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NEC Solutions (America), Inc.

NR550

Express5800/320Ma:

Technical Reference Guide

Содержание Express5800/320Ma

Страница 1: ...NEC Solutions America Inc NR550 Express5800 320Ma Technical Reference Guide...

Страница 2: ...Software described in NEC a is the property of NEC and or its licensees b is furnished only under license and c may be copied or used only as expressly permitted under the terms of the license NEC doc...

Страница 3: ...river 1 3 ftServer services 1 3 2 Express5800 320Ma System Features 2 1 Administering an ftGateway Group Manually 2 1 Managing MTBF Statistics 2 3 Error Detection and Handling 2 3 MTBF Calculation and...

Страница 4: ...ng and Using the ftServer Setup BIOS Setup Menus 5 2 Legend Bar 5 2 Menu Bar 5 3 Help 5 4 Restoring Default Values Feature 5 5 ftServer Setup Menus 5 5 Main Menu 5 6 Advanced Menu 5 8 Advanced Process...

Страница 5: ...nu 5 6 Figure 5 3 Advanced Menu 5 9 Figure 5 4 Advanced Processor Configuration Submenu 5 10 Figure 5 5 I O Device Configuration Submenu 5 11 Figure 5 6 PCI Configuration Submenu 5 13 Figure 5 7 Conso...

Страница 6: ...6 Table 4 6 Alarm IDs 32350 32663 4 7 Table 4 7 Alarms IDs 32500 32713 4 7 Table 4 8 Alarm Messages and Message Destinations 4 8 Table 4 9 ftGateway Alarm Messages 4 10 Table 4 10 Miscellaneous Alarm...

Страница 7: ...ion Warnings Cautions and Notes Warnings cautions and notes provide special information and have the following meanings W A R N I N G A warning indicates a situation where failure to take or avoid a s...

Страница 8: ...output including message text For example include iostream h The operation completed successfully Getting Help If you have a technical question about Express5800 320Ma hardware or software try these...

Страница 9: ...site planning guide for your system Although this guide documents modem functionality modems are not available for all systems Ask your sales representative about modem availability ActiveService Net...

Страница 10: ...Preface x Express5800 320Ma Technical Reference Guide...

Страница 11: ...ine whether the element can be safely brought online or taken offline It also gathers information about PCI devices and PCI functions in the system so that you can use ftServer Management Console ftSM...

Страница 12: ...oller BMC This driver provides an interface between the BMC and the system management software ATI Video Driver The ATI Video driver controls the video display on systems with embedded ATI video adapt...

Страница 13: ...ave a layer of software fault tolerant services that run as Windows based services These services constantly monitor for and respond to hardware problems The name of each service is listed followed by...

Страница 14: ...ions to the ActiveService Network ASN hub for systems that do not have VTMs RPC Provider Rpcprov exe stores and retrieves information to and from the Sra_Ras service for systems without VTMs or to the...

Страница 15: ...00 320Ma ActiveService Network Configuration Guide for information about configuring ASN connectivity using an ftGateway Group However under certain circumstances you may be asked by NEC Technical Sup...

Страница 16: ...to expand the child nodes beneath it 3 Right click the ActiveService Network icon and click Join ftGateway Group 4 In the Join ftGateway Group on ActiveService Network dialog box type the name of the...

Страница 17: ...boot and driver upgrade to maintain MTBF statistics if the same board is in place for the board replacement case the MTBF is cleared MtbfThreshold In seconds the value below which an event is triggere...

Страница 18: ...e MTBF until the total error count equals a minimum number and then it uses the recorded times of the last minimum number of errors to calculate the MTBF If the MTBF has not yet been calculated the sy...

Страница 19: ...can select the device in the console tree of ftSMC The following example shows the time of the last fault the MTBF Threshold the number of faults and the current MTBF value MTBF Type Use Threshold MTB...

Страница 20: ...s not affected until another failure occurs For example If you increase the threshold for a device whose state is currently Broken you must enable the device so that it can return to service The syste...

Страница 21: ...ce does not manage all devices It does manage for instance CPU elements DIMMs processors I O elements and PCI adapters Figure 2 1 ftServer Manager Event Handling ASN Connection Retry Cycle After a fai...

Страница 22: ...he 1st 10 minute wait Retry 2 Wait 10 minutes and then try again This is the 2nd 10 minute wait Retry 3 Wait 10 minutes and then try again This is the 3rd and last 10 minute wait Retry 4 Wait 4 hours...

Страница 23: ...anager resumes making attempts according to the settings of the Medium Idle or Long Idle Re send Count and Medium Idle or Long Idle Time Between Re sends parameters For example suppose that ftServer M...

