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Silicon Graphics SGI Altix 450 User Manual (198 pages)
Intel switch/hub User's Guide SGI Altix 450
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Silicon Graphics
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
5
List of Figures
11
List of Tables
15
About this Guide
17
Audience
17
Important Information
17
Chapter Descriptions
18
Related Publications
19
Conventions
21
Product Support
21
Reader Comments
22
1 System Installation
23
System Installation Overview
24
Safety Precautions
25
Hazard Statements
26
ESD Precautions
26
Safety Measures
27
Installing a Rack
28
Preinstallation Activities
28
Site Plan Verification
28
Table 1-1 Installation Tools
29
Tools Required
29
Power Receptacle Verification
30
Figure 1-1 30-Amp Single-Phase Power Receptacle for North American Sites
31
Figure 1-2 32-Amp Single-Phase Power Plug for International Sites
33
Figure 1-3 Dimensions of Tall Rack Shipping Crate
35
Figure 1-4 Dimensions of Short Rack Shipping Crate
36
Figure 1-5 Removing a Short Rack from the Shipping Crate
39
Unpacking and Installing the Tall Rack
40
Unloading and Moving System Equipment
34
Unloading the Equipment from the Truck
34
Transporting the Shipping Crate
37
Figure 1-6 Removing a Tall Rack from the Shipping Crate
41
Figure 1-8 Leveling Bolts
43
Figure 1-9 Seismic Tie-Down Attachment Points
44
Unpacking and Inspecting Modules
44
Figure 1-10 IRU Connection Plate for Desktop Systems
45
Determining Space Requirements
46
Installing the Irus in a Rack
46
Table 1-2 IRU Space Requirements
46
Determining Where to Attach Rails in a Rack
47
Figure 1-11 Mounting Hole Pattern of Rack Rails
47
Figure 1-12 Installing the Shelf Rails in the Rack
48
Rackmounting Irus with Shelf Rails
48
Figure 1-13 Securing the Module to the Front of the Rack
49
Removing a Rackmounted IRU Module
50
Numalink Cabling the System Irus
51
Figure 1-14 Numalink Cabling an IRU to an Additional IRU
52
Cabling the System Irus to a Power Source
53
Connecting an IRU Module to a Power Source (no Rack)
53
Figure 1-15 Power-Supply Connectors on the IRU Module
54
Figure 1-16 Connecting an Unracked IRU System to a Power Source
55
Connecting System Modules to a Rack Power Source
56
Figure 1-17 Connecting Multiple Modules to a PDU
56
Figure 1-18 Optional Three-Phase PDU Example
57
Connecting the System Console
58
Figure 1-19 Location of the L1 Console Port
59
Operating Your System
60
Powering the System on and off
60
Preparing to Power on
60
Figure 1-20 PDU Circuit Breakers Example
61
Powering on with Optional System Console and L1/L2 Controller
61
Figure 1-21 Location of the Power Button
63
Powering on Manually or with L1 Console
63
Powering off at the System Console
64
Powering off Manually
65
Figure 1-22 L1 Front Panel Functions
66
L1 Front Panel Controls
66
Operating the L1 Controller
67
Removing a Short Rack from the Shipping Crate
38
Figure 1-7 Reattaching the Tall Rack Doors
42
Positioning and Leveling Racks
43
Inspecting the Shipping Crate
36
2 Operation Procedures
69
Precautions
69
ESD Precaution
69
Safety Precautions
70
System Controller Network
71
Connecting to the System Controller
72
Console Connections
72
Communicating with the System Controller
73
Powering the System on and off
73
Figure 2-1 IRU Power Supply Cable Location Example
74
Preparing to Power on
74
Figure 2-2 Single-Phase Rack PDU Circuit Breaker Switches
75
Figure 2-3 IRU L1 Controller Display Location Example
