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4-28 Configuring Your Server

Running the Array Configuration Utility (ACU)

To run ARC, press Ctrl+A when prompted by the following message during the system startup:

Press <Ctrl><A> for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility

The ARC menu appears, presenting these options:

Array Configuration Utility (ACU)

Disk utilities

To select an option from this menu, browse with the arrow keys and then press

Enter

. In some

cases, selecting an option displays another menu. To return to the previous menu at any time, press

Esc

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Страница 1: ...1026F G 1027F G using the USERS GUIDE and the on line document included in EXPRESSBUILDER and various utilities The following is the difference of N8100 949F G 950F 951F G 952F G 953F 954F G and N810...

Страница 2: ...8100 949F G 950F 951F G 952F G 953F 954F G N8100 1026F G 1027F G CPU Express5800 120Re 1 Difference item N8100 949F G N8100 950F N8100 951F G N8100 1026F G CPU clock cache 3DGHz 1MB 3 20DGHz 1MB 3 40G...

Страница 3: ...N8100 958F 959F 949F 950F 951F NEC Express5800 120Re 1 User s Guide 1st Edition 8 2004 856 124045 101 00...

Страница 4: ...Warranty Statement accompanying each product However actual performance of each such product is dependent upon factors such as system configuration customer data and operator control Since implementa...

Страница 5: ...ncluding burns or property damage if the instruction is ignored Precautions and notices against hazards are presented with one of the following three symbols The individual symbols are defined as foll...

Страница 6: ...rning 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 specifical...

Страница 7: ...e radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential are...

Страница 8: ...Server operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating system Windows 2003 stands for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 opera...

Страница 9: ...mplement a computer for the next generation With its potential capabilities the server may be used as the workstation PC that configures a client server system and provides high speed processing and s...

Страница 10: ...our system Chapter 4 Configuring Your Server tells you how to configure the system and provides instructions for running the BIOS Setup Utility and the Adaptec Configuration Utility which is used to c...

Страница 11: ...er s Guide 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...

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Страница 13: ...ort 1 14 Chapter 2 General Description 2 1 Overview 2 2 External View 2 3 Front View with Front Bezel Closed 2 4 Front View with Front Bezel Removed 2 5 Rear View 2 6 Internal View 2 8 Mother Board 2...

Страница 14: ...ROM Drive 2 39 Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server 3 1 Setup Flow 3 2 Selecting Server Site 3 3 Unpacking the System 3 5 Installing the Server 3 6 Restricted Access Location 3 7 ESD Precaution 3 7 Checki...

Страница 15: ...s 5 20 Updating the System 5 21 Making Backup Copies of System Information 5 21 Exceptional Setup 5 22 Microsoft Windows 2000 5 23 Installation Notice 5 23 The Flow of Setup 5 26 Installing and Settin...

Страница 16: ...on 8 4 POST Error Messages 8 5 Beep Codes 8 8 Solving Problems 8 9 Problems with the Server 8 9 Problems with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 8 18 Problems with Express Setup 8 19 Problems with Master Control Menu...

Страница 17: ...s B 1 Transfer Rate of the On board LAN Controller B 1 Server Management Software B 1 Floppy Disk B 1 CD ROM B 4 Tape Media B 4 Keyboard B 5 Mouse B 6 Appendix C IRQ C 1 Appendix D Installing Windows...

Страница 18: ...pgraded to Dynamic Disk E 1 MO Device E 2 Partition Size E 2 Installing Windows 2000 E 3 Creating Windows 2000 OEM DISK for NEC EXPRESSBUILDER E 3 Windows 2000 Clean Installation E 5 Reinstallation to...

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

Страница 20: ...y 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 remo...

Страница 21: ...not insert needles or metal objects into ventilation holes in the server or openings in the floppy disk or CD ROM drive Doing so may cause an electric shock Do not use the server in any unapproved pl...

Страница 22: ...r foreign matter e g pins or paper clips enter the server Failure to follow this warning may cause an electric shock a fire or a failure of the server When such things accidentally enter the server im...

Страница 23: ...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 authorized power cord only Use only the power cord t...

Страница 24: ...install components on the server only by a single person More than one person is required to install parts including the doors and trays for the rack Failure to follow this instruction may cause some...

Страница 25: ...other than specified in this User s Guide Failure to follow this instruction may cause a fire a dusty place a humid place such as near a boiler a place exposed to direct sunlight an unstable place Do...

Страница 26: ...ouching an internal device cable or connector may cause an electric shock or a fire resulted from a short circuit Do not use any unauthorized interface cable Use only interface cables provided by NEC...

Страница 27: ...act your sales agent Do not disassemble the server to replace or recharge the battery by yourself Disconnect the power plug before cleaning the server Make sure to power off the server and disconnect...

Страница 28: ...nnect the power plug from the outlet when a thunderstorm is approaching If it starts thundering before you disconnect the power plug do not touch any part of the server including the cables Failure to...

Страница 29: ...t before relocating the server Clean the server on a regular basis See Chapter 7 for cleaning Regular cleaning proactively prevents various failures of the server Lightning may cause a momentary volta...

Страница 30: ...ided Software To transfer or sell any software application that comes with the server to a third party the following requirements must be satisfied All provided software applications must be transferr...

Страница 31: ...the internal CD ROM 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 sales agent for replac...

Страница 32: ...blem fits the 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 yo...

Страница 33: ...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...

Страница 34: ...1 16 Notes on Using Your Server This page is intentionally left blank...

Страница 35: ...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 36: ...ces e mail web access web site server etc Your server is housed and available as a rack mount system Your server conveniently installs into a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly Your server includes a...

Страница 37: ...General Description 2 3 External View The following figure shows the SCSI hot plug hard disk drive model 1 Drive cover 2 Release buttons 3 Logic cover 1 2 3 2...

Страница 38: ...mber This lamp is green during access to the internal hard disks The lamp turns amber when even one of the internal hard disks fails 5 ACT lamp green This lamp is on while the system is connected to t...

Страница 39: ...ds data from the CD ROM 7 1 Disk access lamp 7 2 CD tray eject button 7 3 Emergency hole 8 3 5 inch floppy disk drive This drive reads writes data from to the 3 5 inch floppy disk 8 1 Disk access lamp...

Страница 40: ...General Description Rear View 17 1 13 14 1 14 2 12 11 10 9 8 7 2 3 4 5 6 16 15 16 15 SCSI hot plug hard disk drive model SATA fixed hard disk drive model 1 2 3 4 5 17 13 12 11 10 9 7 14 1 14 2 16 15 1...

Страница 41: ...ue This lamp goes on when the UID switch is pressed The lamp also goes on when software issues a command 10 UID switch Press this switch to turn on off the UID lamps on the front and rear panels of th...

Страница 42: ...old faced number indicates the fan number Fans 3 4 5 6 and 9 are redundant options for SCSI hot plug hard disk drive model 5 Fan duct 6 Mother board 7 Power supply SATA fixed hand disk drive model 7 1...

