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NEC Express5800/120Rh-1 User's Guide

1. Configuring Your Server 4 99 The following describe the clearing procedure A WARNING Y Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow as these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details a Do not remove the lithium battery a Do not connect the ground line to a gas pipe ae Do not disassemble repair or alter the server A CAUTION 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 SA A A Never attempt to lift the server only by yourself Make sure to complete board installation Do not install the server on a rack with leaving covers removed Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components Note high temperature Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack 4 100 Configuring Your Server Clearing CMOS Data 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal as described in Chapter 9 of this guide to prepare Remove the logic cover see Chapter 9 Locate the position of the jumpers on the mother board you are changing Move the jumper strap to the CMOS clear position Refer to the
2. ooonoonnani oooooonannt 14 1 10 External connectors 13 FRONT REAR Power connector Power signal connector USB connector Unused connector Unused jumper switch RAID configuration jumper switch With 2 5 inch disk model leave the factory setting as is Password clear jumper switch CMOS clear jumper switch 9 Mini SAS connector Used only when 3 5 inch SATA2 hard disk drive is installed 10 Lithium battery 11 Connector for PCI riser card slot for full height board See Chapter 9 for available board 12 Connector for PCI riser card slot for low profile board See Chapter 9 for available board 13 DIMM sockets for interleave type ou hwWhNd o N The sockets are called 41 42 43 11 12 13 21 22 23 31 32 33 sequentially from top 14 Processor sockets 13 1 Processor 1 CPU 1 15 Backplane connector 13 2 Processor 2 CPU 2 2 12 General Description STATUS INDICATORS This section explains the indication and meanings of the server LEDs ST POWER LED The POWER LED is on green while the server power switch is on It is off while no power is supplied to the server The POWER LED indicates that the server is runn
3. UID LED UID switch lolol 0 0 CGS EI E383 00 0 0 0 CE Ea Ea BSE oG e 000 0 O go o e oooo Seeeooceeee0oo a Boo 5 gt Boo lt 1 11 x gt g T x h 2 piel off aaa roo Eg ano roog CE mI gt oH ey 100000 pi 000000 cao UID LED UID switch General Description 2 33 Optical Disk Drive The server is provided with the optical disk drive on its front to read data from a disc A CAUTION A 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 a Do not leave the tray ejected from the optical disk drive Set a disc on the optical disk drive in the following procedure 1 Confirm that the power of the server is on with the POWER LED being lit before setting the disc on the optical disk drive 2 Press the Eject button on the front of the optical disk drive The tray comes out a little 3 Hold the tray lightly and pull it out toward you until the tray stops 4 Put the disc on the tray carefully and securely with the character printed surface facing upward 2 34 General Description 5 As shown in the figure below hold the tray with a hand and press the disc with fingers o
4. Mother board Notes on Using Your Server 1 15 USER SUPPORT Before Asking for Repair do the following when the server appears to fail 1 Check if the power cord and the cables to other devices are properly connected 2 See Chapter 8 to find if your problem fits the description If it does take the recommended measure for it 3 Check if the software required for operation of the server is properly installed If the server still appears to fail after you have taken the above actions consult with your service representative immediately Take notes on LED indications of the server and alarm indications on the display unit before consultation which may provide a significant help to your service representative 1 16 Notes on Using Your Server Advice for Health The longer you keep using the computer equipment the more you become tired which may cause disorders of your body When you use a computer observe the following to keep yourself from getting tired Good Working Posture You have good posture if the following are satisfied when you use a computer e You sit on a chair with your back straight e Your hands are parallel with the floor when you put them on the keyboard e You look at the screen slightly lower than your eye height You have good working posture as described in the above when no part of your body is under excess strain in other words when your muscles are most relaxed Y
5. y Exit LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 1 Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Select Configure New Configuration from the TOP menu Management Menu Select View add Configuration to add configuration IMPORTANT m Creating a configuration using New Configuration menu clears the existing configuration information To add configuration information to the existing configuration select View add Configuration m You cannot create Spanning of RAID1 or set the virtual drive capacity on Easy Configuration menu Use New Configuration or View Add Configuration instead Configuring Your Server 4 35 2 When a confirmation message Proceed is displayed select Yes The SCAN DEVICE starts scanning information is displayed at the bottom of the screen Upon completion of SCAN DEVICE the New Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU screen appears New Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU E READY E READY 3 Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be packed by using cursor key and then press Space to select the hard disk drive The display for the selected hard disk drive changes from READY to ONLINE New Configuration ARRAY SELECTION MENU E ONLIN A00 00 E ONLIN A00 01 4 Press F10 to set Select Configurable Array s 5 Press Space SPAN 1 is set Select Configurable Array s A 0 SPAN 1 4 36 Configuring Your Server 6 Press F10
6. RAID1 In the RAID1 level data saved in a HDD is written to another HDD without change The mode is called mirroring When data is written onto a single HDD the same data is written onto another HDD If either of the HDDs is defected the other HDD containing the same data can substitute for the defected HDD Thus the system can continue to operate without interruption RAID Controller Stripe 1 Stripe 1 Stripe 2 Stripe 2 4 28 Configuring Your Server RAID5 In RAIDS data is distributed to HDDs by striping and at the same time the parity redundant data is distributed to the HDDs This mode is called striping with distributed parity Each of stripe x stripe x 1 and parity x x 1 created from stripe x and stripe x 1 is written onto a specific HDD Accordingly the total capacity assigned to the parity is just the same as the capacity of a single HDD If any one of the HDDs configuring a logical drive is defected data is still available with no problems RAID Controller Stripe 1 Stripe 2 Parity 1 2 Parity 3 4 Stripe 4 Parity 5 6 Stripe 5 Stripe 6 Stripe 3 RAID6 A RAID 6 extends RAID 5 by adding an additional parity block Q created by different calculation method such as weighting by some factor thus it uses block level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all member disks This mode is called striping with duplex and distributed parity Accord
7. IMPORTANT If the server is turned off during rebuild processing the processing is stopped Restart the server mount the new hard disk drive in hot swap mode and then perform rebuild processing again Observe the following notes on using the auto rebuild function Do not turn the power off Once the power is turned off the auto build function does not start m Let 90 seconds or more pass between when dismounting a failing hard disk drive and when mounting the new one Do not replace a failing hard disk drive while rebuild processing is being performed for another hard disk drive General Description 2 17 LAN Connector LEDs There are two LEDs for each of the two LAN ports connectors on the rear panel i To0000 000000 cagA oo RS Dat LINK ACT LINK ACT SPEED EED LINK ACT Management port Data transmission ports LINK ACT SPEED m LINK ACT LEDs Each LINK ACT LED indicates the status of the standard network port of the server While power is supplied to the server and HUB and the connection is correct the LED is on green The LED turns green and flashes while the network port is transmitting receiving data If the LED does not go on when the LINK state is placed check if the network cable is in normal state and if it is connected correctly If the LED does not go on yet when the network cable is normal the network
8. 4 48 Configuring Your Server Patrol Read The patrol read gives the read amp verify test in the entire area of HDDs It can be performed for all HDDs assigned to virtual disks and hot spares The Patrol Read allows subsequent defects of HDDs to be detected and repaired For HDDs configuring redundant virtual disks or those assigned to hot spares error sectors detected during Patrol Read can be repaired IMPORTANT Note the following for the patrol read m For the Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 Patrol Read feature is factory set to Enabled m To change settings of Patrol Read use Universal RAID Utility m Ifthe system is restarted while running Patrol Read Patrol Read resumes from that point Consistency Check The Consistency Check is used to check consistency among virtual drives It is available for redundant virtual drives except for RAIDO It is also available for host spare Consistency Check can be performed through WebBIOS or Universal RAID Utility Consistency Check performs not only consistency check but also repair of error sectors Accordingly it can be used as preventive maintenance IMPORTANT Note the following for Consistency Check m During Consistency Check the processing rate is decreased due to much load m Ifthe system is restarted the Consistency Check is aborted However the Consistency Check resumes after restart m To schedule execution of Consistency Ch
