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Using This Guide

Text Conventions.................................................................................................................. x

Related Documents .............................................................................................................. xi

Safety Notices.....................................................................................................................xii

General Notices..............................................................................................................xii

Safety Notices for Users Outside of the U.S.A. and Canada........................................xiii

Fire Related Notices...................................................................................................... xiv

Shock Related Notices................................................................................................... xv

Rack-mount Related Notices ........................................................................................ xvi

Care and Handling.............................................................................................................xvii

1. System Overview

Overview............................................................................................................................ 1-2

System Chassis................................................................................................................... 1-4

Top View ......................................................................................................................1-4

Front View (Bezel Installed).........................................................................................1-5

Front View (Bezel Removed) .......................................................................................1-6

Front Panel Switches, Connectors and LED Indicators................................................1-7

Rear View ..................................................................................................................... 1-8

Internal View .............................................................................................................. 1-10

Electronics Bay........................................................................................................... 1-11

Status LED Indicator Descriptions .............................................................................1-12

System Board Set............................................................................................................. 1-15

System Board Set Features...............................................................................................1-18

Intel Xeon Processor...................................................................................................1-18

System Memory..........................................................................................................1-18

I/O Expansion Slots ....................................................................................................1-18

Real-Time Clock/Calendar .........................................................................................1-18

BIOS ........................................................................................................................... 1-18

Controllers...................................................................................................................1-19

IDE Controller.....................................................................................................1-19

Keyboard and Mouse Controller......................................................................... 1-19

Network Interface Controller..............................................................................1-19

SCSI Controller...................................................................................................1-20

Video Controller..................................................................................................1-20

Peripheral Controller........................................................................................... 1-20

System Board Management Controller (BMC) .................................................. 1-20

External Device Connectors........................................................................................1-21

System Power................................................................................................................... 1-22

Peripheral Bays................................................................................................................1-22

Disk Array........................................................................................................................1-23

Automatic Rebuilding Function..................................................................................1-24

Expand Capacity Function..........................................................................................1-24

System Functions.............................................................................................................1-25

Hot Swapping..............................................................................................................1-25

Hot Plug PCI............................................................................................................... 1-25

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Fans .............................................................................................................................1-25

Sleep Mode..................................................................................................................1-26

ACPI............................................................................................................................1-26

AC Link Mode.............................................................................................................1-26

Remote Power-On (Wake On LAN) Function............................................................1-27

Reconfiguration...........................................................................................................1-27

SAF-TE Logic.............................................................................................................1-27

System Security................................................................................................................1-27

Security with Mechanical Locks and Monitoring.......................................................1-28

Software Locks via the BIOS Setup Utility ................................................................1-28

2. Setting Up the System

Overview ............................................................................................................................2-2

Selecting a Site...................................................................................................................2-2

Unpacking the System........................................................................................................2-3

Rack-Mount Subsystem Assembly.....................................................................................2-4

Unpacking the Rack Mounting Hardware.....................................................................2-4

Before You Begin..........................................................................................................2-5

Static Precautions..........................................................................................................2-6

Assembly.......................................................................................................................2-6

Mounting the Server in the Rack Cabinet...................................................................2-14

Installing the Cable Arm Assembly ............................................................................2-16

Removing the Server from the Rack ................................................................................2-22

Making Connections.........................................................................................................2-24

Connection to External SCSI Devices..............................................................................2-26

Connecting Power Cord....................................................................................................2-27

Turning On the Server......................................................................................................2-29

Resetting the Server..........................................................................................................2-30

Forced Shutdown..............................................................................................................2-31

3. Configuring Your System

Configuring Your System...................................................................................................3-2

BIOS Setup Utility..............................................................................................................3-3

Using the BIOS Setup Utility........................................................................................3-3

BIOS Setup Configuration Settings...............................................................................3-4

Main Menu....................................................................................................................3-5

Processor Settings Submenu..................................................................................3-6

Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave Submenu...............................................3-7

Advanced Menu ............................................................................................................3-8

Memory Configuration Submenu..........................................................................3-9

PCI Configuration Submenu.................................................................................3-9

Hot-plug PCI Control Submenu..........................................................................3-10

Empty Bus Default Speed Submenu....................................................................3-10

Embedded SCSI/Embedded NIC/Embedded Video Controller Submenu..........3-10

PCI Slot 1 – PCI Slot 8 Submenu........................................................................3-11

I/O Device Configuration Submenu....................................................................3-12

Advanced Chipset Control Submenu...................................................................3-13

PCI Device Submenu...........................................................................................3-13

Security Menu.............................................................................................................3-14

Security Menu (continued)..........................................................................................3-15

Server Menu................................................................................................................3-16

Server Menu (continued).............................................................................................3-17

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System Management Submenu...........................................................................3-18

Console Redirection Submenu............................................................................3-19

Boot Menu .................................................................................................................. 3-20

Exit Menu....................................................................................................................3-21

SCSISelect Utility............................................................................................................ 3-22

Running the SCSISelect Utility..................................................................................3-22

Adaptec SCSI Utility Configuration Settings............................................................. 3-23

Exiting Adaptec SCSI Utility......................................................................................3-24

Configuring Optional SCSI Controller Boards...........................................................3-24

SCSI Disk Utilities........................................................................................................... 3-25

Configuring the RAID Controller.................................................................................... 3-26

Configuring System Jumpers...........................................................................................3-27

Before You Begin.......................................................................................................3-27

System Board Jumper Block.......................................................................................3-27

Moving System Jumpers............................................................................................. 3-28

Clearing CMOS .......................................................................................................... 3-29

Clearing the Password.................................................................................................3-30

4. Upgrading Your System

Precautions......................................................................................................................... 4-3

Preparing Your System for Upgrade..................................................................................4-5

Equipment Log...................................................................................................................4-5

Preparing for Installation and Removal..............................................................................4-5

Hard Disk Drives................................................................................................................4-7

Installation.....................................................................................................................4-8

Removal......................................................................................................................4-11

Considerations.............................................................................................................4-11

Power Supply Unit........................................................................................................... 4-12

Installation...................................................................................................................4-12

Replacing a Failing Power Supply Unit...................................................................... 4-14

Extending the Server from the Rack................................................................................4-16

Front Access Cover..........................................................................................................4-18

Removal......................................................................................................................4-18

Installation...................................................................................................................4-19

5.25-inch Peripheral Device............................................................................................. 4-19

Installation Considerations..........................................................................................4-19

Installation...................................................................................................................4-20

Removal......................................................................................................................4-22

Rear Access Cover........................................................................................................... 4-23

Removal......................................................................................................................4-23

Installation...................................................................................................................4-23

CPU Access Cover...........................................................................................................4-24

Removal......................................................................................................................4-24

Installation...................................................................................................................4-25

PCI Board......................................................................................................................... 4-26

RAID Controller Considerations................................................................................4-27

Optional Devices and Available Slots ........................................................................4-28

Onboard LAN Controller Considerations...................................................................4-28

Non-hot-plug PCI Boards...........................................................................................4-29

Installation...........................................................................................................4-29

Removal ..............................................................................................................4-31

Hot-plug PCI Board.................................................................................................... 4-31

Requirements for Hot Add..................................................................................4-32

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Status Lamps .......................................................................................................4-32

Hot Add...............................................................................................................4-33

Hot Remove.........................................................................................................4-36

Hot Replace.........................................................................................................4-40

Memory Board..................................................................................................................4-46

Removal.......................................................................................................................4-46

Installation...................................................................................................................4-47

DIMMs.............................................................................................................................4-48

Installation...................................................................................................................4-49

Removal.......................................................................................................................4-51

Processor Board Air Duct.................................................................................................4-52

Removal.......................................................................................................................4-52

Installation...................................................................................................................4-53

Processor Board................................................................................................................4-54

Removal.......................................................................................................................4-54

Installation...................................................................................................................4-55

Processor (CPU)...............................................................................................................4-56

Installation...................................................................................................................4-57

Removing a Processor.................................................................................................4-61

5. Problem Solving

Problem Solving.................................................................................................................5-2

Static Precautions ...............................................................................................................5-2

Troubleshooting Checklists................................................................................................5-3

Initial System Startup....................................................................................................5-3

Running New Application Software .............................................................................5-4

After System Has Been Running Correctly...................................................................5-5

Diagnostic Procedures........................................................................................................5-6

Error Checking..............................................................................................................5-6

Troubleshooting Guide..................................................................................................5-6

Preparing the System for Diagnosing Problems....................................................5-6

Monitoring POST..................................................................................................5-7

Verifying Proper Operation of Key System Indicators.........................................5-8

Confirming Loading of the Operating System......................................................5-8

Specific Problems and Corrective Actions.........................................................................5-9

Power LED Does Not Light..........................................................................................5-9

Incorrect or No Beep Code............................................................................................5-9

No Characters Appear on Screen................................................................................5-10

Characters are Distorted or Incorrect ..........................................................................5-10

System Cooling Fans Do Not Rotate...........................................................................5-10

Diskette Drive Activity LED Does Not Light.............................................................5-11

CD-ROM Drive Activity Light Does Not Light .........................................................5-11

Problems with Application Software...........................................................................5-11

Bootable CD-ROM Is Not Detected............................................................................5-12

Problems with the Network..............................................................................................5-12

Plug and Play Installation Tips.........................................................................................5-12

Error Messages.................................................................................................................5-13

POST Error Codes and Messages................................................................................5-13

Fans......................................................................................................................5-24

Processors (CPUs)...............................................................................................5-24

Memory ...............................................................................................................5-24

How to Identify BIOS and BMC Revision Levels...........................................................5-25

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A. Technical Specifications

Server Unit........................................................................................................................A-2

B. Interrupt Request/ PCI IRQ Device/ I/O Port Address Assignment

Interrupt Request Assignments ......................................................................................... B-2

PCI IRQ Device Assignments........................................................................................... B-3

I/O Port Address Assignments.......................................................................................... B-5

Glossary

Equipment Log

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Using This Guide

The Express5800/140Rc-4 Server User’s Guide provides a quick reference to information about your server system. Its goal is to familiarize you with your system and the tasks necessary for system configuring and upgrading.

This guide contains the following information:

! Chapter 1, “System Overview” provides an overview of your system and describes your

system’s major system components. See this chapter to familiarize yourself with your system.

! Chapter 2, “Setting Up Your System” tells you how to select a site, unpack the system,

make cable connections, and how to use your system.

! Chapter 3, “Configuring Your System” tells you how to configure the system and

provides instructions for running the BIOS Setup Utility and the SCSISelect Configuration Utility, which is used to configure SCSI devices in your system. This chapter also provides information on system board jumper settings.

! Chapter 4, “Upgrading Your System” provides you with instructions for upgrading your

system with additional processors, optional memory, options cards, peripheral devices, and redundant power supply.

! Chapter 5, “Problem Solving” contains helpful information for solving problems that

might occur with your system.

! Appendix A, “Technical Specifications” provides specifications for your server system. ! Appendix B, “Interrupt Request/PCI IRQ Device/I/O Port Address Assignments"

provides the Interrupt Requests (IRQs), PCI IRQ device, and I/O port addresses that are assigned by the factory for this system. These values can be used for reference when installing an optional device.

! “Glossary” defines the standard acronyms and technical terms used in this manual. ! “Equipment Log” provides you with a sample equipment log for documenting the

system configuration and future updates you may make to your system.

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Text Conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions.

Warnings, cautions, and notes have the following meanings:

Warnings alert you to situations that could result in serious personal injury or loss of life.

Cautions indicate situations that can damage the system hardware or software.

Note: Notes give important information about the material being described.

! Names of keyboard keys are printed as they appear on the keyboard. For example, Ctrl,

Alt, or Enter.

WARNING

CAUTION

! Text or keystrokes that you enter appear as boldface type. For example, type abc123 and

press ENTER.

! File names are printed in uppercase letters. For example, AUTOEXEC.BAT.

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Safety Notices

General Notices

Lithium batteries can be dangerous. Improper handling of lithium batteries may result in an explosion. Dispose of lithium batteries as required by local ordinance. Replace only with the same or equivalent type battery.

The CD-ROM drive uses a laser beam. Do not look or insert a mirror inside while the system is on. A laser beam is invisible; if your eyes get exposed to it, there is a risk of losing your eyesight.

This equipment uses 3-wire, grounded power cords. To prevent electrical hazards, do not remove or defeat the ground prong on the power cords. Replace a power cord if it gets damaged. The detachable power supply cords are intended to serve as the disconnect devices. Contact your dealer for an exact replacement.