Страница 43: ...s system 1 1 SCSI hot plug hard disk model only 8 Password clear jumper switch 9 Connectors for external device 10 PCI riser card slot For full height boards 133 MHz 64 bit 3 3V PCI X 11 PCI riser slo...

Страница 44: ...he power saving mode when no access is made to the server for a certain period of time or to select the power saving mode with a command STATUS Lamp The STATUS lamp is on green while the server is ope...

Страница 45: ...ge and contact your sales representative Off A memory dump request is made Wait until the memory dump is completed A temperature alarm was detected Check if the internal fans are clean and if the fan...

Страница 46: ...ther board must be connected from the disk array controller to the mother board ACT Lamp The ACT lamp is green while the server is connected to the LAN The lamp flashes while the server is accessed vi...

Страница 47: ...e the disk as soon as possible and perform reconstruction rebuild processing The failing disk can be replaced in hot swap mode Flashing switching back and forth between green and amber The lamp indica...

Страница 48: ...of the standard network port of the server While power is supplied to the server and HUB and the connection is correct the lamp is on green The lamp turns green and flashes while the network port is...

Страница 49: ...elf diagnosis Memory monitoring feature single bit error correction multiple bit error detection CPU memory degradation feature logical isolation of a failed device Memory chip kill Bus parity error d...

Страница 50: ...nable that permits power to be activated from a variety of sources Peripheral Bays Your server supports a variety of standard PC AT compatible peripheral devices The chassis includes these peripheral...

Страница 51: ...o unnoticed until data loss SYSTEM BOARD FEATURES The following subsections describe the system board major components Processor The system board accommodates one or two Intel Xeon processors with 1MB...

Страница 52: ...1600 x 1200 under 2D and 1024 x 768 under 3D CRT and LCD monitors up to 100 Hz vertical refresh rate The mother board supports disabling of the onboard video through the BIOS setup menu or when a plu...

Страница 53: ...tems The network controller supports the following features 64 bit 100 MHz PCI X interface Integrated IEEE 802 3 10Base T 100Base TX and 1000Base T compatible PHY IEEE 820 3u auto negotiation support...

Страница 54: ...sipating some power so the power supply fans will still run The system board supports sleep states s0 s1 s4 and s5 s0 Normal running state s1 Processor sleep state No context will be lost in this stat...

Страница 55: ...s being monitored include overtemperature and overvoltage conditions fan failure or chassis intrusion To enable accurate monitoring the RMC maintains the nonvolatile Sensor Data Records SDRs from whic...

Страница 56: ...the server through a network It sends a special packet from the management computer to a remote server to turn it on if the server is off powered To enable this feature use the BIOS setup utility SETU...

Страница 57: ...the BIOS Setup Utility The BIOS Setup Utility provides a number of security features to prevent unauthorized or accidental access to the system Once the security measures are enabled you can access t...

Страница 58: ...want to enter BIOS Setup and have access to all of the options May enter either password to boot the server if Password on Boot is enabled in either the BIOS Setup May enter either password to exit se...

Страница 59: ...Enter the correct password s Disable writing to diskette In secure mode the server will not boot from or write to a diskette unless a password is entered To write protect access to diskette whether t...

Страница 60: ...er see Chapter 4 Boot without keyboard The system can boot with or without a keyboard During POST before the system completes the boot sequence the BIOS automatically detects and tests the keyboard if...

Страница 61: ...ls an operating system To diagnose the system It diagnoses the server To create a support disk It copies utilities in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into a floppy disk to launch them from the floppy di...

Страница 62: ...Maintenance Utility is used for proactive maintenance and fault analysis of the server Normally this utility is used by the maintenance engineer Refer to Chapter 8 for details SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC UTILI...

Страница 63: ...sk bays IMPORTANT To open the front door you must unlock the door with the provided security key Installing or Removing the Front Bezel When turning the power of the server on off accessing to the flo...

Страница 64: ...e to remove the tab from the frame and then remove the front bezel from the server 2 1 To install the front bezel latch the tab at the left side of the front bezel on the server frame After the instal...

Страница 65: ...is connected to a power control device such as a UPS Uninterruptive Power Supply make sure that the power control device is powered If the power cord is connected to the server an initial diagnosis o...

Страница 66: ...of the server the NEC logo appears on the display unit while POST is in progress To display the POST check results press Esc NOTE You can set the POST check results to appear on the display unit witho...

Страница 67: ...te 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...

Страница 68: ...If your server uses onboard serial ATA SATA RAID feature the following message is displayed on the screen to prompt you to run Array Configuration Utility ARC Press Ctrl A for Adaptec RAID Configurati...

Страница 69: ...essages are useful information for maintenance Power Off Follow the procedure below to power off the server If the power cord of the server is connected to a UPS refer to the manual that comes with th...

Страница 70: ...when the UID Unit ID switch on the front panel is pressed It goes off when the switch is pressed again Maintenance from the rear of the rack has to be carried out in a dark narrow space The interface...

Страница 71: ...y disk into the floppy disk drive the drive clicks and the eject button on the floppy disk is slightly pushed out NOTES When an unformatted floppy disk is inserted the message notifying that date read...

Страница 72: ...ic objects e g magnet Do not pinch the floppy disk with a paper clip or drop it Keep the floppy disk in a floppy disk case that protects it from magnetism and dust A floppy disk has a write protect sw...

Страница 73: ...or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not leave the tray ejected from the CD ROM drive Set a CD ROM on the CD ROM drive in the following procedure 1 Confirm that the power of the serv...

Страница 74: ...CD ROM set it again correctly To take out the CD ROM from the CD ROM drive press the Eject button in the similar way in setting the CD ROM to make the tray go out If the access lamp is lit in orange...

Страница 75: ...metal pin of approximately 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 right front of the CD ROM drive and gently pus...

Страница 76: ...nted side upward and gently put it on the tray Do not scratch the CD ROM or write anything directly on it with a pencil or ball point pen Keep the CD ROM away from cigarette smoke Do not leave the CD...

Страница 77: ...Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server This chapter describes how to set up the server appropriate for your system on a step by step basis...

Страница 78: ...nnect 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 Inst...

Страница 79: ...in any unapproved place Do not connect the ground line to a gas pipe CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow these instructions may cause a fire personal...

Страница 80: ...re corrosive gas is generated chemicals are nearby or chemicals may be accidentally sprayed over Place where a carpet not subject to anti static process is laid Place where some objects may be fallen...

Страница 81: ...prior to unpacking If the shipping boxes are damaged note the damage and if possible photograph it for reference After removing the contents of the containers keep the cartons and the packing materia...

Страница 82: ...pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details Do not use any rack which does not conform to the relevant standard Disconnect the power cord s before installing or removing the server CAUTION Observe the following ins...

Страница 83: ...ection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap attached to chassis ground when handling system components Electronic devices can be easily damaged by static electricity To prevent damage keep them in the...