9. Ex Migration with addition for RAID5 virtual disk The figure below shows an example of adding a single 36GB HDD to a RAIDS virtual disk configured with three 36GB HDDs Virtual disk RAID5 Before execution Capacity 72GB lt a le Execute Migration with addition Virtual disk RAID5 Ce Ke SR ee Re 36GB 36GB 36GB 36GB After execution Capacity 108GB 4 52 Configuring Your Server Before Using WebBIOS Read the following sections describing supported functions and precautions before using WebBIOS Supported Functions Indication of model name and capacity of hard disk drive called HDD hereafter Indication of HDD allocation status Creation of virtual disk Setting of RAID level Setting of Stripe Block size Setting of Read Policy Write Policy IO Policy Indication of configuration information and status of virtual disk Removal of virtual disk Clearing of configuration Execution of initialization Execution of Consistency Check Execution of manual rebuild Execution of reconstruction Configuring Your Server 4 53 Notes on Creating Virtual Disk The HDDs configuring the disk group should have the same capacity and rotation speed Be sure to execute Consistency Check after creating VD When installing an OS in VD under the Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 create a VD dedicated to OS installation WebBIOS cannot be handled via remote console func
10. Stopper Setting Up Your Server 3 11 2 At least two persons are required to install the server Securely hold the server and install it in the rack Firmly fit the inner rails on the sides of the server into the rail assemblies that are installed on the rack and then slowly push the server into the rack 3 If the server is locked on its way into the rack slowly push it in while pressing the release levers blue on the right and left sides of the server When the server is completely pushed into the rack the server is locked Release lever blue 3 12 Setting Up Your Server IMPORTANT Be very careful not to get your finger caught in the levers or rails Insert both sides of inner rails straight into the rack Hold the thumbscrews on both sides of the server and install the server carefully while making sure the installation position NOTES At the first installation you may feel strong friction in pushing because the mechanical components cannot be completely engaged with each other Push the server intensely If the installation is incomplete either of rails may not go further on its way In such a case pull out the server completely until it is locked Then push the server in while unlocking the right and left sides of it 4 Make sure that the sliding rails move smoothly by pulling the server out of the rack and pushing
11. USING YOUR SERVER This section describes basic operations of the server including how to use devices such as the optical disk drive See Appendix B for notes on using the disc and accessories including the keyboard and the mouse Front Bezel Remove the front bezel to power on off the server to access the optical disk drive and to install remove hard disk drives to the 3 5 inch disk bays IMPORTANT m To open the front door you must unlock the door with the provided security key m Pay attention not to press the POWER switch when you install or remove the front bezel Installing or Removing the Front Bezel When turning the power of the server on off accessing to the optical disk drive or installing or removing a hard disk drive on or from the 3 5 inch disk bay first remove the front bezel IMPORTANT The front bezel can be opened only when you unlock it by using the attached security key 1 Insert the attached security key into the key slot and turn the key to the front bezel side with it pressed lightly to release the lock 2 Hold the right end of the front bezel lightly to pull it toward you 2 26 General Description 3 Slide the front bezel to the left a little to remove the tab from the frame and then remove the front bezel from the server D am TERSANE pe E ES S ee ee A To install the front bezel latch the tab at
12. K Add to SPAN 8 The VD Definition screen is displayed Enter the necessary parameters and click Accept bezaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Confiz izard W Definit ion LSI gt lt RAID Level RAID 10 P Strip Size 64 KB E a Wrthru for BAD BBU 10 Polic x Next LD Possible RAID Levels o ROO K 0OK R10 Policy Disable BGI Select Size hccept Reclaim X Cancel 4u Back mb Next Configuring Your Server 4 81 9 Make sure that both DGO and DG are defined as VD 0 then click Next at the lower right of the screen bezaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Contig izard W Def init ion RAID Level Strip Size Wrthru for BAD BBU 10 Policy Direct Y Press Back Button To Add Another YW Select Size Reclaim X Cancel 4u Back mp Next 10 On the Preview screen make sure the VD is defined correctly then click Accept at the lower right of the screen begaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Config Fizard Preview LISI u This is the configuration def ined Click ACCEPT to save Configuration Preview Theis configuration Physical Drives Virtual Disks Enclosure XXX O72120 ONLINE O21212 ONLINE O2122 ONLINE 0 1 3 ONLINE X Cancel 4m Back Accert 4 82 Configuring Your Server 11 12 13 14 The confirmation message Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration The confi
13. Physical Drive select hard disk drive gt Force Online from the TOP menu Rebuild Rate Sets the Rebuild Rate Select Objects Adapter Sel Adapter gt Rebuild Rate from the TOP menu Available value is between 0 and 100 Default value recommended is 30 Hard disk drive information Checks hard disk drive information Select Objects Physical Drive select hard disk drive Drive Properties from the TOP menu 4 44 Configuring Your Server LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility and Universal RAID Utility You can use Universal RAID Utility for configuration and management monitoring of RAID System after start up operating system The point to keep in mind when I use Universal RAID Utility together with LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility is as follows Terms LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility and Universal RAID Utility are different in term When you use Universal RAID Utility together with LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility please convert terms by the following list Term of LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Term of Universal RAID Utility Adapter RAID Controller Logical Drive Logical Drive Array Disk Array Physical Drive Physical Device Number and ID The number to manage each component of disk array of Universal RAID Utility is different to LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Adapter and RAID Controller LS
14. m The removed rail assemblies are to be installed on the inner rails later m Bevery careful not to get your finger caught in the levers or rails Setting Up Your Server 3 9 Installing rail assemblies 1 Insert the square projection of the rail assembly into the angle hole on the 19 inch rack until it is locked with clicking sound The figure below shows the right side front of the rack Install the rail assemblies to the right side rear and left side front and rear of the rack in the same procedure B XY Di AT Make sure that the rail assembly is installed at the same level as the other slide rail assembly already installed NOTES m There may be some backlashes in the front and rear however it is not a deficiency m Make sure that the rail assembly is surely locked to the rack 3 10 Setting Up Your Server Installing the Server A CAUTION Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow SA these instructions may cause a fire personal injury or property damage See pages 1 3 to 1 12 for details AA Do not lift the server only by a single person Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components 1 Pull out the sliding rails of the right and left rail assemblies until they are locked JAAA NOTE Make sure that the sliding rails are surely locked by the stopper
15. IMPORTANT Do not attempt to configure RAID00 or RAID60 They are not supported 1 Click Configuration Wizard on WebBIOS Top Menu to start Wizard bexaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Config izard DG Def inition fi LSI lt Disk Group Def init ion To add drives to a Disk Group hold Control key while selecting Unconf Good drives and click on Accept to Array Than Accept DG Drive addition can be undone by selecting the Reclain button Phys ical Dr ives Disk Groups 02120 UNCONF GOOD 3 Q72121 UNCONF GOOD NE gt 02122 CONF GOO iB lt gt AddtoArray Reclaim X cancel 4m Back mo Next 4 78 Configuring Your Server 2 To add physical drives HDD to a Disk Group hold Ctrl while selecting HDDs in DG In the example two DGs will be configured and spanned Physical Dr ives Enclosure WWW gt UNCONF GOOD Z UNCONF GOOD gt UNCONF GOOD XXXxx MB 3 UNCONF GOOD XXWWW MB gt Addtofrray Reset 3 Upon completion of selection click Add to Array at the lower right of the screen After making sure that the new DG has defined in Disk Groups frame to the right click Accept DG Physical Dr ives Enclosure XXX 2120 ONLINE XXX2X MB 07170 ONLINE Xxx WB 21212 ONLINE S xx MB 071117 ONLINE XXS8 WB 2122 UNCONF GOOD XXX WB 23 UNCONF GOOD XXXX WB gt Addtofrray Reset 4 Anew DG is defined in the Disk Groups frame Define another DG in the similar
16. SETUP FLOW Follow the flowchart below to set up the server Selecting the server site Select a suitable site for the server and assemble the 19 inch rack assembly Unpacking the system Unpack the server and accessories from the chipping carton box Install the server Install the server into the rack assembly Connecting peripheral devices Connect peripheral devices to the server Connecting the power cord Connect the power cord to the server ti Turning on the server Power on the server to start software setups Setups depend on the optional internal devices installed and the peripheral devices connected Installing the operating system Install an operating system to the server See Chapter 5 Installing the utilities Install the utilities in the provided NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD See Chapter 6 de eee Making backup copies of system information After all the system setup procedures are completed make backup copies of system information System information is required for recovering the server from the trouble or after replacing the system board Setting Up Your Server 3 3 SELECTING SERVER SITE To use the server install it on a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly Refer to the documentation attached to the rack or contact your service representative for the installation of the server on the rack 4 WARNING Observe the following instructions to use the