The DC push-button on/off switch does not turn off the system AC power. Also, +5vdc is present within the system whenever the AC power cords are connected between the system and an AC outlet. Before doing the procedures in this manual, make sure that your system is powered off and unplug the AC power cords from the back of the chassis. Failure to disconnect power before opening your system can result in personal injury and/or equipment damage.

WARNING

Under no circumstances should you attempt to disassemble a power supply. The power supply has no user-replaceable parts. Inside the power supply are hazardous voltages that can cause serious personal injury. A defective power supply must be returned to your dealer.

Never connect the ground wire to a gas pipe. There is a risk of a gas explosion. The equipment weighs around 60 to 70 kg (depending on its hardware

configuration). If you carry it alone, injuries may result. It takes at least four people to carry it; hold the equipment firmly by its bottom. Do not hold the front bezel, or it may become detached, causing an injury.

Immediately after powering off the system, components such as CPU processor heat sinks and hard disk drives may be very hot. Wait for the server to cool down completely before adding/removing components.

Do not attempt to remove a device while it is in operation. Device malfunction or personal injury may result.

Be careful not to get your fingers or hair caught in cooling fans located in the back of a running server.

! Be sure to power off the equipment and unplug its power cords from the wall outlet

before installation/relocation. All voltage is removed only when the power cords are unplugged.

! Turn off your cellular phone or pager when you use the equipment. Their radio waves

may cause the equipment to malfunction.

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! Do not use damaged power cords. (Replace it with a new one of the same type.) ! In the U.S.A. and Canada, the power cord must be a UL-listed detachable power cord (in

Canada, CSA-certified), type ST or SJT, 16 AWG, 3-conductor, provided with a molded-on NEMA type 5-15 P plug cap at one end and a molded-on cord connector body at the other end. The cord length must not exceed 9 feet (2.7 meters).

! Outside the U.S.A. and Canada, the plug must be rated for 250 VAC, 10 amp minimum,

and must display an international agency approval marking. The cord must be suitable for use in the end-user country. Consult your dealer or the local electrical authorities if you are unsure of the type of power cord to use in your country. The voltage change occurs via a switch in the power supply.

Safety Notices for Users Outside of the U.S.A. and Canada

! PELV (Protected Extra-Low Voltage) Integrity: To ensure the extra-low voltage

integrity of the equipment, connect only equipment with mains-protected electricallycompatible circuits to the external ports.

! Remote Earths: To prevent electrical shock, connect all local (individual office)

computers and computer support equipment to the same electrical circuit of the building wiring. If you are unsure, check the building wiring to avoid remote earth conditions.

! Earth Bonding: For safe operation, only connect the equipment to a building supply

that is in accordance with current wiring regulations in your country. In the U.K., those regulations are the IEE.

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Fire Related Notices

To prevent fires, and damage to the equipment and supply wiring, make sure that the rated load of the power branch circuit is not exceeded. Equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern. For more information on installation and wiring of power-related facilities, contact your electrician or local power company.

If the equipment emits smoke, odor, or noise, immediately turn off the POWER switch, unplug the cord, and contact your sales agent. There may be a risk of a fire.

Use a wall outlet with the specified voltage rating and power type. Otherwise, there is a risk of a fire or current leakage.

Avoid installing the equipment where you may need to use an extension cord. If you use a cord that does not meet power specifications, there is a risk of overheating that could lead to a fire.

Insert the plug firmly into an outlet. Otherwise, there is a risk of heat or fire due to poor contact. If dust settles on the slots and it absorbs moisture, there is also a risk of heat or fire.

CAUTION

Use only the supplied power cords. If the rated current of the power cord is exceeded, there is a risk of a fire. Also observe the following prohibitions to prevent damage to cords:

Do not pull on the cord. Do not pinch the cord. Do not bend the cord. Keep chemicals away from the cord. Do not twist the cord. Do not place any object on the cord. Do not bundle several cords. Do not alter, modify, or repair the cord. Do not staple the cord.

Use only interface cables designed for your server. Identify which component or connector to attach beforehand. If you use a wrong cable or make a wrong connection, there is a risk of short-circuit that could lead to a fire. You also have to observe the following prohibitions about handling and connecting interface cables:

Do not use any damaged cable connector. Do not step on the cables. Disconnect the power plug from the outlet occasionally and clean the plug with a dry cloth. Heat will be generated if condensation is formed on a dusty plug, which may cause a fire.

Firmly install all power cords, interface cables and/or boards. An incompletely installed component may cause a contact failure, resulting in fire and/or smoke.

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Shock Related Notices

Do not insert a wire or metal objects into a vent or disk drive slot. There is a risk of an electric shock.

Do not let water or foreign objects (e.g., pins or paper clips) enter the equipment. There is a risk of a fire, electric shock, and breakdown. When such objects accidentally enter the equipment, immediately turn off the power and unplug the cord. Contact your sales agent instead of trying to disassemble it yourself.

Do not plug/unplug a power cord with a wet hand. There is a risk of an electric shock.

Make sure to power off the server and unplug the power cord from a power outlet before installing/removing any optional internal device or connecting/disconnecting any interface cable to/from the server. If the server is powered off, but its power cord is plugged to a power source, touching an internal device, cable, or connector may cause an electric shock or a fire.

Unless described herein, never attempt to disassemble, repair, or alter the equipment. There is a risk of an electric shock or fire as well as malfunction.

You may want to unplug the equipment if a thunderstorm is eminent. Do NOT touch the equipment and cables during a thunderstorm in your area. There is a risk of a fire or electric shock.

WARNING

Make sure to power off the server and disconnect the power plug from a power outlet before cleaning or installing/removing internal optional devices. Touching any internal device of the server with its power cord connected to a power source may cause an electric shock even of the server is off-powered.

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Rack-mount Related Notices

To avoid a risk of injuries, users should not attempt to install the equipment into a rack. Installation should be performed by trained maintenance personnel.

It takes at least two people to carry or maneuver a rack. Otherwise, it may be dropped and cause injuries or damage to physical assets. A tall rack (such as 44U rack) is quite unstable, especially when not fixed by stabilizers.

For stability and to distribute the weight, attach stabilizers or install two or more racks together. Otherwise, the rack may topple over and cause injuries.

It takes at least two people to mount doors and trays to a rack. Otherwise, parts may be dropped causing breakage or injuries.

If you extend two or more devices from the rack at the same time, the rack may topple over on you. Extend only one device from the rack at a time.

Install the equipment into a 19-inch rack conforming to EIA standards. Do not use the equipment without a rack or install it on a nonconforming rack. Otherwise, the equipment may not function properly, and there is a risk of equipment damage or personal injury. For suitable racks, contact your sales agent.

WARNING

Exercise great care not to hurt your fingers on the rail when you mount/dismount the equipment into/from the rack.

! Elevated Operating Ambient Temperature – If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack

assembly, the operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than the room ambient environment. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the a maximum rated ambient temperature of 35°C. Refer to Chapter 2 on this manual for more details on room ambient temperature.

! Reduced air Flow – Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the

amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised.

! Before pulling a server or device out of a rack, make sure that the rack is secured by

stabilizers.

! To prevent fires, and damage to rack equipment and supply wiring, make sure that the

rated load of the power branch circuit is not exceeded. Equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern. For more information on installation and wiring of power-related facilities, contact your electrician or local power company.

! To prevent electrical shock, connect all rack and rack support equipment to the same

electrical circuit of the building wiring. If you are unsure, check the building wiring to avoid remote earth conditions.

! For safe operation, only connect the equipment to a building supply that is in accordance

with current wiring regulations in your country. In the U.K., those regulations are the IEE.

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Care and Handling

Use the following guidelines to properly handle and care for your system.

Protect the system from extremely low or high temperatures. Let the system warm (or cool) to room temperature before using it.

Keep the system away from magnetic forces.

Keep the system dry. Do not wash the system with a wet cloth or pour fluid into it.

Protect the system from being bumped or dropped.

Check the system for condensation. If condensation exists, allow it to evaporate before powering on the system.

Keep the system away from dust, sand, and dirt.

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System Overview

! Overview ! System Chassis ! System Board Set ! System Board Set Features ! System Power ! Peripheral Bays ! Disk Array ! System Functions

! System Security

Overview

Your server is a highly reliable, high-powered, fault-tolerant, high-capacity, multiprocessing server based on the Intel Xeon™ Processor MP. It is a solid performer and offers the latest technology. The combination of compute performance, memory capacity, and integrated I/O provides a high performance environment for many server market applications. These range from large corporations supporting remote offices to small companies looking to obtain basic connectivity capability such as file and print services, e-mail, web access, web site server, etc. See Figure 1-1. Your server is housed and available as a rack-mount system. Your server conveniently installs into a standard EIA 19-inch rack cabinet.

Figure 1-1. Express5800/140Rc-4 Server

Your server includes a 3.5-inch diskette drive, a CD-ROM drive, a 3.5-inch hard disk bay, and removable media device bay. The 3.5-inch hard disk bay supports up to five

1.0-inch SCSI hard disk drives that can be swapped in or out of the system without powering it down, if RAID functionality is configured in the system.

As application requirements increase, you can expand your server with an additional processor, additional memory, add-in boards and peripheral devices: tape devices, CD-ROM, and hard disk drives.

The combination of superior computing performance, high memory capacity, and integrated I/O provides a high performance environment for the many sophisticated applications available to network servers. The server system is designed for use in applications where advanced technology, high performance, and high levels of reliability and compatibility are expected at all times.

1-2 System Overview

Your server is designed for minimum downtime. To this end, the server includes or has the option to include the following:

! A chassis that supports up to three self-contained power supplies (two are standard

power supplies). An additional power supply can be added to provide redundant power (i.e., the system will continue to operate with a single power supply failure). If optional power system redundancy is installed, the power supply units are then hot-swappable and can be easily installed or removed from the chassis without turning the system power off.

! Fan modules that can be easily installed or removed from the top of the system. The

fan modules contain a total of six fans for effective cooling. An additional fan cools the disk drive bay and each power supply contains a fan.

! Cooling system redundancy where the system will continue to operate in the event of

a fan failure or having cabinet temperatures approaching the threshold limit, the redundant fans will switch to maximum operating speed.

! Up to five SCSI drive bays accessible from the front of the cabinet. ! Hot-swap SCSI disk drive backplane; a failed drive can be removed and replaced

with a new drive without system power being turned off (if an optional Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controller is installed.)

! High degree of SCSI disk fault tolerance and advanced disk array management

features through the use of RAID technology, if an optional RAID controller is installed.

! Hardware monitors (temperature and voltage) and software monitors to indicate

failures.

As application requirements increase, you can expand your server system with additional processors, additional memory, add-in boards and peripheral devices.

Your server system features the following major components:

! Up to four high-performance Intel Xeon processors. ! Up to 12GB of DDR200 SDRAM four way interleaved memory. ! Eight full-length PCI expansion slots of which four supports 64-bit hot-plug PCI-X

boards, two support 64-bit non-hot-plug PCI-X boards and two support 32-bit nonhot-plug PCI boards. The hot-plug PCI feature is useable only when operating system support is available.

! Embedded PC-compatible support (serial, parallel, mouse, keyboard, diskette, IDE,

USB, LAN, and video).

! Integrated onboard ATI RAGE XL PCI 64-bit Super Video Graphics Array (SVGA)

controller with 4 MB of video memory.

! Adaptec® AIC7902 SCSI controller providing dual channel Ultra320/160 SCSI

interfaces for the hot swap hard disk drives. This controller also supports Ultra2 and Ultra Wide SE SCSI devices.

System Overview 1-3

! Two Integrated onboard Network Interface Controllers (NIC), an Intel 82550 NIC

that supports 10Base-T and 100Base-TX networks and an Intel 82544 NIC that supports 10Base-T, 100Base-TX and 1000Base-T networks.

! Single channel Ultra ATA100 enhanced IDE controller. ! Chassis that holds up to 8 drives; five hot-swap bays for Ultra SCSI hard disk drives;

a 5.25-inch media device bay, a CD-ROM drive installed; and a 3.5-inch diskette drive installed.

! Five hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive bays accessible from the front of the chassis.

The drives can be swapped in or out of the system without powering down, if RAID is configured in the system.

! SCSI backplane is Ultra320 capable. ! Integrated triple Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports.

! Two standard power supplies. When an additional power supply is installed, both the

standard and additional redundant power supplies become hot swappable.

System Chassis

The system chassis (Figure 1-2) is an easy-to-access, fabricated metal structure. The following subsections describe the main system components, the electronics bay components, the front panel controls and indicators and the rear panel connectors and indicators.

Top View

Front access cover – remove to replace defective fans and to

install or remove optional 5.25-inch devices. Rear access cover – remove to install or remove optional PCI

boards, optional processors and DIMMs.