79
Figure 2-4 2D Graphics Card Location in IA2 Blade
81
Installing Optional Components
81
I/O Blade Overview
82
Adding or Removing Disk Drives
83
Reconfigure the System Disk Drive(S) for RAID 1
83
Monitoring Your Server
79
2D Graphics Video Interface
80
Powering on and off at the Console
76
Powering on and off from the L1
76
Powering-On and off from the L2
78
Using Embedded Support Partner (ESP)
78
3 System Overview
89
Figure 3-1 SGI Altix 450 System (Short Rack)
90
Figure 3-3 Blade, IRU and Rack Components
92
Figure 3-4 Functional Block Diagram of the Individual Rack Unit (IRU)
93
Figure 3-5 Altix 450 IRU System Components Example
99
Optional System Components
100
System Features
94
Distributed Shared Memory (DSM)
94
Modularity and Scalability
94
Cache Coherency
95
Ccnuma Architecture
95
Distributed Shared I/O
95
Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)
96
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
96
System Components
98
Bay (Unit) Numbering
99
Rack Numbering
99
System Models
90
Figure 3-2 SGI Altix 450 Server System (Tall Rack)
91
System Architecture
92
4 System Control
101
Figure 4-1 SGI Altix 450 System Control Network (Example)
102
Figure 4-2 L1 Front Panel
104
Figure 4-3 Ethernet Switch System Controller Block Diagram (Example)
105
Console Hardware Requirements
106
Operating the L1
106
L1 Mode
107
Command Targeting
108
Viewing System Configuration (from an Iru's Perspective)
108
Console Mode from L1
109
L1 Console Selection
110
Configuring an L2'S IP Address
111
L2 Operation
111
Viewing Information, Warnings, and Error Messages
111
Viewing System Configuration
113
Setting Command Targeting
114
Powering On, Powering Off, and Resetting the System from the L2
116
Viewing Information, Warnings, and Error Messages
116
Console Mode from the L2
117
Console Selection
118
L1 Mode from L2
120
Upgrading L1 Firmware
121
Ethernet Switch
105
Levels of System Control
102
L1 Controller
103
L1 Controller Functions
104
L1 Front Panel Display
104
System Controller Interaction
103
5 Rack Information
123
Overview
123
Altix 42U and 20U Rack Features
124
Figure 5-1 Tall (42U) Altix Rack and Front Lock
125
Figure 5-2 Short (20U) Altix Rack (Rear View)
126
Table 5-1 Tall Altix Rack Technical Specifications
126
Table 5-2 Short Altix Rack Technical Specifications
126
Technical Specifications
126
6 Maintenance and Upgrade Procedures
129
Maintenance Precautions and Procedures
129
Preparing the System for Maintenance or Upgrade
130
Returning the System to Operation
130
Installing or Removing Internal Parts
131
Table 6-1 Customer-Replaceable Components and Maintenance Procedures
131
Replacing IRU Components
132
Remove and Replace the System Control Display Panel
132
Figure 6-1 Removing the L1 Controller Panel
133
Figure 6-2 Replacing the L1 Controller Panel
134
Figure 6-3 Removing an IRU Power Supply
135
Figure 6-4 Replacing an IRU Power Supply
136
Removing and Replacing IRU Fans (Blowers)
136
Figure 6-5 IRU Fan Assembly (Blowers)
137
Figure 6-6 Removing a Fan from the IRU
138
Figure 6-8 Removing a Compute/Memory Blade from the IRU
141
Figure 6-9 Replacing a Compute/Memory Blade in the IRU
142
Memory DIMM Group Placement and Guidelines
143
Figure 6-10 DIMM Group Locations Diagram
144
Figure 6-11 DIMM Memory Slot Location Example
145
Remove and Replace the DVD Drive
145
Figure 6-12 DVD Removal from IA Blade
147
Figure 6-13 DVD Drive Replacement in the IA Blade
148
