibited Stop CC On Error No Yes Specify the operation at error detection in Consistency Check No Recover and resume Yes Abort Permitted Maintain PD Fail History Di...

Страница 110: ...T You cannot change values for Auto Learn Period Next Learn Time and Learn Delay Interval NOTES Status field shows Charging when the battery is in charged status It shows Discharging when the battery is in discharged status When powering on the server after replaced the battery the Status may not immediately change to Charging In that case power on the server for several hours and check Status aga...

Страница 111: ...cted HDD contains another configuration information Foreign Configuration screen as shown below appears To use the HDD as new one click Clear to clear the configuration information in HDD If you use Universal RAID Utility to configure a RAID system using the newly connected HDD containing another configuration information first clear another configuration information using this Scan Devices featur...

Страница 112: ... you click Virtual Disks on WebBIOS Top Menu the screen for operating the VD that has already been configured IMPORTANT If no hard disk drive exists the upper right column of the screen will be blank Use this menu only when a hard disk drive exists ...

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

Страница 114: ...he following procedures to check Physical Drive Properties Shown below is an example to check property of physical drive 0 0 0 1 Click the Physical Drive you want to check 2 Click the checkbox for Properties 3 Click Go The Properties screen as shown below appears ...

Страница 115: ...bBIOS to configure each adapter Clicking Adapter Selection on WebBIOS top menu opens the Adapter Selection screen again Physical View Logical View If the virtual disk has been configured using the RAID Controller DG disk group is displayed on WebBIOS Top Menu Clicking Physical View displays information for HDDs in DG Clicking Logical View displays virtual disk in DG Events The Events screen is use...

Страница 116: ...ur Server Exit When you click Exit on WebBIOS Top Menu a confirmation screen to exit from WebBIOS is displayed Click Yes to exit from WebBIOS The screen as shown below appears when WebBIOS is terminated Restart the server ...

Страница 117: ... Menu the screen as shown below appears Select the relevant operation and click Next at lower right of the screen Clear Configuration Allows you to clear existing configuration New Configuration Clears the existing configuration and creates a new VD If you have any existing data in the earlier defined virtual disk the data will be lost Add Configuration Retains the old configuration and then adds ...

Страница 118: ...lows you to define all aspects of the configuration RAID level size and others Auto Configuration with Redundancy Automatically creates redundant virtual disk Auto Configuration without Redundancy Automatically creates non redundant virtual disk IMPORTANT The Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 supports Custom Configuration only ...

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

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

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

Страница 122: ... 10 After the Span has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen IMPORTANT To configure RAID0 1 5 or 6 perform Span Definition to a single DG only If you need to perform Span Definition to several DGs define VD for the first DG then select the next DG to define VD Span Definition cannot be performed to DGs containing the different number of HDDs ...

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

Страница 124: ...inition click Next IMPORTANT The value shown in Select Size indicates the maximum size allowed for RAID1 or RAID6 You need to specify the maximum size for RAID0 or RAID5 according to Next LD Possible RAID Levels To use RAID 5 or RAID 6 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit If N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit is not installed do not select RAID5 that may appear in RAID ...

Страница 125: ...er right of the screen 8 The confirmation message Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration 9 The confirmation message All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to Initialize appears Normally select Yes 10 Virtual Disks operation screen is displayed If no other operation is required click Home at the lower left of the screen ...

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

Страница 127: ...AN The following explains the sample procedure to configure RAID10 striping of RAID1 with four HDDs IMPORTANT Do not attempt to configure RAID00 or RAID60 They are not supported 1 Click Configuration Wizard on WebBIOS Top Menu to start Wizard ...

Страница 128: ... and spanned 3 Upon completion of selection click Add to Array at the lower right of the screen After making sure that the new DG has defined in Disk Groups frame to the right click Accept DG 4 A new DG is defined in the Disk Groups frame Define another DG in the similar procedures After DGs have been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen ...

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

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

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

Страница 132: ... message All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to Initialize appears Normally select Yes 13 Virtual Disks operation screen is displayed If no other operation is required click Home at the lower left of the screen 14 The WebBIOS Top Menu is displayed Virtual Disk you have created is displayed in the lower right frame of the screen ...

Страница 133: ...k is specified for Write Policy Checked Normal WriteBack Unchecked Constant WriteBack Recommended value Checked IO Policy Direct Cached Recommended value Direct Disk Cache Policy NoChange Enable Disable Recommended value Disable Disable BGI No Yes Specify whether to perform Background Initialize after creation of VD Recommended value No IMPORTANT BGI Back Ground Initialize is available only for RA...

Страница 134: ...ry Backup Unit is not installed The controller always uses cache memory for writing In this mode the data in cache memory may not be protected from being damaged if the power failure occurs due to charge discharge or defect of the battery Be sure to use UPS when specifying this mode for write policy Write Policy WThru Write through mode This mode is recommended when N8103 120F RAID Battery Backup ...

Страница 135: ... Click Virtual Disks on WebBIOS Top Menu 3 Select a VD to perform Check Consistency from the upper right frame of Virtual Disks screen 4 Click the checkmark column for Check Consistency from the lower right frame of Virtual Disks screen 5 Make sure that Check Consistency is checked and click Go ...

Страница 136: ...l Disks screen 7 Click Home at the lower left of Virtual Disks screen to return to the Top Menu IMPORTANT Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or Reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate ...

Страница 137: ... Manual Rebuild feature to recover the virtual disk as described below 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the replaced HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the Top Menu In the example below the hard disk drive in slot number 2 has been replaced The indication PD Missing from DGx Slot 2 xxxxx MB represents that the PD physical drive having been installed in slot number 2...

Страница 138: ...enter of the screen 5 When Rebuild Progress is displayed click Home at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS Top Menu IMPORTANT Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or Reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate ...

Страница 139: ...a RAID5 virtual disk configured with three HDDs and assign a newly added HDD as Hot Spare 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the added HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the Top Menu 2 Select 1 3 newly connected HDD in Physical Drives 3 The properties for Physical Drive is displayed ...

Страница 140: ... the lower center of the screen Global HSP Indicates the Hot Spare available for all DGs Dedicated HSP Indicates the Hot Spare available only for the specific DG You need to specify the target DG NOTE Do not check Enclosure Affinity which defines the hot spare to the specific enclosure This setting is not supported in the system ...

Страница 141: ...Configuring Your Server 4 73 5 The status for the newly connected HDD changes to HOTSPARE 6 Click Home at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS Top Menu ...

Страница 142: ... Add a HDD to a RAID5 virtual disk configured with three HDDs to make a RAID5 virtual disk configured with four HDDs 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the added HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the Top Menu 2 Select VD 0 already been constructed in Virtual Drives ...

Страница 143: ...Configuring Your Server 4 75 3 Setting menu for VD 0 is displayed ...

Страница 144: ...ower left of the screen to return to the WebBIOS Top Menu IMPORTANT The capacity of virtual disk may be incorrectly displayed after reconstruction In this case perform Scan Devices from the Top Menu Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or Reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate...

Страница 145: ...u can see a number of Adapter where Adapter No in Adapter Selection menu Universal RAID Utility manages RAID Controller by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of RAID Controller where Number in the property of RAID Controller on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X in the property of RAID Controller on raidcmd command Also you can see the number of Adapter managed by WebBIOS where ID in the...

Страница 146: ...er The numbers of physical devices connected to the controller are sorted in ascending order based on ID and assigned number beginning with 1 starting from the smallest number The ID is same value of Connected Port shown in Physical Drives Properties box in WebBIOS Enclosure number and Slot number are assigned with a number beginning with 1 IMPORTANT Note that the slot numbers shown in Physical Dr...

Страница 147: ...Consistency Check Priority Consistency Check Rate WebBIOS Low 10 NOTES WebBIOS can set BGI Rate Background Initialize Priority But Universal RAID Utility can t set it Universal RAID Utility can set Initialization Priority But Internal RAID Controller does not have the function of the setting of Initialization Priority Therefore Universal RAID Utility doesn t display Initialization Priority in the ...

Страница 148: ...ear them The following describes how to clear these passwords You can also use the following procedure to clear the CMOS data in the server IMPORTANT Clearing the CMOS data resumes the factory set configuration data Do not change any other switch settings Any change may cause the server to fail or malfunction Mother board Pin for protecting clearing the CMOS data JBAT Pin for protecting clearing t...

Страница 149: ...use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Make sure to complete installation Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components Avoid installation in extreme temperature conditions IMPORTANT Components inside the server are easily affected by static electricity Handle a component after making you...

