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Silicon Graphics Altix XE250 User Manual (258 pages)
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Silicon Graphics
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Server
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Table of Contents
Record of Revision
3
Table of Contents
5
About this Guide
23
Important Information
23
Chapter Descriptions
24
Related Publications
25
Product Support
26
Figure 1-1 SGI Altix XE250 Server
29
Figure 1-2 Chassis Components
30
Node Board Features
31
Figure 1-3 Node Board Features
31
Figure 1-4 Node Board Block Diagram
32
Memory
33
PCI Expansion Slots
33
Processors
33
Serial ATA (SATA) Controller
33
Uio
33
ATI Graphics Controller
34
Onboard Controllers/Ports
34
Other Features
34
System Disks
34
RAID Support
34
L8I UIO Card
35
Figure 1-5 L8I UIO RAID Controller
35
Figure 1-6 LSI Megaraid 8708ELP RAID Controller
36
Megaraid 8708 HBA
36
Chipset Overview
37
MCH (North Bridge)
37
I/O Controller Hub-ESB2 (South Bridge)
37
Server Chassis Features
38
System Power
38
SATA/SAS Backplane/Drives
38
Cooling
38
IO Back Panel
39
Figure 1-7 Rear Panel
39
Figure 1-8 Front Panel Controls and Indicators
40
Controls
40
Indicators
41
Drive Carrier Indicators
42
Unpack the System
43
Prepare for Setup
43
Choose a Setup Location
43
Warnings and Precautions
44
Rack Precautions
44
Server Precautions
45
Rack Mounting Considerations
45
Ambient Operating Temperature
45
Reduced Airflow
45
Mechanical Loading
45
Circuit Overloading
46
Reliable Ground
46
Install the System into a Rack
46
Identify the Sections of the Rack Rails
46
Install the Rack Rails
47
Figure 2-1 Rack Rail Installation
47
Install the Chassis Rails
48
Figure 2-2 Chassis Rail Installation
48
Install the Server in a Rack
49
Figure 2-3 Install the Server in a Rack
50
Check the Node Board Setup
51
Access the Inside of the Chassis
51
Check the Cpus (Processors)
51
Check the System Memory
51
Install Expansion PCI Cards
51
Check All Cable Connections and Airflow
52
Check the Drive Bay Setup
52
Check the System Disk Drives
52
Check the Airflow
52
Supply Power to the System
52
Handling the Node Board
53
ESD Precautions
54
Unpacking
54
Node Board Installation
54
Figure 3-1 Remove the Top Cover
55
Connect the Data Cables
56
Install the Node Board in the Chassis
56
Figure 3-2 Node Board Replacement
57
Figure 3-3 Node Board Components
58
Connect the Power Cables
59
Connecting the Control Panel
59
Figure 3-4 Control Panel Connector JF1 Pins
59
I/O Ports
60
Processor and Heatsink Installation and Removal
60
Figure 3-5 I/O Port Locations
60
Figure 3-6 CPU Heatsink Components
61
Install a Processor
61
Remove the Processor
66
Figure 3-7 Install a CPU Heatsink
68
Install a Heatsink
68
Remove the Heatsink
69
Replace the Thermal Interface Material
69
Removing TIM from a Processor
70
Removing TIM from a Heatsink
73
Install Memory
75
Figure 3-8 Memory DIMM Locations
75
Figure 3-9 Memory Block Diagram
76
Memory DIMM Layout
76
Memory DIMM Rules
77
Table 3-1 Memory DIMM Configurations
78
Figure 3-10 Install Dimms
79
Install Dimms
79
Figure 3-11 Replace Dimms
80
Node Board Component Locations
81
Figure 3-12 Node Board Component Locations
81
Add PCI Expansion Cards
82
Install a PCI Expansion Card
83
Figure 3-13 Install a PCI Card
83
Table 3-2 Node Board Default Jumper Settings
84
Table 3-3 Node Board Connector Descriptions
84
Node Board Jumpers and Connectors
84
Node Board Connector Pin Definitions
86
Table 3-4 Node Board Connector Pin Definitions
86
ATX Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW1)
87
Figure 3-14 JPW1, JPW2, and JPW3 Location
87
Table 3-5 ATX Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW1)
87
Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW2)
88
Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW3)
88
Table 3-6 Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW2)
88
Table 3-7 Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW3)
88
Figure 3-15 JF1 Connector Location Pin Definitions
89
PW_ON Switch Pin Definitions (JF1)
89
Reset Switch Pin Definitions (JF1)