17. Also it will fail that you change the Initialization Priority by raidcmd command 4 98 Configuring Your Server CONFIGURING MOTHER BOARD JUMPERS With the pre installed SETUP utility you can set desired passwords to protect the data stored in the server against access from unauthorized users When you forget the passwords however you may want clear them The following describes how to clear these passwords You can also use the following procedure to clear the CMOS data in the server IMPORTANT m Clearing the CMOS data resumes the factory set configuration data m After clearing CMOS you must run the BIOS SETUP utility and execute the following menus to reconfigure your mother board Load Setup Defaults in the Exit menu Memory Retest of Memory Configuration in the Advanced menu Processor Retest of Processor Settings in the Main menu m Refer to RAID System Configuration described earlier in this chapter for RAID configuration jumper setting Do not change any other switch settings Any change may cause the server to fail or malfunction To clear passwords or the CMOS data use the jumper switch on the mother board of the server The following figure illustrates the jumper switch location Pin for protecting 123 123 123 123 Pin for protecting clearing the password clearing the CMOS contents Protect Clear Protect Clear Front
18. DIMM in Chapter 9 for details Sparing Disabled Disables or enables online spare memory Enabled feature See DIMM in Chapter 9 for details Factory set 4 10 Configuring Your Server PCI Configuration Onboard Video Controller submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting VGA Controller Disabled If Disabled the BIOS will hold the Enabled embedded chip in reset Onboard VGA Auto Allows selecting the onboard VGA controller Option ROM Scan Force or optional PCI VGA controller as the display device that will be active when the system boots The Force option is selected to use the onboard VGA controller if the optional PCI VGA controller is installed in the system Factory set Onboard LAN submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting LAN Controller Disabled If Disabled the BIOS will hold the Enabled embedded chip in reset LAN1 Option ROM Disabled If Enabled initialize device expansion ROM Scan Enabled LAN2 Option ROM Disabled If Enabled initialize device expansion ROM Scan Enabled _ Factory set Option Parameter Description Your Setting PCI Slot 1B Option Disabled Used to enable or disable an option ROM ROM Enabled on a PCI board connected to the full height riser card PCI Slot 1C Disabled Used to enable or disable an option ROM Option ROM Enabled on a PCI board connected to the low profile
19. Displays BMC device ID View only BMC Device Revision Displays BMC device revision View only BMC Firmware Revision Displays BMC firmware revision View only SDR Revision Displays revision of the sensor data record PIA Revision Displays revision of the platform information area View only Factory set 4 18 Configuring Your Server Console Redirection Submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting BIOS Redirection Disabled Specify the address interrupt of the Port Serial Port A serial port to which a remote console Serial Port B is connected Baud Rate 9600 Specify the baud rate used for the 19 2K interface with successive remote 38 4K consoles 57 6K 115 2K Flow Control None Specify the flow control method Xon Xoff CTS RTS CTS RTS CD Console Type PC ANSI Specify the type of remote console VT100 VT UTF8 Continue Disabled Specify whether to continue console Redirection after Enabled redirection feature after completion of POST POST Remote Console Disabled Specify whether to enable or disable Reset Enabled resetting by Escape command Esc R sent from the remote console Factory set Configuring Your Server 4 19 BMC LAN Configuration Submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting IP Address 192 168 001 001 Specify an IP address for man
20. Go MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Virtual Disks 7 VB X RAID X OXXX MB Optimal Fast Initialize Slow Initialize Check Consistency Properties Set Boot Drive Current 0 4 86 Configuring Your Server 6 The progress of Check Consistency is displayed on the left frame of Virtual Disks screen 7 Click Home at the lower left of Virtual Disks screen to return to the Top Menu MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Virtua Disks Operahan VD X RAID X XXX MB Optim al Chect Cansklency Progress F ast Initialize Slaw Initialize Check Consistency Properties Set Boot Drive Current 0 Q co Reset IMPORTANT Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or Reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate Configuring Your Server 4 87 Manual Rebuild Described below are procedures based on assumption One of the HDDs failed in a RAIDS virtual disk configured with three HDDs Replace the failed HDD with new one after turning off the power of the server Auto Rebuild feature is disabled for non hot swap replacement Use Manual Rebuild feature to recover the virtual disk as described below 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the replaced HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the Top Menu In the example below the hard disk drive in slot numb
21. LAN controller may be faulty In this case contact your sales representative m Speed LEDs for data transmission ports This LED indicates whether each of the network ports normally equipped with the server is operated through the 1OOOBASE T 100BASE TX or 1OBASE T network interface If the LED is lit amber the network port is operated through 1000BASE T If the LED is lit green the network port is operated through 100BASE TX If the LED is off the network port is operated through 1OBASE T m Speed LED for management port This LED indicates whether each of the network ports normally equipped with the server is operated through the 1OOBASE TX or 1OBASE T network interface If the LED is lit amber the network port is operated through 100BASE TX If the LED is off the network port is operated through 1OBASE T 2 18 General Description AC POWER LED Redundant Power Supply Model There is an AC POWER LED for the power supply unit on the rear The LED turns green and flashes when the power supply unit receives AC power from the power cord which is connected to the AC inlet Flashing amber indicates no AC power is received in any one of two power supplies in the redundant configuration The LED turns green when the server power switch is turned on If the LED does not go on when the server power switch is turned on or if it turns amber the power supply unit is probably faulty In this case contact your service representa
22. View only Processor 1 L2 Cache nnn KB Displays L2 cache size for processor Processor 2 CPUID Numeral Displays CPU ID for processor if Disabled present Disabled indicates that the processor is defected View only Processor 2 L2 Cache nnn KB Displays L2 cache size for processor Execute Disable Bit Enabled Displayed only when the CPU Disabled supports Execute Disable Bit Virtualization Technology Enabled Enables or disables the Intel R Disabled virtualization technology C1 Enhanced Mode Enabled Enables or disables the C1 Disabled Enhanced Mode Intel SpeedStep R Enabled Fixed to Disabled if the processor Technology Disabled does not support this feature Factory set 4 8 Configuring Your Server Advanced Option Parameter Description Your Setting Memory Configuration Displays Memory Configuration submenu PCI Configuration Displays PCI Configuration submenu Peripheral Configuration Displays Peripheral Configuration submenu Advanced Chipset Control Displays Advanced Chipset Control submenu Boot time Diagnostic Enabled When disabled the BIOS will display Screen Disabled the NEC logo during POST Press Esc to switch to the POST execution screen Reset Configuration Data No Select Yes if you want to clear the Yes system configuration data during the next boot Automatically reset to No in the next boot NumLock On Sets power on Numlo
23. is available only for RAIDS VD configured with five or more HDDs m To use RAID 5 or RAID 6 with Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit m IfN8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit is not installed do not select RAIDS that may appear in RAID Level box If selected you will fail to save the configuration information In such a case you need to define a VD again from the beginning 4 84 Configuring Your Server The Write Policy has the following modes depending on combination with WrtThru for BAD BBU Select a mode suitable for your environment WrtThru for BAD BBU Checked Unchecked Write WBack Normal write back mode Constant write back mode Policy recommended This mode is available even if N8103 This mode is available only when 120F RAID Battery Backup Unit is not N8103 120F RAID Battery Backup installed Unit is installed The controller always uses cache The controller uses cache memory memory for writing In this mode the for writing data in cache memory may not be However if the battery is being protected from being damaged if the charged or failed the controller power failure occurs due to operates in WThru write through charge discharge or defect of the mode automatically Thus this mode battery Be sure to use UPS when can provide higher data security specifying this mode for write policy WThru_ Write through m