Страница 24: ...ASN Connection Retry Cycle 2 10 Express5800 320Ma Technical Reference Guide...

Страница 25: ...ctive device of a pair of devices the other of which is installed on the inactive I O element ActiveRDRPlex The address of the path that is the current active RDR plex AdapterDeviceName Express5800 32...

Страница 26: ...ion assigned by NEC Solutions America Inc BIOS VendorVersion The BIOS version assigned by the BIOS vendor Brand A description of the type of processor in the CPU element Call home Enable Determines wh...

Страница 27: ...could be active or inactive imported or deported Connection Status Status of the ASN connection Values are Off On and In process Connection Timeout Maximum amount of time in seconds that ftServer Mana...

Страница 28: ...network for which the adapter has no route for example to NEC Technical Support or other service representative in communication from the system to the adapter Defer Bringup Defers the automatic retur...

Страница 29: ...ialing in After the system authenticates the name the system hangs up and dials the ASN Drive The drive letter including the colon of the file DriverName The driver file name of the device DriverServi...

Страница 30: ...wo dumps are produced the normal Windows dump will be deleted as it is redundant DumpsToSave Specifies the maximum number of VTM memory dumps to retain The default is 1 Memory dumps are 16 MB If Dumps...

Страница 31: ...L certificate that was issued by an untrusted certificate authority s root certificate If true accepts unknown CA when sending an encrypted alarm over the internet EventMessageBufferEnabled Enables Tr...

Страница 32: ...he HTTP object to which to send an alarm message For example if alarm messages are posted to URL http callhome callhomeservice asp this field has the value callhome callhomeservice asp Http over inter...

Страница 33: ...he password to access the proxy server Internet HTTP Proxy User Name The user name to access the proxy server Internet HTTP Server Address The HTTP server address host port that ftServer Manager uses...

Страница 34: ...quit attempting to send the oldest alarm message and move to the next one in the alarm queue LowerThresholdCritical Threshold values specify the ranges for determining whether the monitored component...

Страница 35: ...in seconds between attempts to re send an alarm After a number defined by Short Idle Re send Count of unsuccessful attempts to send an alarm message ftServer Manager waits this long before it attempts...

Страница 36: ...nknown 0 indicates that the device has not failed enough times for an MTBF to have been calculated MtbfFaultLimit Defines the number of times certain errors can occur before the system sends threshold...

Страница 37: ...of time in minutes for the User Notification processes to wait before sending email in order to allow for multiple alarms to be sent at the same time The default is 1 minute Notify Pager Number The cu...

Страница 38: ...OEM1Enabled Defined by OEM or system integrator Do not change the default setting False of this property OEM2Enabled Defined by OEM or system integrator Do not change the default setting False of thi...

Страница 39: ...n Primary With duplex devices this indicates that the specific device is primary in the pair Op State Reason Secondary With duplex devices this indicates that the specific device is secondary in the p...

Страница 40: ...State State Stopped Driver stops the component the component is no longer running Applies to components that the PnP Manager can manage Op State State StopPending Waiting for a Stop or Stop Cancel req...

Страница 41: ...Number of components of this type that are operating in a fault tolerant mode simplex 0 or duplex or DMR 1 Ethernet adapters must be partnered A maximum of two adapters can be partnered by the Port D...

Страница 42: ...by polling the SES device The default poll interval is 3 seconds and the valid range is 1 to 10 seconds Do not change the default value PositiveGoingHysteris A value subtracted from a reading to dete...

Страница 43: ...cribed in Table 3 2 Send Alarms By Defines whether call home alarms will be sent by VTM adapter only the Internet only VTM adapter with Internet backup or the Internet with VTM adapter backup Serial N...

Страница 44: ...N hub account on the VTM SMTP Forwarding The DNS name or IP address of an SMTP server Messages sent to the SMTP server will be forwarded to this server SNMP Community A filter for incoming SNMP messag...

Страница 45: ...ddress street department mail stop PO box and so on where your company is located Street 2 A second field containing the address street department mail stop PO box and so on where your company is loca...

Страница 46: ...America System IDPROM ModelName The model designation of a board Board identification information is stored in IDPROM on boards manufactured by NEC Solutions America System IDPROM SerialNumber The ser...

Страница 47: ...he value of Not Set UpperThresholdNonCritical Threshold values specify the ranges for determining whether the monitored component is operating under normal noncritical critical or fatal conditions Dep...

Страница 48: ...Disk from RDR Virtual Disk Makes the deported disk a clone of its RDR virtual disk partner Creates backup disks and spare bootable RDR virtual disks Dump and Go Captures a snapshot dump of a running s...