1-4 System Overview

Figure1-2. System Chassis

Front View (Bezel Installed)

Figure 1-3 shows the front bezel and keylock.

A Front bezel

Remove the front bezel when you need access to the POWER/SLEEP switch, the CD-ROM drive, or the floppy disk drive or install or remove a hard disk drive from the 3.5-inch hard disk bay. The front bezel can be locked by using the attached security key.

BKeylock

Insert the security key to lock/unlock the front bezel.

Figure 1-3. Front View (Bezel Installed)

System Overview 1-5

Front Vi ew (Bezel Remo ved)

Figure 1-4 shows the front chassis features and controls visible with the front bezel removed.

-1BA

-2

-3

C D G

A Power Unit The power unit supplies DC powers to the server. The slot A-

-1

-2

-3

-1F-2F-3

3 is optional power unit slot.

B Power lamp Solid green indicates the presence of DC power in the server. C AC Standby lamp If the power cord is connected to the AC inlet to supply AC

power to the power unit, these lamps are lit green except for the lamp labeled AC_R. If the power system of the server is in the redundant mode, after turning on the server, the lamp indicated AC_R is also lit green. See Table 1-3.

D 5.25-inch device bay Backup tape drives may be installed in the 5.25-inch device

bay.

E CD-ROM drive The CD-ROM drive reads data from the inserted CD-ROM.

E-1: Access lamp (lit orange during accessing) E-2: CD tray eject button E-3: Emergency hole

F 3.5-inch floppy disk

drive

G 3.5-inch hard disk bay The 3.5-inch hard disk bay contains additional hard disk slots.

H Disk lamp

(green/amber)

Insert a 3.5-inch floppy disk to the 3.5-inch floppy disk drive to read data from the disk or write data to the disk.

F-1: Disk inserting section F-2: Floppy disk access lamp (lit green during accessing) F-3: Eject button

Hard disks having the thickness of 1 inch can be inserted into the slots. The SCSI IDs are defined as follows: ID0 to ID4 from right to left.

The disk lamp is lit green if a hard disk installed in the server is accessed. If a hard disk is defective, the lamp is lit amber. During the rebuild processing, the lamp is lit green or amber alternately. (This occurs only in the disk array configuration.)

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Figure 1-4. Front View (Bezel Removed)

Front Panel Switches, Connectors and LED Indicators

Figure 1-5 shows the front panel switches, connectors and LED indicators

A B C D E F G H

I J K K L

A Serial port B connector The serial port B connector is used to connect the server to a device with the

serial interface. The server cannot be directly connected to a leased line through the connector.

IMPORTANT: Only the RJ-45 serial interface cable can be connected to this port. Do not connect any other interface cables such as the Ethernet cable. Doing so could damage the device, your server, or both.

B USB3 connector The USB3 connector allows the server to be connected to a device accepting the

USB interface.

C SLEEP switch Pressing the sleep switch once causes the server to enter into the sleep state

(power saving mode). Pressing the power switch in the sleep state recovers the machine to the normal state. (This function is supported by Windows 2000.)

D UID (Unit ID) switch Pressing the UID switch turns UID lamp (blue) located on the front panel and the

rear panel on and off. The UID lamp located on the rear panel is visible through the rear of the chassis and allows you to locate the server you're working on from

the rear of the servers on a rack. E UID lamp (blue) Lights blue when the ID switch is pressed. F RESET switch The reset switch is used to reset the server. G POWER/SLEEP lamp

(green)

H POWER switch The power switch is used to turn power on/off. If you press the switch once, then

I Dump switch The dump switch is used to collect the event log data. J STATUS lamp

(green/amber)

K LAN1/LAN2 ACCESS lamp

(green)

L DISK ACCESS lamp

(green/amber)

Lights green when the server is powered on. Goes off when the server is

powered off. Blinks when the system is placed in the sleep mode.

the POWER/SLEEP lamp goes on and the power is turned on. If you press the

switch again, the power is turned off. The system is forcibly shut down when the

power switch is pressed continuously for four seconds or longer.

Lights green while the server is in successful operation. When any error is

detected, this lamp lights or blinks amber.

Lights green while the server is connected to the network. Blinking green

indicates the network activity. Numbers printed near the lamps indicate the LAN

port number.

Lights green while the internal hard disk is in access. When any one of the

internal hard disks fails, this lamp lights amber.

Figure 1-5. Front Panel Switches, Connectors and LED Indicators

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Rear View

Figure 1-6 shows the rear chassis features and controls.

AB C2DE

I J K L M1 N O P

A AC inlet 1 The AC inlet 1 is connected with the power cord coming with the server.

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B AC inlet 2 The AC inlet 2 is used when the additional power unit is installed in the server. C ICMB-1 (left) ICMB-2

(right) connector

D Serial port B connector The serial port B connector is used to connect the server to a device with the serial

E External SCSI connector The external SCSI connector is used to connect the server to external SCSI devices.

F PCI slot power lamp

(green) (upper)

F PCI slot fault lamp

(amber) (lower)

G Printer port connector The printer port B is used to connect a printer to the system. H UID lamp (blue) This lamp is lit when the UID switch is pressed. I Keyboard connector The keyboard connector is used with PS/2 type keyboard. J Mouse connector The mouse connector is used with the PS/2 type mouse. K Serial port A connector The serial port A connector is connected with a device having the serial interface. The

The ICMB connector is connected to a device having the ICMB interface.

interface. The server cannot be directly connected to a leased line through the connector. For using this port, the rear serial cable that comes with your server should be connected to this connector.

For connection, attached SCSI cable is necessary and some cable connections must be changed on the system board.

The PCI slot power lamp is lit when the power of the PCI slot is turned on.

PCI slot fault lamp blinks when the hot plug PCI function is enabled with Windows

2000. This lamp also goes on if a fault occurs in the PCI board installed into the slot or the slot itself.

server can't directly be connected to a leased line through the connector.

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L Monitor connector The monitor connector is connected with the display unit. M USB-1 - USB-2

connectors

N Additional PCI board

slots

O Additional PCI board

slots

P Additional PCI hot-plug

board slots Q LINK/ACT lamp The LINK/ACT lamp shows the LAN access status. R LAN1 connector The LAN1 connector is connected with a network system on LAN. This port can be

S LAN2 connector The LAN2 connector is connected with a network system on LAN. This port can be

T 100/10 lamp The 100/10 lamp indicates the LAN transfer rate. U 1000/100/10 lamp The 1000/100/10 lamp indicates the LAN transfer rate.

The USB-1 (upper) and USB-2 (lower) connectors are connected with devices accepting the USB interface.

Optional PCI boards (32-bit/33MHz) may be inserted into the slots.

Optional PCI boards (64-bit/100 MHz) may be inserted into the slots.

Optional PCI hot-plug boards (64-bit/100 MHz) may be inserted into the slots.

operated through 100BASE-TX or 10BASE-T interface.

operated through 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX or 10BASE-T interface.

Figure 1-6. Rear View

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Internal View

Figure 1-7 shows an internal view of the server.

A Fan bay (6 Cooling fans are located in this bay.) B Electronics bay

C Additional PCI board slots (8 slots) D Hot Plug PCI LED Board E Memory board F Processor board air duct G Cover open sensor

Figure 1-7. Internal View

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Electronics Bay

Figure 1-8 shows the electronics bay.

A Hot-plug PCI board slots B Non-hot-plug PCI board slots C Dummy sponge D Processor board E System board

Figure 1-8. Electronics Bay

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Status LED Indicator Descriptions

Table 1-1 lists the system status LED indicators along with a description of each LED indicator. Table 1-2 lists the disk drive status LED panel indicators along with a description of each LED indicator. Table 1-3 lists the power supply status LED panel indicators along with a description of each LED indicator. Table 1-4 lists system status abnormal conditions.

The access LED indicators for the CD-ROM drive and the diskette drive light when access is being made to the media in the drive.

Table 1-1. System Status LED Indicators (Figure 1-5)

LED Status Description Response

Power Off Power OFF None required (normal)

Green Power ON None required (normal) (Flashing

green)

Status Off

(Turns off after lighting in amber)

Green (Steady light)

(Flashing light)

Amber Abnormal condition

Disk Off Not accessing disk

Amber Internal disk drive

Green Accessing disk

LAN1/LAN2 Off Server not

Power saving mode (Sleep mode)*

Power OFF Abnormal condition

(see Table 1-4)

No alarms Abnormal condition

(see Table 1-4)

drives

failure

drives

connected to a LAN

None required (normal)

None required (normal) Check condition

Check condition

None required (normal)

Check disk drive status LEDs

None required (normal)

UID (unit ID) OFF/ON (blue) Turn on to identify

* Requires a operating system support.

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Green Server connected to

a LAN

(Flashing green)

Server accessed through a LAN

the server you are working on. Visible from the front and rear of the server.

None required (normal)

None required (convenience LED)

Table 1-2. Disk Drive Status LED Panel Indicators (Figure 1-4)

LED Status Description Response

Disk Drive Power/access /error

*Disk array configuration only

Off Disk drive

power off

Green Disk drive

power on

Flashing green

Amber Disk drive failure* Replace disk drive

(Alternating between amber and green)

Accessing disk drive None required (normal)

Rebuilding* LED goes off when rebuilding is complete.

Remount the disk drive

None required (normal)

Table 1-3. Power Supply Power and Status LED Indicators (Figure 1-4)

LED Status Description Response

PWR Off Power off None required (normal)

On (green) Power on None required (normal)

SB1/SB2 Off Power not

connected to AC inlets.

On (green) Power connected to

AC inlets.

AC_R Off Non-redundant

power configuration

On (green) Three power

supplies installed. Redundant power configuration.

Connect power cords to AC inlets 1 and 2.

None required (normal)

None required (normal).

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Table 1-4. System Status Abnormal Conditions (Figure 1-5)

Status LED Description Response

Off POST is in progress. Wait for a while. It lights green a few seconds after

completion of POST.

CPU error is detected. Turn the server off and then back on. If an error

message appears during POST, take note of the error message and contact your technical support representative.

Green (Flashing light)

Amber (Steady light)

Amber (Flashing light)

CPU temperature error is detected. (Thermal-Trip)

Watchdog timer has timed out. Same Uncorrectable error is detected in the

memory. PCI system error is detected. Same PCI parity error is detected. Same CPU bus error is detected. Same Memory dump request is being

issued. Memory or CPU is degraded. Use the BIOS setup utility, SETUP, to locate the

Critical temperature error is detected. Check if any fan inside the server has dust on it. Make

Critical voltage error is detected. Contact your technical support representative. Power supply failed. Contact your technical support representative. A power alarm was detected in each

power system.

Same

Wait until the memory dump finishes.

degraded device and replace it as soon as possible.

sure that fan cables are firmly connected. If the lamp indication still does not change, contact your technical support representative.

Identify the failed power supply unit and contact your technical support representative.

Fan alarm is detected. Make sure fan cables are firmly connected.

Temperature alarm is detected. Check if any fan inside the server has dust on it. Make

Voltage alarm is detected. Contact your technical support representative.

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If they are and the lamp indication still does not change, contact your technical support representative.

sure that fan cables are firmly connected. If the lamp indication still does not change, contact your technical support representative.

System Board Set

The system board set inside the server includes the system board, memory board, and processor board.

Figures 1-9, 1-10, and 1-11 show the major components on the system board, memory board, and processor board. Table 1-5 summarizes the features of the board set.

Table 1-5. Features of the Board Set

Feature Description

Multiple processor slots

Four processor sockets on the system board.

Upgradeable memory

Hot Plug PCI slots Four hot-plug PCI-X add-in board slot locations (Figure 1-6, A), two non-hot-

SCSI controller Adaptec AIC7902 SCSI controller providing dual channel Ultra320/160 SCSI

BIOS Flash memory-based BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) and Setup utilities. Video Integrated super SVGA controller ships with 4 MB of video memory. External device

connectors

Clock Real-time clock/calendar (RTC). System hardware

monitoring

Twelve DIMM sockets on a single memory board, supporting up to 12GB memory using 1GB DIMMs. Must use four sticks (4-way interleaving) double-sided buffered type only.

plug PCI-X add-in board slot locations (Figure 1-6, B) and two non-hot-plug PCI add-in board slot locations (Figure 1-6, C). The four hot-plug PCI-X board slot locations are dedicated 64-bit, 100 MHz PCI-X bus slots. The two non-hot-plug PCI-X board slot locations are dedicated 64-bit, 100 MHz PCI-X bus slots. And the two non-hot-plug PCI board slot locations are dedicated 33-bit, 33MHz PCI bus slots.

interfaces for the hot swap hard disk drives. This controller also supports Ultra2 SCSI devices.