24. riser card Factory set Peripheral Configuration Configuring Your Server 4 11 IMPORTANT Note that the interrupt and or base I O address are not overlapped with others If the value set for the interrupt or base I O address is used in another resource the yellow asterisk appears Reset any item with the yellow asterisk properly Option Parameter Description Your Setting Serial PortA Disabled Selects whether serial port A is enabled or Enabled disabled Base O SF8 Selects the base I O address for serial port address 2F8 A 3E8 2E8 Interrupt IRQ3 Selects the interrupt for a serial port A IRQ 4 Serial Port B Disabled Selects whether serial port B is enabled or Enabled disabled Base I O 3F8 Selects the base I O address for serial port address 2F8 A 3E8 2E8 Interrupt IRQ 3 Selects the interrupt for a serial port A IRQ 4 USB Controller Enabled Selects the USB controller is enabled or Disabled disabled USB 2 0 Controller Disabled Selects the USB 2 0 controller is enabled or Enabled disabled Parallel ATA Disabled Selects parallel ATA is enabled or disabled Enabled Serial ATA Disabled Selects whether the serial ATA is enabled or Enabled disabled SATA Controller Compatible Selects an operation mode of onboard Mode Option Enhanced SATA controller Displayed only when Serial ATA is enabled Compatible mode SATA
25. 1 1 oopooooo0o000000 o g pack oo oo00 00000000000000 0 og QIS Boe Cr 1 E 0 DnS C n a a SD a 0 og oo oo 2 g 8 0 9 8 1 8 2 2 5 inch disk model SAS See 3 7 on the previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 80 PPA B i ce 0 E ES o o o T 7 sja 3 6 oopop0p0p00000000000000 Ki 1 p 3 lz Ses aj g ea H Bess S ee EN 7 2 7 3 7 1 Bi a n 1 Handles 1 at the right and left each Hold the handles when dismounting mounting the server from in the rack 2 Serial port B COM B connector Management port for connecting the personal computer having a serial interface to this connector 3 USB connectors 2 ports Connect device compliant with the USB interface to the connectors 4 DUMP NMI switch Press this switch to dump system memory 5 POWER switch Press this switch to turn on off the power Pressing the switch once turns on the power and the POWER LED goes on Pressing it again turns off the power Keep pressing the switch for 4 seconds or more forcibly turns off the power 6 UID Unit ID switch Press this switch to turn on off the UID LEDs on the front and rear panels of the server Pressing the switch once turns on the LEDs Pressing it again turns them off The LED also goes on or flashes when software issues a command 7 Optical disk drive optical disk drive This drive reads data from the disc 7 1 Emergency hole 7 2 Disk access LED 7 3 CD tray ej
26. 3 External View The following figure shows the 3 5 inch disk model 1 Drive cover 2 Release buttons 3 Logic cover 2 4 General Description Front View with Front Bezel Closed The following figure shows the location of the front system features 1 Front bezel The front bezel is a cover protecting the front devices during daily operation A security key is provided to lock the cover 2 Key slot Insert the security key into this slot when unlocking the front bezel 3 POWER LED green This LED turns green when the power is turned on 4 DISK ACCESS LED green amber This LED is green during access to the internal hard disk drives The LED turns amber when even one of the internal hard disk drives fails 5 ACT LED green This LED is on while the system is connected to the network The number 1 on the icon indicates LAN port 1 and the number 2 indicates LAN port 2 6 UID LED blue This LED goes on when the UID switch is pressed The LED also goes on or flashes when software issues a command 7 STATUS LED green amber on the front panel This LED indicates the server status The LED is green during normal operation The LED turns amber or flashes when the server enters the abnormal state General Description 2 5 Front View with Front Bezel Removed 3 5 inch disk model SATA or SAS See 3 7 on the previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 7 3 7
27. 7 Installation Relocation Storage and Connection A WARNING Disconnect the power cord s before installing or removing the server Make sure to power off the server and disconnect the power cord s from a power outlet before installing removing the server All voltage is removed only when the power cords are unplugged A CAUTION gt gt gt D gt Never attempt to lift the server only by yourself The server weighs max 21 kg depending on its hardware configuration Carrying the server only by yourself may strain your back Hold the server firmly by its bottom with another person to carry it Do not hold the front door to lift the server The front door may be disengaged from the server causing personal injury Do not install the server in any place other than specified Do not install the server in the following places or any place other than specified in this User s Guide Failure to follow this instruction may cause a fire m a dusty place m a humid place such as near a boiler m a place exposed to direct sunlight m an unstable place Do not install the server on a rack with leaving covers removed Do not install the server on a rack with the cover being removed Failure to follow this instruction may reduce the cooling effect in the server to result in some malfunction and or dusts to enter the server to result in a fire or electric shock Do not pinch your finger with ra
28. BGI Rate 30 Recommended value 30 Permitted CC Rate 30 Recommended value 30 Permitted Reconstruction Rate 30 Recommended value 30 Permitted Adapter BIOS Enabled Prohibited Disabled Coercion Mode None Prohibited 128MB way 1GB way PDF Interval 300 Prohibited Alarm Control Disabled Disabled Does not issue an alarm Prohibited 2 Enabled Silence Cache Flush Interval 4 Prohibited Spinup Drive Count 2 Prohibited Spinup Delay 12 Prohibited StopOnError Disabled Prohibited Enabled Stop CC On Error No Specify the operation at error detection in Permitted Yes Consistency Check No Recover and resume Yes Abort Maintain PD Fail Disabled Prohibited History Enabled Schdule CC Supported Set the scheduled consistency check Permitted 1 Do not perform Set Factory Defaults If performed the NEC s factory set value will no longer be restored 4 60 Configuring Your Server How to change setting value On Adapter Properties screen change a parameter to desired value and then click Submit at the center of the screen to determine the new value The status of Battery Backup is indicated as Present Clicking Present opens the Battery Status screen as shown below WezaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Battery Module Battery Type iBBU Yoltage KARAK mY Current x Temperature XX deg centigrade Status Gas Gauge Status 1 xxxxxxxxx Fully Charge Capacity
29. Drive Disk Group Disk Array Physical Drive Physical Device Number and ID The number to manage each component of RAID System of Universal RAID Utility is different to WebBIOS Adapter and RAID Controller WebBIOS manages Adapter by a number beginning with 0 You can see a number of Adapter where Adapter No in Adapter Selection menu Universal RAID Utility manages RAID Controller by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of RAID Controller where Number in the property of RAID Controller on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X in the property of RAID Controller on raidcmd command Also you can see the number of Adapter managed by WebBIOS where ID in the property of RAID Controller by Universal RAID Utility Virtual Disk and Logical Drive WebBIOS manages Virtual Disk by a number beginning with 0 You can see a number of Virtual Disk where VD X in Virtual Drives Universal RAID Utility manages Logical Drive by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of Logical Drive where Number in the property of Logical Drive on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X Logical Drive Y in the property of Logical Drive on raidemd command Also you can see the number of Logical Drive managed by WebBIOS where ID in the property of Logical Drive by Universal RAID Utility 4 96 Configuring Your Server Disk Array WebBIOS manages Disk Array by a number beginning with 0 You can see a number of Disk Array where
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32. MegaRAID or Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 has a feature to divide a single disk group into several logical drives virtual disks The RAID controller recognizes these virtual disks as if it were a single hard disk drive The RAID Controller accesses to more than one hard disk drive configuring a disk group in parallel Some RAID levels can recover data from remaining data and parity by using rebuild feature if an error occurs in a single HDD This can provide high reliability for the system 4 24 Configuring Your Server RAID Levels The record mode enabling the RAID feature includes several levels Among the levels the Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID supports RAID levels 0 and 1 The Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 supports RAID levels 0 1 5 and 6 The number of hard disk drives required to create a disk group varies depending on the RAID level as shown in the table below RAID level Number of required HDDs Min Max RAID 0 1 8 RAID 1 2 2 RAID 5 3 8 RAID 6 3 8 IMPORTANT To use RAID 5 or RAID 6 with Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit NOTE For details of the RAID levels see RAID Levels described later in this chapter Disk Group A disk group is configured with more than one HDDs The allowable number of disk groups is equal to the nu
33. Monitors the event receiver Controls secure mode including video blanking diskette write protect monitoring and front panel lock unlock initiation m Controls Wake On LAN via Magic Packet support m Monitors the hard disk drives Also NEC ESMPRO supports these features NOTE To use the Remote Management Extended License N8115 03 visit our Web site to see the latest information about remote console remote media feature General Description 2 21 Degradation Feature The degradation feature automatically isolates a failed DIMM or processor to assure continuous operation of the server when the POST Power On Self Test self diagnosis program after power on detects such a DIMM or processor NOTE The degradation feature is only available when at least two DIMMs or processors are installed Failed DIMMs and processors may be identified on the screen that the POST displays or with the BIOS setup utility of the server SETUP They may also be identified on the system that has the NEC ESMPRO installed Memory RAS Features Your server board has the memory mirroring and online spare memory features For detail explanation refer to Chapter 9 Remote Power On Feature Wake On LAN The remote power on function turns on the server through a network It sends a special packet from the management computer to a remote server to turn it on if the server is off powered To enable this feature use the BIOS setup utilit
