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Silicon Graphics InfiniteStorage 3500 User Manual (106 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
17
Audience
17
Related Publications
18
Conventions
19
Product Support
19
1 Introduction and System Components Overview
21
Figure 1-1 ISS3500 Server Front Panel
21
Figure 1-2 ISS3500 Serverboard Block Diagram
23
Components
24
Chassis and Hard Drive Bays
24
Fans
24
Mounting Rails
25
Power Supply
25
Air Shroud
25
Racks
24
Memory Support
25
Quickpath Interconnect
25
Disk RAID Support
26
RAID 0 (Striping)
27
RAID 1 (Mirrored)
27
RAID 5 (Parity)
27
RAID 6 (Dual Parity)
27
RAID 10 (Mirrored Stripes)
27
RAID 50 (Striping with Parity)
27
RAID 60 (Striping with Dual Parity)
28
System Safety
29
Electrical Safety Precautions
29
PCI Subsystem
26
Figure 2-1 Installing the Onboard Battery
30
General Safety Precautions
30
ESD Precautions
31
3 Installing the ISS3500 System in a Rack
33
Unpack the System
33
Prepare for Setup
33
Choose a Setup Location
33
Warnings and Precautions
34
Rack Precautions
34
Server Precautions
35
Rack Mounting Considerations
35
Ambient Operating Temperature
35
Reduced Airflow
35
Mechanical Loading
35
Circuit Overloading
36
Reliable Ground
36
Install the System into a Rack
36
Separate the Sections of the Rack Rails
36
Outer Rack Rails
37
Figure 3-1 Separating and Installing the Rack Rails
37
Figure 3-2 Square-To-Round Hole Adapter for 2U Quick Attach Rails
38
Figure 3-3 Square-To-Round Hole Adapter Clipped Onto the Rail Set
38
Install the Outer Rails to the Rack
38
Install the Inner Rail Extension
39
Figure 3-4 Installing the Inner Rail Extensions
39
Install the Inner Rails
39
Install the Server in a Rack
40
Figure 3-5 Installing the Server in a Rack
40
Check the Node Board Setup
41
Removing the Chassis Cover
41
Check the Cpus (Processors)
42
Check the System Memory
42
Figure 3-6 Removing the Chassis Cover
42
Install Expansion PCI Cards
43
Check All Cable Connections and Airflow
43
Check the Drive Bay Setup
43
Check the System Disk Drives
43
Figure 3-7 Disk Drives - Front Panel
43
Check the Airflow
44
Figure 3-8 Disk Drives - Rear Panel
44
Supply Power to the System
44
4 Chassis Setup and Maintenance
45
Static-Sensitive Device
46
Precautions
46
Unpacking
46
Removing the Chassis Cover
46
Installing the Hard Drives
47
Figure 4-1 Removing the Hard Drive Carriers
47
Removing the Hard Drive Carriers from the Chassis
48
Figure 4-2 Removing the Dummy Drive from the Carrier
49
Installing a Hard Drive into the Hard Drive Carrier
49
Figure 4-3 Installing a Drive into a Hard Drive Carrier
50
DIMM Slot Population
51
DIMM Module Placement for Optimal Performance
51
Table 4-1 DIMM Population with Only CPU1 Installed
51
Table 4-2 DIMM Population with Only CPU2 Installed
51
Table 4-3 DIMM Population with both CPU1 and CPU2 Installed
51
DIMM Module Types and Optimal Configuration
52
Table 4-4 DIMM Slots and DIMM Types
52
Table 4-5 Possible System Memory Allocation and Availability
53
PCI Expansion Slots
54
Figure 4-4 Rear Panel
54
Installing an Add-On or Expansion Card
55
Chassis Maintenance
56
System Fans
56
Figure 4-5 System Fan
56
Figure 4-6 Replacing a Fan
57
Replacing a System Fan
57
Checking the System Air Flow
58
Power Supply
58
Replacing the Power Supply
59
5 System Monitoring
61
Overview
61
Figure 5-1 Control Panel Interface
61
Control Panel Buttons
62
Figure 5-2 Sysem Reset Button
62
Figure 5-3 System Power on Button
62
Control Panel Leds
63
Power
63
Hdd
63
Figure 5-4 Power on LED
63
Figure 5-5 Hard Drive Activity LED
63
Nic1
64
Nic2
64
Overheat/Fan Fail
64
Figure 5-6 LAN1 Network Activity NIC1 LED
64
Figure 5-7 LAN2 Network Activity NIC2 LED
64
Figure 5-8 Overheat/Fan Fail LED
64