Connectors for two serial ports, parallel printer port, wide SCSI port, three USB connectors, one 10/100 BaseTX connector and one 10/1 00/1 000 BaseT connector, two optional ICMB port connectors, PS/2-compatible keyboard and mouse, and SVGA monitor.

Contains power interlock switch and sensors for temperature, voltage, and fan failure.

Configuration utilities

BIOS Setup and SCSISelect Configuration Utility.

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CC DDEE

C D

QRST

A 64-bit, 100-MHz, hot-plug PCI-X slots U 14-pin Power Control connector (P35) B 64-bit, 100-MHz, non-hot-plug PCI-X slots V 24-pin Power connector (P32) C 32 bit, 33-MHz, non-hot-plug PCI slots W 20-pin Power connector (P28) D Intelligent Chassis Management Bus

(ICMB) connector (P24) E Hot-Plug Indicator Board Connector (P23) Y USB #3 Header (P18) F Back Panel I/O connectors Z Front Panel Header (P19) G Intel ® 82550 Ethernet controller AA IDE Connector (P13) H ATI Rage XL 2D/3D graphics accelerator BB SCSI LVD connectors (P4 and P7) J Intel ® 82544 Ethernet controller CC Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB)

K Video RAM (VRAM) (4 MB total) DD Adaptec 7902 SCSI controller L Processor board connectors (P21 and

P22) M ServerWorks South Bridge Controller FF ServerWorks PCI-X Bus Bridge Controller N BMC component GG ServerWorks PCI-X Bus Bridge Controller P BIOS Flash component HH RAID LED connectors (P1 and P2) Q PC87417 Super I/O controller JJ Hot-swap backplane (HSBP) connector (P16) R BMC Flash component KK HSBP connector (P15) S Battery LL Jumper block JP4 T Chassis Intrusion Detect connector (P36)

X Serial port B connector (P17)

connector (P12)

EE Fan connector (P11)

GHJKL

Figure 1-9. System Board Component Locations

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DIMM Group 3

DIMM Group 2

DIMM Group 1

11 9 7 5 3 4 1 2

Note: DIMMs are grouped into four and must be installed in

multiples of four. Group 1 DIMMs are installed in the system. When adding DIMMs, install DIMMs into Group 2, then Group 3. When removing DIMMs, remove DIMMs in Group 3 first, followed by Group 2, and lastly Group 1.

Group #1 DIMM sockets (DIMM slots 1, 3, 2, 4) Group #2 DIMM sockets (DIMM slots 5, 7, 6, 8) Group #3 DIMM sockets (DIMM slots 9, 11, 10, 12) A = System board connector

12 10

8 6

DIMM Group 3

DIMM Group 2

DIMM Group 1

Figure 1-10. Memory Board Component Locations

A Processor (CPU) #1 B Processor (CPU) #2 C Processor (CPU) #3 D Processor (CPU) #4

Figure 1-11. Processor Board Component Locations

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System Board Set Features

The following subsections provide a description of the system board set features.

Intel Xeon Processor

Depending on system configuration, your server includes from one to four Intel Xeon processors. Available processor speeds are 1.5GHz, 1.9GHz, and 2.0GHz. Each Intel Xeon processor plugs into a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket on the system board. The processor includes a numeric coprocessor, a 1MB or 2MB L3 cache, and operates at a bus speed of 400MHz. Up to four optional processors enhance performance and enables symmetric multiprocessing (SMP).

System Memory

The memory board contains twelve 168-pin DIMM slots each supporting 72-bit ECC (64-bit main memory plus ECC) registered PC-200 Double Data Rate (DDR) DIMMs. Memory is partitioned in three banks. You may install a minimum of 512 MB (128 MB x 4) or as much as 12 GB. The controller automatically detects, sizes, and initializes the memory array, depending on the type, size, and speed of the installed DIMMs, and reports memory size and allocation to the server via configuration registers.

Note: Only use DIMMs approved for use in this server system.

Call your customer service representative for information.

I/O Expansion Slots

The server's expansion capabilities meet the needs of file and application servers for high performance I/O by providing a combination of 32-bit and 64-bit PCI expansion slots.

The system board has four full-length hot-plug 64-bit, 100 MHz PCI-X connectors, two non-hot-swap full-length 64-bit, 100 MHz PCI-X connector slots and two non-hot-swap 32-bit 33 MHz PCI connector slots. See Table 1-5.

Real-Time Clock/Cale ndar

The real-time clock provides system clock/calendar information stored in a non-volatile memory (NVRAM). The real-time clock battery provides power backup for the realtime clock.

BIOS

The BIOS and Setup Utility are located in the Flash EPROM on the system board and include support for system setup and legacy device configuration. A number of security, reliability, and management features also have been incorporated to meet vital server needs.

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Controllers

The following provides a description of the controllers.

IDE Controller

The system includes a single channel enhanced IDE 32 bit interface. The IDE controller provides support for the internally mounted CD-ROM.

The device controls:

! PIO and DMA transfer modes ! Mode 4 timings ! Transfer rates up to 100 MB/s ! Buffering for PCI/IDE burst transfers.

Keyboard and Mouse Controller

The keyboard and mouse controller are PS/2 compatible.

Network Interface Controller

The system board includes two network interface controllers (NICs):

! Intel 82550 NIC that supports 10Base-T and 100Base-TX networks ! Intel 82544 NIC that supports 10Base-T, 100Base-TX networks, and 1000BASE-T

networks.

The 82550 controller supports the following features:

! 32-bit PCI, CardBus master interface ! Integrated IEEE 802.3 10Base-T and 100Base-TX compatible PHY ! IEEE 820.3u auto-negotiation support ! Chained memory structure similar to the 82559, 82558, 82557 and 82596 ! Full duplex support at both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps operation ! Low power +3.3 V device ! IP checksum off-loading.

NIC 1 can be used as both a network interface and server management interface. The 82544 controller supports the following features:

! Direct 32/64-bit, 33/66-MHz interface to the PCI bus ! Integrated IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 10BASE-T ! Integrated third-generation MAC and proven IEEE 803.3ab compatible PHY ! Full duplex support for 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, and 1000 Mpbs operation

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! Descriptor ring management architecture optimized to deliver both high performance

and PCI/PCI-X bus efficiency

! Low power +3.3 V device ! IP and TCP/UDP checksum off-loading.

SCSI Controller

The system board includes an embedded Adaptec 7902 SCSI controller, which contains two independent SCSI channels. You can disable the SCSI controller in BIOS Setup. Both channels support 16-bit SE or LVD SCSI operations at the following speeds:

! Ultra320 (320 MB/sec) ! Ultra160 (160 MB/sec) ! Ultra2 (80 MB/sec) ! Ultra Wide SE (40 MB/sec)

The system board provides active terminators, termination voltage, resettable fuses, and protection diodes for both SCSI channels. You can disable the onboard terminators in BIOS Setup.

Video Controller

The system board incorporates an ATI RAGE XL PCI graphics accelerator with 4 MB of video SDRAM that supports all standard IBM VGA modes. The embedded SVGA video subsystem supports:

! Pixel resolutions up to 1024 x 768 ! CRT and LCD monitors up to 100 Hz vertical refresh rate

The system board supports disabling of the onboard video through BIOS Setup or when a plug-in video card is installed in any of the PCI slots.

Peripheral Controller

The advanced integrated peripheral controller supports two serial ports, three universal serial bus ports, one parallel port, diskette drive, PS/2-compatible keyboard and mouse, and integrated Real Time Clock (RTC). The system provides the connector interface for each port.

System Board Management Controller (BMC)

Server management is concentrated in the System Board Management Controller (BMC). The BMC and associated circuitry are powered from a 5Vdc standby voltage, which remains active when system power is switched off, but the ac power source is still on and connected.

The BMC supports the Management Workstation Application (MWA), which allows remote server management via a modem, LAN, or direct connection to a manager system. Events monitored by the manager system include over-temperature and overvoltage conditions, fan failure, or chassis intrusion.

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One major function of the BMC is to autonomously monitor system management events, and log their occurrence in the nonvolatile System Event Log (SEL). The events being monitored include overtemperature and overvoltage conditions, fan failure, or chassis intrusion. To enable accurate monitoring, the BMC maintains the nonvolatile Sensor Data Record (SDR), from which sensor information can be retrieved. The BMC provides an ISA host interface to SDR sensor information, so that software running on the server can poll and retrieve the server's current status.

The BMC performs the following:

! Monitors server board temperature and voltage ! Monitors processor presence and controls Fault Resilient Boot (FRB) ! Detects and indicates system board fan failure ! Manages the SEL interface ! Manages the SDR Repository interface ! Monitors the SDR/SEL timestamp clock ! Monitors the system management watchdog timer ! Monitors the periodic SMI timer ! Monitors the event receiver ! Controls secure mode, including video blanking, diskette write-protect monitoring,

and front panel lock/unlock initiation

! Controls Wake On LAN via Magic Packet support.

External Device Connectors

The external I/O connectors provide support for a PS/2 compatible mouse and a keyboard, a SVGA monitor, 2 serial port connectors, a parallel port connector, two LAN ports, two USB ports, and one external-SCSI connector.

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System Power

The system contains two auto-sensing 430 watt power supplies at an operating frequency of 50/60 Hz. A third optional power supply may be added as part of a faulttolerant hot-swap design. With three power supplies installed, in the unlikely event of a power supply failure, the load is transferred to the remaining power supply without interruption to normal operation. In this case the faulty power supply can be replaced without powering down the system.

Note: The power supplies are not hot-swappable unless there

are three supplies installed.

The power supplies are designed to comply with existing emission standards and provide sufficient power for a fully loaded system configuration.

Peripheral Bays

The system supports a variety of standard PC AT-compatible peripheral devices. The chassis includes these peripheral bays:

! A 3.5-inch front panel bay for mounting the standard 3.5" diskette drive (supports

720 KB and 1.44 MB diskette media)

! A 5.25-inch removable media front panel bay for mounting half-height 5.25-inch

peripheral devices: optional tape drives and optional additional CD ROM drive, etc.

! A front panel bay for mounting the standard CD-ROM drive. ! A SCSI hard disk drive bay for mounting up to five SCSI hard disk drives in easily

removable drive carriers. Each drive has one LED to indicate a fault or other status: power-on/activity (green LED), and fault (amber LED). The SCSI disk drives can be easily installed or removed. The drive carrier allows you to access disk drives from the front of the system. If disk drives are used in a RAID configuration within the system, a disk drive can be swapped with another without power interruption to the system (hot-swap).

Note: The SCSI hard disk drive bays contain a hot-swap back

panel that require an 80-pin single connector attachment (SCA) connector on the drives that you install.

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Disk Array

The optional disk array controller board is a PCI board that can improve data reliability. The disk array controller board allows the hard disk drives in the SCSI hard disk drive bays and additional optional disk expansion unit to support disk array configuration RAID levels 0, 1, and 5.

RAID is an acronym of “Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive (Independent) Disks”. It logically integrates several hard disks to appear to the system as only one disk drive.

Using the disk array method, the large-capacity hard disk can be configured with several inexpensive and small-capacity hard disks. It can also enhance the drive by improving the reliability and supporting an automatic rebuilding function.

All RAID levels are common in their basic operation due the fact that several hard disks can be recognized as one disk drive. However, performance, cost, and use are conditions that vary according to the RAID level. You should select an appropriate configuration that is suitable for your system.

Features and selection examples of different RAID levels are shown below.

Level Definition Redundancy Feature Suitable

application

RAID0 Striping No Access: high-speed. Application that

needs high performance for non-critical data

RAID1 Mirroring

(or

shadowing)

RAID5 Striped

data and

parity

Yes Dual disk system.

Read mode: highspeed

Write mode: slower than RAID 0

Yes Parity data.

Transfers large amount of data.

Write mode: slower than RAID 0

Application that needs to store important files on main system drive

Application that needs to store important data.

Application of read-intensive type data searching.

Minimum

No. of disks

This unit supports other RAID levels as well. However, it is not recommended to use them unless absolutely necessary.

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Automatic Rebuilding Function

The server supports the disk array automatic rebuilding function for data recovery.

Note: The automatic rebuilding function supports RAID levels

RAID1 or RAID5.

Rebuilding is to regenerate all data from a failed disk to a replacement disk. A rebuild is necessary after a failed disk drive is replaced with a new one.

With RAID levels RAID1 or RAID5 the failed disk does not affect the operation. However, if another disk error occurs before automatic rebuilding is complete, the data may be destroyed.

In a conventional server, the user must select and execute rebuilding using various utilities. This server executes rebuilding automatically. Since the server also supports hot-swapping function, the failed disk can be replaced while the power is on.

Observe the following when using an automatic rebuilding function.