34. Once the security measures are enabled you can access the system only after you enter the correct password s For example m Mask the power switch function after the power on m Set and enable a supervisor password m Set and enable a user password m Disable access to the boot sector of the operating system hard disk drive General Description 2 23 NEC EXPRESSBUILDER The DVD ROM that comes with the server contains a setup utility called NEC EXPRESSBUILDER The major functions of the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER are To install the Operating System Express Setup helps you to install the Windows Operating System See Chapter 5 To diagnose the system NEC EXPRESSBUILDER includes the System Diagnostics to check your server See Chapter 6 To create a support disk Use this function to create the support disks used to boot the utilities from the floppy disk or the OEM disk used for a manual installation of Windows See Chapter 6 To update the BIOS Use this function to update the system BIOS or firmware of the server See Chapter 6 To update the Windows System Update Express5800 system in Windows Autorun Menu Windows based NEC EXPRESSBUILDER feature updates the several resources of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 See Chapter 6 To install the utilities NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD includes some management software for Windows NEC ESMPRO NEC DianaScope and so on You can install the applications for Windows from Wi
35. SS HUA Be KFT BREE FER 2S A ERET A 3 CAUTION TIT IORNT SAUBBER TS 7 1 Cy DORE E CO7 IUEAUC TE Disconnect all AC power cords from both system and external peripherals prior to installing removing options BETA AC RARER SEERA HEL RSA ES See RISA ABE C AER TA CER REL Do not drop any screws inside the system B EEBTEARAHSESUAB W FRUATY 3 VRAORRORIS WFI T AA4 REBRU ELCRRUTRAL A Roim MEPKKORACED ET Refer to the User s Guide when option board or peripherals are installed Incorrect installations may resuit in damage to the system and lead to accidents THRU MAAR STEEN SDS API EMETER WMRRRER WRESH MK RMS Halta BKO LEWUNKSICEBLTREV A A To avoid the risk of personal injury be careful when accessing the inside of the system HOTERE REORSLT BIORA REORHAZLODORoTHS5EFTTREU A Firmly hold the bottom of the system when required to lift and carry the system HERBIER HTB 243 201192 001 A 1 Ef HY 80 Notes on Using Your Server 1 3 SAFETY NOTES This section provides notes on using the server safely Read this section carefully to ensure proper and safe use of the server For symbols see SAFETY INDICATIONS provided earlier For part names described in the safety instruction chapter in this guide see Chapter 2 General S QO gt Aa OP 4 WARNING Do not use the server for services where critical high availability may directly affect human lives Your
36. Utility Install a hard disk drive to be used as hot spare and then turn on the server Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Select Objects Physical Drive from the TOP menu The Objects PHYSICAL DRIVE SELECTION MENU screen appears Objects PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU PORT E ONLIN A00 00 E ONLIN A00 01 E READY Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be used as hot spare and press Enter The Port X screen appears Select Make HotSpare 6 A confirmation screen appears Select Yes The hard disk drive indication is changed to HOTSP Configuring Your Server 4 41 7 Press Esc to return to the TOP menu and exit LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Objects PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU PORT E ONLIN A00 00 E ONLIN A00 01 E HOTSP IMPORTANT m Select Objects gt Physical Drive gt Port X Force Offline to cancel the hot spare setting m When two or more hard disk drives of the same capacity are assigned as hot spare rebuilding is performed in order starting from the one with the smaller CH number ID number 4 42 Configuring Your Server Check Consistency Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility y Perform Check Consistency y Exit LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 2 Select Check Consistency from the TOP menu The Virtual Drives sc
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38. drives are automatically detected and recognized as legacy mode Enhanced mode SATA drives are automatically detected and recognized as native mode SATA AHCI Disabled Selects whether AHCI Advanced Host Enabled Controller Interface is enabled or disabled Displayed only when Enhanced is selected for SATA Controller Mode Option SATA RAID Disabled When set to Enabled this menu appears if Enabled RAID configuration jumper switch is set to RAID enable position See Chapter 4 for details Factory set 4 12 Configuring Your Server Advanced Chipset Control Option Parameter Description Your Setting Multimedia Timer Disabled Specify whether the system supports Enabled the multimedia timer feature Intel R I O AT Disabled Enables or disables the Intel R Enabled Acceleration technology Wake On Ring Disabled Specify whether the remote power on Enabled function through a serial port is enabled or disabled Wake On RTC Disabled Specify whether the remote power on Alarm Enabled function by using RTC alarm feature is enabled or disabled _ Factory set IMPORTANT m Ifthe AC power is turned off while the Wake On Ring feature is enabled this feature is disabled at the next system boot after AC power on You need to press the Power switch to boot the system If the AC power is turned off Wake On Ring feature on power management chip is disabled until the nex
39. feature using the DUMP switch General Description 2 19 High reliability m Memory monitoring feature error correction error detection m CPU memory degradation feature logical isolation of a failed device m Memory x4 x8 SDDC feature m Memory mirroring online spare memory feature E Bus parity error detection E Temperature detection m Error notification Em Internal fan monitoring feature m Internal voltage monitoring feature m Redundant power supply hot swap 7 m Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 Auto rebuild feature hot swappable m BIOS password feature Mechanical security lock E Redundant fans Many Available Features m Redundant power supply feature with optional power supply unit installed m El Torito Bootable CD ROM no emulation mode format support POWER switch mask Software power off Remote power on feature AC Link feature Remote console feature Self diagnosis m Power On Self Test POST m Test and Diagnosis T amp D Easy and Fine Setup m NEC EXPRESSBUILDER system setup utility m Parameter File Creator m SETUP BIOS configuration utility 1 2 5 inch disk model server supports SAS hard disk drive only 2 Redundant power supply model only 3 With 2 5 inch disk model the factory installed RAID controller occupies the slot 2 20 General Description Remote Management Feature Server management is concent
40. ie gt BRE Se OOH SAE gt AENT gt 15 FS Oy BER ERLE ES OTR o Notes 1 No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of NEC Corporation 2 The contents of this User s Guide may be revised without prior notice 3 The contents of this User s Guide shall not be copied or altered without the prior written permission of NEC Corporation 4 All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of all information in this User s Guide If y you notice any part unclear incorrect or omitted in this User s Guide contact the sales agent where you purchased this product 5 NEC assumes no liability arising from the use of this product nor any liability for incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this User s Guide regardless of Item 4 6 Ifyou find any missing pages or pages out of order in this manual please contact your dealer for a replacement Trademarks NEC ESMPRO and NEC EXPRESSBUILDER are trademarks of NEC Corporation Microsoft Windows Windows Server and MS DOS are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Intel Pentium and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PCI Express is a trademark of Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group Datalight is a registered trademark of Datalight Inc ROM DOS is a registered trademark of Datalight Inc AT is a registered t
41. it in several times NOTES To install the server in the location adjacent to the other device pay attention to interference If the installing server disturbs the other devices already been installed adjust the position and install the rail assembly again Make sure that the sliding rails move smoothly If the sliding rails are stuck to the rack frame and do not come out reinstall them Installing the front bezel 1 Setting Up Your Server 3 13 Install the front bezel so that the left tab on the front bezel engages with the chassis frame Pot fs acy fle pene Da em E Tabs JR ae a 3 14 Setting Up Your Server Removal Remove the server from the rack in the following procedure A 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 12 for details AA Do not install remove the server in from the rack only by a single person Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components Do not apply any load on the server being pulled out from the rack Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack Do not pull out the server from the rack while it is operating 1 Make sure that the server is off powered and disconnect the power c
42. no virtual disk assigned LSI MegaRAID SAS MFI BIOS Version XXXX Build MMM DD YYYY Copyright c xxxx LSI Corporation HA X Bus X Dev X MegaRAID SAS PCI 8708EM2 FW package X X X XXXX X Logical Drive s found on the host adapter X Logical Drive s handled by BIOS Press lt Ctrl gt lt H gt for WebBIOS IMPORTANT Do not press unnecessary key such as Pause during POST m If you fail to press Ctrl H and the system proceeds without displaying the WebBIOS main menu shown on the next page reboot the system and press Ctrl H on POST screen Configuring Your Server 4 55 Main Menu Shown below is Adapter Selection screen that appears first on WebBIOS Select a controller to operate WebBIOS and click Start Adapter Selection 4 56 Configuring Your Server When the adapter is selected on Adapter Selection the WebBIOS Top Menu appears MegaRAlD BIOS Configuration Utility Virtua Configuration WebBlOs Physical Drives Adapter Proparke 0 1 0 UHOOME Goo 0 SK WB 0 1 1 UHOONF GOOD Sas WE Soon Davies Vita lO bes Pros ical Ores Cant igqu ethan W kad Adapter Sz kectlan Briss bral kw Eve mr Eat IMPORTANT X X X shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector number Enclosure number Slot number With this server the Connector number is not supported thus it is always indicated as The Enclosure number is always 1 The Slot number repre