Страница 84: ...click indicates that the rails are locked Push the release levers on the right and left sides of the server and remove the rail assemblies from the server while unlocking Only the inner rails remain s...

Страница 85: ...s at the three slots For any NEC rack round marks are put in the unit of 1U For one core nut installed on the front of the rack the lower nut is used to fix the front of the rail assembly and the uppe...

Страница 86: ...ssembly to the location where the core nuts are installed Locate the rail assembly so that the frame of the rack is located between core nuts and frames of rail assembly NOTE Confirm that the portion...

Страница 87: ...ely 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 lift the server only by a single person Do not pinch your finger wi...

Страница 88: ...slowly push it in while pressing the release levers on the right and left sides of the server When the server is installed for the first time the mechanical parts are rather hard to slide You may fee...

Страница 89: ...en the right and left captive thumb screws on the front panel to secure the server to the rack 3 Install the front bezel If you have an optional cable arm attach the cable arm as shown in figure below...

Страница 90: ...your finger with mechanical components Note high temperature Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack 1 Release...

Страница 91: ...ght and left release lever pressed to release the latch IMPORTANT Pull out the server slowly holding the bottom of the server by at least two persons Do not apply any load on the server pulled out fro...

Страница 92: ...e any unauthorized interface cable IMPORTANT Power off the server and a peripheral device before connection Connecting a powered peripheral device to the powered server will cause malfunctions and fai...

Страница 93: ...ent PC can be connected to only serial port 2 BIOS setup required 3 Use the provided branch cable 4 Connect the power cord to a circuit breaker of 15 A or less USB device 1 USB device 1 FRONT REAR Dev...

Страница 94: ...e 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 n...

Страница 95: ...ower cord to an SWITCH OUT outlet For constant power supply connect the power cord to a UN SWITCH OUT outlet Connect the modem that is in service for 24 hours to this outlet Example 2 O U TP U T U N S...

Страница 96: ...ional devices installed besides the graphic board install a desired OS to the server 1 Make sure all external devices such as a video display keyboard and mouse optional have been connected and the po...

Страница 97: ...g information During 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 te...

Страница 98: ...he system date and time by using the BIOS setup utility SETUP See the next chapter for detail INSTALLING UTILITIES Install the utilities that come with the server See Chapter 6 for details MAKING BACK...

Страница 99: ...s that are set by jumpers on the system board However these parameters do not usually require change SYSTEM BIOS SETUP The SETUP utility is used to change system configuration parameters This utility...

Страница 100: ...ave 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...

Страница 101: ...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 P...

Страница 102: ...ns 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...

Страница 103: ...is included in this system Hard Disk Pre Delay Disabled 3 seconds 6 seconds 9 seconds 12 seconds 15 seconds 21 seconds 30 seconds Allows slower spin up drives to come ready Primary IDE Master Primary...

Страница 104: ...uto CD ROM Selects the type of device attached to the IDE or serial ATA channel It is strongly recommended to keep the factory setting Auto The following options do not appear when None or Auto are se...

Страница 105: ...he Hyper Threading Technology Factory set Advanced Option Parameter Description Your Setting Memory Configuration Displays Memory Configuration submenu PCI Configuration Displays PCI Configuration sub...

Страница 106: ...k 1 indicates DIMMs in DIMM sockets 1 and 2 Bank 2 indicates DIMMs in DIMM sockets 3 and 4 Bank 3 indicates DIMMs in DIMM sockets 5 and 6 Memory is interleaved and two DIMMs are used in pair Memory Re...

Страница 107: ...e PnP operating systems Option ROM Scan Enabled Disabled If Enabled initialize device expansion ROM Factory set Embedded Video Controller submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting Onboard VGA...

Страница 108: ...A Serial Port B Disabled Enabled Auto Selects whether serial port B is enabled or disabled display only Base I O address 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Selects the base I O address for serial port A Interrupt IRQ 3...

Страница 109: ...N PME Disabled Enabled Specify whether the remote power on function through embedded NIC PCI devices in slots 1 to 5 is enabled or disabled Wake On Ring Disabled Enabled Specify whether the remote pow...

Страница 110: ...tus only user cannot modify Once set this can be disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password jumper on system board see Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in this Chapter Supervisor...

Страница 111: ...e keyboard or mouse to the point at which the system enters into the secure mode Security Hot Key CTRL ALT L Z Specify the hot key to invoke secure mode features Pressing the assigned key along with C...

Страница 112: ...rs during the execution of POST AC LINK Stay Off Last State Power On Indicates the AC LINK function Shows the state of the power of the server Factory set IMPORTANT To power on the server from the UPS...

Страница 113: ...ecord Factory set Displayed only when an optional remote management card is installed in your system Console Redirection Submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting BIOS Redirection Port Disable...

Страница 114: ...ot NEC EXPRESSBUILDER set the priority of the devices as shown in the figure above Exit The options on the menu are described below Exit Saving Changes Exit after writing all modified BIOS Setup item...

Страница 115: ...nd execute the following menus to reconfigure your mother board Load Setup Defaults in the Exit menu Memory Retest of Memory Configuration in the Advanced menu Processor Retest of Processor Settings i...

Страница 116: ...vice from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal as described in Chapter 9 of this g...

Страница 117: ...oard SCSI controller as a RAID drive HostRAID The SCSI devices include those installed in the backup file bay such as an external DAT and MO but not hard disks IMPORTANT SCSI configuration must be mad...

Страница 118: ...and hold Ctrl and A The SCSISelect utility starts and its Main menu appears 3 Select the channel and press Enter AIC 7902 A at Slot 23 02 03 00 AIC 7902 B at Slot 23 02 03 01 NOTE AIC 7902A is for ba...

Страница 119: ...ists menu items available parameters and descriptions Menu item Parameter Description SCSI Controller ID 0 7 15 Select 7 SCSI Controller Parity Enabled Disabled Select Enabled SCSI Controller Terminat...

Страница 120: ...d to change the value depending on your optional device Refer to the manual that comes with your optional device for details Packetized Yes No Optimizes bus utilization and minimizes command overhead...

Страница 121: ...the controller has no hard disks connected there is no problem BIOS of the SCSI controller may be disabled to reserve an area in the expansion ROM space if the controller has no hard disks connected...

Страница 122: ...SI ID scan completes the screen listing SCSI IDs and associated devices appears Find out the SCSI ID for the installed optional on this screen You can also view the device information by selecting a d...

Страница 123: ...ple SCSI controller boards installed the server first displays the start up message of the SCSISelect utility for the SCSI controller on the mother board It then displays the utility start up message...

Страница 124: ...logy referred to as RAID levels To use any RAID level you must configure the RAID controller using the RAID configuration utility prior to installing your Network Operating System For an explanation o...