! Do not turn the power off. If power is turned off, automatic rebuilding will not start. ! Use an interval of 60 seconds or more between mounting and dismounting the hard

disk drive.

! If a hard disk is being rebuilt, do not replace the hard disk.

Expand Capacity Function

Disk capacity can be expanded by adding a disk drive while the system is running. This function is only supported if the server is in the disk array configuration mode.

This function does not utilize operations such as data backup, pack reconfiguration, initialization, restoring the data or reconfiguring the partitions on the drive.

If a hard disk is added under the operation of the Global Array Manager, perform the following.

! After the hard disk is installed, wait for about 60 seconds and click the Scan Device

key. Clicking the Scan Device key after the execution of the expand array operation, will display the added disk correctly.

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System Functions

The following subsections describe select system functions.

Hot Swapping

Hot swapping allows a device to be replaced, such as a hard disk drive while its power is on, as listed below.

! Disk array system:

Any failed hard disk drive can be replaced while the system is running, except when the drives are configured as RAID 0.

! Hot swap fans:

Any one of the six system fan modules can be replaced while the system power is on.

! Redundant Power system:

When three power supplies are installed in the system, a failed power supply can be replaced by hot swapping.

Hot Plug PCI

Four Hot Plug PCI bus slots are located behind the access cover of the server. These PCI slots allow PCI-X boards to be installed or removed while the server is powered on (if the operating system supports the Hot Plug PCI function.)

Fans

Note: Windows NT 4.0 does not support the Hot Plug PCI

function.

CAUTION

All access covers must be on the system for proper cooling. To ensure that all components remain within specification under all system environmental conditions, do not exceed five minutes for hot swapping of fans or hot plug PCI boards.

The server contains six fan modules. Air enters through the bezel, passes through the fan bay and electronics bay, and exhausts through the rear of the chassis.

Under normal system conditions, the fans run at a slower, quieter speed. If a fan failure is sensed, a fan is not detected, or ambient temperature exceeds a certain limit, the fan speed is set to high. Also, any one of the six system fan modules can be replaced while the system power is on.

LEDs indicate if individual fans are inoperative or not present. Under the same fan failure conditions, the general system fault LED on the front panel is lit.

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Sleep Mode

The SLEEP mode switch on the front of the server is used for saving power. If the SLEEP mode switch is pressed, then the server enters into the sleep state (the

Drive Bay Power lamp and the Power lamp will blink simultaneously). In the power saving mode, the memory data and the states of the jobs are kept unchanged. In addition, the server in the power saving mode can accept accesses to hard disks from other machines on the network and perform other network jobs.

Sleep mode requires an operating system that supports its function.

ACPI

The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) aware operating system can place the system into a state where the hard drives spin down, some system fans stop, and all processing is halted. However, in this state the power supply is still on and the processors are still dissipating some power such that the power supply fan and some system fans are still running.

This server system BIOS supports sleep states s0, s1, s4, and s5.

Note: ACPI requires an operating system that supports its

feature.

The sleep states are defined as follows:

! s0: Normal running state. ! s1: Processor sleep state.

No context will be lost in this state and the processor caches will maintain coherency.

! s4: Hibernate or Save to Disk.

The memory and machine state are saved to disk. Pressing the power button or other wakeup event restores the system state from the disk and resumes normal operation. This assumes that no hardware changes have been made to the system while it was off.

! s5: Soft off.

Only the RTC section of the chip set and the BMC are running in this state.

AC Link Mode

The AC link mode allows the system to monitor its AC input power so that when the AC input power is lost and then restored the system will return itself to one of three preselected settings, listed as follows:

CAUTION

Only when the AC power is disconnected is the system completely off.

! Power On

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! Last State (Factory Default Setting) ! Stay Off.

The AC link mode settings can be changed by running the BIOS Setup Utility (F2). Refer to Chapter 3 "Configuring Your System."

Remote Power-On (Wake On LAN) Function

The remote power-on function turns on the system power by way of a network or modem. If the system power is set to Off, it can be turned on remotely by sending a specific packet from the main computer to the remote system.

Note: The standard default value of the remote power-on function is “Disabled”. To enable it, the Wake On LAN item in the System Hardware menu of the BIOS Setup Utility described in Chapter 3 “BIOS Setup Configuration Settings” must be changed to “Enabled.”

Reconfiguration

If a CPU or a memory DIMM error was detected during execution of POST (Power On Self-Test) after system power is turned on, the reconfiguration function isolates the failed CPU or memory DIMM and continues operation. You should replace the failed device as soon as possible.

This function is enabled only when either of the following system requirements are met:

! Two or more CPUs are installed. ! Eight or more memory DIMMs are installed.

A CPU or memory DIMM error may be viewed on the screen while POST is running or by entering BIOS Setup. It may also be viewed when the ESMPRO Suite program is installed and operating.

SAF-TE Logic

The SCSI backplane includes SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault Tolerant Enclosure) logic that provides an interface to the disk subsystem that supports status signals, hot swapping drives, and enclosure monitoring. The transport mechanism for the standardized alert detection and status reporting is the SCSI bus. Disk drives, power supplies, cooling fans, and temperature are continually monitored and the conditions then reported over the SCSI bus to the system. When used with RAID management software the user can be alerted of impending or imminent disk conditions requiring attention. This allows the user to react to conditions that could normally go unnoticed until data loss.

System Security

To help prevent unauthorized entry or use of the system, the system includes a full lockable front cover and Server Management software that monitors the system.

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Security with Mechanical Locks and Monitoring

To help prevent unauthorized system entry or use, the bezel has a door and threeposition key lock. The bezel door provides access to the front panel buttons, the front panel USB and serial ports, the hot-swap drive bays, and the peripheral devices. The three lock positions are:

! Locked—The bezel door can’t be opened and the bezel can’t be removed. ! Unlocked—The bezel door can be opened, and the bezel can be removed.

The server includes two chassis intrusion switches: one for the front access cover and one for the rear access cover. When opening either access cover, the switch transmits an alarm signal to the baseboard management controller.

Server management software processes signals received from the intrusion switches.

Software Locks via 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, access to the system is allowed only after the user enters the correct password(s). For example:

! Enable the keyboard lockout timer so that the server requires a password to

reactivate the keyboard and mouse after a specified time-out period1 to 120 minutes.

! Set and enable an administrative password. ! Set and enable a user password ! Set secure mode to blank out on-board video, prevent keyboard or mouse input

and to prevent use of the front panel reset, sleep and power switches.

! Disable writing to the diskette drive when secure mode is set.

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Setting Up the System

! Overview ! Selecting a Site ! Unpacking the System ! Rack-Mount Subsystem Assembly ! Removing the Server from the Rack ! Making Connections ! Connection to External SCSI Devices ! Connecting Power Cord

! Turning On the Server ! Resetting the Server ! Forced Shutdown

Overview

This chapter describes how to select a site, unpack the system, make cable connections, install the system into a rack, and power on the system.

Selecting a Site

The system operates reliably in a typical office environment. Choose a site that is:

! Near grounded, three-pronged power outlets.

Note: For the United States and Canada, this means

NEMA 5-15R outlets for 100-120 VAC or NEMA 6-15R outlets for 200-240 VAC. For other international sites, this means three-pronged power outlets applicable for the electrical code of the region.

Be sure the power service connection is through a properly grounded outlet.

WARNING

CAUTION

When two or three power supplies are installed in the system the power plug from each of the power supplies must be plugged into the same common ground power outlets.

! Clean, dust-free, and well ventilated. Front and rear ventilating openings

kept free of obstructions. Away from sources of heat, vibration or physical shock.

! Isolated from strong electromagnetic fields and electrical noise produced

by electrical devices (such as air conditioners, large fans, large electric motors, radio and TV transmitters, and high-frequency security devices)

! Spacious enough to provide at least 9 inches (23 centimeters) behind the

system, 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) in front of the system, and three inches (eight centimeters) on each side of the system for proper cooling, airflow, and cable clearance.

! Easily accessible for system maintenance and installation of system

upgrades.

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Unpacking the System

WARNING

Your server weighs approximately 77 pounds (35 kg). If your system contains numerous optional boards and peripheral devices, it will weigh more. To avoid personal injury, make sure you have someone help you lift or move the system.

When you receive your system 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 materials. If the contents appear damaged when you unpack the boxes, file a damage claim with the carrier immediately.

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Rack-Mount Subsystem Assembly

This section provides the instructions for assembling the rack-mount server into a standard EIA 19-inch rack cabinet.

Unpacking the Rack Mounting Hardware

Although the rack mounting hardware is inspected and carefully packaged at the factory, damage may occur during shipping. Follow these steps for unpacking.

1. Visually inspect the shipping containers; notify your carrier immediately of

any damage.

2. Carefully remove the rack mounting hardware and verify the parts. See

Figure 2-1 and Table 2-1. If parts are missing or the hardware is damaged, notify your server representative.

14 15 16 17

Figure 2-1. Rack Mounting Hardware

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Table 2-1. Rack Mount Parts

Reference Description Quantity Remarks

1 Front Bezel 1 2 Slide rail assembly (L) 1 “L” is stamped on the rail 3 Slide rail assembly (R) 1 “R” is stamped on the rail 4 Cable arm 1 5 Adapter bracket 1 6 Handle (L) 1 7 Handle (R) 1 8 Arm bracket (700) 1 9 Arm Bracket (900) 1

10 Arm stopper 1 11 Template 1 12 Tie-wrap 6 25cm long 13 Lock spring 1 Used to fix power cords 14 Screw - A 6 CPIMSx#8-32x6 15 Screw – B 7 CPIMSx6-32x8 16 Screw – C 14 CPIMSx5x10x3GF 17 Screw – D 6 PL-CPIMSx4x8x15BF 18 Washer – A 12 M5-14 (Assembled with Screw C) 19 Washer –B 4 PIWAx5x15BF (Assembled with Screw D)

Use the arm bracket according to the distance between the front and rear mounting rails of your rack cabinet.

Before You Begin

Before you begin, please review the following cautions, warnings, and general guidelines.

Be sure that power to the system is turned off and unplugged. All voltage is removed only when the power cords are unplugged.

! Avoid excessive vibration and shock. Dropping an electronic component

can cause serious damage.

! Do not disconnect or remove parts other than those specified in the

procedure.

! Do not touch I/O connector pins. ! All screws are Phillips-head, unless otherwise specified. ! On completion of any assembly or reassembly, perform a power-on test.

If a fault occurs, verify that the assembly or reassembly was performed correctly. If the problem persists, see "Problem Solving" in Chapter 5.

WARNING

Setting Up the System 2-5

Static Precautions

An electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage disk drives, option boards, and other components. You can provide some ESD protection 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 their protective packaging when they are not installed in your system.

Assembly

The following subsection describes how to assemble your rack-mount server into a standard EIA 19-inch rack cabinet.

Before you begin select an appropriate location in your rack cabinet for the rack-mount server. To improve rack stability, mount heavier items towards the bottom of the rack cabinet. If the rack is a stand-alone unit and the rack is more than 75% filled with components, consider installing an optional stabilizer kit.

Note: When planning your system configuration for the

rack cabinet you should consider the length of the cables that interconnect system components.

WARNING

ANCHOR THE EQUIPMENT RACK: The equipment rack must be anchored to an unmovable support to prevent it from falling over when one or more servers are extended in front of it on slide assemblies. The anchors must be able to withstand a force of up to 113 kg (250 lbs.). You must also consider the weight of any other device installed in the rac k.

MAIN AC POWER DISCON NECT: You are responsible for installing an AC power disconnec t for the entire rac k unit. This main disconnect must be readily accessible, and it must be labeled as controlling power to the entire unit, not just to the server(s).

ROUNDING THE RACK INSTALLATION: To avoid the potential for

an electrical shock hazard, you must include a third wire safety grounding conductor with the rack installation. If a server power cord is plugged into an AC outlet that is part of the rack, then you must provide proper grounding for the rack itself. If server power cords are plugged into wall AC outlets, the safety grounding conductor in each po wer cord provides proper grounding only for the server. You must provide additional, proper grounding for the rack and other devices installed in it.

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CAUTION

Temperature: The operating temperature of the server,

when installed in an equipment rack, must not go below 5 °C (41 °F) or rise above 35 °C (95 °F). Extreme fluctuations in temperature can cause a variety of problems in your server.

Ventilation: The equipment rack must provide sufficient airflow to the front of the server to maintain proper cooling. It must also include ventilation sufficient to exhaust a maximum of 4,100 Btu's per hour for the server. The rack selected and the ventilation provided must be suitable to the environment in which the server will be used.