43. previous illustration to find the location of the jumper Wait for a while about 5 seconds and then reinstall the jumper block to the default position Reinstall the server removed in Step 2 Plug the power cord to your server and turn on the server Press F2 at the prompt to run the BIOS SETUP utility and select Load Setup Defaults at the Exit menu Clearing Password 1 See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal as described in Chapter 9 of this guide to prepare Remove the logic cover see Chapter 9 Locate the position of the jumpers on the mother board you are changing Move the jumper strap to the password clear position Refer to the previous illustration to find the location of the jumper Reassemble the server and press the POWER switch to turn on the server Press F2 during POST to run the BIOS Setup utility set the password again and select Exit Saving Changes Power off the server and move the jumper strap to the password protect position Reassemble the server
44. server is operating normally Flashing The server is operating with the Identify the device in degraded state green memory or CPU in degraded by using the BIOS setup utility state SETUP and replace it as soon as An uncorrectable memory error possible has often occurred Off The power is off POST is in progress Wait for a while The STATUS LED turns green when POST is completed A CPU error occurred IERR Turn the power off and then turn it on A CPU temperature alarm was If the POST screen displays an error detected message take notes of the message A timeout occurred when the time and contact your sales representative set for the watchdog timer arrived A CPU bus error occurred A memory dump request is made Wait until the memory dump is completed On amber A temperature alarm was detected Check if the internal fans are clean and if the fan units are firmly connected If the STATUS LED indication does not change when the fans are normal contact your sales representative A voltage alarm was detected Contact your sales representative All the power supply units failed Flashing Either of the following was detected Connect the power cord to supply amber in the redundant power power If the power supply unit is configuration e AC power not supplied to one of the two power supply units Failure of one of the two power supply units faulty contact your service representative A fa
45. server safely Failure to follow these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details SO a Do not use the server in any unapproved place a Do not connect the ground line to a gas pipe A 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 carry or install the server only by a single person Do not install the server where the load may be concentrated on a specific point Do not install any component on the server only by a single person Insert the hinge pins completely Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack Do not provide the wiring exceeding the rating power Do not use the server in a place where corrosive gases exist 3 4 Setting Up Your Server Do not install the rack in the places listed below Installing the rack or mounting the server on the rack in such a place may cause some malfunction to occur Narrow space from which devices cannot be pulled out from the rack completely Place that cannot bear the total weights of the rack and devices mounted on the rack Place where stabilizers cannot be installed or where the rack can be installed only after the practice of proper earthquake resistant construct
46. 1 10 9 8 Front panel board Hard disk drive bays Backplane Mother board Power supply Riser card module assembly Chassis intrusion switch DIMMs Processor mounted under the CPU and heat sink Cooling fans optical disk drive RSE ONOANAWD General Description 2 9 3 5 inch Disk with Redundant Power Supply Model v vo o 00 000000 o JO00000 co 11 Eee eeee p So oO fo N Front panel board Hard disk drive bays Backplane Mother board Power supply Riser card module assembly Chassis intrusion switch DIMM Processor mounted under the CPU and heat sink Cooling fans Optical disk drive COOAONOaRWHD _ lt 2 10 General Description 2 5 inch Disk Model 13 Cy ogo ogo ooo Q eee 2 cjoopo oBBS 2 aes 2 p gt oo000 o oo g gt 2 1 Front panel board 2 Hard disk drive bays 3 Backplane 4 Middle plane 5 Mother board 6 Power supply 7 RAID board RAID controller equivalent to N8103 116 is factory installed in slot 1B 8 PCI riser card 9 Top cover sensor 10 DIMM 11 Processor mounted under the CPU and heat sink 12 Cooling fans 13 Optical disk drive Mother Board General Description 2 11 15 14 2 6 o Saeed l 1000000000 oooooonnant
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48. 6 VD 0 iscreated in DG 0 as shown in the screen below besaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Config Fizard Preview ISIS Configuration Preview This is the configuration def ined Click ACCEPT to save Theis configuration Physical Dr ives Virtual Disks 0217202 ONLINE kB O717212 ONLINE kB 021722 ONLINE kB X Cancel m Back Accert 7 After making sure that the VD is created correctly click Accept at the lower right of the screen 8 The confirmation message Save this Configuration appears Click Yes to save the configuration 9 The confirmation message All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to Initialize appears Normally select Yes 10 Virtual Disks operation screen is displayed If no other operation is required click Home at the lower left of the screen 4 76 Configuring Your Server 11 The WebBIOS Top Menu is displayed Virtual Disk you have created is displayed in the lower right frame of the screen MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Virtua Configuration WebBIOS Adapter Prapenties 0 1 0 ONLINE 0 1 1 ONLINE gt Scan Deve gt 0 1 2 ONLINE vital Dits Physkal Dies Canflgu athon W ka d Virtual Drives Adapter Se klon Physical View VD 0 RAIDS Y YY MB Optima Events Bu Configuring Your Server 4 77 Configure SPAN The following explains the sample procedure to configure RAID10 spanning of RAID1 with four HDDs
49. BIOS Top Menu a confirmation screen to exit from WebBIOS is displayed Click Yes to exit from WebBIOS Exit Configuration Exit Application The screen as shown below appears when WebBIOS is terminated Restart the server Please Reboot your System Configuring Your Server 4 67 Configuring Virtual Disk This section describes the procedures for configuration of VD virtual disk using WebBIOS Configuration Wizard When you click Configuration Wizard on WebBIOS Top Menu the screen as shown below appears Select the relevant operation and click Next at lower right of the screen MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Configuration Wizard 155 Corfi guration Wizard guides you through the steps for corfigurationthe MegaRAID System easily and efficiently The steps are as follows 1 Array definitions Group physical drives into arrays 2 Virtual Disk definitions Deine virtual disks using those arrays 3 Coniguration Preview Preview coniguration before it is saved Please choose appropriate coniguration type Char Canfiguctlan Alloa you ta clear eating configu allan anky New Canfiguetian Chars the exblng canfigu ation V you have any eating data Inthe ca rberdelined drives the dala will be kra Add Canfiguatian Realms the ald canfigu ation and then adds new drlves ta Lhe canfigusiion This ithe saes aperas bn a Rags nal resul Inany data loss X Cancel u Next Clear Configuration Allows
50. CAUTION Avoid installation in extreme temperature conditions Immediately after the server is powered off its internal components such as hard disk drives are very hot Leave the server until its internal components fully cool down before installing removing any component Make sure to complete board installation Always install a board firmly An incompletely installed board may cause a contact failure resulting in smoking or fire Do not touch any electrical components inside the server during the hot swap replacement All power flows inside the server while the hot swap replaceable components hard disk and power supply Do not touch the electrical components inside the server to avoid an electric shock 1 10 Notes on Using Your Server During Operation A CAUTION A A A A A A A SO Do not pull out or remove the server from the rack unnecessarily Do not pull out or remove the server from the rack unnecessarily Pulling out or removing the server from the rack may cause not only the server to operate incorrectly but also the server to fall on people to make them injured Stay away from the fan Keep your hand or hair away from the cooling fan on the rear of the server Failure to follow this warning may get your hand or hair caught in the fan resulting in injury Avoid contact with the server during thunderstorms Disconnect the power plug from the outlet when a thunderstorm i
51. DG X in Physical Drives and Virtual Drives Universal RAID Utility manages Disk Array by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of Disk Array where Disk Array in the property of Logical Drive on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X Disk Array Y in the property of Disk Array on raidemd command Physical Drive and Physical Device WebBIOS manages Physical Drive by three numbers Connector number Enclosure number Slot number You can view these numbers shown by x x x in Physical Drives box Note however the Connector number is always shown as because it is not supported with this server The Enclosure numbers are represented by a number beginning with 1 and the Slot numbers are represented by a number beginning with 0 Universal RAID Utility manages Physical Device by a number beginning with 1 and ID Enclosure number and Slot number The numbers of physical devices connected to the controller are sorted in ascending order based on ID and assigned number beginning with 1 starting from the smallest number The ID is same value of Connected Port shown in Physical Drives Properties box in WebBIOS Enclosure number and Slot number are assigned with a number beginning with 1 IMPORTANT Note that the slot numbers shown in Physical Drives box of WebBIOS are represented by a number beginning with 0 but those in Universal RAID Utility are represented by a number beginning with 1 Setting of Priority WebBIOS displays and se