Страница 49: ...ROSet Launches the Intel PROSet utility Leave ftGateway Group Removes a slave system from an ftGateway group Perform Memory Check Performs a memory comparison on all online CPU elements A memory check...

Страница 50: ...ts the value of the LunFlushInterval property Set MTBF Faultcount Limit Sets the MTBF faultcount limit which is the number of times certain errors can occur before the system sends threshold events th...

Страница 51: ...the BMC firmware See the Express5800 320Ma Software Installation and Configuration Guide for details Update Firmware Updates a device s firmware for example the BIOS in the CPU element or the firmware...

Страница 52: ...ftSMC Component Actions 3 28 Express5800 320Ma Technical Reference Guide...

Страница 53: ...ssages and their default destinations Some of these messages are not related to particular devices When reading the alarm messages shown in Table 4 8 replace dev with the appropriate device name from...

Страница 54: ...ort ftGateway I O board enclosure I2C bridge I2C bus ID PROM LCD Machine check and ECC thresholds Network port PCI adapter PCI slot Power supply Processor Sensor Serial Storage Port SMM VTMs SMM batte...

Страница 55: ...hold alarms Each alarm ID in these tables is linked to the alarm message and alarm destination information in Table 4 8 Note the alarm ID s message number in the left most column of Table 4 1 through...

Страница 56: ...ge Number in Table 4 8 Device Name dev in Table 4 8 Digi Adapter Fibre Channel Adapter 1 30700 31850 2 30701 31851 3 30702 31852 4 30703 31853 5 30704 31854 6 30705 31855 7 30706 31856 8 30707 31857 9...

Страница 57: ...essage Number in Table 4 8 Device Name dev in Table 4 8 Fibre Channel Port I2C Bus I2C Bridge LCD ID PROM SMM Battery VTM 1 31900 1b 32000 32050 32150 32200 32250 2 31901 32001 32051 32151 32201 32251...

Страница 58: ...mp Sensor Speed Sensor Voltage Sensor CPU Board ECC Sensor CPU Board Machine Check and ECC Thresh olds 1 30850 30900 30950 31000 31050 2 30851 30901 30951 31001 31051 3 30852 30902 15 31250 31200 3130...

Страница 59: ...50 32663 Alarm Message Number in Table 4 8 Device Name dev in Table 4 8 Disks 1 32350 2 32351 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 32450 16 32451 17 32452 18 32453 Table 4 7 Alarms IDs 32500 32713 Alarm Me...

Страница 60: ...2504 32554 32704 6 32505 32555 32705 7 32506 32556 32706 8 32507 32557 32707 9 32508 32558 32708 10 32509 32559 32709 11 32510 32560 32710 12 32511 32561 32711 13 32512 32562 32712 14 32513 32563 3271...

Страница 61: ...e error No 12 dev 1 broken firmware error Yes P E 13 dev 1 broken firmware burn failed autoburn disabled Yes P E 14 dev 1 broken cannot read ID PROM Yes P E 15 dev 1 below critical threshold Yes P E 1...

Страница 62: ...added or removed from the ftGateway group 30021 Yes No ftGateway warning slave 1 not responding 30022 Yes No Table 4 10 Miscellaneous Alarm Messages and Message Destinations Alarm Message Alarm ID Sen...

Страница 63: ...d to generate an alarm message for alarm ID 2 The parameters were n Device 1 n Class 3 n State 4 n Reason 5 n 30027 Yes No The products database has been compromised The new database contains 1 30028...

Страница 64: ...being brought online 30033 Yes P E The Alarm Service Alert API failed to generate and send an alert to your system s service provider This alert may indicate a serious condition that requires attenti...

Страница 65: ...on your system because of different hardware configurations and feature installations Before You Change BIOS Settings C A U T I O N Some of the options available through the ftServer setup utility ca...

Страница 66: ...e menu that contains the target feature use the keyboard to change the feature s value You must choose Save Changes Exit from the Exit menu for your changes to take effect N O T E You can determine th...

Страница 67: ...w to use your keyboard to make selections Figure 5 1 ftServer Setup Menu Bar Table 5 2 lists the menu bar items and the features and submenus available from it Table 5 1 Legend Bar Keys and Functions...

Страница 68: ...Menu Bar Selections Menu Feature Submenu Main Menu System Time System Date Summary Screen Boot time Diagnostic Screen CPU Speed Physical CPUs Logical CPUs System Memory Extended Memory Cache Ram BIOS...

Страница 69: ...ues that caused the failure if they are known or you can reset the default values Use the Load Setup Defaults option under the Exit menu to reset the default values See the Exit menu for details ftSer...