Страница 125: ...etail To configure the RAID drive with the SCSI or IDE hard disk drives purchase the optional RAID controller board and hard disk drives Installing the Hard Disk Drives Install the two serial ATA hard...

Страница 126: ...stem startup Press Ctrl A for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility The ARC menu appears presenting these options Array Configuration Utility ACU Disk utilities To select an option from this menu browse...

Страница 127: ...ions describe these operations in greater detail Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 At the BIOS prompt press Ctrl A 2 From the ACU menu Array Configuration Utility...

Страница 128: ...enu select Manage Arrays 4 Select the array you wish to delete and press Delete 5 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting th...

Страница 129: ...t be used See Initializing Disk Drives described later To create an array 1 Turn on your server and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ACU 2 From the ACU menu Array Configuration Utility 3 From...

Страница 130: ...g the ACU Instead use Adaptec Storage Manager Browser Edition See Chapter 6 for details To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu select an array type and press Enter Note t...

Страница 131: ...igrate option If you do there is no way to restart and no way to recover the data that was on the source drive RAID level Create via When appropriate RAID0 No Init Creating a RAID0 on new drives RAID0...

Страница 132: ...rmal and is not a cause for concern The ACU allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID1 During a build operation however only the smaller drive can be selected as the source or first drive...

Страница 133: ...ou may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array see Viewing Array Properties described e...

Страница 134: ...tilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities 1 Turn on your server and press Ctrl A when prompted to access the ACU 2 From the ACU menu...

Страница 135: ...rive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again IMPORTANT Formatting destroys all data on the drive Be...

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Страница 137: ...Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server To use the server with the other operating systems described in this section contact your service representative IMPORTANT Before i...

Страница 138: ...Setup is intended for the initial setup of the server system Therefore it clears the contents of the hard disk For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Express Setup automatically configure...

Страница 139: ...guration parameters are loaded by using the Configuration Diskette Creator see Chapter 6 Normal start Normal start is to create the Configuration Diskette after starting the Express Setup NOTES Use th...

Страница 140: ...upports the following edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition hereinafter referred to as Windows Server 2003 On installing other OS cont...

Страница 141: ...h as Specifying Memory Dump Installing on the Mirrored Volume If you want to install Windows Server 2003 on the volume that is mirrored using Disk Management invalid the mirroring before operating the...

Страница 142: ...file size exceeds 4095MB specify 4095MB for the paging file size The dump file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB If you install any application program or the like a...

Страница 143: ...Confirmed Select Setup Parameter File No Retrieve again Existing File Select OS New File Terminate Check Setup Parameter File If you need to reset the specification Correct Confirm the setting select...

Страница 144: ...ation may not be completed normally In such case detach MO device and then re install the system from the beginning Connect the hard disk drive that OS is not going to be installed after installing OS...

Страница 145: ...installation click Skip Click Review Go to step 8 Click Skip Go to step 9 Using Blank disk 1 Click the box under Setup File Name A or press A The input box appears 2 Input the file name Operating Syst...

Страница 146: ...her than 4095MB for the Installing Partition it is necessary to convert to NTFS If Use Existing Array at New Existing RAID Configuration is selected but the partition other than the one to install Win...

Страница 147: ...r into the floppy disk drive and follow the message to operate the installation 10 Follow the message and take NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM and Configuration Diskette out of the CD ROM drive and floppy d...

Страница 148: ...s necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the CD ROM drive 2 The Windows Explorer dialog starts The procedure in th...

Страница 149: ...alog 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...

Страница 150: ...ation is not clear refer to the installation procedure described in the section Installation of the Optional Network Board Driver IMPORTANT If you want to utilize optional Network Board N8104 103 open...

Страница 151: ...d restarting the system All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist on the same LAN If they are connected to the separate switches they will not work normally If you want to ut...

Страница 152: ...SI Controller When N8103 65F board is installed Adaptec SCSI Card 29320ALP Ultra320 SCSI When N8103 75F board is installed The installation of the driver is completed Restart the system according to t...

Страница 153: ...such case memory dump may not be stored correctly Follow the procedure below to specify 1 Select Control Panel and click System The System Properties dialog box appears 2 Select Advanced tab 3 Click...

Страница 154: ...lick Set IMPORTANT Be sure to create memory dump with the size described above on the OS partition If Default Size of the paging file is specified to the value smaller than Recommended value the corre...

Страница 155: ...dows 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 s...

Страница 156: ...Windows Components Wizard dialog box appears 4 Check the Management and Monitoring Tools check box of the component ON and click Next 5 If the setup asks to install the disk insert Windows Server 2003...

Страница 157: ...m the menu and the setup will start After that follow the message to continue the setup process Making Backup Copies of System Information The system information includes the current BIOS settings and...

Страница 158: ...new mass storage device not to be supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER you have to set as follows 1 Read the manual supplied with the mass storage device before setting the server 2 If the mass storage de...

Страница 159: ...dvanced Server hereinafter referred to as Windows 2000 On installing other OS contact sales dealer or the maintenance service representative Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver To install optional...

Страница 160: ...t is mirrored using Disk Management invalid the mirroring before operating the installation to set back to the basic disk and valid the mirroring again after the installation has completed Creating in...

Страница 161: ...p 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 partition to install these programs For exampl...

Страница 162: ...d Select Setup Parameter File No Retrieve again Existing File Select OS New File Terminate Check Setup Parameter File If you need to reset the specification Correct Confirm the setting select whether...

Страница 163: ...on may not be completed normally In such case detach MO device and then re install the system from the beginning Connect the hard disk that OS is not going to be installed after installing OS If you c...

Страница 164: ...the installation click Skip Click Review Go to step 8 Click Skip Go to step 9 Using Blank disk 1 Click the box under Setup File Name A or press A The input box appears 2 Input the file name Operating...

Страница 165: ...specify other than 4095MB for the Installing Partition it is necessary to convert to NTFS If Use Existing Array at New Existing RAID Configuration is selected but the partition other than the one to...

Страница 166: ...floppy disk drive and insert Windows 2000 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Software License Agreement screen appears 11 Read the contents carefully and click I agree or press F8 if you do agree If you do...

Страница 167: ...rovides the server an environment tolerant on any trouble and enhance throughput between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Inser...

Страница 168: ...services if necessary You can operate the process from Network and Dial up Connection to display the property dialog box for local area network NOTE We recommend you to add Network Monitor at AddingS...

Страница 169: ...the through put by operating packet transmission from the server by all the adapters This feature includes AFT feature IMPORTANT AFT ALB setup must be operated after installing the drivers and restart...

Страница 170: ...er Wizard appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next 5 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert Windows 20...

Страница 171: ...irectory if you communicate your server with the remote KVM console Optional advanced remote management card N8115 02 must be installed in your server to use the remote KVM console CD ROM Drive Letter...

Страница 172: ...mers 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 t...

Страница 173: ...6 Click Performance Options 7 Click Change on the Virtual Memory dialog box 8 Modify Initial Size in the Paging File Size for Selected Drive box to the value larger than Recommended Size and click Spe...