89
Table 3-8 PW_ON Switch Pin Definitions (JF1)
89
Table 3-9 Reset Switch Pin Definitions (JF1)
89
Overheat/Fan Fail Pin Definitions (JF1)
90
Power Fail LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
90
Table 3-10 Power Fail LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
90
Table 3-11 Overheat/Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
90
HDD LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
91
NIC1 LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
91
NIC2 LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
91
Table 3-12 NIC2 LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
91
Table 3-13 NIC1 LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
91
Table 3-14 HDD LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
91
Fan Connector Pin Definitions (Fan1/2 - Fan7/8)
92
NMI Switch Pin Definitions (JF1)
92
Power on LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
92
Table 3-15 Power on LED Pin Definitions (JF1)
92
Table 3-16 NMI Button Pin Definitions (JF1)
92
Figure 3-16 Fan Connector Locations
93
Table 3-17 Fan Connector Pin Definitions (Fan1/2 - Fan7/8)
93
PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Pin Definitions
94
Table 3-18 Keyboard Connector Pin Definitions (PS/2)
94
Table 3-19 Wake on LAN Connector Pin Definitions (JWOL)
94
Wake on LAN Connector Pin Definitions (JWOL)
94
Chassis Intrusion Connector Pin Definitions (JL1)
95
Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1
95
Figure 3-17 Chassis Intrusion Connector Location
95
Table 3-20 Wake on Ring Connector Pin Definitions
95
Table 3-21 Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions (JL1)
95
Wake on Ring Connector Pin Definitions
95
Wake on Ring Connector Pin Definitions (JWOR)
95
Ethernet Port (LAN1/LAN2)
96
Ethernet Ports LAN1/LAN2
96
Figure 3-18 Power Supply Fail LED Connector Location
96
Power Supply Fail LED Connector Pin Definitions (JP3)
96
Table 3-22 Power Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions (JP3)
96
Table 3-23 Ethernet Ports (LAN1/LAN2)
96
Power Led/Speaker (JD1)
97
Serial Port Pin Definitions (COM1/COM2)
97
Table 3-24 Serial Port Pin Definitions (COM2)
97
Table 3-25 Power Led/Speaker (JD1)
97
Figure 3-19 SGPIO Connector Location
98
Serial General Purpose I/O Connector Pin Definitions (SGPIO)
98
Table 3-26 Serial General Purpose I/O Connector Pin Definitions (SGPIO)
98
Figure 3-20 USB Connector Locations
99
Table 3-27 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Pin Definitions
99
USB Connector Pin Definitions
99
Figure 3-21 SMBUS Connector Location
100
SMB Power Connector Pin Definitions (SMBUS)
100
System Management Bus I2C Connector (SMBUS)
100
Table 3-28 SMB Power Connector Pin Definitions (SMBUS)
100
Figure 3-22 SMB Connector Location
101
SMB Connector Pin Definitions (SMB)
101
System Management Bus Connector Pin Definitions (SMB)
101
Table 3-29 SMB Connector Pin Definitions (SMB)
101
Figure 3-23 JOH1 Connector Location
102
Overheat/Fan Fail LED Connector Pin Definitions (JOH1)
102
Table 3-30 Overheat/Fan Fail LED Connector Pin Definitions (JOH1)
102
Figure 3-24 JK1 Connector Location
103
Keylock Connector Pin Definitions (JK1)
103
Table 3-31 Keylock Connector Pin Definitions (JK1)
103
Node Board Jumper Settings
104
Explanation of Jumper Settings
104
Table 3-32 Node Board Jumper Descriptions
104
CMOS Memory Clear (JBT1)
105
Figure 3-25 Explanation of Jumper Pins
105
Figure 3-26 CMOS Memory Jumper Location (JBT1)
105
VGA Jumper Settings (JPG1)
106
LAN1/LAN2 Jumper Settings (JPL1)
106
Figure 3-27 LAN 1 and LAN 2 Jumper Locations (JPL1)
106
Table 3-33 VGA Jumper Settings (JPG1)
106
Table 3-34 LAN1/LAN2 Jumper Settings (JPL1)
106
3 Rd Power Fail Detect Jumper Settings (JP3)
107
Figure 3-28 3Rd Power Failure Detect Jumper Locations (JP3)
107
Table 3-35 3Rd Power Failure Detect Jumper Settings (JP3)
107
Figure 3-29 Watch Dog Timer Jumper Location (JWD)
108
Table 3-36 Watch Dog Timer Jumper Settings (JWD)
108
Watch Dog Timer Jumper Settings (JWD)
108
Compact Flash Master/Slave Select (JCF1)
109
Compact Flash Power (JWF1)
109