Страница 150: ... POST to run the BIOS Setup utility and configure the mother board again Clearing Password 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal in Chapter 9 to prepare 2 Remove the left side cover see Chapter 9 3 Change jumper switching setting from Protect to Clear IMPORTANT Use the clip over jumper pins 1 and 2 on the mother board Do not lose the clip 4 Reinstall the server and then turn on ...

Страница 151: ...tandard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition To use the server with the other operating systems described in this section contact your service representative IMPORTANT Before installing the operating system adjust the system date and time by using the BIOS setup utility SETUP S...

Страница 152: ...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...

Страница 153: ...allation Confirm these notes before starting the Express Setup About the Windows family This computer supports the following Windows editions Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition hereinafter referred to as Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition hereinafter r...

Страница 154: ...Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition OS installation media with Service Pack 2 OS installation media No Service Pack Service Pack 2 OS installation media No Service Pack Windows Server 2003 R2 OS installation media with Service Pack 2 OS installation media No Service Pack Service Pack 2 OS installation media No Service Pack Windows Server 2003 OS installation media with Service Pack 1 OS installation media ...

Страница 155: ...5 SCSI Controller N8103 95 SCSI Controller N8103 107 SCSI Controller N8103 104 SAS Controller Option NOTES The driver of option card mentioned above is stored in the EXPRESSBUILDER DVD If you use the board not mentioned above the ExpressSetup will fail Refer to the instructions attached to the board About the Hardware Components When you install the Windows Server 2003 Express Setup requires sever...

Страница 156: ... system drive If you create multiple logical drives in your system see Re installing the Operating system when multiple logical drive exist Appendix E NOTE If you connect the N8103 90 Disk Array Controller as a data disk clear RAID Controller s configuration information before you perform the Express Setup Re installing to the hard disk drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk You cannot re i...

Страница 157: ...ecommended 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 set on one...

Страница 158: ...le 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 2003...

Страница 159: ...t 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 Insert Service Pack CD ROM When you apply the Service Pack Install OS Automatically Log on Automatically The installat...

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

Страница 161: ... not load parameters 1 Select Do not load parameters 2 Click Next NOTE If a floppy disk drive is not connected select this item Load parameters 1 Insert the floppy disk containing the parameters file 2 Select Load parameters enter the file path of the parameters file into the text box 3 Click Next ...

Страница 162: ...layed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next IMPORTANT Be sure to perform Consistency Check for the RAID drives configured by Express Setup NOTES You can use only the physical 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 See Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUI...

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

Страница 164: ...rs steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next NOTE Even if you do not input value into Administrator password Confirm password is displayed 10 Enter the setting of the network protocol Enter Network Protocol steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

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

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

Страница 167: ...rding 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 18 Read the contents carefully and click Yes if you do agree If you do not agree click No IMPORTANT If you do not agree to this agreement the setup terminates and W...

Страница 168: ...03 and selected applications will be installed automatically and rebooted several times After rebooting it logs on to the system automatically 20 If you install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition DISC 2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition DISC 2 into the optical disk drive after the OS installation Hereinafter proceed operat...

Страница 169: ...ion 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 features NOTE All of the operation that related to Intel PROSet must be execute by administrator privileges Operation by Remote Desktop Connection is prohibited Without changi...

Страница 170: ...se of the classic start menu Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run dxsetup exe in the following directory 004 win winnt dotnet dl3 proset win32 The Intel R 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 Choose I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Nex...

Страница 171: ... ALB can be connected to only Switching Hub When exchange the mother board or option network card make sure to remove the adapter team before exchanges and recreate the adapter team after exchange complete If you want to utilize AFT ALB feature follow the procedure below to setup 1 The Intel R PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu point to ...

Страница 172: ...ck Settings tab on TEAM xxx yy Properties 2 Click Modify Team 3 Point to the adapter Intel R PRO 1000 and click Set Primary or Set Secondary 4 Click OK 5 The setup will go back to EAM xxx yy Properties and the priority setting will display in list 6 Click OK 7 The setup will go back to Intel R PROSet for Wired Connections dialog box so click OK 8 Restart the system ...

Страница 173: ...s not installed 1 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu 1 Click Start menu Click Control Panel Click Network Connections and Click Local Area Connection The procedure in the case of the classic start menu 1 Click Start menu Click Settings and Click Network Connections The Network Connections dialog box appears 2 Right click Loc...

Страница 174: ... click the Network Adapter Name in the Network Adapter list 2 Click the Link and specify the Speed and Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 3 Click Apply and click OK Also add or delete any protocols and services if necessary You can operate the process on the property dialog box for local area network which can be appeared from Network and Dial up Connection NOTE We recommend you ...

Страница 175: ...zing N8104 123A Please refer to the installation manual provided with the board Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver 1 Start Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and Double click Network Adapter Name Network Adapter Name Properties appears NOTE Intel R PRO 1000 is the name of On Board adapter All other names show the Optional Network Board 3 Click Driver tab and click Update Driver...

Страница 176: ...enu is displayed close menu screen 2 Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run setup exe in the following directory 004 win winnt dotnet video setup exe 4 Follow 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 from the optical disk drive res...

Страница 177: ...er N8103 90 The Disk Array Controller driver will be installed automatically Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104 If you utilize SAS controller driver N8103 104 update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system The SAS controller driver will be installed automatically ...

Страница 178: ...he 4GB RAM tuning feature and the Physical Address Extension switch Below is the example on how to add PAE switch to Boot ini file 1 Click Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click System 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...

Страница 179: ...mory Dump The staff of maintenance service representative is in charge of collecting memory dump Customers need only to specify the memory dump If any trouble occur after specifying the process below the message to inform that the system is in short of virtual memory may appear but continue to start the system If you restart the system in such case memory dump may not be stored correctly Follow th...

Страница 180: ... Verify the size of the empty space in the debugging information memory dump write destination drive Windows Server 2003 To specify Complete Memory Dump to write the debug information is recommended If 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 ...

Страница 181: ...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...

Страница 182: ...ndows dialog box appears 3 Specify the location to store the diagnostic information in the Log File Path box The diagnostic information will be stored with the file name DRWTSN32 LOG NOTE You can not specify network path Specify the path 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 C...

Страница 183: ...ove Windows Component The Windows Components Wizard dialog box appears 4 Click Management and Monitoring Tools and then click Details The Management and Monitoring Tools dialog appears 5 Click to 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 optica...

Страница 184: ... IMPORTANT If you install Windows Server 2003 CD ROM which contains Service Pack 2 to your system you do not have to apply Service Pack 2 again Updating the System is executed by Express Setup automatically Execute Updating the System in following cases Processor is expanded expanded to single processor to multi processor Modified system configuration Recovered the system using recovery process Se...

Страница 185: ... completing the system setup Without the backup data you will not be able to recover the information You can save the information by the following process 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive and reboot the system 2 Select Maintenance Tools Normal mode 3 Select English 4 Select Maintenance Utility 5 Select System Information Management 6 Insert a floppy disk into the flo...

Страница 186: ...vice is RAID Controller configure the RAID system before running the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 3 Boot the system from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD 4 Select Load the optional driver into the EXPRESSBUILDER from the Top menu click Next Setting the driver disk for the mass storage controller Press the Perform button NOTE By choosing this option you can load the driver provided by CD ROM or floppy disk to proceed ...

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

Страница 188: ...RESSBUILDER referred to as EXPRESSBUILDER hereinafter helps you install the Operating system the Management software or use the maintenance utilities When you insert the EXPRESSBUILDER disk into the optical disk drive and reboot the system the following menu appears ...

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

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

Страница 191: ...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 Maintenance Tools Normal mode The menu s functions are the same as the Maintenance Tools Normal Mode ...

Страница 192: ...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 EXPRESSBUILDER DVD Some menu items are grayed out when the logon user does not have the authority of the adminis...

Страница 193: ...ilities automatically except for a few key input to confirm the specification Also you can install the system with the same specification as before when re installing the system We recommend you to create Parameter file to setup the servers from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER When using a floppy disk a USB floppy disk drive is required IMPORTANT You can not create Parameter file for Microsoft Windows Server 2...

Страница 194: ...installation and creating Parameter file Follow the procedure below IMPORTANT Do not remove NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from drive during a parameter file creation 1 Start the OS 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive The menu will appear 3 Right click on the screen or left click Setup Windows The menu will appear ...

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

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

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

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

Страница 199: ...cense mode Enter basic parameters steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next IMPORTANT Computer name and User name are required parameters NOTE Even if you do not input value into Administrator password Confirm password zzzzzz is displayed ...

Страница 200: ...re displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next NOTE The order of entry in custom setting may differ from the numbering of LAN port 11 Enter the domain or workgroup name to be used Enter domain account steps are displayed Confirm the parameters modify if necessary and then click Next ...