The template supplied with your rack mount kit defines the location of the mounting screws in the system rack where the server is to be installed (see Figure 2-2.) The template can be placed on the front and rear of the rack cabinet to show the mounting screw hole positions of the server guide rail assemblies, front faceplate screws, and cable retention arm bracket.

Note: Ensure that the template is aligned properly so

that the mounting screw hole cut outs are at the same height on each side of the cabinet and level with each other.

The front of the template defines the front rail mounting screw holes and front faceplate screws holes of the server in the rack cabinet. The back of the template defines the rear rail mounting screw holes of the server in a rack cabinet. The back of the template also defines the screw holes for the cable arm stopper bracket and assembly.

Setting Up the System 2-7

Front Faceplate

cage nuts

Cable Retention

Arm Bracket

Front

Figure 2-2. Template

Rear

Use the following procedure to mark the front and rear screw hole locations of the server in the rack cabinet.

1. Determine where you want to install the server in the rack cabinet.

! To improve rack stability, mount the server towards the bottom of the

rack cabinet.

! If there are units already installed, install the server into the next empty

space from the bottom of the rack cabinet.

2. Use the template supplied with your rack mount kit to mark the front and

rear mounting screw hole locations (with a pencil) where you want the server to be mounted for the Rack Mounting Rail Assemblies, Front Faceplate holes, and Cable Retention Arm Bracket holes.

Note: For vertical reference, every three screw holes on

the rack vertical mounting rail are equal to 1U (1.75 inches). Mounting holes in the vertical rails of equipment racks are

commonly spaced in a 5/8 x 5/8 x 1/2-inch sequence. Perform the following steps carefully; brackets must be mounted with precision to allow room for the next server you install in a rack.

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3. Install the cage nuts at the positions defined by the templates.

Figure 2-3. Installing Cage Nuts

 Install four cage nuts (two for each of left and right sides) on the

front face of the rack from the inner side. The server is secured to the rack with the cage nuts, four screws, and four washers.

 Install two cage nuts from the inner side of the rear of the rack (at

the left side when you face the rear of the rack).

 Hang the lower clip of a cage nut on the proper rectangular hole and

insert the upper clip into the hole using a flat-tip driver or a similar tool.

WARNING

Install the cage nuts so that the clips are located at the top and bottom. If any cage nut is installed with the clips located at the left and right sides, the server may accidentally be dropped causing injury.

Setting Up the System 2-9

4. Remove the inner rail from one of the slide rail assemblies.

 As the inner rail is extracted from the slide rail, it locks when

extended half way out of the slide rail. Push the release lever to release the lock and remove the inner rail.

A Release lever B Inner slide rail

C Slide rail assembly

Figure 2-4. Removing the Inner Slide Rail

5. Install an inner slide rail on one side of the server with three 8-32x6 screws

as shown in Figure 2-5.

Figure 2-5. Installing the Inner Slide Rail to the Server

Note: Each inner rail may be used at either the left or

right sides of the server.

6. Install the other inner rail onto the other side of the server following Steps 4

and 5 above.

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7. Install handles R and L on the front of the server with four 6-32x8 screws.

See Figure 2-6.

shape. Check the shape of each handle. The handle (L) includes the frame on which the tab of the front bezel is mounted.

Handle (L)

Frameonwhich tab is mounted

Note: The left handle is different from the right handle in

Handle (R)

Left side of server

Rightsideofserver

Figure 2-6. Installing the Handles

8. Remove the screw located on the rear of the server as shown in Figure 2-7.

Install the adapter bracket on the rear of the server with a single 6-32x8 screw and a screw just removed.

Figure 2-7. Installing the Adapter Bracket

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9. Install the lock spring to the holes at the both sides of the AC inlet. See

Figure 2-8.

Figure 2-8. Installing the Lock Spring.

10. Loosen the three screws with which the slide bracket of the slide rail

assemble is attached. This step is required to match the length of the slide rail assembly with the depth of the rack (distance between the front and rear supports). Once the three screws are loosened, the slide bracket may be slid in the front or rear direction. See Figure 2-9.

Figure 2-9. Loosening the Slide Bracket Screws

11. Orient the slide rail assembly on the right side of the rack frame at the

position defined by the template. See Figure 2-10.

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Figure 2-10. Locating the Right Slide Rail Assembly

12. Attach the slide rail assembly to the rack with four 5x10x3GF screws and

four washers. See Figure 2-11.

Figure 2-11. Attaching the Right Slide Rail Assembly

13. Tighten the slide bracket screws loosened in Step 10 to secure the slide

bracket to the slide rail assembly.

14. Install the other slide rail assembly on the left side of the rack in the same

procedure as that described by steps 11 to 13 above.

Note: Make sure that both slide rail assemblies are

installed at the same level. When installing the server into a rack that has a rack depth of 743 mm or deeper, attach the slide rail assembly and cable arm stopper together with two screws. See Figure 2-12. (In this case, washers are not required.)

Setting Up the System 2-13

Figure 2-12. Installing the Cable Arm Stopper

Mounting the Server in the Rack Cabinet

Use the following procedure to mount the server into the rack cabinet (see Figure 2-13).

WARNING

Anchor the Rack Cabinet. The rack cabinet must be

anchored to an unmovable support or a front stabilizer to prevent it from falling over when one or more units are extended in front of it on slide assemblies. The anchors must be able to withstand a force of up to 113 kg (250 lbs.). You must also consider the weight of any other device installed in the rack.

Avoid Injury. The system can weigh up to 75 pounds (35Kg). If the system contains numerous optional boards and peripheral devices, it will weigh more. To avoid personal injury, at least two persons are required to install the server into the rack.

Do not attempt to lift or move the server unit by the latches on the power supplies.

1. With someone assisting you, lift and insert the rails on the sides of the

server, into the slide rail assemblies and then push the server slowly and carefully into the rack. Push the release levers to fully install the server into the rack. See Figure 2-13.

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Inner rail

Mating portion

Release lever

Figure 2-13. Mounting the Server into the System Rack

WARNING

Push each release lever using a driver or a similar tool. Pushing a release lever with your fingers may cause your fingers to be caught and and injured.

2. During the first installation of the server into the rack, you may feel some

resistance.

Note: While the server is pushed into the rack, the rail

lock levers may engage. Release the lock levers and then push the server into the rack slowly. See Figure 2-14.

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Figure 2-14. Releasing the Lock Lever

Installing the Cable Arm Assembly

1. Install one end of the cable arm onto the rear of the server with two 6-32x8

screws as shown in Figure 2-15.

Figure 2-15. Installing One End of the Cable Arm Assembly

2. Measure the distance between the front and rear mounting surfaces of your

rack.

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Figure 2-16. Measuring Rack Depth

Note: Two types of arm brackets are provided to allow

the cable arm assembly to fit to any distance between the front and rear mount faces of the rack. Use arm bracket (700) if the distance between the front and rear mount faces of the rack is 700mm (27.6in) to 743 mm (29.3in). Use arm bracket (900) for racks having the depth of 760mm (30.0in) to 900 mm (35.4in).

3. If the distance between the front and rear mounting faces of your rack is

700mm to 743mm, install the arm bracket (700) on the mounting face at the rear of the rack. See Figure 2-17.

Attach the arm bracket (700) to the cage nuts installed on the mount face of the rear of the rack with two 5x10x3GF screws.

Figure 2-17. Installing the Arm Bracket (700)

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4. If the distance between the front and rear mounting faces of your rack is

760 mm, install the arm bracket (900) (A) to the screw holes nearest the rear holes on the slide rail assembly (B) using two 4x8x15BF screws. See Figure 2-18.

Figure 2-18. Installing the Arm Bracket (900)

5. If the distance between the front and rear mounting faces of your rack is

900 mm, install the arm bracket (900) to the screw holes nearest to the front end on the slide rail assembly using two 4x8x15BF screws. See Figure 2-19.

Figure 2-19. Installing the Arm Bracket (900)

6. If the distance between the front and rear mounting faces of your rack is

700 mm install the other end of the cable arm assembly (A) to the arm bracket (B) with two 4x8x15BF screws and two washers at the position shown in Figure 2-20.

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Figure 2-20. Installing the Cable Arm to the Arm Bracket (700mm).

7. If the distance between the front and rear mounting faces of your rack is

743 mm install the other end of the cable arm assembly (A) to the arm bracket (B) with four 4x8x15BF screws and washers at the position shown in Figure 2-21.

Figure 2-21. Installing the Cable Arm to the Arm Bracket (743mm).

8. If the distance between the front and rear mounting faces of your rack is

760mm or 900mm, install the other end of the cable arm assembly (A) to the arm bracket (B) with four 4x8x15BF screws and washers at the position shown in Figure 2-22.

Setting Up the System 2-19

Figure 2-22. Installing the Cable Arm to the Arm Bracket (760mm or 900mm).

9. Press in on the rail release latches and slowly push the server in and out of

the system rack several times. Ensure proper movement of the cable arm. Adjustment of the cable arm hinged brackets may be necessary to attain smooth operation. Tighten all screws. Ensure the server can be fully closed and secured to the rack.

10. Bundle all the server cables together and tie-wrap them to the cable arm.

Note: Make sure that the four screw holes located at

the upper left and right sides on the front of the server have cage nuts installed. Refer to the template in Figure 2-2 and Figure 2-23.

11. Secure the server to the rack with four 5x10x3GF screws and four washers

(A). See Figure 2-23.

Figure 2-23. Securing the Server in the Rack

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12. Install the front bezel. See Figure 2-24. Installation is complete.

Figure 2-24. Installed Server

Setting Up the System 2-21

Removing the Server from the Rack

WARNING

The system can weigh up to 75 pounds (35Kg). If the system contains numerous optional boards and peripheral devices, it will weigh more. To avoid personal injury, at least two persons are required to install the server into the rack.

1. After confirming that the server is powered off, remove the power cords and

all interface cables connected to the server.

2. Loosen the two screws (A) securing the cable arm assembly (B) to the rear

of the server. Remove the cable arm assembly from the server. See Figure 2-25.

Figure 2-25. Removing the Cable Arm Assembly from the Server

3. Release the security lock, open and remove the front bezel. See Figure 2-26.

Figure 2-26. Opening the Front Bezel

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4. Confirm that the server is powered OFF, and disconnect the power cable and

all the interface cables connected to the server.

5. Loosen the four front thumbscrews (Figure 2-23, A) securing the server to

the rack.

6. Slowly slide the server out of the rack until the release levers click and lock

the server in place. See Figure 2-27.

Figure 2-27. Extending the Server from the Rack

WARNING

Two persons are required when performing the next step.

7. With at least one person supporting each side of the server, press in the right

and left release levers and carefully slide the server from the rack.

8. Place the server on a flat stable surface.

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Making Connections

If your system normally operates without a video display or keyboard (for example, as a network server), you must install a video display and keyboard to configure the system. You may remove them after running the BIOS Setup Utility. For information on running the BIOS Setup Utility, refer to Chapter 3 Configuring Your System of this User’s Guide.

Refer to Figure 2-28 and connect your keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Connect any external peripheral devices such as a printer or modem by following the instructions included with these devices

Damage to the system may result if the keyboard/mouse cable is inserted or removed when power is applied to the system.

Inserting a telephone line connector into a LAN RJ-45 port may result in personal injury and equipment damage.

WARNING

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Figure 2-28. Making Connections

Setting Up the System 2-25

Connection to External SCSI Devices

The system board includes two Ultra320 SCSI connectors. Ultra320 SCSI (A) connector is used to connect the internal SCSI hard disk

drives. Ultra320 SCSI (B) connector located on the rear of the server is used to connect the internal 5.25-inch SCSI file device or external SCSI devices. See Figure 1-6.

The internal SCSI cable for 5.25-inch SCSI file device is connected to Ultra320 SCSI (B) connector at the factory.

To connect the external SCSI devices with your server, you must change the internal SCSI cable connection by using the attached external SCSI cable (see Appendix D for details).

If your system can connect with the external SCSI devices, observe the following notices. (For notes on connecting the optional add-in SCSI card, refer to the manual that comes with the optional card.)

! Choose the SCSI ID between 0 and 6 that hasn't been assigned to any

other SCSI device connected to your server.

! Enable the SCSI termination or connect the SCSI terminator to the device

that is at the end of SCSI chain.

! Only one SCSI device can be connected to your server. ! Use the "SCSISelect" utility to change the setting for the connected SCSI

device.

! When an external SCSI device is connected, the device can operate at the

transfer rate shown in the table below depending on the internal line length of the connected device and the total length of SCSI cables.

Internal line length of

external SCSI device and

total length of SCSI cables

11 m or shorter (only for LVD)

*1 The total length of SCSI cables should be 1 m or shorter if the N B141-28AF device

expansion unit is installed.