Страница 174: ...indows 2000 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 ca...

Страница 175: ...Windows Components Wizard dialog box appears 4 Check the Management and Monitoring Tools check box of the component ON and click Next 5 If the setup asks to install the disk insert Windows 2000 CD RO...

Страница 176: ...om the menu and the setup will start After that follow the message to continue the setup process and apply Service Pack Making Backup Copies of System Information The system information includes the c...

Страница 177: ...new mass storage device not to be supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER you have to set as follows 1 Read the manual supplied with the mass storage device before setting the server 2 If the mass storage dev...

Страница 178: ...hannel 2 spare drives SATA HostRAID One hard disk drive for each channel two hard disk drives max RAID level SCSI HostRAID RAID0 or RAID1 or RAID10 0 1 SATA HostRAID RAID0 or RAID1 Operating system Mi...

Страница 179: ...be changed by the SCSISelect Utility The timeout message below may be recorded into the event log if I O operation is delayed while HostRAID is running with a high load applied However HostRAID intern...

Страница 180: ...of the standby hibernation mode of ACPI functions Use ASMBE to maintain HostRAID but do not use any other utilities Create at least one OS partition in the array you have created If the OS partition d...

Страница 181: ...e support disk by using NEC EXPRESSBUILDER and install the HostRAID driver with the Windows hardware wizard Install ASM Install ASMBE See ASMBE User s Guide 2 See ASMBE User s Guide 2 Install Standby...

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Страница 183: ...Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities This section describes how to use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM that comes with your server and to install the utilities stored on the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER...

Страница 184: ...ial setup complete the hardware configuration NEC EXPRESSBUILDER includes two distinct programs One can be booted under DOS for initial setup and one is for use under Windows operating system DOS base...

Страница 185: ...indows based This program is called as Master Control Menu that can run under the Microsoft Windows system Windows 95 or later and Windows NT 4 0 or later You can install the several applications and...

Страница 186: ...T Do not remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM while NEC EXPRESSBUILDER is running 1 Turn on peripheral devices and the server in this order 2 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM supplied with your se...

Страница 187: ...Setup and permits the user to quickly create utility support disks run the Off line Maintenance Utility and system diagnostic utility set up a maintenance partition and update the various BIOS program...

Страница 188: ...upport this function In that case this menu will not be shown This is a function for maintenance Please do not use it except maintenance Off line Maintenance Utility Off line Maintenance Utility is an...

Страница 189: ...the server and created on your system disk About 55MB of the maintenance partition includes the various maintenance utilities and executable commands In this menu you can create the maintenance parti...

Страница 190: ...tative After rebooting the system an update program is started automatically from the floppy disk and the various BIOS and firmware programs are updated IMPORTANT Do not turn off the server while the...

Страница 191: ...e this feature on any other computer than the server or on any other server obtained without the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Doing so may cause a failure of the server When a keyboard is connected to the serve...

Страница 192: ...T Do not change the boot device order in BOOT menu in BIOS SETUP NEC EXPRESSBUILDER cannot be used if the CD ROM drive is not the first device to launch the system To use this feature you need 3 5 inc...

Страница 193: ...ly sets up the server Tools Launch the features of NEC EXPRESSBUILDER individually Help Help message on NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Quit Quit NEC EXPRESSBUILDER Setup The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER checks the hardware...

Страница 194: ...ng those described in section NEC EXPRESSBUILDER for DOS based with Local Console are displayed See the previous subsection for detailed explanation of menu items IMPORTANT The followings are varied f...

Страница 195: ...ded in the PDF format Use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read these documents Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Master Control Menu appears on the screen automatically If the Aut...

Страница 196: ...tup the servers from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER NOTE You can install Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 without Configuration Diskette Also you can modify newly create Configuration Diskette during the setu...

Страница 197: ...k Create New Information files from the File menu The Disk Environment dialog box will be displayed 6 Specify each item and click OK The dialog boxes to specify setup information will be displayed in...

Страница 198: ...or the Setup File in File Name 9 Insert the floppy disk formatted by 1 44MB into the floppy disk drive and click OK Now Configuration Diskette has been created Configuration Diskette is used when you...

Страница 199: ...ransfer tasks Some features of ESMPRO Manager include Hardware and software server configuration Hardware resources mounted in servers such as the CPU memory disks disk arrays and LAN boards Software...

Страница 200: ...sed for automatically executing Rebuild if a redundant disk array enters the Degraded state Making a consistency check on redundant disk arrays Recording HostRAID events into the event log Omitting th...

Страница 201: ...oring and fan monitoring Enabling the settings of Write Read and Cache policies for each logical drive Supporting the save and restore functions for configuration Enabling the display of the SCSI tran...

Страница 202: ...ice Monitor MegaRAID Server MegaRAID Client Management PC Management PC that monitors and controls servers via the network TCP IP When managing array on Terminal Server working on Windows NT Server Ve...

Страница 203: ...rver Hardware Machine NEC Express5800 series connected with the AMI disk array controller A Memory Size large enough for OS operation 8MB or more Free space of the hard disk 5MB or more Display unit S...

Страница 204: ...800 series PC AT compatible machine which contains Intel Pentium or a CPU at least equivalent to it Memory Size large enough for OS operation 8MB or more Free space of the hard disk 5 MB or more Displ...

Страница 205: ...The online documents explain general information about servers to be managed by NEC DianaScope This section explains specific notes on managing this product remotely from NEC DianaScope This product c...

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Страница 207: ...nfiguration 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...

Страница 208: ...mble repair or alter the server Do not look into the CD ROM drive Do not remove the lithium battery Disconnect the power plug before working with the server CAUTION Observe the following instructions...

Страница 209: ...rver 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...

Страница 210: ...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 sma...

Страница 211: ...ove 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...

Страница 212: ...the tray NOTE Do not touch the signal side of the CD ROM with your hand 4 Wipe the tray with a dry soft cloth IMPORTANT Do not wipe the lens of the CD ROM drive Doing so may damage the lens and may ca...

Страница 213: ...to diagnose the server Test Items The following items are tested in system diagnostics Memory CPU cache memory Hard disk used as a system IMPORTANT When executing the System Diagnostics make sure to...

Страница 214: ...e serial port to execute System Diagnostics with remote console The LAN connection is not for System Diagnostics Procedures to start the diagnostics program is as follows 1 Shutdown the OS and turn of...

Страница 215: ...0 ForceEnd 00 Guide line Test window Test result Test windows title Diagnosis tool title Diagnosis tool title shows a name of this diagnosis and Version information Test windows title shows the progre...

Страница 216: ...Info shows the log information and error messages of the diagnosis It can be saved to a floppy disk To save the log information to a floppy disk insert a formatted floppy disk to a floppy disk drive a...

