Silicon Graphics Altix XE250 Manuale utente

SGI®Altix®XE250 System User’s Guide

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Contents

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Node Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Serial ATA (SATA) Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PCI Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

UIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Onboard Controllers/Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ATI Graphics Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

System Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

RAID Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

L8i UIO Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

MegaRAID 8708 HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chipset Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MCH (North Bridge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

I/O Controller Hub-ESB2 (South Bridge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Server Chassis Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SATA/SAS Backplane/Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

IO Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Drive Carrier Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Unpack the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Prepare for Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Choose a Setup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Rack Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Server Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Rack Mounting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Ambient Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Reduced Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Mechanical Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Circuit Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Reliable Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Install the System into a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Identify the Sections of the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Install the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Install the Chassis Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Install the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Check the Node Board Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Access the Inside of the Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check the CPUs (processors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check the System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Install Expansion PCI Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check all Cable Connections and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Check the Drive Bay Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Check the System Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Check the Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Supply Power to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Handling the Node Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ESD Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Node Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Install the Node Board in the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connect the Data Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connect the Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Processor and Heatsink Installation and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Install a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Remove the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Install a Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Remove the Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Replace the Thermal Interface Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Removing TIM from a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Removing TIM from a Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Install Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Memory DIMM Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Memory DIMM Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Install DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Node Board Component Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Add PCI Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Install a PCI Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Node Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Node Board Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

ATX Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

PW_ON Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Reset Switch Pin Definitions (JF1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Power Fail LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Overheat/Fan Fail Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

NIC2 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

NIC1 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

HDD LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Power On LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

NMI Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Fan Connector Pin Definitions (Fan1/2 - Fan7/8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Wake on LAN Connector Pin Definitions (JWOL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Wake on Ring Connector Pin Definitions (JWOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Chassis Intrusion Connector Pin Definitions (JL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Power Supply Fail LED Connector Pin Definitions (JP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Ethernet Port (LAN1/LAN2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Serial Port Pin Definitions (COM1/COM2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Power LED/Speaker (JD1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Serial General Purpose I/O Connector Pin Definitions (SGPIO) . . . . . . . . . . 70

USB Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

System Management Bus I2C Connector (SMBUS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

System Management Bus Connector Pin Definitions (SMB) . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Overheat/Fan Fail LED Connector Pin Definitions (JOH1) . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Keylock Connector Pin Definitions (JK1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Node Board Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Explanation of Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

CMOS Memory Clear (JBT1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VGA Jumper Settings (JPG1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

LAN1/LAN2 Jumper Settings (JPL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

3rd Power Fail Detect Jumper Settings (JP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Watch Dog Timer Jumper Settings (JWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Compact Flash Master/Slave Select (JCF1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Compact Flash Power (JWF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

I2C to PCIe Slot Jumper Settings (JPI2C1/JPI2C2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Reboot Option (JP1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Memory Voltage Select (JP2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Node Board LED Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

LAN1 and LAN2 (Ethernet Ports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Onboard Power LED (LE1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Floppy, IDE, and SATA Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Floppy Drive Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

IDE Drive Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

SATA Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

ESD Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chassis Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Part Numbers and Marketing Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Fan Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

System Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

DVD-CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Disk Drive Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Disk Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Mounting a Drive in a Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Drive Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

SATA/SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

SATA Backplane Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Power Supply Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Power Supply Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

System BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

How To Change the Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Starting the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Running Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Main BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Main Setup Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

System Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

System Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

BIOS Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

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Legacy Diskette A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, SATA Port 3 and SATA Port 4. 117

Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Parallel ATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Serial ATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Native Mode Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

SATA Controller Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

ICH RAID Code Base (Available when SATA RAID is Enabled) . . . . . . . 120

SATA AHCI (Available when SATA RAID is Disabled) . . . . . . . . . . 120

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Advanced Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Boot Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

QuickBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

QuietBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

ACPI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Power Button Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Resume On Modem Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

EFI OS Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Keyboard on Now Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Power Loss Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Watch Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Summary Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Memory Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Cache System BIOS Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Cache Video BIOS Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Cache Base 0-512K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Cache Base 512K-640K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Cache Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Discrete MTRR Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

PCIe Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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