*2 The value is set to "Auto" at the shipment. For some SCSI devices, the transfer

rate may be restricted. To install a SCSI device, read the manual coming with the device carefully.

Maximum

transfer rate

[MB/sec]

20 Auto 40 Auto

320, 160, 80 Auto

[Sync Transfer

Rate]

in SCSISelect

*2 *2 *2

Data transfer

width

Narrow (8-bit)2 m or shorter

Wide (16-bit) Wide (16-bit)

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Connecting Power Cord

Connect the provided power cord to the server.

WARNING

Observe the following instructions to use the server safely. Failure to follow these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury. See pages 1-3 to 1-8 for details.

■ Do not hold the power plug with a wet hand.

CAUTION

Observe the following instructions to use the 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 not connect the power cord to an outlet that has an illegal number of

connections.

■ Insert the power plug into the outlet as far as it goes.

■ Use the authorized power cord only.

1. Plug the provided power cord into the AC inlet on the rear of the server. See

Figure 2-29.

2. Plug the other end of the power cord into the wall outlet.

3. Secure the power cord with a lock spring.

Figure 2-29. Connecting the Power Cords

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To connect the power cord from the server to an Uninterruptible power supply (UPS), use service outlets on the rear of the UPS.

The UPS service outlets are categorized into two groups: switched and unswitched.

To control the power supply with an application that controls the UPS, connect the power cord to a switched outlet.

For constant power, connect the power cord to an unswitched outlet. When the power cord from the server is connected to a UPS, enter the BIOS

setup utility and change the "AC-LINK" parameter, located under the Server menu, to “Power ON.” See Chapter 3 for details.

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Turning On the Server

IMPORTANT: Before turning on the server:

! Some optional boards require setup with the BIOS SETUP utility before

installation. If the server has a PCI board with the PCI-to-PCI bridge installed, check on the board specifications to find out whether it requires preinstallation setup before actually installing the board.

! Some installed optional devices or connected peripheral devices require setup

before proceeding to the next step.

1. Make sure that the floppy disk drive does not contain a floppy diskette and

the CD-ROM drive does not contain a bootable CD.

2. Press the POWER switch (Figure 2-30, A).

3. Follow the on-screen instructions for setup.

NOTES:

! If the power cord is connected to the power control unit such as the UPS, turn

on the power control unit.

! Connect the power cord and wait a few seconds before pressing the POWER

switch. The POWER switch does not work in a few seconds after connecting the power cord due to BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) firmware start-up.

Figure 2-30. Power Switch Location

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The POWER/SLEEP lamp on the front of the server comes on. In a few seconds, the logo appears on the screen and the Power On Self-Test

(POST) begins. POST runs automatically when you power on the server or reset it with a

keyboard operation (Ctrl + Alt + Delete). POST runs diagnostics, initializes the server, sets interrupt vectors, detects installed peripheral devices, and boots the operating system (if installed). See Chapter 5 for detailed description of POST.

If the server halts before completing POST, POST emits a beep code indicating a fatal system error requiring immediate attention. (See Chapter 5, "Troubleshooting," for troubleshooting information.)

During memory test, 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 test.

NOTE: BIOS is factory-set to hide the POST screen displaying the logo.

You can always see POST information by pressing Esc. To change the start-up screen, use the BIOS setup utility. (See Chapter 3 for details.)

During POST, you will see a banner message prompting you to launch the BIOS SETUP utility stored in ROM on the system board. See Chapter 3 for more information on BIOS setup.

Resetting the Server

! If the server halts before starting the OS, press and hold Ctrl and Alt and

press Delete. This restarts the server.

! Pressing the RESET switch on the front panel reboots the server.

Figure 2-31. Reset Switch Location

IMPORTANT: Resetting the server clears the DIMM memory and the

data in process. To reset the server when it is not frozen, make sure that no processing is in progress.

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Forced 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 for at least four seconds (see Figure 2-30, A) . The power is forcibly turned off. To turn on the power back again, wait approximately 10 seconds after turning off the power.

IMPORTANT: If the remote power-on function is used, cycle the power once to

load the OS, and turn off the power again in the normal way.

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Configuring Your System

! Configuring Your System ! BIOS Setup Utility ! SCSISelect Utility ! SCSI Disk Utilities ! Configuring the RAID Controller ! Configuring System Jumpers

Configuring Your System

Configuration and setup utilities are used to change your system configuration. You can configure your system, as well as option boards you may add to your system, using the BIOS Setup Utility. Several unique system parameters are configured using the BIOS Setup, which is stored in the system FLASH memory.

The SCSISelect Utility is used if you need to configure either of the SCSI controllers in your system or to perform a SCSI disk format or verify disk operation of these drives.

If your system has been factory configured, the BIOS Setup or SCSISelect Utility do not need to be run unless you want to change the password or security features, add certain types of option boards or devices, or upgrade your system board.

This chapter also provides information on several system configuration parameters that are set by jumpers on the system board. However, these parameters do not usually require change.

Use the EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM to create the device driver diskettes.

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BIOS Setup Utility

The BIOS Setup Utility is used to change system configuration parameters. The utility is resident in the system FLASH memory and does not require a diskette or an operating system present to run.

Using the BIOS Setup Utility

You access the BIOS Setup utility when you turn on or reboot your system. To run the BIOS Setup Utility, perform the following procedure:

1. Power-on or reboot the system. “Press <F2> to enter SETUP” displays.

2. Press F2. The BIOS Setup Utility starts and the Main Menu is displayed.

The menu bar at the top of the Main Menu lists the following selections:

Menu Use

Main Use this menu for basic system configuration. Advanced Use this menu for setting the Advanced Features available on

your system.

Security Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords and the

Backup and Virus-Check reminders. Server Use this menu for configuring unique Server features. Boot Use this menu to configure Boot Device priority. Exit Exits the current menu.

Use the arrow keys to select a menu or an item on a displayed menu. Press the value keys (see Table 3-1) to cycle through the allowable values for the selected field. Use the Exit menu’s “Save Values” selection to save the current values on all the menus.

To display a submenu, position the cursor on a selection that has a submenu and press ENTER. An arrow precedes selections with submenus.

Refer to Table 3-1 for information on the value keys that you use with BIOS Setup. These keys are also listed at the bottom of the Setup menu.

Configuring Your System 3-3

Table 3-1 Setup Menu Value Keys

Key Function in Setup Menu

F1 or Alt-H Get Help about an item. ESC Exit the current menu and return to the previous menu. Left or right arrow keys Move between menus. Up or down arrow keys Move cursor up and down. The cursor moves only to the

settings that you can change. HOME or END Move cursor to top or bottom of window. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Move cursor to next or previous page. F5 or - Select the previous value for the field. F6 or + or SPACE Select the next value for the field. F9 Load default configuration values for this menu. F10 Save configuration values and exit. ENTER Execute command or Select ➨submenu.

BIOS Setup Configuration Settings

The BIOS Setup Configurations tables show the default settings for the BIOS Setup Utility and provides a place for you to record any changes you make to these settings. Recommended values are bold in the following tables.

Configuring Your System 3-4

Main Menu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

System Time HH:MM:SS Set the time. System Date MM/DD/YYYY Set the date. Legacy Floppy A Disabled

720Kb 3.5"

1.2MB 5.25"

1.44, 1.25MB 3.5"

2.88MB 3.5"

Legacy Floppy B [Disabled]

Hard Disk Pre-Delay

Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave

Processor Settings

Language

Disabled

720Kb 3.5"

1.2MB 5.25"

1.44, 1.25MB 3.5"

2.88MB 3.5"

Disabled

3 seconds 6 seconds 9 seconds 12 seconds 15 seconds 21 seconds 30 seconds

Press ENTER Refer to the Primary IDE

Press ENTER

English (US)

French German Spanish Italian

Select the settings of floppy disk drive A (standard configuration).

Select the settings of floppy disk drive B. Set to "Disabled" since the server does not support drive B.

Set the time for first accessing the IDE device during POST.

Master/Primary IDE Slave submenu.

Refer to the Processor Settings submenu.

Select the language used for SETUP.

Configuring Your System 3-5

Processor Settings Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Processor Retest

Processor Speed Setting xxx Indicates the frequency of the CPU.

Yes

Clears CPU error information.

Display only.

Processor 1-4 CPUID ID

Disabled Not installed

Processor 1-4 L2 Cache Size

Processor 1-4 L3 Cache Size

Hyper-Threading Technology Disabled

XXXKB Indicates the L2 cache size of installed

XXXKB Indicates the L3 cache size of installed

Enabled

Indicates the ID of installed processors. "Disabled" indicates that the processor is defected. "Not Installed" indicates that the processor is not installed. Display only

processors. Display only

processors. Display only Setting this item to "Enabled" allows

the hyper-threading technology to be used in the ACPI mode. In POST or from OS, the specified number of processors is twice as many as the actual number of the installed processors.

Configuring Your System 3-6

Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Type

Cylinders 1-2048 Indicates the number of cylinders

Heads 1-16 Indicates the number of

Sectors 1-64 Indicates the number of sectors

Auto

None CD-ROM IDE Removable ATAPI Removable Other ATAPI User

Set the IDE device to be the master. The selection of "Auto" causes the device to be detected automatically during execution of POST. "None" disables the connected device.

(display only).

read/write heads (display only).

*1, *2

on each track (display only).

*1, *2

Maximum Capacity

Multi-Sector Transfers

LBA Mode Control

32 Bit I/O

Transfer Mode

Ultra DMA Mode

- Indicates the drive capacity

Disabled

2 Sectors 4 Sectors

(display only). Indicates the status of multi-

sector transfer controlled by

BIOS. 8 Sectors 16 Sectors

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Indicates the status of the LBA

(Logical Block Access) controlled

by BIOS.

Specifies whether the 32-bit IDE

data transfer is enabled or

disabled.

Standard

Fast PIO 1 Fast PIO 2

Indicates the data transfer mode

between drives controlled by

BIOS.

Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 FPIO 3/DMA 1 FPIO 4/DMA 4

Disabled

Mode 0 Mode 1

Indicates the Ultra-DMA mode of

data transfer between drives

controlled by BIOS.

Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4

*1 Selectable only when the Type is set to "User" *2 Displayed only when the Type is set to "User" *3 Displayed only when the Type is set to "Auto"

Configuring Your System 3-7

Advanced Menu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Memory Configuration

Press ENTER

Refer to the Memory Configuration

submenu

PCI Configuration

I/O Device Configuration

Advanced Chipset Control

Boot-time Diagnostic Screen

Reset Configuration Data

NumLock On

Press ENTER

Disabled

Enabled

Yes

Off

Refer to the PCI Configuration

submenu

Refer to the I/O Device Configuration

submenu

Refer to the Advanced Chipset

Control submenu

Specify whether the self-diagnosis

(POST) running screen is displayed

or not on booting. If this item is set to

"Disabled," the "NEC" logo appears

during POST. Pressing ESC in the

status causes the screen display to

be switched to the POST execution

screen.

The Boot-time Diagnostic Screen is

automatically enabled if Console

Redirection is enabled.

Select "Yes" to clear the extended

system configuration data area

(system information stored by POST).

The parameter is changed to "No"

after the system is rebooted.

Specify whether the numlock is

enabled or disabled on booting.

"Auto" makes the numlock enabled

when an entry from the numeri c key

card is detected.

Memory/Processor Error

Boot

Halt

Disables or enables a pause during

system bootup if an error occurs. If

Enabled and an error occurs, the

bootup sequence pauses and offers

the choice of entering BIOS Setup or

resuming the boot sequence (the

system always continues to bootup if

the POST error pause is disabled). If

Disabled, the system always

continues to bootup.

Configuring Your System 3-8

Memory Configuration Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

DIMM Group #1 - #3 Status Normal

Not installed Disabled

Indicates the current memory

status. "Normal" indicates that

the memory devices operate

normally. "Disabled" indicates

that one or more memory

devices are defected. "Not

Installed" indicates that no

memory devices are installed.

(Display only)

Memory Retest

Extended RAM Step 1MB

Online Spare Memory

Yes

1KB Every-Location

Disabled

Enabled

Clears the DIMM group error

status information.

"1MB" indicates that the memory

test is done in the unit of 1MB.

"1KB" indicates that the memory

test is done in the unit of 1KB.

"Every-Location" indicates that

every memory device is tested.

"Disabled" indicates that only

memory initialization is done.

Specifies whether the Online

Spare Memory function is

enabled or disabled.

PCI Configuration Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Hot Plug PCI Control

Embedded SCSI

Embedded NIC 1 (10/100)

Press ENTER

Refer to the Hot Plug PCI Control

submenu.

Refer to the Embedded SCSI

submenu.