Страница 217: ...ated stored due to a change in the floor layout to a great extent contact the sales agent Make sure to make a backup copy of your valuable data in the hard disk if any Make sure not to apply a shock t...

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Страница 219: ...ur 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 t...

Страница 220: ...NEC ESMPRO during the system operation Especially take note on whether any alert is reported to NEC ESMPRO Manager on the management PC Check whether any alert is reported on the Joint Viewer Data Vi...

Страница 221: ...ps to indicate the server states by a variety of colors and display patterns on the front panel hard disk drive and power supply Chapter 2 Status Indicators lists the lamp displays and their meanings...

Страница 222: ...oard 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 t...

Страница 223: ...em 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...

Страница 224: ...cause an error is detected in every CPU the system is forcibly started Contact your service representative 0B60 DIMM group 1 has been disabled 0B61 DIMM group 2 has been disabled 0B62 DIMM group 3 has...

Страница 225: ...device failure 0B98 BMC RAM test error 0B99 BMC Fatal hardware error Turn off the power once and then on again to start the server If the error cannot be corrected contact your service representative...

Страница 226: ...it to check if it operates normally 3 Ask your service representative to replace the failed DIMM or mother board 1 3 1 3 Keyboard controller error 1 Check if the keyboard is properly connected 2 Repl...

Страница 227: ...t plugs Make sure the power breaker for the connected power outlet is on If the power cord is plugged to a UPS make sure the UPS is powered and it outputs power See the manual that comes with the UPS...

Страница 228: ...ration Installed DIMMs must be the same speed and must all be registered DIMMs must be populated in pairs and in the following order 5 and 6 3 and 4 then 1 and 2 T Is the memory size large The memory...

Страница 229: ...nected make sure to set the PCI device interrupt and others with the BIOS SETUP utility of the server Most PCI devices generally do not require any change to the configuration but some boards do requi...

Страница 230: ...eyboard and mouse may be disabled with the BIOS SETUP utility of the server Check the settings with the BIOS SETUP utility Menus to check Advanced Numlock T Are the server drivers installed Refer to t...

Страница 231: ...o check Main Floppy A Security Diskette Write Protect T Is the server in the Secure Mode In the Secure Mode write access to the floppy disk may be disabled To release the Secure Mode enter the passwor...

Страница 232: ...nual that comes with the SCSI device for details T Are the SCSI controllers including optional controllers properly configured Use the BIOS SETUP utility for proper configuration of SCSI devices conne...

Страница 233: ...disabled with the BIOS SETUP utility of the server Check the setting with the BIOS SETUP utility Menus to check Advanced PCI Configuration Onboard NIC Embedded NIC Dual Gbit T Have the protocol and se...

Страница 234: ...system are not all the same revision level To use all processors the operating system restricts itself to the features of the least capable processor in the system Should problems occur with this syst...

Страница 235: ...the CPU manufacture to see if this mix of processors is supported T Has the CPU been expanded If the different revision stepping of the processor is installed in the multiprocessor system Windows 2000...

Страница 236: ...ollowing message appears After this message appears check the error and take the appropriate corrective action according to the message listed in the table below Message Cause and Remedy This machine...

Страница 237: ...start of installation contact Maintenance Service Company and ask them to check the CD ROM drive Express Setup terminated and asks to input setup information There are some errors on the specified set...

Страница 238: ...the partition to re use excluding maintenance area If the partition other than the one to re use does not exist the setup will reserve the whole area of the disk to install Windows 2000 Specified to...

Страница 239: ...is not connected will not be setup though the protocol will only be installed Connected more than two Network adapter and specified different protocol for each adapter but all the protocols are specif...

Страница 240: ...the SCSI controller which is not described in this User s Guide refer to the manual accompanied with the controller and check the setting for Int13 Extensions In case the SCSI Controller is AIC 7892 1...

Страница 241: ...ported by Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 95 The older versions do not automatically start from the CD ROM T Is Shift pressed Setting the CD ROM with Shift pressed down cancels the Autorun feature T Is the...

Страница 242: ...ol through Control Panel In this case rebooting is not necessary The details of a network adapter cannot be set Configuration Diskette Creator is unable to set the details of network adapters Start Wi...

Страница 243: ...r more CPUs in the NEC Express server If this message is logged it is no problem for operation 1 Click Management Tool Event Viewer from the Control Panel 2 Select the type of the log to collect On Ap...

Страница 244: ...he procedure below after restarting the system For Windows Server 2003 Refer to Windows online help For Windows 2000 1 Point to Settings in Start menu and click Control Panel The Control Panel dialog...

Страница 245: ...he server is in the successful operation may affect the system operation Restarting the system due to an error may display a message indicating insufficient virtual memory Ignore this message and proc...

Страница 246: ...clip will make a substitute into the switch hole to press the DUMP switch Pressing the DUMP switch saves the dump file in the specified directory Memory dumping may not be available when the CPU stall...

Страница 247: ...om the Start pop up menu The ESRAS Utility window appears 2 Select Latest Information from the Tree View to collect the information of local computer If the data is displayed it means the data is coll...

Страница 248: ...Turn on the system power 2 Insert the Windows 2000 CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 3 Press Ctrl Alt Delete to reset the system After a bootable operating system has been installed on the hard disk press E...

Страница 249: ...lled INITIO INI A10XU2W SCSI Host Adapter When N8103 65F board is installed MegaRAID SCSI320 1 Controller Driver When N8103 80F board is installed MegaRAID SCSI320 2 Controller Driver When N8103 81F b...

Страница 250: ...aced either to the files in C I386 folder of hard disk or the files in systemroot Repair of the system partition These replaced files do not reflect the changes of the configuration after the setup at...

Страница 251: ...ty can be used IMPORTANT The Off line Maintenance Utility is intended for use of your sales agent The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM and the Off line Maintenance Utility Bootable FD you have created contai...

Страница 252: ...disk drive and reboot the system The Off line Maintenance Utility program starts from the boot disk The Off line Maintenance Utility Bootable FD is created by selecting Tools Create Support FD on the...

Страница 253: ...ata defined with the SETUP utility to a text file System Information Viewer Provides the functions to view information on the processor and the BIOS and export it to a text file System Information Man...

Страница 254: ...RCED SHUTDOWN Use this function when an OS command does not shut down the server the POWER switch does not turn off the server or resetting does not work Press and hold the POWER switch on the server...

Страница 255: ...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 sales agent for install or removing any optional...

Страница 256: ...t look into the CD ROM 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 f...

Страница 257: ...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...

Страница 258: ...prepare for installing or removing components 1 Prepare the Phillips screwdriver 2 Shut down the OS 3 Unlock the front bezel 4 Remove the front bezel 5 Press the POWER switch to power off the server t...

Страница 259: ...SCSI hard disk drive N8150 161F 18 1 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra 320 N8150 162F 36 3 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra 320 N8150 163F 73 2 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra 320 N8150 171F 146 GB 10 000 rpm Ultra 320 N8150 164F 18 1 GB...