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

Страница 202: ... parameters steps are displayed If you want to save the parameters set the free formatted floppy disk Select Save parameters enter the file path of the parameters files into the text box and click Next If not select Do not save parameters 15 Saved to a floppy disk ...

Страница 203: ...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 ...

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

Страница 205: ...External SAS HDD Before attempting to operate Universal RAID Utility read the Universal RAID Utility User s Guide contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD The manual explains the installation procedure and notes on operating Universal RAID Utility Setup with Express Setup You can install Universal RAID Utility with Express Setup contained in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD When you start the Express Setup a dia...

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

Страница 207: ... Controller via network If you want to manage it via network please use the function of remote console ex Remote Desktop of Windows Creating Logical Drive of RAID 6 You must use four or larger Physical Devices for creating the Logical Drive of RAID 6 by Universal RAID Utility If you want to create the Logical Drive from three Physical Devices you need to use WebBIOS ...

Страница 208: ...he remote management of this server See the online documents for details on the functions and installation of NEC DianaScope NOTE You need the server license to activate DianaScope for this product The server license below is attached to this product DianaScope Additional Server License 1 ...

Страница 209: ...rdware 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 if your system is in the RAID System configuration When your hard disk drives have been auto rebuilt due to a failure it is recommended to make a backup copy of...

Страница 210: ...le repair or alter the server Do not look into the optical disk drive Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Avoid installation in extreme temperature conditi...

Страница 211: ...erver 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 cord plug with a dry cloth 4 Soak a soft cloth in neutral detergent that is diluted with cold or lukewarm water and squeeze it firmly 5 Rub off stains on the server with the cloth prep...

Страница 212: ... months Cleaning the interior of the server entails powering off the server and removing the left side cover You will need a small vacuum cleaner with plastic tipped nozzle and electrostatic protection 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 perf...

Страница 213: ...move it 4 Take out the ball from the mouse Cover the bottom of the mouse with your hand and turn your hand holding the mouse the mouse is on your palm with the button upward The mouse ball is released onto your palm Mouse ball cover Mouse ball Roller Bottom View 5 Soak a soft cloth in neutral detergent that is diluted with cold or lukewarm water and squeeze it firmly 6 Rub off stains on the mouse ...

Страница 214: ...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...

Страница 215: ...he system Test Items The following items are tested in system diagnostics Memory CPU cache memory Hard disk drive used as a system IMPORTANT When executing the system diagnostics make sure to 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 ...

Страница 216: ...nsole 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 to start the system 5 Select Maintenance Tools Normal mode when local console of the serv...

Страница 217: ...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...

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

Страница 219: ...s to be relocated stored due to a change in the floor layout to a great extent contact your service representative Make sure to make a backup copy of your valuable data in the hard disk drive if any Make sure not to apply a shock to hard disk drives to relocated the server if the contains any 1 Take a media out of the server if any 2 Power off the server the POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 3 Unplug the ...

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

Страница 221: ...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 ...

Страница 222: ...y NEC ESMPRO during the system operation Especially take note on whether any alert is reported to NEC ESMPRO Manager on the language PC Check whether any alert is reported on the Operation Window DataViewer or AlertViewer of NEC ESMPRO Manager Example NEC ESMPRO Manager ...

Страница 223: ...el STATUS Lamp The STATUS lamp stays lit in green when the server is in successful operation When the STATUS lamp is unlit or lit flashing in amber it indicates that the server has failed The following table lists indications of the STATUS lamp descriptions and actions to take NOTES If NEC ESMPRO is installed you can confirm the cause of a failure by referring to the error log To cycle power to th...

Страница 224: ...s are firmly connected If the STATUS lamp indication does not change when the fans are normal contact your service representative A voltage alarm was detected On amber All the power supply units failed Contact your service representative Either of the following was detected in the redundant power configuration AC power is not supplied to one of the two power supply units Failure of one of the two ...

Страница 225: ...er for a certain period of time or to select the power saving mode with a command DISK ACCESS Lamp The DISK ACCESS lamp indicates the state of hard disk drives in the hard disk drive bay This lamp lights in green every time any of such hard disk drives is accessed When the DISK ACCESS lamp is lit in amber it indicates that a hard disk drive error occurred To identify a failed hard disk drive see t...

Страница 226: ...or amber Indicates that the hard disk drive is being rebuilt this status is not a failure If the defected hard disk drive is replaced with a new one in RAID system the data is automatically rebuilt auto rebuild function During the rebuild process the lamp is lit green or amber alternately The lamp goes off when the rebuild is completed normally The lamp goes on amber if the rebuild fails IMPORTANT...

Страница 227: ...ion The defected power unit can be replaced with a new one in the hot swap mode without power interruption The POWER FAIL lamp flashes green if the power supply unit receives the AC power through the power cord AC ON The lamp goes on green when you press the POWER switch to power on the server DC ON The lamp goes on amber if the power supply unit is fails due to over current over voltage AC line f...

Страница 228: ...able is normal the network LAN controller may be faulty In this case contact your service representative Speed lamp for data transmission ports This lamp indicates whether each of the standard network ports is operated through the 1000BASE T 100BASE TX or 10BASE T network interface If the lamp is lit amber the network port is operated through 1000BASE T If the lamp is lit green the network port is...

Страница 229: ...rd instruction simultaneous key entry of Ctrl Alt Delete Immediately after the system is rebooted in response to an OS instruction During hardware initialization following restart of the POST When the POST detects a hardware failure due to the above reason restart the server once again If the same error message reappears you may assume there is no hardware error To ensure normal operation of the s...

Страница 230: ...resentative 0230 System RAM Failed at offset 0231 Shadow Ram Failed at offset 0232 Extended RAM Failed at address line Contact your service representative 0250 System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP Contact your service representative to replace the battery After restarting the computer start the SETUP to provide the setting again 0251 System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used The ...

Страница 231: ... server supports the CPU If you are not sure contact your service representative to request the maintenance 0B42 Resource Conflict 0B43 Warning IRQ not configured 0B45 System configuration Data Write Error Contact your service representative 0B50 Processor 1 with error taken off line 0B51 Processor 2 with error taken off line 0B5F Forced to use Processor with error Because an error is detected in ...

Страница 232: ...e power once and then on again to restart the server If the error cannot be corrected contact your service representative 0B93 BMC SDR Repository empty Turn off the power once and then on again to restart the server If the error cannot be corrected contact your service representative 0B94 IPMB signal lines do not respond This is not a fatal error Turn off the power once and then on again to restar...

Страница 233: ...upported Processor Speed detected on CPU Slot 2 8150 NVRAM Cleared by Jumper Start SETUP and provide setting again 8151 Password Cleared by Jumper Start SETUP and set password again 8160 Mismatched Processor Type Speed detected on Processor 1 8161 Mismatched Processor Type Speed detected on Processor 2 Contact your service representative None Expansion ROM not initialized PCI Mass Storage Controll...

Страница 234: ...city check error 1 3 4 1 DRAM address error 1 3 4 3 DRAM test Low Byte error 1 4 1 1 DRAM test High Byte error Check if the DIMMs are properly connected If the error persists contact your service representative to replace DIMM or mother board 1 5 1 1 CPU startup error Contact your service representative to replace the mother board 1 5 2 2 No CPU installed Contact your service representative to rep...

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

Страница 236: ... memory boards or PCI devices Operation of the server with unauthorized devices is not guaranteed Fail to access to internal or external devices or such devices fail to operate T Are cables properly 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 T Is the power on order correct When the server has...

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

Страница 238: ...e SCSI devices properly configured When the server has external SCSI devices connected hard disk drive settings including SCSI ID and terminator are required Refer to the manual that comes with the SCSI device for details T Is cable length exceeded Refer to the manual that comes with the SCSI device for details T Are the optional SCSI controllers properly configured Use the BIOS Setup utility for ...

Страница 239: ... PRO 1000 has been deactivated from the team Event Type Error Event Source IANSMiniport Event Category None Event ID 16 Description Team 0 The last adapter has lost link Team network connection has been lost Event Type Warning Event Source IANSMiniport Event Category None Event ID 22 Description Primary Adapter does not sense any Probes Intel R PRO 1000 Possible reason partitioned Team Above menti...

Страница 240: ...tion response from the IMAP4Svc service When this event is not registered by rebooting the system it is not a problem in operating the system There are some cases that an event log is registered as follows when you operate Windows Server 2003 R2 Source IPMIDRV Type Error Event ID 1001 Description The IPMI device driver attempted to determine if the system supported an IPMI BMC device The driver at...