52. Disk Cache we ROLNE R5 YYrYY RG 227777 1 Disable Y Policy paki Select Size 322373 E Accept gt Reclaim X Cancel 4u Back m Next 4 74 Configuring Your Server As an example define a RAIDS VD of yyyyy MB 1 Specify the necessary parameters in left columns 2 Enter yyyyy in Select Size field 3 Click Accept at the lower center of the screen 4 If you want to define another VD click Back and repeat steps starting from Span Definition screen 5 Upon completion of VD definition click Next bexaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Conf ig izard YW Definit ion LISIS vo RAID Level RAID Y oe a oO Wrthru for BAD BBU Policy Disable BGI Le Reclaim Press Back Button To Add Another WD xX Cancel 4u Back m Next IMPORTANT m The value shown in Select Size indicates the maximum size allowed for RAID1 or RAID6 You need to specify the maximum size for RAIDO or RAIDS according to Next LD Possible RAID Levels m Touse RAID 5 or RAID 6 with Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit m IfN8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit is not installed do not select RAIDS5 that may appear in RAID Level box If selected you will fail to save the configuration information In such a case you need to define a VD again from the beginning Configuring Your Server 4 75
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54. I Software RAID Configuration Utility manages Adapter by a number beginning with 0 You can see a number of Adapter where Sel Adapter in Objects menu Universal RAID Utility manages RAID Controller by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of RAID Controller where Number in the property of RAID Controller on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X in the property of RAID Controller on raidemd command Also you can see the number of Adapter managed by LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility where ID in the property of RAID Controller by Universal RAID Utility Logical Drive LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility manages Logical Drive by a number beginning with 0 You can see a number of Logical Drive where Logical Drives in Objects menu Universal RAID Utility manages Logical Drive by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of Logical Drive where Number in the property of Logical Drive on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X Logical Drive Y in the property of Logical Drive on raidemd command Also you can see the number of Logical Drive managed by LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility where ID in the property of Logical Drive by Universal RAID Utility Configuring Your Server 4 45 Disk Array LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility manages Disk Array by a number beginning with 0 You can see a number of Disk Array where Axx of Objects PHYSICAL DRIVE SELECTION MENU DG X in Objects menu Unive
55. IDE Slave None m Secondary IDE Master None m Secondary IDE Slave None Option Parameter Description Your Setting Type None Selects the type of device attached to User the IDE or serial ATA channel It is Auto strongly recommended to keep the CD ROM factory setting Auto Parameters are configured automatically by BIOS Multi Sector Disabled Specifies the number of sectors that Transfers 2 Sectors are transferred per block during 4 Sectors multiple sector transfers 8 Sectors 16 Sectors LBA Mode Enabled Enable disable LBA instead of Control Disabled cylinder head sector addressing 32 Bit I O Disabled Enable disable the 32 bit IDE data Enabled transfer mode Transfer Mode Standard Select the method for moving data Fast PIO 1 to from the drive Fast PIO 2 Fast PIO 3 Fast PIO 4 FPIO 3 DMA1 FPIO 4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Disabled Select the Ultra DMA mode used for Mode 0 moving data to from the drive Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Mode 5 Factory set Configuring Your Server 4 7 Processor Settings Option Parameter Description Your Setting Processor Retest No If yes BIOS will clear historical Yes processor status and retest the processor on the next boot Processor Speed nnn GHz Displays clock speed for the processor View only Processor 1 CPUID Numeral Displays CPU ID for processor if Disabled present Disabled indicates that the processor is defected
56. NEC N8100 1390F 1391F 1392F 1438F N8100 1396F 1397F 1398F 1439F 1405F NEC Express5800 120Rh 1 User s Guide 3rd Edition 2 2008 ONL 510_002_03 120Rh1 100 99 0801 PROPRIETARY NOTICE AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMER The information disclosed in this document including all designs and related materials is the valuable property of NEC Corporation NEC and or its licensors NEC and or its licensors as appropriate reserve all patent copyright and other proprietary rights to this document including all design manufacturing reproduction use and sales rights thereto except to the extent said rights are expressly granted to others The NEC product s discussed in this document are warranted in accordance with the terms of the Warranty Statement accompanying each product However actual performance of each such product is dependent upon factors such as system configuration customer data and operator control Since implementation by customers of each product may vary the suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warranted by NEC To allow for design and specification improvements the information in this document is subject to change at any time without notice Reproduction of this document or portions thereof without prior written approval of NEC is prohibited First Printing December 2007 Second Printing January 2008 Third Printing February 2008 Copyright 2007 2008
57. NEC Corporation 7 1 Shiba 5 Chome Minato Ku Tokyo 108 8001 Japan All Rights Reserved Printed in Japan Keep this User s Guide at hand for quick reference at anytime necessary SAFETY INDICATIONS Follow the instructions in this User s Guide for your safety to use the server The server contains components with possible danger hazards that may cause by ignoring warnings and preventive actions against such hazards Server components with possible danger are indicated with a warning label placed on or around them as well as described in this User s Guide In the User s Guide or warning labels WARNING or CAUTION is used to indicate a degree of danger These terms are defined as follows A WARNING Indicates the presence of a hazard that may result in death or serious personal injury if the instruction is ignored A CAUTION Indicates the presence of a hazard that may cause minor personal injury including burns or property damage if the instruction is ignored Precautions and notices against hazards are presented with one of the following three symbols The individual symbols are defined as follows This symbol indicates the presence of a hazard if the instruction is ignored An image in the symbol illustrates the hazard type Attention This symbol indicates prohibited actions An image in the symbol illustrates a particular prohibited action Prohibited Action A S This symbol indica
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59. Setting Up Your Server Installation This server can be installed in either the NEC rack or a third vendor s rack Take the following steps to install the server in the rack m Preparation for installation When shipped from factory the left and right slide rails are fixed with tapes at the front and side faces to prevent from falling off during transportation Peel off the tape before you install the server in the rack Removing rail assemblies 1 Remove the sliding rails from left and right sides of the server Setting Up Your Server 3 7 2 While pushing the unlock button on the front of the server hold the rails and slowly move them toward the rear of the server Press this button to unlock the server 3 After a while the rails are locked with clicking sound Pull the release levers on the left and right sides of the server toward direction indicated by an arrow white in the figure and remove them from the server while unlocking it Pull the release lever toward the direction shown by the arrow white to remove the rail 4 Only the inner rails remain screwed to the server when the rail assemblies have been removed Inner rail 3 8 Setting Up Your Server 5 While pushing the levers move the removed rail assemblies toward the direction indicated by an arrow in the figure to restore the original position IMPORTANT
60. Software RAID Configuration Utility IMPORTANT Be sure to execute Check Consistency after creating configuration Configuring Your Server 4 39 Manual Rebuild Replace hard disk drive y Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility y Execute rebuilding y Exit LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 1 Replace a hard disk drive and turn on the server Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility Select Rebuild from the TOP menu The Rebuild PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU screen appears Rebuild PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU E ONLIN A00 00 M FAIL A00 01 4 Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive displaying FAIL and then press Space to select it Multiple hard disk drives can be selected simultaneous rebuilding The FAIL indication for the hard disk drive selected starts blinking When hard disk drive has been selected press F10 to start rebuilding When confirmation screen for execution appears Select Yes The rebuild process starts When the progress bar in the Rebuild Physical Drives in Progress screen indicates 100 rebuilding is completed 8 Press Esc to return to the TOP menu and exit LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 4 40 Configuring Your Server Setting Hot Spare Install a hard disk drive y Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility y Set for hot spare y Exit LSI Software RAID Configuration