Страница 260: ...next section for the procedure installing a hard disk drive in the flex bay NOTE Any hard disk can be installed or removed in or from the server only by removing the front bezel IMPORTANT In the disk...

Страница 261: ...installation or removal of the hard disk drive if your server is running 7 Slowly close the handle The handle is locked when a click is heard IMPORTANT Be careful not to get your finger caught between...

Страница 262: ...erver only by opening the front bezel IMPORTANT In the disk array configuration hard disks configuring a specific pack should have the same specification including the capacity 1 See the section Prepa...

Страница 263: ...arrier IMPORTANT To maintain the cooling effect in the server install the dummy tray in the vacant slot of the disk bay 6 Remove four screws securing the drive tray 7 Remove the drive tray from the ca...

Страница 264: ...r facing the rear of the carrier 9 Secure the hard disk in the carrier with four screws removed in Step 6 10 Install the drive carrier into the hard disk bay and secure the carrier to the chassis with...

Страница 265: ...rting the removal 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Unlock the front bezel with the security key and remove the front bezel 3 Push the lever to un...

Страница 266: ...natively to indicate it IMPORTANT When auto rebuild fails the DISK lamp lights in amber Remove and install the hard disk again to restart auto rebuild If the disk array monitoring utility is installed...

Страница 267: ...ray configuration the auto rebuild function can be used The auto rebuild function can record the information saved in a defected hard disk into the new replaced disk to recover the server to the state...

Страница 268: ...stallation Take the following steps to install a power supply unit 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare IMPORTANT Be sure to turn off the power Failure...

Страница 269: ...Insert the power supply unit IMPORTANT Do not touch the terminals of the power supply unit 5 Grasp the handle and firmly push the power supply The power supply unit is locked when a distinct click is...

Страница 270: ...he AC POWER lamps go on 8 Confirm by the STATUS lamp or on the POST screen that there are no errors related to the power supply units See Chapter 8 for details on the error messages If the AC POWER la...

Страница 271: ...onnect the power cord from the failed power supply 4 Hold the handle of the failing power supply 5 While pressing the lever pull the power supply to remove if from the chassis 2 1 6 If operating the s...

Страница 272: ...d Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components Note high temperature Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the r...

Страница 273: ...Your Server 9 19 To place the server in the rack push it back into the rack while pressing the right and left lock arms IMPORTANT Be very careful not to get your finger caught in the arms or rails Rel...

Страница 274: ...out the server from the rack 3 Slide the drive cover toward the rear of the server while pressing the lock button on the cover 4 Lift off the drive cover from the server Installation When installing t...

Страница 275: ...rlier to prepare 2 Pull out the server from the rack 3 Loosen a captive thumbscrew at the rear of the server 4 Slide the logic cover toward the rear of the server and lift off the cover from the serve...

Страница 276: ...RTANT The DIMM is extremely sensitive to static electricity Make sure to touch the metal frame of the server to discharge static electricity from your body before handling the DIMM Do not touch the DI...

Страница 277: ...her board 2 DIMM specification is shown on the label attached to the DIMM as follows Example Frequency of 333 MHz buffered capacity of 512 MB raw address of 12 bits column address of 10 bits and singl...

Страница 278: ...damage to the socket do not apply excessive force while pressing the DIMM The levers automatically close when the DIMM is inserted into the socket 5 Install the components you removed in steps 1 to 3...

Страница 279: ...r 4 Open the levers at both sides of the socket from which you remove the DIMM The DIMM is unlock and ready for removal 5 Reinstall all parts removed in Step 2 Power on the server and verify that POST...

Страница 280: ...e section Anti static Measures described earlier Do not operate the system until confirming that the additionally installed CPU is in normal state Make sure to use the CPU authorized by NEC Installing...

Страница 281: ...the server from the rack 3 Open the drive cover and logic cover 4 Remove two screws securing the support arm 5 Remove the support arm from the chassis 6 Remove the processor duct from the chassis 7 L...

Страница 282: ...orners among four differ from others to prevent an incorrect insertion Confirm the pin mark and pin layout on the socket and insert the CPU correctly The mother board has zero insertion force sockets...

Страница 283: ...Upgrading Your Server 9 29 11 Put the heat sink on CPU NOTE Be aware of direction of heat sink see figure below REAR 12 Fix the heat sink clips with four screws 1 2 3 4...

Страница 284: ...ghtened Do not move the secured heat sink 14 Install the processor air duct NOTE Put the SCSI cable through the tunnel under the full length riser card receiver of the bracket Attach the bracket while...

Страница 285: ...or messages listed in Chapter 8 18 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 19 To add one o...

Страница 286: ...ly 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 re...

Страница 287: ...notes see the section Anti static Measures Some restrictions are imposed on the combination of PCI boards which can be installed in the server Contact your sales agent for details A riser card is desi...

Страница 288: ...ay BIOS utility Check the slot location of PCI device by PCI bus number device number and function number shown in the table below Bus number Device number Function number Onboard NIC1 2 1 0 Onboard N...

Страница 289: ...a PCI board confirm that the type of the PCI board When installing a PCI board confirm that the card connector matches the connector of the riser card 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and...

Страница 290: ...remove it and then install it again Be careful not to apply excess force to a PCI board or riser card Doing so may damage the card NOTE Confirm that the end of the PCI board bracket is inserted in th...

Страница 291: ...abinet After the insertion push the riser card with your fingers until you cannot see any part of the riser card terminal section The riser card is now fully seated in the slot 9 Install the component...

Страница 292: ...s If the hard disk to be configured in the array has your valuable data stored make sure to make a backup copy of the data in another hard disk before installing the disk array controller board and co...

Страница 293: ...uration To use the internal hard disk drives in a RAID configuration in the server containing an optional SCSI RAID controller reconnect the SCSI cables on the mother board to the disk array controlle...

Страница 294: ...er in low profile PCI slot Connecting SCSI cable to optional RAID controller in full height PCI slot SCSI connector N8103 80F 81F disk array controller REAR FRONT Hard disk drive SCSI ID0 Hard disk dr...

Страница 295: ...onnection or external connection For the connectors and channels see the manual provided with the disk array controller board Example of connecting the SCSI cable This section explains the procedure f...

Страница 296: ...er board to the HDD LED connector of the disk array controller 1 Connect the LED relay cable connector black to the LED Active pin on the disk array controller Connect the pin having the red cable to...

Страница 297: ...n OS setup Use Express Setup even when not installing a system Start Express Setup select OS Selection Others The installer automatically performs all the procedures for RAID configuration maintenance...

Страница 298: ...ed 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 the RAID configuration utility in the chip on...

Страница 299: ...rive Model Only Your server can include four optional redundant hot swap fans Installation 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal described earlier to prepare 2 Pull out the server f...

Страница 300: ...9 46 Upgrading Your Server 5 Disconnect all five fan cables from the mother board and remove all the fans from the chassis 6 Install the fans as show figure below...