Страница 241: ...6 During installation the following warning is registered in the System Log of the EventViewer Error detected on the device Device CdRom0 during the paging operation There is no problem on this issue Fail to start the OS T Is the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD in the optical disk drive Take out the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD and restart the server T Is the OS broken Use recovery process to recover the system ...

Страница 242: ... LAN controller may be disabled with the BIOS Setup utility of the server Check the setting with the BIOS setup utility T Have the protocol and service already configured Install the distinctive network driver for the server Make sure that the protocol such as TCP IP and services are properly specified T Is the transfer speed correct Open the network property dialog box in control panel to specify...

Страница 243: ...turned off 1 Select Start Administrative Tools Computer Management 2 Select Device Manager Network Adapter and double click Intel R PRO 1000 EB Network Connection with I O Acceleration n Set as follows in the Detail tab PME ON Wake On Magic Packet Fail to start the OS with the 3GB switch System often fails to start the OS with the 3GB switch In this case please adjust the capacity of the user mode...

Страница 244: ...is 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 version is not designed for this server Execute the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER on the compliant ser...

Страница 245: ...ere are some cases that the system partition is created by size about 8MB smaller than specified size It is not a problem in operating the system Specified to join the Domain but the system is installed as Workgroup When the setup fails to join the Domain during the installation it will install the system as Workgroup Open System in Control Panel to specify joining the Domain Changed the giga driv...

Страница 246: ... After making sure that the RAID Controller is connected correctly then power on the server If the RAID Controller is not recognized correctly despite correct connection the RAID Controller may be failed Contact your service representative Rebuild fails T 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 ha...

Страница 247: ...ppear T Is your system Windows XP or later or Windows 2003 or later The Windows Autorun menu is supported by Windows XP Windows 2003 or later If your system runs on Windows Autorun Menu on Windows 2000 system you need to setup IE6 0 before using Windows Autorun Menu T Is Shift pressed Setting the DVD CD ROM with Shift pressed down cancels the Autorun feature T Is the system in the proper state The...

Страница 248: ...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...

Страница 249: ...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...

Страница 250: ...NS AND WINDOWS SERVER 2003 If the system fails to start by some reasons recover the system with the recovery console However recovery using this method should be performed only by system administrator or a user who has an expert knowledge See Online Help for details ...

Страница 251: ...ur 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 displaying Boot Selection menu IMPORTANT An initial selection of the menu is Os installation Os installation starts by the automatic after the Boot Selection menu is displayed 4 When a local co...

Страница 252: ...anese 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 When you use a remote console 6 Each tool is selected and it starts ...

Страница 253: ...her 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 the...

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

Страница 255: ... management PC via direct connection COM B For the procedure for starting Maintenance Tools with Remote Console refer to the online document of NEC DianaScope IMPORTANT Do not change the boot device order in BOOT menu in BIOS SETUP NEC EXPRESSBUILDER cannot be used if the DVD ROM drive is not the first device to launch the system Use the standard LAN port for LAN connection Use the serial port B f...

Страница 256: ...ation will be set as shown below LAN Controller Enabled Serial Port A Enabled Base I O Address 3F8 Interrupt IRQ 4 Serial Port B Enabled Base I O Address 2F8 Interrupt IRQ 3 BIOS Redirection Port Serial Port B Baud Rate 19 2K Flow Control CTS RTS Console Type PC ANSI ...

Страница 257: ...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 ...

Страница 258: ...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 environment including...

Страница 259: ...any liability for damage to optional devices or the server or malfunctions of the server resulted from installation by the user NEC recommends you ask your service representative for installing or removing any optional devices Use the options and cables approved by NEC You will be charged by any repair of a malfunction fault or defect occurring in a server in which one or more component not approv...

Страница 260: ... disassemble repair or alter the server Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Avoid installation in extreme temperature conditions Make sure to complete boar...

Страница 261: ...atic electricity Select a suitable work space Work with the server on the anti static or concrete floor When you work with the server on a carpet where static electricity is likely to be generated make sure take anti static measures beforehand Use a work table Place the server on an anti static mat to work with it Clothe Do not wear a wool or synthetic cloth to work with the server Wear anti stati...

Страница 262: ...left in the server Confirm that particularly conductive parts such as screws are not left in the server Turning on the power with a conductive part on the mother board or cable terminal causes the server to malfunction Confirming the cooling effect in the server Confirm that the ventilating holes are not covered with an internally connected cable Insufficient cooling effect raises the internal tem...

Страница 263: ...cedure 1 Shut down the OS 2 Press the POWER switch to turn off the power of the server The POWER SLEEP lamp goes off 3 Pull out all the power cords from the AC inlet on the server 4 Remove all the cables connected to the server on the rear panel 5 Make the clearance of 1 m to 2 m in the front and rear sides and left and right sides of the server ...

Страница 264: ...er Removal Remove the left side cover in the following procedure WARNING Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Disconnect the power plug before working with the server 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Loose...

Страница 265: ...ake sure that the hooks on the side cover are inserted into the frames and holes of the server securely IMPORTANT After one or more optional devices are installed or removed completely install the removed side cover securely The installation of the left side cover is monitored by a cover sensor Hooks Holes Frame ...

Страница 266: ...ooling efficiency and can affect performance or cause damage due to overheating Removal Follow these steps to remove the CPU duct cover 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the side cover 3 Position the server unit so that its right side faces the floor 4 Hold the left side of the CPU duct cover and push the right end of the tab to release ...

Страница 267: ... duct cover does not contact with any cables or components on mother board Adjust the CPU duct cover until the tab on the right end of the duct cover is engaged with the slot on the chassis NOTE Make sure that the tab on the right end of the CPU duct cover is surely locked Insert the frame into the hook on the chassis Tab ...

Страница 268: ...8150 237 750GB 7 200 rpm SATA2 300 N8150 199 36 3GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 200 73 2GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 201 146 5GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 226 300GB 15000 rpm SAS Note The SAS drive cannot coexist with SATA drive To use RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 with Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit A hard disk drive having the thi...

Страница 269: ...AID Utility to build configure and manage the RAID System See RAID System Configuration in Chapter 4 and Universal RAID Utility in Chapter 6 In addition you may use Express Setup to configure the RAID System See Chapter 5 for details IMPORTANT Use the dummy tray dedicated to the HDD cage The purpose of a dummy tray is to increase the cooling effect in the server Install a dummy tray in slots not c...

Страница 270: ...erver only by opening the front door In the RAID system hard disk drives may be installed or removed with the power of the server being on 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key to open the front door 2 Locate the slot in which the hard disk drive is installed There are four slots The port numbers are defined depending on the locations of the slots PORT0 to PORT3 from botto...

Страница 271: ...rd disk drive 5 Securely hold the hard disk drive with tray and handle and insert it into the slot IMPORTANT Push the hard disk drive until the hook of the handle hits the frame Hold the hard disk drive carrier with both hands securely and carefully Handle ...

Страница 272: ...ught between the handle and the tray NOTE Make sure that the hook of the handle is hanged on the frame 7 Close the door opened in step 1 IMPORTANT To use the hard disk drives installed in the slots you have to configure RAID System by using WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility See Chapter 4 for details of RAID System Hook Handle Frame ...

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

Страница 274: ...rver 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key to open the front door 2 Push the lever to release the lock 3 Pull the handle toward you 4 Hold the handle and hard disk drive securely and pull it forward ...

Страница 275: ...y started only by the hot swap of a defected hard disk drive or disk replacement in the power on state During the auto rebuild the disk lamp on the hard disk drive is lit green or amber alternatively IMPORTANT If the auto rebuild fails the disk lamp on the hard disk drive goes on amber Provide the disk removal or installation again then run the auto rebuild Obey the following cautions when the aut...

Страница 276: ...nal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 Installing an additional 2 5 inch HDD cage N8154 16F allows the server to be equipped with up to 16 hard disk drives The port numbers for additional 2 5 inch HDD cage are assigned as PORT8 to PORT15 from right to left To connect an additional 2 5 inch HDD cage you need an additional RAID controller Use WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility to build configure...

Страница 277: ... server only by opening the front door In the RAID System hard disk drives may be installed or removed with the power of the server being on 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key to open the front door 2 Locate the slot in which the hard disk drive is installed There are eight slots The port numbers are defined depending on the locations of the slots PORT0 to PORT7 from ri...

Страница 278: ...lot The hard disk drive has a spring EMI shield to prevent malfunction due to static electricity or noise Push the spring with your finger so that the spring is not caught with the chassis frame IMPORTANT Push the hard disk drive until the hook of the handle hits the frame Hold the hard disk drive carrier with both hands securely and carefully Handle ...