Страница 70: ...me 16_36 09 System Date 01 27 2005 Summary screen Disabled Boot time Diagnostic Screen Enabled CPU Speed 3 20 GHz Physical CPUs 1 Logical CPUs 2 System Memory 524 KB Extended Memory 1023 MB Cache Ram...

Страница 71: ...d of the BIOS power on self test POST Disabled by default Boot time Diagnostic Screen Enabled Disabled If enabled the system displays boot information on the screen CPU Speed none Displays the CPU pro...

Страница 72: ...menu is Power Mode After AC Failure This sets the system operational mode after AC power loss Options are Power On The system powers up and reboots Last State The system returns to its last state on...

Страница 73: ...in Figure 5 4 Use the legend bar keys to make your selections and exit to the Main menu ftServer Setup Advanced Advanced Processor Configuration I O Device Configuration PCI Configuration Console Red...

Страница 74: ...Figure 5 5 Use the legend bar keys to make your selections and exit to the Main menu N O T E The BIOS setup screens use several terms to refer to the same two serial ports Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2...

Страница 75: ...can select the serial port I O address and IRQ for the selected port in the setup menu Auto The BIOS or operating system chooses the configuration ftServer Setup Advanced I O Device Configuration Seri...

Страница 76: ...ating system is running If disabled the BMC can use Serial Port 2 only during BIOS power on self test NumLock Auto default NumLock is enabled at system boot if a numeric keypad is detected On NumLock...

Страница 77: ...es the low profile PCI slot option ROM Enabled by default PCI Slot 1 lower PCI Slot 2 upper Option ROM Enabled Disabled Enables or disables PCI slot 1 lower or slot 2 upper slot on the riser card Enab...

Страница 78: ...ption ROM to boot from the device Enabled by default Embedded IDE PXE 1 or PXE 2 Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the embedded IDE PXE 1 or PXE 2 option ROMs respectively to set up and boot from t...

Страница 79: ...onsole Redirection is enabled this address must match the settings of Serial Port 1 or 2 Baud Rate 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K Sets the specified baud rate 9600 by default Console Type VT100 VT100 8...

Страница 80: ...Monitoring Enabled default Enables option ROM scan monitoring Disabled Disables the Option ROM Scan Monitoring feature Option ROM Monitoring Timeout 60 1200 seconds Sets the timeout value in seconds o...

Страница 81: ...bled for normal operation and disabled for an unattended installation Disabled Disables the boot monitoring feature Note that the boot monitoring feature must be disabled if you are performing the IPL...

Страница 82: ...Boot Exit Supervisor Password Is Unset User Password Is Unset Set Supervisor Password Enter Set User Password Enter Password on boot Disabled Item Specific Help Supervisor Password controls access to...

Страница 83: ...nu Features Feature Options Description Supervisor Password Is Set Unset DIsplays whether the supervisor password is set or not User Password Is Set Unset DIsplays whether the user password is set or...

Страница 84: ...sing the PLUS key to go up the list and the MINUS key to go down the list Highlight the Hard Drive option and press Enter to see the list of hard drives in the boot menu ftServer Setup Main Advanced S...

Страница 85: ...etup to display the Exit menu which is shown in Figure 5 11 Use the legend bar keys to make your selections and exit to the Main menu Figure 5 11 Exit Menu ftServer Setup Main Advanced Security Boot E...

Страница 86: ...exits the ftServer Setup utility The system then reboots Note that burning a new BIOS restores default settings Exit Discarding Changes Exits the ftServer Setup utility without storing any changes ma...

Страница 87: ...26 Save WMI Recovery Information 3 26 Schedule CPU BringUp Options 3 26 Send Inventory Report 3 26 Set as Active ASN 3 26 Set As Active RDR Plex 3 26 Set Cache Flush Interval 3 26 Set MTBF Faultcount...

Страница 88: ...5 drivers ATI Video 1 2 Fibre Channel 1 1 IPMI 1 2 srasata sys 1 3 sravtmdp sys dump 1 3 sravtmmb sys mailbox 1 2 DriverServiceName 3 5 DriverVersion 3 5 Dump and Go 3 24 dump driver sravtmdp sys 1 3...

Страница 89: ...rityMbs 3 13 O OEMManufacturer 3 14 OnlineCpuPriority 3 14 Op State 3 14 3 15 OPROMScanTime 3 16 OsBootTime 3 17 Owner 3 17 P pager alarm notification 3 13 company contact 3 4 Partner 3 17 Partners 3...

Страница 90: ...et Rdr Lun Load Balancing 3 27 Set Resync Priority 3 27 Site Heartbeat Granularity 3 19 Site Heartbeat Interval 3 19 Site Heartbeat Next Due 3 20 Site Heartbeat Time Due 3 20 SMM Admin Dialback Number...

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