Figure 3-30 Compact Flash Jumper Settings (JWF1)
109
Table 3-37 Compact Flash Master/Slave Jumper Settings (JCF1)
109
Table 3-38 Compact Flash Jumper Settings (JWF1)
109
Figure 3-31 JI2C1 and JI2C2 Jumper Settings (JI2C1/JI2C2)
110
I2C to Pcie Slot Jumper Settings (JPI2C1/JPI2C2)
110
Table 3-39 I2C to Pcie Slot Jumper Settings
110
Figure 3-32 Reboot Option Jumper Settings (JP1)
111
Reboot Option (JP1)
111
Table 3-40 Reboot Option Jumper Settings (JP1)
111
Figure 3-33 Memory Voltage Select Jumper Settings (JP2)
112
Memory Voltage Select (JP2)
112
Table 3-41 Memory Voltage Select (JP2)
112
Node Board LED Descriptions
113
LAN1 and LAN2 (Ethernet Ports)
113
Onboard Power LED (LE1)
113
Table 3-42 LAN1 and LAN 2 LED Descriptions
113
Table 3-43 Onboard Power LED Description (LE1)
113
Floppy, IDE, and SATA Ports
114
Floppy Drive Connector
114
IDE Drive Connector
114
Figure 3-34 Onboard Power LED (LE1)
114
SATA Ports
115
Figure 3-35 SATA Port Locations
115
Table 3-44 SATA Port Pin Definitions
115
ESD Precautions
117
Chassis Components
118
Figure 4-1 Chassis Front View
118
Figure 4-2 Chassis Rear View
118
Part Numbers and Marketing Codes
119
Table 4-1 Part Numbers and Marketing Codes
120
Control Panel
121
Figure 4-3 JF1 Connector Locations
121
Fans
122
Fan Failure
122
Fan Replacement
122
Figure 4-4 Fan Replacement
123
System Drives
124
DVD-CD Drive
124
Hard Disk Drives
125
Disk Drive Replacement
125
Figure 4-5 Disk Drive Locations
125
Disk Drive Installation
126
Mounting a Drive in a Drive Carrier
126
Figure 4-6 Disk Drive Carrier
126
Drive Replacement
127
Figure 4-7 Drive Removal
127
SATA/SAS Backplane
128
Figure 4-8 SATA/SAS Backplane Disk Drive Connectors
128
Figure 4-9 SATA/SAS Backplane Power and SAS Connectors
128
SATA Backplane Replacement
129
Figure 4-10 SATA/SAS Backplane Screws
130
Figure 4-11 SATA/SAS Backplane Data Cables
130
Power Supply
131
Power Supply Failure
131
Power Supply Replacement
131
Figure 4-12 Power Supply Replacement
132
Bios Settings
133
Default Settings
134
Table 5-1 BIOS Default Settings
134
Figure B-9 System Event Log
140
System BIOS
142
How to Change the Configuration Data
142
Starting the Setup Utility
142
Running Setup
143
Main BIOS Setup
144
Figure 5-1 Main BIOS Setup Menu
144
Main Setup Features
145
System Time
145
System Date
145
BIOS Date
145
Legacy Diskette a
145
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, SATA Port 3 and SATA Port 4
145
Type
145
Parallel ATA
147
Serial ATA
147
Native Mode Operation
147
Figure 5-2 Main BIOS Menu Setup Menu (2)
147
SATA Controller Mode
148
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable
148
ICH RAID Code Base (Available When SATA RAID Is Enabled)
148
SATA AHCI (Available When SATA RAID Is Disabled)
148
System Memory
148
Extended Memory
148
Advanced Setup
149
Boot Features
149
Quickboot Mode
149
Quietboot Mode
149
POST Errors
150
ACPI Mode
150
Power Button Behavior
150
Resume on Modem Ring
150
EFI os Boot
150
Keyboard on Now Function
150
Power Loss Control
150
Watch Dog
151
Summary Screen
151
Memory Cache
151
Cache System BIOS Area
151
Cache Video BIOS Area
151
Cache Base 0-512K
151
Cache Base 512K-640K
152
Cache Extended Memory
152
Discrete MTRR Allocation
152
Pcie Configuration
152
Onboard Glan1/Onboard GLAN2 (Gigabit- LAN) OPROM Configure
153
Default Primary Video Adapter
153
Emulated IRQ Solutions
153
Pcie I/O Performance
153
PCI Fast Delayed Transition
153
Reset Configuration Data
153
Frequency for PCI-X 1 and 2
153
PCI Slot Options
154
Large Disk Access Mode
154
Advanced Chipset Control
155
SERR Signal Condition
155
Clock Spectrum Feature
155
Intel VT for Directed I/O(VT-D)
155
4 GB Pcie Hole Granularity
156
Branch 0/1 Rank Interleaving
156
Branch 0/1 Rank Sparing
156
Demand Scrub
156
Enhanced X8 Detection
156
Memory Branch Mode
156
Memory Voltage
156
AMB Thermal Sensor
157
Force ITK Config Clocking
157
Global Activation Throttle
157
High Bandwidth FSB
157
High Temperature DRAM Operation
157
Thermal Throttle
157
Clock Spectrum Feature
158
Crystal Beach Features
158
High Precision Event Timer
158
Route Port 80H Cycles to
158
Snoop Filter