Страница 279: ...he handle The handle is locked with a click IMPORTANT Note that your fingers may not be caught between the handle and the tray NOTE Make sure that the hook of the handle is hanged on the frame 7 Close the door opened in step 1 Handle Frame Hook ...

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

Страница 281: ...9 23 1 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key to open the front door 2 Push the lever to release the lock 3 Pull the handle toward you 4 Hold the handle and hard disk drive securely and pull it forward ...

Страница 282: ...y started only by the hot swap of a defected hard disk drive or disk replacement in the power on state During the auto rebuild the disk lamp on the hard disk drive is lit green or amber alternatively IMPORTANT If the auto rebuild fails the disk lamp on the hard disk drive goes on amber Provide the disk removal or installation again then run the auto rebuild Obey the following cautions when the aut...

Страница 283: ...iguring 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 RAID levels and hard disk drives available for the RAID Controller to choose an appropriate controller A Logical Drive except for RAID0 increases disk reliability...

Страница 284: ...ired to connect with a disk expansion unit Refer to the manual coming with the disk expansion unit for details After connecting the disk expansion unit use WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility to set the disk expansion unit in a RAID System RAID0 RAID1 or RAID5 For details on settings and the setting methods refer to the manual provided with the board While a disk expansion unit is set in a RAID Syst...

Страница 285: ...y unit in the following procedure 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Loosen a screw securing the blank cover to remove the cover from the chassis IMPORTANT Keep the removed blank cover and a screw for future use 3 Insert the power supply unit into the vacant slot until it locks IMPORTANT Insert the power supply unit straight into the slot To avo...

Страница 286: ...wer supply unit may be failed Contact your service representative to ask for maintenance 5 Turn on the power of the server The POWER FAIL lamps on the power supply units go on 6 Make sure that any error on the power supply unit occurs with the STATUS lamp and POST See Chapter 8 for details of error indications When the POWER FAIL lamp of the power supply unit goes on amber reinstall the power supp...

Страница 287: ...s on the rear face and determine which module needs to be replaced 2 Shutdown the system and power off the server 3 Disconnect the power cord from the failed power supply unit 4 While pressing down on the lever grasp the handle and carefully pull the power supply unit out of the bay 2 1 5 If you are not going to install a replacement power supply unit you must install a blank cover you removed in ...

Страница 288: ...and PCI devices With optional redundant cooling fan unit the server can continue operation even if one of the fan units is defected IMPORTANT Be sure to ask your service representative for replacement of cooling fan unit if any of them is faulty N8181 58 Redundant fan unit cannot be installed together with N8104 402 water cooling heat sink Front fan factory installed Front fan Option A PCI HDD cag...

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

Страница 290: ... cover 4 Insert the Option A fan unit into the slot for additional front fan Insert the groove of the Option A fan unit along with the guide of the factory installed front fan and push it to the end 5 Remove the fan box from the slot for additional rear fan Remove the stopper then slowly lift the fan box to remove it Option A fan unit Factory installed front fan Fan box ...

Страница 291: ...ushing the lock lift the dummy fan cover slowly to remove it 7 Insert the Option A fan unit into the slot for additional rear fan Insert the groove of the Option A fan unit along with the guide of the factory installed rear fan and push it to the end Factory installed front fan Dummy fan cover Option A fan unit Factory installed rear fan ...

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

Страница 293: ...board connector For easy installation remove the hot swap fan from the cooling fan unit during installation 10 Insert the tabs into holes on the frame of the server and push the cooling fan unit toward the frame The cooling fan unit is locked with locking tab Locking tabs Tabs ...

Страница 294: ...ther board Take care to connect the cable to the proper connector Otherwise NEC ESMPRO will fail to monitor the server 12 Reassemble the removed components Jumper pin for Option A front fan JFAN7 connector Jumper pin for Option B PCI HDD cage fan JFAN4 connector Mother board Move the jumper pin to left to enable the redundant fan Jumper pin for Option A rear fan JFAN1 connector ...

Страница 295: ...2 300 N8150 237 750GB 7 200 rpm SATA2 300 N8150 199 36 3GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 200 73 2GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 201 146 5GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 226 300GB 15000 rpm SAS Note The SAS drive cannot coexist with SATA drive To use RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 50 with Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit A hard disk drive having ...

Страница 296: ...or Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key and open the front door 3 Remove the side cover 4 Remove the dummy cover from the slot to which the HDD cage is to be inserted Remove the four fixing screws to remove the dummy cover IMPORTANT Keep the removed dummy tray for future use ...

Страница 297: ...r to the mating power connectors on the rear of the HDD cage Connect one end of the SAS SATA cable to the SAS SATA connector on the rear of the HDD cage and the other end to the SAS SATA connector on mother board Connect one end of SGPIO cable to the SGPIO connector on the rear of HDD cage and the other end to the SGPIO connector on mother board Power cable SAS SATA cable SGPIO cable ...

Страница 298: ...y installed 3 5 inch HDD cage PORT0 to PORT3 SAS SATA2 Connector Used to connect with the additional 3 5 inch HDD cage PORT4 to PORT7 Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 SAS SATA2 connector SAS SATA1 connector SAS SATA cable SGPIO cable Mother board SGPIO2 connector ...

Страница 299: ...3 SGPIO2 Connector Used to connect with the additional 3 5 inch HDD cage PORT4 to PORT7 7 Fix the 3 5 inch HDD cage to the chassis Fix the HDD cage to the server with four fixing screws 8 Install the components having been removed SGPIO1 connector SGPIO2 connector Mother board Internal RAID controller is connected here ...

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

Страница 301: ...disk drive Purchase hard disk drives of the following models N8150 199 36 3GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 200 73 2GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 201 146 5GB 15000 rpm SAS N8150 226 300GB 15000 rpm SAS To use RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 with Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit A hard disk drive having thickness of about 0 6 inch can...

Страница 302: ...cover 4 Disconnect all the cables from the rear of 3 5 inch HDD cage NOTE To disconnect SGPIO cable or SAS SATA cable hold the connector unlock it then pull it out Pulling the cable while holding the cord harness may cause damage to the connector 5 Remove four screws from the 3 5 inch HDD cage and the four screws from the two dummy covers Then remove the 3 5 inch HDD cage and dummy covers NOTE Kee...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Страница 309: ... the SAS SATA cable from the farther connector on rear of the 2 5 inch HDD cage with the right connector on the Internal RAID Controller Connect another SAS SATA cable from the nearer connector with the left connector on the Internal RAID Controller SGPIO cable Connect the SGPIO cable with SGPIO1 connector on mother board Power connectors SAS SATA connectors SGPIO connector ...

Страница 310: ...aring for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Release the lock of the front door by using the security key and open the front door 3 Remove the side cover 4 Remove the dummy cover from the slot to which the HDD cage is to be inserted Remove the four fixing screws to remove the dummy cover IMPORTANT Keep the removed dummy tray and screws for future use ...

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

Страница 312: ...m the farther connector on rear of the 2 5 inch HDD cage with the connector on the optional RAID controller Connect another SAS SATA cable from the nearer connector with the connector on the other optional RAID controller SGPIO cable Connect the SGPIO cable with SGPIO2 connector on mother board 9 Install the components having been removed Removal Remove the HDD cage in the reverse procedure of the...

Страница 313: ...ntroller IMPORTANT Two single height devices or one double height device can be installed Set the SCSI termination of the device to be installed to OFF and assign a unique SCSI ID not duplicated or corrupted with that of any other device Refer to the documentation coming with each of the devices for how to assign an ID For single height device first install a device in slot 1 Then install another ...

Страница 314: ...inch device by using the four screws coming with the device IMPORTANT Always use the screws coming with the 5 25 inch device Using longer screws or those of different diameter may cause the device to be broken Some devices have a cover on its front face If the cover contacts with the front door when closing the front door move the rail position so that the device can be seated deep in When install...

Страница 315: ...f the server Check the device installed in a 5 25 inch device bay based on the factory installed optical disk drive 9 Connect the interface and power cables to the 5 25 inch device installed from the left side of the server See Chapter 10 for cable connection IMPORTANT Connector pin bending or incomplete connection may cause a malfunction to occur Provide the connection securely watching the 5 25 ...

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

Страница 317: ...nternal USB floppy disk drive 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the side cover and open the front mask as described earlier in this chapter 3 Remove the two fixing screws and remove the dummy panel for floppy disk drive IMPORTANT Keep the removed dummy panel and fixing screws carefully Fixing screw Dummy panel Fixing screw ...

Страница 318: ...nd carefully See the figure below 5 Secure the floppy disk drive to the server chassis with two screws that come with the drive 6 Close the front mask 7 Fold the four stabilizers at the bottom of the server toward inside 8 Lay the server slowly and gently so that its right side faces the floor ...

