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SGI®Altix®XE320 System User’s Guide

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Initial publication.

Contents

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Contents

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Chapter Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Node Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Serial ATA (SATA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and RAID Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

PCIe Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Ethernet Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

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

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

Server Chassis Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

SATA/SAS Backplane/Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Rear I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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System Security and Pre-Installed Linux Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Unpack the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Prepare for Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Choose a Setup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Rack Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Server Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Rack Mounting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Ambient Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Reduced Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Mechanical Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Circuit Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Reliable Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Install the System into a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Identify the Sections of the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Install the Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Locking Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Install the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Install the Server in a Third-party Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Check the Node Board Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Access the Inside of the Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Check the CPUs (processors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Check the System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Install Expansion PCIe Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check all Cable Connections and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check the Drive Bay Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check the SATA/SAS Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Check the Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Supply Power to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3 Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Drive Carrier Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4 Advanced Node Board Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Handling the Node Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Node Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connect the Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Processor and Heatsink Installation and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Install a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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

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

Replace the Thermal Interface Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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

Removing TIM from a Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Remove the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Install Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Memory Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Constraints for DIMM Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Performance Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Memory Sparing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Memory Mirroring Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Mirroring Mode Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Install DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Install or Remove the Air Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Node Board Component Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Add PCIe Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Install a PCIe Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Node Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Node Board Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

ATX Power Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Auxiliary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JP10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

PW_ON Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Reset Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Overheat/Fan Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

NIC2 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

NIC1 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

HDD LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Power On LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

NMI Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Fan Connector Pin Definitions (Fan1/2 - Fan7/8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Chassis Intrusion Connector Pin Definitions (JL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

USB Connector Pin Definitions (USB0/USB1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Ethernet Port (LAN1/LAN2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Wake on LAN Connector Pin Definitions (JWOL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Wake on Ring Connector Pin Definitions (JWOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Serial Port Pin Definitions (COM2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Serial General Purpose I/O Connector Pin Definitions (SGPIO) . . . . . . . . . . 71

System Management Bus Power Connector Pin Definitions (J17) . . . . . . . . . . 72

System Management Bus Connector Pin Definitions (J18). . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Node Board Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Explanation of Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

CMOS Memory Clear (JBT1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

VGA Jumper Settings (JPG1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

I2C to PCIe Slot Jumper Settings (JPI2C1/JPI2C2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

LAN1/LAN2 Jumper Settings (JPL1/JPL2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Watch Dog Timer Jumper Settings (JWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Node Board LED Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

LAN1 and LAN2 (Ethernet Ports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Power LED (LE1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

InfiniBand Link/Activity LEDs (LE2/LE3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

5 Advanced Chassis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Part Numbers and Marketing Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

System Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

System Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Disk Drive Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Disk Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Mounting a Drive in a Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Drive Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Power Supply Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Power Supply Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

6 BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

System BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

How To Change the Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Starting the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Running Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Main BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Main Setup Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

System Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

System Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

BIOS Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Serial ATA Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Multi-Sector Transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

LBA Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

32 Bit I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Transfer Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Ultra DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Native Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

SATA Controller Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

ICH RAID Code Base (Available when SATA RAID is Enabled) . . . . . . . .108

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SATA AHCI (Available when SATA RAID is Disabled) . . . . . . . . . . 108

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Advanced Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Boot Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

QuickBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

QuietBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

ACPI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Power Button Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Resume On Modem Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Power Loss Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Watch Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Summary Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Memory Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Cache System BIOS Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Cache Base 0-512K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Cache Base 512K-640K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Cache Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

PCIe Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Onboard GLAN1/Onboard GLAN2 (Gigabit- LAN) OPROM Configure. . . . . . 112

Default Primary Video Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Emulated IRQ Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

PCIe I/O Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

PCIe Parity Error Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

ROM Scan Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Reset Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Slot1 PCIe x8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Option ROM Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Enable Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Latency Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Large Disk Access Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Advanced Chipset Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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