Refer to the Embedded NIC 1

(10/100) submenu.

Embedded NIC 2 (Gbit)

Embedded Video Controller

PCI Slot 1 – Slot 8

Press ENTER

Refer to the Embedded NIC 2

(Gbit) submenu.

Refer to the Embedded Video

Controller submenu.

Refer to the PCI Slot 1 – Slot 8

submenu.

Configuring Your System 3-9

Hot-plug PCI Control Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Reserving memory space for PHP

Disabled (None)

Minimum 6 (2+4) MB Middle 48 (16+32) MB Maximum 96 (32+64) MB

Determines memory space at every empty slot for PHP (PCI Hot-plug).

Empty Bus Default Speed

- Refer to Empty Bus Default Speed submenu.

Empty Bus Default Speed Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting PCI Slot 5-6

PCI Slot 7-8

PCI 33MHz

PCI 66MHz PCI-X 66MHz PCI-X 100MHz

Selects the type (PCI or PCI-X) of PCI board and frequency of the board to be installed into PCI slots 5 – 6 or 7 – 8.

The parameter must be selected before installing the hot plug PCI board. (This option is ignored and the appropriate installed board parameter is applied to the slot by the system after installing the board and rebooting the system.).

Embedded SCSI/Embedded NIC/Embedded Video Controller Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

SCSI Controller LAN Controller 1 LAN Controller 2 Video Controller

Enabled

Disabled

Indicates whether the on-board controller is enabled or disabled.

Option ROM Scan*

* Only displayed for SCSI and LAN controllers

Enabled

Disabled

Displays the submenu for indicating whether the expansion of BIOS of on-board controller is enabled or disabled.

Configuring Your System 3-10

PCI Slot 1 – PCI Slot 8 Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Option ROM Scan

Enabled

Disabled

Disables/enables the Option ROM BIOS on the PCI bus. When a graphic accelerator board is installed or a disk array controller or SCSI controller is installed, set this option to "Enabled." When a LAN controller board that includes ROM BIOS is used, but the board does not provide network booting, set this item to "Disabled."

Configuring Your System 3-11

I/O Device Configuration Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Serial Port A Disabled

Enabled

Auto

Specifies whether serial po rt A is enabled or disabled.

Base I/O Address

Interrupt IRQ 3

Serial Port B Disabled

Base I/O Address 3 F8

Interrupt

Parallel Port Dis a bled

Mode Output Only

3F8

2F8 3E8 2E8

IRQ 4

Enabled

Auto

2F8

3E8 2E8

IRQ 3

IRQ 4

Enabled

Auto

Bi-directional EPP

ECC

Selects the base address and interrupt (IRQ) for serial port A. These menus are displayed if Serial port A is enabled.

Specifies whether serial po rt B is enabled or disabled.

Selects the base address and interrupt (IRQ) for serial port B. These menus are displayed if serial port B is enabled.

Specifies whether the parallel port is enabled or disabled.

Selects the parallel port operation mode, base address, interrupt (IRQ), and DMA channel.

Base I/O Address

Interrupt IRQ 5

DMA channel

Legacy USB Support

PS/2 Mouse Disabled

378

278

IRQ 7

DMA 1

DMA 3

Disabled

Enabled

Specifies whether the USB keyboard is made available in OS which does not support USB formally.

Specifies whether the mouse is enabled or disabled.

Configuring Your System 3-12

Advanced Chipset Control Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Wake On LAN

Disabled

Enabled

Specifies whether the remote power-on function through network is enabled or disabled.

Wake On Ring

Sleep Button

Disabled

Enabled

Present

Absent

Specifies whether the remote power-on function through a serial port is enabled or disabled.

Determines whether SLEEP switch is masked or unmasked. Selecting "Absent" disables the SLEEP switch after booting up.

PCI Device Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

PCI IRQ line 1 – 14 PCI IRQ line 17-32

Disabled

Auto Select

3 4 5 7 9

10*

11 14 15

Sets the assignment of each of 16 interrupt signals on the PCI bus to a specific IRQ request.

Parameters "5," "10," and "11" cannot be selected if they are the same as those set for BMC IRQ in the Server menu.

* Factory-set for PCI IRQ line 2.

Configuring Your System 3-13

Security Menu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

User Password is

Supervisor Password is

Set User Password

Clear

Press ENTER

Status 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 System Board Jumpers in this chapter).

Status 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 System Board Jumpers in this Chapter).

When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a password (up to 7 alphanumeric characters); press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be disabled by setting it to a null string, or by clearing password jumper on system board (refer to System Board Jumpers in this chapter).

Set Supervisor Password

Password on boot

Press ENTER

Disabled

Enabled

With a user password, accessible SETUP menus are restricted. This feature is available only if the Supervisor Password is specified.

Supervisor password (up to 7 alphanumeric characters) controls access to the setup utility.

When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is prompted for a password; press ESC key to abort. Once set, this can be disabled by setting it to a null string, or by clearing password jumper on system board (refer to System Board Jumpers in this chapter).

This feature is available only when you logged in the SETUP utility with the supervisor password.

Specifies whether the passwords are entered or not on booting. At first the supervisor password must be set.

Configuring Your System 3-14

Security Menu (continued)

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Fixed disk boot sector

Normal

Write Protect

Prevents data from being written to hard disks.

Secure Mode Timer

Hot Key (CTRL+ALT+)

Secure Mode Boot

Video Blanking

Floppy Write Protect

Power Switch Inhibit

2 min 5 min 10 min 20 min 1 hr

2 hr L

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Specifies the period of time the keyboard or mouse are inactive at which the system enters into the secure mode.

Specifies the key with which the secure mode is started. Press the selected key with the Ctrl and Alt pressed to

enter secure mode. Specifies whether the server

is operated in the secure mode at the start of the server.

Specifies whether the monitor is disconnected if the server is entered into the secure mode.

Specifies whether data write to the floppy disk inserted into the floppy disk drive is enabled or disabled in secure mode.

Specifies whether the power switch is enabled or disabled. If this parameter is set to "Enabled," the power cannot be turned off by using the power switch after the OS is booted, including a forced shutdown (making the system shut down forcibly by pressing the power switch for four seconds or longer).

Configuring Your System 3-15

Server Menu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

System Management

Press ENTER Refer to the System

Management submenu.

Console Redirection

Service Partition Type

Clear Event Log Press Enter

Assert NMI on PERR

Assert NMI on SERR

FRB-2 Policy

Boot Monitoring

Press ENTER Refer to the Console Redirection

– Indicates the type of the service

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disable FRB2

Disable BSP

Do Not Disabled BSP Retry 3 Times

Disabled

5 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 20 Minutes 25 Minutes 30 Minutes 35 Minutes 40 Minutes 45 Minutes 50 Minutes 55 Minutes

60 Minutes

submenu.

partition. Press Enter and select "Yes" to

initialize the system event log. Indicates whether PCI PERR is

supported or not. If an error occurred, the system offers an error through the NMI.

Indicates whether PCI SERR is supported or not. If an error occurred, the system offers an error through the NMI.

Set this item to "Disable BSP".

Indicates whether the boot monitoring function is enabled or disabled on booting. To use this function, install NEC ESMPRO Agent. Do not use this function if the system is booted from OS without installation of ESMPRO Agent or CD-ROM. Set this item to "Disabled" if ARCServe uses the Disaster Recovery Option.

Configuring Your System 3-16

Server Menu (continued)

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Boot Monitoring Policy

Thermal Sensor

Retry 3 Times

Retry Service Boot Always Retest

Disabled

Enabled

Appears when the boot monitoring feature is enabled. This item indicates the processing at the occurrence of timeout during boot monitoring. If [Retry 3 times] is selected, the system is reset after the occurrence of timeout and OS boot is retried up to three times. The failure in the third boot causes the boot to be tried from the service partition. If [Retry Service Boot] is selected, the system is reset after the occurrence of timeout and OS boot is retried up to three times. Then the boot is tried from the service partition for three times. If [Always Reset] is selected, the system is reset after the occurrence of a timeout and the OS boot is retried repeatedly. Indicates whether the temperature sensor monitoring function is enabled or disabled.

BMC IRQ

Post Error Pause

AC-LINK

System status before AC power off

Operating Off On On Aborting (DC power also

OFF) Forced shutdown Off Off On

Disabled 5 10

Disabled

Enabled

Stay Off

Last State

Power On

Stay Off Last State Power On

Off Off On

Indicates the IRQ of the BMC interrupt.

Indicates whether POST is aborted once at the end of POST if an error occurs during the execution of POST.

Indicates the AC-LINK function. Shows the state of the power of the server.

Setting of AC-LINK

Configuring Your System 3-17

System Management Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

BIOS Version – Indicates the version of BIOS.

(Display only)

Board Part #

Board Serial # – System Part # – System Serial # – Chassis Part # – Chassis Serial # – BMC Device ID – BMC Device Rev – BMC Firmware Rev – BMC BBFirmware – IPMI Rev – Indicates the version of

SDR Rev –

–

Indicates the baseboard information. (Display only)

Indicates the system information. (Display only)

Indicates the chassis information. (Display only)

Indicates the BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) information. (Display only)

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) supported by BMC.

Indicates the revision of SDR (Sensor Data Record). (Display only)

PIA Rev –

Primary HSBP Rev –

Indicates the revision of PIA. (Display only)

Indicates the revision of the primary HSBP (Hot-Swap Back Plane) board

normally installed. (Display only)

Configuring Your System 3-18

Console Redirection Submenu

Option Parameter Description Your Setting

Serial Port Address

Disabled

On-Board Com A On-Board Com B

Selects the port to be used as the redirection port. The parameters specified in I/O device configuration submenu is used as address and interrupt.

ACPI Redirection Port

Baud Rate

Flow Control

Console Type

Remote Console Reset

Disabled

On-Board Com A On-Board Com B

9600

38.4k

57.6k

115.2k

None XON/XOFF CTS/RTS

CTS/RTS+CD PC ANSI

VT100+ VT-UTF8

Disabled

Enabled

Specify the I/O port address or interrupt level used in ACPI headless console redirection. If [Disabled] is selected, console redirection feature is disabled.

Specifies the baud rate used for the interface with successive hardware consoles.

Specifies the flow control method.

Specifies the console type.

Specify whether the reset from remote console is enabled or disabled.

Configuring Your System 3-19

Boot Menu

Use the up or down arrow keys to select a device, then press the <+> or <-> keys to move the device higher or lower in the boot priority list.

Boot Device Priority Menu

Boot Priority Device Description Your Setting

1. CD-ROM Drive Attempts to boot from an ATAPI CD-ROM drive.

2. Removable

Media Devices

3. Hard Drive Attempts to boot from a hard

4. IBA 1.0.17 Slot

0103

Intel UNDI, PXE-

2.0 (Build 082)

Attempts to boot from a removable media device.

drive device.

Attempts to boot from a PXR server.

Configuring Your System 3-20

NEC Express5800 140Rc-4 User Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Proprietary Notice and Liability Disclaimer

Contents

Using This Guide

Text Conventions

Related Documents

Safety Notices

General Notices

Safety Notices for Users Outside of the U.S.A. and Canada

Fire Related Notices

Shock Related Notices

Rack-mount Related Notices

Care and Handling

System Overview

Overview

System Chassis

Top View

Front View (Bezel Installed)

Front Vi ew (Bezel Remo ved)

Front Panel Switches, Connectors and LED Indicators

Rear View

Internal View

Electronics Bay

Status LED Indicator Descriptions

System Board Set

System Board Set Features

Intel Xeon Processor

System Memory

I/O Expansion Slots

Real-Time Clock/Cale ndar

BIOS

Controllers

External Device Connectors

System Power

Peripheral Bays

Disk Array

Automatic Rebuilding Function

Expand Capacity Function

System Functions

Hot Swapping

Hot Plug PCI

Fans

Sleep Mode

ACPI

AC Link Mode

Remote Power-On (Wake On LAN) Function

Reconfiguration

SAF-TE Logic

System Security

Security with Mechanical Locks and Monitoring

Software Locks via the BIOS Setup Utility

Setting Up the System

Overview

Selecting a Site

Unpacking the System

Rack-Mount Subsystem Assembly

Unpacking the Rack Mounting Hardware

Before You Begin

Static Precautions

Assembly

Mounting the Server in the Rack Cabinet

Installing the Cable Arm Assembly

Removing the Server from the Rack

Making Connections

Connection to External SCSI Devices

Connecting Power Cord

Turning On the Server

Resetting the Server

Forced Shutdown

Configuring Your System

Configuring Your System

BIOS Setup Utility

Using the BIOS Setup Utility

BIOS Setup Configuration Settings

Main Menu

Advanced Menu

Boot Menu