Страница 319: ...han the internal USB floppy disk drive has been installed in the server use the interface cable for internal USB floppy disk drive stored in the chassis Do not use an interface cable that comes with the floppy disk drive 10 Connect the 4 pin connector of the USB interface cable to the internal USB floppy disk drive NOTE Pay attention to orientation of the connector The USB connector cannot be inse...

Страница 320: ...USB floppy disk drive has been installed in the server this step is unnecessary NOTE If any other USB device has already been installed in the server this step is unnecessary 12 Install the left side cover you have removed in earlier step Removal The internal USB floppy disk drive can be removed in the reverse order of the installation If the device is removed but not installed again install the d...

Страница 321: ...nstallation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the side cover and open the front mask as described earlier in this chapter 3 Remove the two fixing screws and remove the dummy panel for floppy disk drive 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IMPORTANT Keep the removed dummy panel and fixing screws carefully Fixing screw Dummy panel Fixing screw ...

Страница 322: ...ct the 4 pin connector of the USB interface cable to the internal USB floppy disk drive NOTE Pay attention to orientation of the connector The USB connector cannot be inserted reversely 6 Insert the internal USB floppy disk drive into the bay slowly and carefully See the figure below FDD bracket USB interface cable ...

Страница 323: ...and gently so that its right side faces the floor 11 Route the 10 pin connector side of USB interface cable through the space between the fan and the bottom face and around the mother board NOTE If any other USB device than the internal USB floppy disk drive has been installed in the server use the interface cable for internal USB floppy disk drive stored in the chassis Do not use an interface cab...

Страница 324: ...USB floppy disk drive has been installed in the server this step is unnecessary NOTE If any other USB device has already been installed in the server this step is unnecessary 13 Install the left side cover you have removed in earlier step Removal The internal USB floppy disk drive can be removed in the reverse order of the installation If the device is removed but not installed again install the d...

Страница 325: ...harge the static electricity on your body Do not make bare hands contact with terminals and components on the PCI board In addition do not put the PCI board on a desk directly See Static Precautions in this chapter for details of the static electricity PCI board slot 5 PCI EXPRESS x8 PCI board slot 4 PCI EXPRESS x4 PCI board slot 3 PCI EXPRESS x8 PCI board slot 2 32 bit 33MHz PCI board slot 1 64 b...

Страница 326: ...C and elements on PCI board the PCI board or cable may be damaged Due to some board type you may remove the connector cap from an adjacent slot or SCSI connector for external devices before installing the board 3 3V or universal PCI board can be installed in PCI board slots 1 5V or universal PCI board can be installed in PCI board slot 2 NOTE When installing a PCI board make sure that the board co...

Страница 327: ...nal battery To be installed in N8103 117 N8104 111 100BASE TX adapter 32 bit 33MHz PCI 2 max N8104 119 1000BASE T adapter 64 bit 133MHz PCI X 1 max per PCI bus 2 max per PCI bus with AFT N8104 120 2 max per system Cannot co exist with N8104 112 N8104 126 1000BASE T adapter PCI EXPRESS x1 1 max Teaming with any other NIC is unavailable N8104 120 1000BASE T adapter 2 ch 64 bit 133MHz PCI X N8104 121...

Страница 328: ...essage may be displayed on POST if many PCI boards are installed ERROR Expansion ROM not initialized PCI Mass Storage Controller in slot xx xx slot number Change setting in Advanced PCI Configuration of BIOS SETUP Onboard LAN Controller Considerations It is possible to configure the Teaming feature of AFT Adapter Fault Tolerance ALB Adaptive Load Balancing with the onboard LAN controllers But it i...

Страница 329: ...ion height as the installation slot IMPORTANT Keep the additional slot cover being removed for future use 4 Make the component side of the board face the bottom of the server slowly insert the board aligning the board connector with the slot on mother board NOTE For a long sized board align the right end of the board with the groove of the guide rail on the server and then connect the board to the...

Страница 330: ... Reinstall the removed components 8 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error message list in Chapter 8 9 Run the BIOS SETUP Utility to set the Reset Configuration Data in the Advanced menu to Yes This is required to update the hardware configuration information See Chapter 4...

Страница 331: ...TANT Two CPUs must have the same clock frequency Make sure of the CPU type appropriate to the server NOTE If the different revision of the processor is installed in the multiprocessor system Windows logs the following information every startup If this message is logged it is no problem for operation CPU 1 factory installed Mother board CPU 2 ...

Страница 332: ...hands contact with the CPU pins In addition do not put any CPU on a desk directly See Static Precautions for details of the static electricity 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Remove the components as follows Side cover CPU duct cover 3 Locate the CPU socket which you are going to install CPU 4 Remove the CPU cover 5 Raise the locking lever on...

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

Страница 334: ...sly 12 Set Reset Configuration Data on the Advanced menu to Yes This setting is required to change the hardware configuration data See Chapter 4 for details 13 If the CPUs are additionally installed to configure a multi processor system provide the following settings on Windows Select Device Manager Computer and check the driver If the driver is ACPI single processor PC change it to ACPI multi pro...

Страница 335: ...ft and right lightly to make sure that the heat sink can be apart from the CPU Removing the heat sink with it adhering to the CPU may cause the CPU and or socket to be defected Do the following procedure if a CPU is removed or replaced 1 Start SETUP to select menus Main Processor Settings Processor Retest in the order to clear the error information on the removed CPU see Chapter 4 When a CPU is re...

Страница 336: ...ion of Heat Sink Install the heat sink in the following procedures 1 Remove the protective cover from the heat sink 2 Put the heat sink on CPU If you are going to use the water cooling heat sink see Water Cooling Heat Sink described later ...

Страница 337: ... that the heat sink is level with the mother board NOTES If the heat sink is not level remove it and then install it again The following probably causes the heat sink not to be level The CPU is not positioned correctly The heat sink is not completely secured with screws Do not move the secured heat sink Removal Remove the heat sink from the CPU in the reverse procedure of the installation ...

Страница 338: ...tallation of Water Cooling Heat Sink Install the water cooling heat sink on the CPU in the following procedure 1 Peel off the tape and remove the protector on the bottom Also remove the protector on the side Tape Protector Protector ...

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

Страница 340: ...ow Jumper switch setting Water cooling heat sink Standard heat sink Failure to connect the cables properly or set the jumper switch correctly may cause the liquid leak and pump rotation of the water cooled heat sink to be monitored incorrectly 5 Remove the top cover from the CPU duct cover you have removed in previous step FAN1 FAN5 CPU1 CPU2 FAN6 FAN4 CN6 CPU1 P1 FAN5 CPU1 P2 FAN1 CPU2 P1 FAN4 CP...

Страница 341: ...on IMPORTANT If you have installed or removed the water cooling heat sink you must update the system Use the Update CD ROM provided with N8101 402 water cooling heat sink to update the system Updating system is required in the following cases When the standard heat sink is replaced with water cooling heat sink When the water cooling heat sink is replaced with standard heat sink ...

Страница 342: ... of two modules IMPORTANT Due to an interleave device add two DIMMs in group The server does not operate if DIMMs of different specifications are installed in a single group NOTE To use the memory mirroring and online spare memory feature see Using the Memory RAS Feature described later Group number Socket number in group Group 1 DIMM 11 and DIMM 21 Group 2 DIMM 31 and DIMM 41 Group 3 DIMM 12 and ...

Страница 343: ...d An additional 8 GB DIMM N8102 361 cannot be used if water cooling heat sink is installed NOTES Up to 48GB 4GB 12 of DIMMs can be added If water cooling heat sink is installed up to 24GB 2GB 12 of DIMMs can be added In the error messages and logs in POST NEC ESMPRO Manager or Off line Maintenance Utility the DIMM connector may be called group The number next to a group meets the connector number ...

Страница 344: ...MM 6 Install the remove components 7 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error message list in Chapter 8 8 Start SETUP to select Advanced Memory Configuration on menus Then make sure that the status of the additional DIMM is set to Normal see Chapter 4 9 Set Reset Configurati...

Страница 345: ...n the levers at the both ends of the socket for the DIMM to be removed The lock is released to allow the DIMM to be removed 5 Install the component removed in Step 2 6 Turn on the power of the server Then make sure that any error message does not appear in POST If an error message appears write down the message and review the error message list in Chapter 8 7 Start the SETUP to select Advanced Mem...

Страница 346: ...rmal memory configuration The chipkill ECC memory feature can operate in any configuration The memory area on the motherboard of the server is divided into two memory branches as shown in the figure below The memory mirroring and online spare memory features keep memory redundancy between memory branches and within a memory branch by monitoring or altering memory active inactive status respectivel...