158
USB Function
158
Advanced Processor Options
159
CPU Speed
159
Frequency Ratio
159
Core-Multi-Processing
159
Machine Checking
159
Fast Strings Operations
159
Thermal Management 2
159
C1 Enhanced Mode
160
Execute Disable Bit
160
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
160
Hardware Prefetcher
160
Set Max Est CPUID = 3
160
IP Prefetcher
160
Direct Cache Access
160
DCA Delay Clocks
161
Intel Virtualization Technology
161
Intel EIST Support
161
Legacy USB Support
159
I/O Device Configuration
162
KBC Clock Input
162
Serial Port a
162
Serial Port B
162
Parallel Port
163
Floppy Disk Controller
163
Base I/O Address
163
DMI Event Logging
163
Event Log Validity
163
Event Log Capacity
163
View DMI Event Log
163
Event Logging
163
ECC Event Logging
163
Mark DMI Events as Read
164
Clear All DMI Event Logs
164
Console Redirection
164
COM Port Address
164
BAUD Rate
164
Console Type
164
Flow Control
164
Console Connection
164
Continue CR after POST
165
Hardware Monitor
165
Fan Speed Control Modes
166
Voltage Monitoring
166
Ipmi
167
IPMI Specification Version
167
Firmware Version
167
System Event Logging
167
Clear System Event Logging
167
Existing Event Log Number
167
Event Log Control
168
BIOS POST Watch Dog
168
OS Boot Watch Dog
168
Timer for Loading os (Minutes)
168
Time out Option
168
System Event Log/System Event Log (List Mode)
169
Realtime Sensor Data
170
Security
171
Supervisor Password Is
171
User Password Is
171
Set Supervisor Password
172
Set User Password
172
Password on Boot
172
Boot
173
Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders
173
Exit
174
Exit Saving Changes
174
Exit Discarding Changes
174
Load Setup Defaults
175
Discard Changes
175
Save Changes
175
BIOS POST Codes
177
Recoverable POST Errors
177
Terminal POST Errors
177
Table A-1 BIOS Post Codes
178
Figure B-1 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
188
Network Connection
190
Figure B-2 BMC Remote Console
191
Functions Listed on the Home Page
191
Remote Control
193
KVM Console
193
Figure B-3 Remote Console Screen
193
Remote Power
194
Virtual Media
194
CD-ROM Image
195
Figure B-4 CD-ROM Image
195
Drive Redirection
197
Figure B-5 Drive Redirection
197
Virtual Media Options
199
Figure B-6 Virtual Media Options
199
System Health
201
Chassis Control
201
Figure B-7 Chassis Control
201
Monitor Sensors
203
Figure B-8 Monitor Sensors
203
Table B-1 Health Monitoring Sensors
204
System Event Log
205
Alert Settings
206
Figure B-10 Alert Settings
206
User Management
207
Change Password
207
Users and Groups
208
Permissions
209
KVM Settings
210
User Console
210
Figure B-11 User Console Settings
211
Keyboard/Mouse
213
Figure B-12 Keyboard/Mouse Settings
213
Device Settings
215
Network
215
Figure B-13 Network Settings
215
Dynamic DNS
217
Figure B-14 Dynamic DNS Settings
217
Security
218
Figure B-15 Security Settings
219
Certificate
221
Figure B-16 Certificate Settings
221
Date and Time
223
Figure B-17 Date and Time Settings
223
Event Log
225
Figure B-18 Event Log
225
SNMP Settings
227
Figure B-19 SNMP Settings
227
Maintenance
228
Device Information
228
Figure B-20 Device Information
229
Event Log
230
Figure B-21 Event Log
230
Update Firmware
231
Unit Reset
231
Figure B-22 Update Firmware
231
Figure B-23 Unit Reset
232
Remote Console Main Page
233
Figure B-24 Remote Console Screen
233
Figure B-25 Remote Console Options
234
Remote Console Options
234
Log out
235
Manufacturer's Regulatory Declarations
237
Server Model Number
237
CE Notice and Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity
237
Electromagnetic Emissions
238
FCC Notice (USA Only)
238
Industry Canada Notice (Canada Only)
239
VCCI Class a Notice (Japan Only)
239
Shielded Cables
239
Electrostatic Discharge
239
Safety Compliance
240
Table D-1 System Specifications
241
Electrical Safety Precautions
245
Node Board Battery
246
Figure E-1 Install the Battery
246
General Safety Precautions
247
ESD Safety Precautions
248
Requirements
249
Setting up the Virtual Media Boot Feature
250
Booting the Virtual Media DOS Image
251
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