Power Fail
65
SATA Drive Carrier Leds
65
Figure 5-9 Power Fail LED
65
Bios
67
Starting BIOS Setup Utility
67
How to Change the Configuration Data
68
Starting the Setup Utility
68
Main Setup
68
System Time/System Update
69
Figure 6-1 System Overview Main BIOS Setup Screen
69
Serverboard
70
Processor
70
System Memory
70
Advanced Setup Configurations
71
Figure 6-2 Advanced Settings Screen
71
Boot Features
72
Addon ROM Display Mode
72
Bootup Num-Lock
72
Hit 'Del' Message Display
72
Quick Boot
72
Quiet Boot
72
Wait for 'F1' if Error
72
Interrupt 19 Capture
73
Power Configuration
73
Power Button Function
73
Restore on AC Power Loss
73
Watch Dog Timer
73
Processor and Clock Options
74
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Available When Supported by the CPU)
74
C1E Support
74
Hardware Prefetcher (Available When Supported by the CPU)
74
MPS and ACPI MADT Ordering
74
Ratio CMOS Setting
74
Active Processor Cores
75
Execute-Disable Bit Capability (Available When Supported by the os and the CPU)
75
Intel EIST Technology
75
Intel Virtualization Technology (Available When Supported by the CPU)
75
Max CPUID Value Limit (Available When Supported by the CPU)
75
Simultaneous Multi-Threading (Available When Supported by the CPU)
75
Intel Turbomode Technology (Available When Intel EIST Technology Is Enabled)
76
Intel C-STATE Tech
76
C-State Package Limit Setting (Available When Intel® C-State Tech Is Enabled)
76
C1 Auto Demotion
76
C3 Auto Demotion
76
Clock Spread Spectrum
76
Advanced Chipset Control
77
CPU Bridge Configuration
77
North Bridge Configuration
79
Crystal Beach/Direct Memory Access (DMA)
79
Crystal Beach/ Direct Cache Access (DCA)
79
Payload Size
79
Intel VT-D
80
Active State Power Management
80
Southbridge Configuration
80
USB Functions
80
Legacy USB Support
80
I/O Virtualization
80
SR-IOV Supported
80
IDE and SATA Configuration
81
SATA#1 Configuration
81
IDE Detect Timeout (Sec)
81
Pci/Pnp Configuration
82
Clear NVRAM
82
Plug & Play os
82
PCI Latency Timer
82
PCI IDE Busmaster
82
Slot 1 Option ROM - Slot 7 Option ROM
82
Lan1 Pxe/Lan2 Pxe
82
Super IO Device Configuration
83
Onboard Floppy Controller
83
Floppy A/Floppy B
83
Serial Port1 Address/ Serial Port2 Address
83
Serial Port 2 Mode
83
Remote Access Configuration
84
Remote Access
84
Hardware Health Monitor
85
CPU Overheat Alarm
85
CPU Temperature/System Temperature
86
System Fan Monitor
87
ACPI Configuration
88
ACPI APIC Support
88
ACPI Version Features
88
Apic Acpi Sci Irq
88
Headless Mode
88
High Performance Event Timer
88
NUMA Support
88
IPMI Configuration
89
IPMI Firmware Revision
89
Status of BMC
89
View BMC System Event Log
89
Clear BMC System Event Log
90
Set LAN Configuration
90
IP Address Configuration
90
IP Address Source
90
Parameter Selector
90
Current IP Address in BMC
91
IP Address
91
MAC Address Configuration
91
Current Mac Address in BMC
91
Mac Address
91
Parameter Selector
91
Subnet Mask Configuration
92
Clear Event Log
92
DMI Event Log
92
Mark All Events as Read
92
Parameter Selector
92
Security Settings
92
Subnet Mask
92
View Event Log
92
Boot Configuration
95
Boot Device Priority
95
CD/DVD Drives
96
Hard Disk Drives
96
Removable Drives
96
Exit Options
97
Save Changes and Exit
97
Discard Changes
98
Discard Changes and Exit
98
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
98
Load Optimal Defaults
98
7 Troubleshooting
99
Losing the System's Setup Configuration
100
No Power
100
No Video
100
Memory Errors
101
BIOS Error Codes
103
Table A-1 BIOS Error Codes
103
System Drivers
105
SGI Driver Updates
105
Novell Driver Updates
105
Red hat Driver Updates
105
Using Megaraid Drivers on SGI Infinitestorage Servers
106
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