Страница 347: ...should have the same capacity Run SETUP see Chapter 4 change parameters appropriately in the Mirror menu selected as shown below save the settings and exit from SETUP Advanced Memory Configuration Memory RAS Feature Mirror Install memory devices in the following order Groups 1 and 2 Groups 3 and 4 Groups 5 and 6 The following mirroring cannot be configured Memory mirroring between different mirror...

Страница 348: ...14 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 24GB 12GB 15 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 48GB 24GB Notes on Configuring Memory Mirroring In memory mirroring configuration the menus related to memory mirroring in BIOS SETUP are grayed out and unselectable in the following cases When you additionally install DIMMs that unable to configure memory mirroring When you remove DIMMs that takes down the memory mirroring In this ca...

Страница 349: ...matically changes the running DIMM from the failed one to a DIMM in the standby group to continue the processing NOTE The operating system recognizes the memory devices as those with capacities less than the actual physical capacities The recognized capacities vary depending on the number of DIMMs and the physical capacity per DIMM Mother board Memory controller Branch 0 Group 1 Branch 1 In operat...

Страница 350: ...he Sparing menu selected as shown below save the settings and exit from SETUP Advanced Memory Configuration Sparing Install memory devices in the following order Group 1 Group 3 Group 5 for memory branch 0 Group 2 Group 4 Group 6 for memory branch 1 The following sparing can be neither configured nor set Sparing to anther memory branch Specification of arbitrary memory devices as spare The group o...

Страница 351: ...when online spare memory is specified Single rank memory configuration Logical memory capacity Physical memory capacity Number of DIMMs Physical memory capacity Dual rank memory configuration Logical memory capacity Physical memory capacity Number of DIMMs Physical memory capacity 2 The server supports the following product number N8102 313 1GB memory Single rank N8102 314 315 316 2GB 4GB 8GB memo...

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

Страница 354: ...e below shows an example of the connections in the standard configuration One of the connectors on Internal RAID Controller PCIe 6 is connected to the hard disk drive bay IDE device Optical disk drive 5 25 inch device bay 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional Mother board SAS cable IDE cable PCIe 5 PCIe 4 PCI e 3 PCI 2 PCI X 1 PCIe 6 IDE ID3 ID2 ID1 ID0 Internal RAID controlle...

Страница 355: ... of the connectors on Internal RAID Controller PCIe 6 is connected to the additional HDD cage IDE device Optical disk drive 5 25 inch device bay 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional Mother board SAS cable IDE cable PCIe 5 PCIe 4 PCI e 3 PCI 2 PCI X 1 PCIe 6 IDE ID3 ID2 ID1 ID0 Internal RAID controller ID7 ID6 ID5 ID4 3 5 inch HDD cage option ...

Страница 356: ...g resistor Set Disabled for all the terminating resistors of connected devices For other setting refer to the manual provided with the device A file device needs settings such as a SCSI transfer rate For the transfer rate see the manual provided with the file device Use the BIOS utility of the SCSI controller to make the settings For details see the manual provided with the SCSI controller Mother ...

Страница 357: ...ecting the disk expansion unit use WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility to set the disk expansion unit in a RAID System RAID0 RAID1 or RAID5 For details on settings and the setting methods refer to the manual provided with the board While a disk expansion unit is set in a RAID System you can use the Auto Rebuild feature of the N8103 90 Disk Array Controller to restore data if one of the hard disk dri...

Страница 358: ...the power unit installed in the server The connector numbers and the internal devices to which the connectors are connected are shown in the figures below Standard Configuration Mother board 5 25 inch device bay Option Optical disk drive Power supply Power cable 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional P3 P4 P7 Power BP ...

Страница 359: ...iagrams 10 7 Installing 3 5 inch HDD Cage Power cable Mother board 5 25 inch device bay Option Optical disk drive Power supply 3 5 inch hard disk drive bay Hard disk drives are optional 3 5 inch HDD cage option Power BP ...

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Страница 361: ...d max File bay 5 25 inch device bay 3 slots An optical disk drive is factory installed 3 5 inch floppy disk drive bay 1 slot Hard disk drive bay 3 5 inch disk 4 slots 4 slots with optional HDD cage 2 5 inch disk 8 slots 8 slots with two optional HDD cages Additional slot PCI PCI EXPRESS x8 x2 PCI EXPRESS x4 x1 64 bit 133MHz PCI X x1 32 bit 33MHz PCI x1 Standard Internal RAID Controller equivalent ...

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Страница 363: ...es 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 track ...

Страница 364: ...e the floppy disk in a dusty place Do not place anything on the floppy disk Do not leave the floppy disk in a high temperature place e g place exposed to direct sunlight or close to a heater Do not leave the floppy disk 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...

Страница 365: ...ng system IMPORTANT Formatting a used floppy disk clears all the data contained in it if any Formatting a floppy disk from the DOS command line is not available with the server Use a formatted floppy disk to work with 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...

Страница 366: ...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 ...

Страница 367: ...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...

Страница 368: ...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 ...

Страница 369: ...factory set IRQs are assigned as follows IRQ Peripheral Device Controller 0 System timer 1 2 3 COM2 serial port 4 COM1 serial port 5 PCI 6 PCI 7 PCI 8 Real time clock 9 ACPI Compliant System 10 PCI 11 BMC IRQ 12 Mouse 13 Numeric processor 14 Primary IDE channel 15 Secondary IDE channel 16 VGA 17 VGA 18 LAN1 19 LAN2 20 USB 21 USB 22 USB 23 USB ...

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Страница 371: ...onal boards NOTE If you want to install the other boards by using a driver floppy disk OEM FD for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM FD for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Parameter File Creator in Chapter 6 Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 116 RAID controller 128 MB RAID0 1 N8103 117 RAID co...

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

Страница 373: ...s 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 memory s...

Страница 374: ...for Installation NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition CD ROM Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Service Pack 2 CD ROM User s Guide Getting Started Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER ...

Страница 375: ...SSBUILDER use this procedure If Windows Server 2003 can be operated on NEC Express5800 Server you can use the other procedure described later Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Turn on your NEC Express5800 Server 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server 4 Press the RESET switch or press Ctrl Alt and Delete to reboot the server You may a...

Страница 376: ...below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Start the Operating System 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server The Menu will appear 4 Click Create drive disk and select OEM Disk for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition NOTE You can do the same operation with the menu appeared by the Right click 5 Insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive according to the mes...

Страница 377: ... on the system power again 4 Press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration or Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed A screen with a solid blue background is displayed IMPORTANT There is no visible indication on screen when F6 has been pressed 5 When the following mes...

Страница 378: ...pecify only a value equal to or less than 2 097 152MB as partition size 9 When the installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions has finished the system reboots automatically 10 The Windows Setup screen will be displayed after logged on to the system IMPORTANT In this case the Windows Setup screen may not be displayed Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 accord...

Страница 379: ...Confirm the parameters and click OK 12 When the installation has completed remove Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 CD ROM from the optical disk drive and restart the system After installation is completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Driver Installation and Advanced Settings and Updating the System of this manual ...

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

Страница 381: ...d Path 4 Click Yes 5 Choose the Assign a drive letter and specify the drive letter you want to assign 6 Click OK 7 If the following message appears click Yes Changing the drive letter of a volume may cause programs to no longer run Are you sure you want to change this drive letter 8 Close the Computer Management Procedure for License Authentication Product Key used in the procedure for license aut...

Страница 382: ... again when Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions CD ROM where ServicePack 2 is included is used and it is installed If you install Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions CD ROM which contains Service Pack 2 you do not have to apply Hotfix for Windows x64 or Hotfix for Windows Server 2003 KB921411 Go on the section of Updating the System Perform Updating the System and application of the Hotfix KB921411 IMPO...

Страница 383: ...XPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server 3 Click Start menu and Run and then execute the following command When Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions is used 004 win winnt w2k3amd qfe enu kb921411 exe 4 When the following 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...

Страница 384: ...ws CD ROM that contains Service Pack 2 to your system you do not have to apply Service pack 2 again 1 Log on to the system with the account that has administrative privilege e g administrator 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of server The Menu will be displayed 3 Left click on Setup Windows and then click Update the system NOTE Right clicking on the Autorun Menu prod...

Страница 385: ...System the following message may be shown but there is no impact to the operation Do not click cancel since it may be taken away after a few seconds 4 Click OK to restart the system 5 When the reboot is started remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from the optical disk drive immediately ...

Страница 386: ...w 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 acc...

Страница 387: ...tained 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 features Follow the p...