Figure 6-14 Comparison of PCI/PCI-X Connector with PCI Express Connectors
149
Overview of PCI Express Operation
149
Adding or Replacing PCI/PCI-X Cards
150
Table 6-2 SGI Pcie Support Levels
150
Figure 6-15 Removing a Card Carrier from the Three-Slot Blade
151
Installing PCI Cards in the Three-Slot Blade
151
Figure 6-7 Replacing an IRU Fan
139
Removing and Replacing a Compute/Memory Blade
140
Removing or Replacing a System Blade from the IRU
140
Removing or Adding IRU Power Supplies
135
Figure 6-16 Extracting the Carrier Metal Filler Plate
152
Figure 6-17 Adjusting the Carrier Guide Bar
153
Figure 6-18 Mounting Card in Carrier
154
Figure 6-19 Mounting Half-Height PCI Card into Carrier
155
Figure 6-20 Moving Carrier Guide Bar to Secure Half-Height PCI Card
155
Figure 6-22 Installing a Card in a Slot
157
Figure 6-24 Removing the Card Access Panel from the IA Blade
158
Figure 6-25 Replacing the IA Blade PCI Access Door
159
Figure 6-26 Location of Disk Drive Bays
160
Installing or Replacing a Disk Drive in the IA Blade
160
Figure 6-27 Removing a Disk Drive
161
Installing a System Disk Drive
162
Figure 6-28 Replacing a Disk Drive
163
Removing a System Disk Drive
161
Figure 6-21 Installing the Bracket to Secure a Half-Height PCI Card
156
Figure 6-23 Seating the Card in the Slot
157
Add or Remove a PCI Card in Base IA Blades
158
7 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
165
Troubleshooting Chart
166
Table 7-1 Troubleshooting Chart
166
L1 Controller Error Messages
167
Table 7-2 L1 Controller Messages
167
LED Status Indicators
169
IRU Power Supply Leds
169
IRU Numalink Router Port Leds
169
Table 7-3 Power Supply LED States
169
Compute/Memory Blade Leds
170
SGI Electronic Support
171
Figure 7-1 Compute Blade Status LED Locations
171
Figure 7-2 Full Support Sequence
172
Technical Specifications and Pinouts
175
System-Level Specifications
175
Table A-1 Altix 450 System Configuration Ranges
175
Physical Specifications
176
Table A-2 Altix 450 Tall Rack System Physical Specifications
176
Table A-3 Altix 450 Short Rack System Physical Specifications
177
Environmental Specifications
178
Table A-4 Environmental Specifications (42U Rack)
178
Power Specifications
179
Table A-5 Environmental Specifications (20U Rack)
179
Table A-6 Power Specifications
179
I/O Port Specifications
180
Ethernet Port
181
Figure A-1 Ethernet Port
181
Figure A-2 Serial Port Connector
182
Figure A-3 Pin Number Locations for External SAS/SATA Port
184
Table A-9 SAS/SATA Pin Assignments
184
Figure A-4 Pin Number Locations for USB Type a Connector
185
Table A-10 Pin Assignments for USB Type a Connector
185
USB Type a Connector
185
Serial Ports
182
Table A-8 Serial Port Pinout
183
External SAS/SATA Port Connector
184
Table A-7 Ethernet Pinouts
181
Safety Information and Regulatory Specifications
187
Safety Information
187
Regulatory Specifications
189
CMN Number
189
CE Notice and Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity
189
Electromagnetic Emissions
190
FCC Notice (USA Only)
190
Chinese Class a Regulatory Notice
191
Industry Canada Notice (Canada Only)
191
Korean Class a Regulatory Notice
191
VCCI Notice (Japan Only)
191
Shielded Cables
192
Electrostatic Discharge
192
Laser Compliance Statements
193
Lithium Battery Statements
194
Figure B-1 VCCI Notice (Japan Only)
191
Figure B-2 Chinese Class a Regulatory Notice
191
Figure B-3 Korean Class a Regulatory Notice
191
Index
195
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