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Silicon Graphics 2400 Owner's Manual (146 pages)
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Silicon Graphics
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Server
| Size: 4 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
5
List of Figures
9
List of Tables
13
About this Guide
15
Finding the Information You Need
16
Figure I Information Sources for the SGI 2400 and 2800 Rackmount System
16
Figure II System Owner's Guide
17
Figure III IRIX Admin: Software Guide
17
Figure IV IRIS Insight Icon
17
IRIS Insight Online Documentation and Help
17
IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing Guide
17
Online man Pages
17
SGI 2400 and 2800 Server Owner's Guide
17
Release Notes
18
World Wide Web Accessible Documentation
18
Conventions
19
1 Introducing the SGI 2400 and 2800 Server Systems
21
System Features
21
Figure 1-1 SGI 2400 Rackmount Server System
22
Figure 1-2 SGI 2400 Multirack System Configuration Example
23
Hardware Overview
24
Figure 1-3 SGI 2400 Multirack Configuration (Four Racks Shown)
24
Figure 1-4 SGI 2400 Rackmount Chassis (Side Panel Removed)
26
Figure 1-5 Rackmount Server Functional Block Diagram
27
Figure 1-6 a Look Inside the Module Chassis
28
About the SGI 2400 and 2800
29
Figure 1-7 Modules in an SGI 2400 or 2800 System
30
Craylink Interconnect
31
Distributed Shared Address Space (Memory and I/O)
32
XIO Slots
32
Irix
33
2 Chassis Tour
35
Overview
35
Figure 2-1 SGI 2400 and 2800 Rackmount System (Front View)
36
Figure 2-2 SGI 2400 and 2800 Rackmount Rear View
37
Board Configuration and Layout
40
Major Components
41
Figure 2-3 Board Configuration and Layout for System Module
41
System Controller
42
Figure 2-4 MSC and Display
43
Figure 2-5 MMSC Display (for Entire Rack)
44
Baseio Board
45
Figure 2-6 Baseio Board
45
CPU Node Board
46
Figure 2-7 Node Board Positioning in the Chassis
48
Figure 2-8 Front View of Node Board Showing Bulkhead
49
Router Boards
50
Figure 2-9 System Router Boards
51
Craylink Interconnect
52
Power Distribution Unit (PDU)
52
Figure 2-10 Craylink Interconnect, Xpress Link, and Crosstown Cables
53
Figure 2-11 Optional PCI Carrier Assembly
54
PCI Carrier Assembly
54
3 Interface and Cabling Information
55
The Ethernet Interface Connection
56
Figure 3-1 Standard Ethernet on SGI 2400 and 2800 Rackmount
57
Standard Serial Ports
58
Figure 3-2 Serial Port Location and Pinouts
59
Standard SCSI Connector
60
Figure 3-3 68-Pin SCSI Connector
62
4 System Configurations
63
Overview
63
Basic System Configurations
64
Figure 4-1 Basic Module Configurations
65
Figure 4-2 SGI 2400 Rackmount Configuration Examples
66
Rackmount Configurations
67
Figure 4-3 Single Server Module in a Rack with Four Vault Drive Boxes
69
Figure 4-4 16P SGI 2400 Server
71
Figure 4-5 16P SGI 2400 Rackmount Server with Xpress Links
72
Multirack Configurations
73
Figure 4-6 32P Configuration
74
Figure 4-7 32P with Express Links
75
Figure 4-8 64P Configuration
76
Figure 4-9 SGI 2800 128P Configuration
77
Multirack Configurations
77
5 System Configuration and Operation
79
Connecting Your Terminal
80
Figure 5-1 Connecting a Terminal
81
SCSI Configuration Requirements
82
Loading the Single Connector Assembly (SCA) Drives into the System
83
Figure 5-2 Installing an SCA Drive
84
Figure 5-3 SCSI Hardwire Addresses for the SGI 2400 and 2800 Server Module
85
Loading the CD-ROM
86
Figure 5-4 Installing a CD-ROM into an SGI 2400 or 2800 Chassis
87
Connecting Your System to an Ethernet Network
88
Figure 5-5 Connecting an Ethernet to the System
88
Initially Powering on the System
89
Figure 5-6 Connecting the System Power Cable
90
Figure 5-7 Turning on the PDU
91
Figure 5-8 Powering on the System (Rear View of Chassis)
92
Booting Your System
93
Figure 5-9 Entry-Level System Controller Key Positions
94
Installing the Operating System
96
Powering off the System
96
Resetting Your System
97
6 Removing and Replacing Customer-Replaceable Units
99
Figure 6-1 Customer-Replaceable Units (Crus) for the SGI 2400 or 2800 Server
100
General Information
101
Safety Information
101
General Procedures
102
Powering off a Rackmount System
102
Figure 6-2 Turning off the Module Controller
103
Figure 6-3 Powering off a Rackmount Module
104
Figure 6-4 Powering off the Multimodule Controller
105
Figure 6-5 Turning off the PDU
107
Figure 6-6 Turning off a Multirack Configuration
108
Opening the Drive Door
109
Figure 6-7 Opening the Drive Front Door on a Rackmount System
109
Opening the Cable Cover Door
110
Figure 6-8 Opening the Cable Cover Door
110
Specific Procedures
111
Removing a Drive Module
111
Figure 6-9 Opening the Disk Drive Unit Module
112
Figure 6-10 Removing the Drive
113
Removing the Facade
114
Figure 6-11 Removing the Facade from a System Module
115
Removing the System Controller and CD-ROM Module
116
Figure 6-12 Removing the System Controller and CD-ROM
117
XIO Board Slots
118
7 Using the System Controller
119
Mmsc
119
MMSC Front Panel Display
120
Figure 7-1 MMSC Functional Block Diagram
120
Figure 7-2 MMSC and Front Panel
121
Figure 7-3 MMSC Display
122
Figure 7-4 Action Menu Selection for MMSC Display
123
MMSC Assembly
124
Figure 7-5 MMSC Cabling
125
MSC Front Panel
129
Understanding the MSC Leds and Switches
132
MSC Features and Functions
133
MSC Status Messages
135
8 System Maintenance and Troubleshooting
137
Maintaining Your Hardware and Software
137
Hardware Dos and Don'ts
137
Software Dos and Don'ts
138
System Problem Catagories
138
XIO Board Slots Not Functioning
138
Physical Inspection Checklist
139
MSC Shutdown
140
Fixing the MSC Shutdown
140
Recovering from a System Crash
141
System Specifications
143
Index
145
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