Страница 388: ...license agreement and click Next 6 Click Next 7 Choose I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next 8 Click Install 9 When InstallShield Wizard Completed window is displayed click Finished 10 Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from the optical disk drive restart the system ...

Страница 389: ...can be connected to only Switching Hub When exchange the mother board or option network card make sure to remove the adapter team before exchanges and recreate the adapter team after exchange complete If you want to utilize AFT ALB feature follow the procedure below to setup 1 The Intel R PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu point to Contr...

Страница 390: ...ettings tab on TEAM xxx yy Properties 2 Click Modify Team 3 Point to the adapter Intel R PRO 1000 and click Set Primary or Set Secondary 4 Click OK 5 The setup will go back to EAM xxx yy Properties and the priority setting will display in list 6 Click OK 7 The setup will go back to Intel R PROSet for Wired Connections dialog box so click OK 8 Restart the system ...

Страница 391: ...t installed 1 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu 1 Click Start menu click Control Panel click Network Connections and click Local Area Connection The procedure in the case of the classic start menu 1 Click Start menu click Settings and click Network Connections The Network Connections dialog box appears 2 Right click Local A...

Страница 392: ...rk Adapter list 2 Click the Link and specify the Speed and Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 3 Click Apply and click OK Also add or delete any protocols and services if necessary You can operate the process on the property dialog box for local area network which can be appeared from Network and Dial up Connection NOTE We recommend you to add Network Monitor at Adding Services Ne...

Страница 393: ...g N8104 123A Please refer to the installation manual provided with the board Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver 1 Start Device Manager 2 Click Network adapters and double click Network Adapter Name Network Adapter Name Properties appears NOTE Intel R PRO 1000 is the name of On Board adapter All other names show the Optional Network Board 3 Click Driver tab and click Update Driver Ha...

Страница 394: ... install the driver individually 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive If the autorun menu is displayed close menu screen 2 Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run setup exe in the following directory 004 win winnt w2k3amd video setup exe 4 Follow the message to continue the installation If the dialog message Digital Signature could...

Страница 395: ...stalled automatically Installing SCSI Controller Driver N8103 95 The SCSI controller driver will be installed automatically Installing Disk Array Controller Driver N8103 90 The Disk Array Controller driver will be installed automatically Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104 If you utilize SAS controller driver N8103 104 update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system T...

Страница 396: ...dows Server 2003 x64 Editions must be activated before you can use Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Windows activation process is as follows 1 Click Run on Start menu Type as follows in the Open box and click OK oobe msoobe a 2 When the screen as follows is displayed click Next ...

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

Страница 398: ...D 28 Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions SETTING FOR COLLECTING MEMORY DUMP DEBUG INFORMATION Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5 ...

Страница 399: ...l boards NOTE If you want to install the other boards by using a driver floppy disk OEM FD for Mass storage device except ones listed below see Installing with the OEM FD for Mass storage device and Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver of Parameter File Creator in Chapter 6 Controllers supporting installation of OS with Express Setup N8103 116 RAID controller 128 MB RAID0 1 N8103 117 RAID contr...

Страница 400: ...vice Pack You can install the Service Pack on the server When the Service Pack is not attached to your system prepare it by yourself When installing Windows Server 2003 R2 it is not necessary to apply Service Pack 1 Updating System If you modified the Windows system execute Update the System in Autorun Menu Re installing to the Hard Disk Drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk If you want to...

Страница 401: ...erver 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 R2 NOTE in place upgrade is to perform overwri...

Страница 402: ...t so set an enough size of the paging file with the entire system The maximum paging file size which can be set on one partition is 4095MB If the above paging file size exceeds 4095MB specify 4095MB for the paging file size The maximum dump file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB If you install any application program or the like add necessary space to the partiti...

Страница 403: ...ndows Server 2003 Standard Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition CD ROM Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition CD ROM Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 CD ROM User s Guide Getting Started Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER ...

Страница 404: ...ows Server 2003 or Windows can be operated on NEC Express5800 Server you can use the other procedure described later Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Turn on your NEC Express5800 Server 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server 4 Press the RESET switch or press Ctrl Alt and Delete to reboot the server You may also turn off and then on ...

Страница 405: ...elow 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Start the Operating System 3 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server The Menu will appear 4 Click Create drive disk and select OEM Disk for Windows Server 2003 NOTE You can do the same operation with the menu appeared by the Right click 5 Insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive according to the message Windows ...

Страница 406: ... 4 Press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration or Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed A screen with a solid blue background is displayed IMPORTANT There is no visible indication on screen when F6 has been pressed 5 When the following message is displayed press S ...

Страница 407: ... or less than 2 097 152MB as partition size 9 When the installation of Windows Server 2003 has finished the system reboots automatically Windows Server 2003 has been installed Go on the step 14 Windows Server 2003 R2 has been installed Go on the step 11 10 When Windows Server 2003 R2 has been installed the Windows Setup screen will be displayed after logged on to the system IMPORTANT In this case ...

Страница 408: ... the parameters and click OK 12 When the installation has completed remove Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 CD ROM from the optical disk drive and restart the system 13 When the installation has completed be sure to execute the tasks described in Driver Installation and Advanced Settings and Updating the System of manual ...

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

Страница 410: ... 2 Specify the Disk Management in the left side of the window 3 Right click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the Change Drive Letter and Path 4 Click Yes 5 Choose the Assign a drive letter and specify the drive letter you want to assign 6 Click OK 7 If the following message appears click Yes Changing the drive letter of a volume may cause programs to no longer run Are you...

Страница 411: ...tion again following the procedure described in this manual 4 The drive letter of the re installed system may differ from the one of the previous system If you need to modify the drive letter modify it according to the Procedure for Modifying the Drive Letter Procedure for Modifying the Drive Letter Be careful that the drive letter of the system or boot volume cannot modify with the following proc...

Страница 412: ...nfiguration Recovered the system using recovery process The system update brings the correction program provided by Microsoft to be applied to reinforce the system security The system update is recommended Service Pack 2 need not be applied again when Windows Server 2003 CD ROM which Service Pack 2 is included is used and it is installed Go on the section of Updating the System Perform Updating th...

Страница 413: ...rive of the server 3 Click Start menu and Run and then execute the following command When the English version of Windows Server 2003 R2 is used 004 win winnt dotnet qfe enu kb921411 exe When the Simplified Chinese version of Windows Server 2003 R2 is used 004 win winnt dotnet qfe chs kb921411 exe When the French version of Windows Server 2003 R2 is used 004 win winnt dotnet qfe fra kb921411 exe 4 ...

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

Страница 415: ... 2 to your system you do not have to apply Service pack 2 again 1 Log on to the system with the account that has administrative privilege e g administrator 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of server The Windows Autorun Menu will be displayed 3 Left click on Setup Windows and then click Update the system NOTE Right clicking on the Windows Autorun Menu produces the sam...

Страница 416: ... the following message may be shown but there is no impact to the operation Do not click cancel since it may be taken away after a few seconds 4 Click OK to restart the system 5 When the reboot is started Remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from the optical disk drive immediately ...

Страница 417: ...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...

Страница 418: ...put between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive If the autorun menu is displayed close menu screen 2 The Windows Explorer dialog starts The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu and click Windows Explorer The procedure in the case of the cl...

Страница 419: ... pop up menu 2 Click Configure The property dialog box for network adapter appears 3 Click the Advanced and specify the Link Speed Duplex value the same as the value specified for HUB 4 Click OK on the property dialog box for network adapter When PROSet is installed 1 The Intel R PROSet dialog box appears The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu point to Control Panel ...

Страница 420: ...tive Load Balancing ALB See Chapter 5 Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB for reset the Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Adaptive Load Balancing ALB Graphics Accelerator Driver If you utilize standard graphics accelerator drivers update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system Standard graphics accelerator drivers will be installed automatically Please follow ...

Страница 421: ... will be installed automatically Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104 If you utilize SAS controller driver N8103 104 update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system The SAS controller driver will be installed automatically About Windows Activation Windows Server 2003 must be activated before you can use Windows Server 2003 Windows activation process is as follows NOTE ...

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

Страница 423: ... tuning feature and the Physical Address Extension switch Below is the example on how to add PAE switch to Boot ini file 1 Click Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 In Control Panel double click System 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 ...

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

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

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

Страница 427: ...talled 4 Size Serial No Date Installed Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date Installed Hard Disk Drive Bay 1 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Bay 2 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Bay 3 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Hard Disk Drive optional SCSI controller installed Bay 1 ID0 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number Bay 2 ID1 Typ...

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

Страница 429: ...ble G 3 Software Firmware version OS Name Version Application of RUR media Apply Name Version File system FAT HPFS NTFS Others Bundled software installed Licensed software installed Application running when a failure occurred Remarks ...

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

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