Страница 301: ...its default position If the remote management card option is installed in your server follow these steps to configure the firmware program 8 Place the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM into the CD ROM drive...

Страница 302: ...lure is also indicated by NEC ESMPRO and system event log 4 While pressing release tabs on the top of the fan pull the fan up to remove from the fan slot 5 Install the new fan into the vacant slot IMP...

Страница 303: ...sensitive to static electricity Make sure to touch the metal frame of the server to discharge static electricity from your body before handling the RMC Do not touch the RMC terminal pins by bare hand...

Страница 304: ...r to prepare 2 Pull out the server from the rack 3 Open the logic cover 4 Adhere the shock absorbers to the back of the RMC Refer to the manual that comes with the RMC for detail location 5 Insert the...

Страница 305: ...le that attached to ARMC to ARMC and the management network card as shown in the figure below The following figure shows the cable rooting of the internal cable 9 Reassemble the server 10 Turn on the...

Страница 306: ...nu This setting is required to change the hardware configuration data See Chapter 4 for details 15 Reboot the server and run NEC EXPRESSBUILDER to save system information Refer to Chapter 3 or 6 for d...

Страница 307: ...ption PCI X 64 bit 133MHz 1 slot Additional slot PCI X 64 bit 66MHz 1 slot low profile LAN interface 1000Base T 100Base TX 10Base T 2 ports Keyboard mouse MINI DIN 6 pin connector 1 port USB 4 pin 4 p...

Страница 308: ...1 slot Additional slot PCI X 64 bit 66MHz 1 slot low profile LAN interface 1000Base T 100Base TX 10Base T 2 ports Keyboard mouse MINI DIN 6 pin connector 1 port USB 4 pin 4 ports 2 for front panel 2...

Страница 309: ...R CD ROM that comes 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...

Страница 310: ...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 lea...

Страница 311: ...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 di...

Страница 312: ...dge with a dry soft cloth slowly and gently Use the CD cleaner to clean the CD ROM Do not use record spray cleaner benzene or thinner Keep the CD ROM in a CD ROM case when not in use Tape Media The fo...

Страница 313: ...ring 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 ser...

Страница 314: ...he 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 cli...

Страница 315: ...Controller IRQ Peripheral Device Controller 0 System timer 12 Mouse 1 Keyboard 13 Numeric processor 2 14 Primary IDE 3 COM2 serial port PCI 15 Secondary IDE 4 COM1 serial port PCI 16 USB 5 PCI 17 VGA...

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Страница 317: ...your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM attached to your system Re installing to the Hard Disk which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk If you want to leave the existing partition when installing th...

Страница 318: ...set on one partition is 4095MB If the above paging file size exceeds 4095MB specify 4095MB for the paging file size The dump file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB I...

Страница 319: ...ESSBUILDER with the following two procedures Create from the menu which appears when running NEC Express5800 Server with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER If you have only NEC Express5800 Server to create Windows Se...

Страница 320: ...XPRESSBUILDER from Master Control Menu if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate Follow the steps below 1 Prepare a 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Run the operating system 3 Insert...

Страница 321: ...is installed in the system press F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration is displayed A screen with a solid...

Страница 322: ...is installed MegaRAID SCSI 320 1 RAID Controller When N8103 80F board is installed MegaRAID SCSI 320 2 RAID Controller When N8103 81F is installed Adaptec I2O RAID Driver Disk for 32bit Windows 2000...

Страница 323: ...m will automatically restart after copying the files NOTE You can leave the Windows Server 2003 CD ROM in CD ROM drive 6 If the RAID controller including embedded HostRAID feature is installed in the...

Страница 324: ...81F board is installed Continue performing tasks according to the subsequent messages that appear 10 Update the system 11 Install the driver and make detailed settings SCSI controller N8103 56F If yo...

Страница 325: ...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 ke...

Страница 326: ...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...

Страница 327: ...Menu is automatically appeared on the screen 3 Click on Setup with left mouse button and click on Update NEC Express5800 system section 4 Continue your work for system update as the following message...

Страница 328: ...rant environment on any trouble and enhance throughput between the switches PROSet is necessary to utilize these features Follow the procedure below to install PROSet 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER C...

Страница 329: ...or 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...

Страница 330: ...D ROM drive 2 Click Start menu point to Programs Accessories and click Windows Explorer 3 Run SETUP EXE in the following directory CD ROM Drive Letter WINNT VIDEO RADEON7000 W2K3 SETUP EXE Install the...

Страница 331: ...not attached to your system prepare it by yourself Updating System If you change the configuration of the system update your system with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD ROM attached to your system Re installing...

Страница 332: ...one partition is 4095MB If the above paging file size exceeds 4095MB specify 4095MB for the paging file size The dump file size for the system with more than 2GB memory mounted is 2048MB 12MB If you...

Страница 333: ...following two procedures Create from the menu which appears when running NEC Express5800 Server with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER If you have only NEC Express5800 Server to create Windows 2000 OEM DISK for NEC...

Страница 334: ...SBUILDER from Master Control Menu if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate Follow the steps below 1 Prepare one 3 5 inch floppy disk 2 Run the operating system 3 Insert th...

Страница 335: ...ess F6 in a few seconds when the window is in either of the following states Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration is displayed A screen with a solid blue background is displayed...

Страница 336: ...re for reinstalling the operation system if the multiple logical drives exist Before Re installing the Operation System Be sure to make backup copies before re installing the operation system just in...

Страница 337: ...ecify 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 dri...

Страница 338: ...Control Menu is automatically appeared on the screen 3 Click on Setup with left mouse button and click on Update NEC Express5800 system section 4 Continue your work for system update as the following...

Страница 339: ...est and so on Specify teaming Configuring several network adapters as one team provides the server an environment tolerant on any trouble and enhance through put between the switches PROSet is necessa...

Страница 340: ...y You can operate the process from Network and Dial up Connection to display the property dialog box for local area network NOTE We recommend you to add Network Monitor at AddingServices Network Monit...

Страница 341: ...for a suitable driver for my device recommended radio button is selected and click Next 4 Select the Specify a location check box and deselect other check boxes Click Next 5 Other Upgrade Device Driv...

Страница 342: ...ur server to use the remote KVM console CD ROM Drive Letter N8115 02 VIDEO RADEON7000 SETUP EXE 4 Follow the message to continue the installation If the dialog message Digital Signature could not been...

Страница 343: ...ate Installed 3 4 Size Serial No Date Installed 1 2 Size Serial No Date Installed Monitor Type Model name Serial No Date Installed Hard Disk ID0 Type Serial No Capacity Date Installed Type number ID1...

Страница 344: ...t 2C Model name Serial No Date Installed PCI Slot 3C Model name Serial No Date Installed Printer Model name Serial No Manufacturer Date Installed Additional Cabinet for Disk Model name Serial No Date...

Страница 345: ...Table F 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 run...

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