61. Span Difin itioa fi LSI lt Span Difinit ion To add array hole to a Span select an array hole from the drop down Click on Add To Span Array hole will be added to the span Array Hole addition can be undone by selecting the Reclaim button Array With Free Space 06 0 Ho le20 RO RS R6 XRXRXME x Cancel 4u Back up Hext 4 72 Configuring Your Server 6 Select a DG to define VD from Array With Free Space frame then click Add to SPAN The DG is defined in the Span field to the right Array ith Free Space Span DG 0 RO RS RG XXXXkhB K Add to SPAN 7 After the Span has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen IMPORTANT m To configure RAIDO 1 5 or 6 perform Span Definition to a single DG only If you need to perform Span Definition to several DGs define VD for the first DG then select the next DG to define VD m Span Definition cannot be performed to DGs containing the different number of HDDs Configuring Your Server 4 73 Define the virtual disk VD in DG that has been created in previous step When DG was defined VD Definition screen is displayed In the Next LD Possible RAID Levels column available RAID levels and maximum size for VD are displayed begaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Config izard WD Def init ion LSIs lt RAID Level maoe ae Wrthru for BAD BBU io Pottey oireet MEN tet Lo possible mo Lave
62. Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition operating system Windows XP x64 Edition stands for Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system Windows XP stands for Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system Windows 2000 stands for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional operating system Windows NT stands for Microsoft Windows NT Server network operating system version 3 51 4 0 and Microsoft Windows NT Workstation operating system version 3 51 4 0 Windows Me stands for Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition operating system Windows 98 stands for Microsoft Windows 98 operating system Windows 95 stands for Microsoft Windows 95 operating system WinPE stands for Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment Momentary voltage drop prevention This product may be affected by a momentary voltage drop caused by lightning To prevent a momentary voltage drop an AC uninterruptible power supply UPS unit should be used PREFACE Welcome to the NEC Express5800 120Rh 1 server The NEC Express5800 server holds powerful performance and employs the latest technology to implement a computer for the next generation With its potential capabilities the server may be used as the w
63. agement LAN Subnet Mask 255 255 255 000 Specify a subnet mask for management LAN Default Gateway 000 000 000 000 Specify a default gateway for management LAN DHCP Disabled Set to Enabled to obtain an IP Enabled address from DHCP server automatically If you intend to specify an IP address manually set to Disabled Web Interface HTTP Disabled Set to Enabled to use HTTP Enabled communication for Web interface HTTP Port 80 Specify the TCP port number which Number the management LAN uses for HTTP communication HTTPS Disabled Set to Enabled to use HTTPS Enabled communication for Web interface HTTPS Port 443 Specify the TCP port number which Number the management LAN uses for HTTPS communication Command Line Interface Telnet Disabled Set to Enabled to use Telnet Enabled communication as a command line interface Telnet Port 23 Specify the TCP port number to be Number used for Telnet communication SSH Disabled Set to Enabled to use SSH Enabled communication as a command line interface SSH Port Number 22 Specify the TCP port number to be used for SSH communication Clear BMC Enter Press Enter and select Yes to Configuration initialize the BMC configuration Factory set 4 20 Configuring Your Server IMPORTANT Notes on performing Clear BMC Configuration m Executing Load Setup Defaul
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65. anual Rebuild The manual rebuild can be performed by using Universal RAID Utility the management utility of the Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 Select a HDD and start the rebuild manually For the detailed operation refer to the Universal RAID Utility User s Guide in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD that comes with the server Auto Rebuild The Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8 103 116 can automatically start the rebuild without use of any utility such as Universal RAID Utility The auto rebuild includes two types as follows m Standby rebuild Automatic rebuild by using hot spares In the configuration including hot spares the rebuild is performed automatically if a HDD assigned to a virtual disk is defected m Hot swap rebuild Automatic rebuild by hot swapping defected HDD IMPORTANT Note the following for the rebuild m The HDD used for rebuild should have the same capacity rotation speed and standard as the defected HDD m During rebuild the processing rate is decreased due to much load m During rebuild do not shutdown or reboot the server If the server is shutdown by an unforeseen accident such as power interruption turn on the power again as soon as possible The rebuild is automatically restarted m The interval from the removal of the defected HDD to the installation of a substitute HDD should be 60 sec or longer m Ifthe hot swap rebuild does not operate perform the manual rebuild
66. as 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 power receptacle on the rear of the server 2 Plug the other end of the power cord into the wall outlet AC inlet AC inlet Power supply Power supply slot option slot standard IMPORTANT Connect the power cord to a circuit breaker of 15A or less m Secure the power cord with a tie wrap 3 20 Setting Up Your Server To connect the power cord from the server to an uninterruptive power supply UPS use service outlets on the rear of the UPS Refer to the manual that comes with the UPS When the power cord from the server to a UPS change the BIOS setup of the server to link with power supply from the UPS To power on the server from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply select Server AC LINK Power On Change a parameter for AC LINK under the Server menu of the BIOS SETUP utility See Chapter 4 for details Setting Up Your Server 3 21 TURNING ON THE SERVER Power on your system as follows 1 Make sure all external devices such as a video display keyboard and mouse optional have been connected and the power cords are connected 2 Power on the video display and any other external devices NOTE If the server power cord s is connected to a power control unit su
67. ay be caused Do not touch any other component than specified Otherwise an electric shock or burn may be caused VOESQOOL Indicates a general prohibited action that cannot be specifically identified Mandatory Action Unplug the power cord of the server Otherwise an electric shock or fire may be caused Be sure to provide earthing Otherwise an electric shock or fire may be caused SOA Indicates a mandatory action that cannot be specifically identified Make sure to follow the instruction NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense CE Statement Warning This is a Class A product In domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures EN55022 BSMI Statement FRERE ie PRWANEm gt BREWS EA
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69. ccssessescetseseeteceesececsseeecseeeeesaeeneeseens E 1 Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER cc cecceeseeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeenteeneenaes E 1 Service Pack Which EXPRESSBUILDER Supports cccscsessescsseseeseneeseeeceeaeeecneeaeerenseas E 2 Application of Service Pack ccesccescsssecssecsseeseeeseeseeeeeeeseenseeeseseeensecneeceseeaecsaecuecseeeaeeeneenes E 2 Updating Systemie nn nerenin i ses et E eae sedge E ies dos ecdecs E E EEA EERE its E 2 Re installing to the Hard Disk which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk s ssssseseeessseeeesee E 2 Mounting MO Device is secnreiinsienrn a i ai E AEE e a ak iaa E 2 About Removable Media sec ssccccc secccceesicoeccnccdessesscesenseccducusedeeidesecceceesstesteadeestevssetecdesdeesteesiedet E 3 Floppy Disk Drive is ccccccc ccccetsscegcess ec ii a ER tebe eee ante E a a E 3 About the Upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2 ecceeccesseeseeesceseeeeceeeceeesseceaeesecseeeeeeseeses E 3 About the System Partition Size snesen cicera ii ei ii E 4 Installing Windows Server 2003 nanses iiinis ii ieii E 6 Creating Windows Server 2003 OEM Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER cccccceseeteeseeteeees E 7 Windows Server 2003 Clean Installation cccesccesccsecseeeseeeseeseeeeeceeecesecnsecnsecsaeesecseenaeenaes E 9 Procedure for License Authentication ccccescceceseeesecesecsseceeeseeeaeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeneeneenseeaees E 11 Updating the System Applying Service Pack cccc
70. ceeseesceseceseceeceseceeceesseeeneeeeeeereeseens E 12 Driver Installation and Advanced Settings c cccccesccessceseceseceseceeeseeeseeeneeneeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeereestens E 18 PROST Seiri sectors EA AET ANE A AN bertescucdecesentoveestvedsentineewoveseee E 18 Network DIIVEE menesceonia iiiaio EEE EAN EE eA A OE E EE E E 19 Graphics Accelerator Driver ennn o a ER E E A A RE A R E 20 SCSI Controller Driver N8103 75 95 107 sssssssssssssssseserssssrsrsssessesesersesseeresseseseesersessee E 21 Installing SAS Controller Driver N8103 104 sssssssesserseeseessssreeessessrsreseesessreressesreseeseeseo E 21 About Windows Activation sesssesssseseessesersreseessssteressesestesttstesetsesstetessestestetesseseseseeseseent E 22 Available Switch Options for Windows Server 2003 Boot ini File s ssssssesssreessseessseeesssee E 24 Setting for Collecting Memory Dump Debug Information sssessessesssesersesseeesssrsressessrsessee E 25 Appendix F Using a Client Computer Which Has a CD Drive cssssseeeeeeeeeeees F 1 Appendix G Product Configuration Record Table 2 ccccccssesseeeceeeeeseeeeesseeneeeeeeees G 1 Hardware manearen n eens a a a en eh Met a e a AN G 1 SOMWATE 2 E EE AEA EE N he Ree A EEA I A ET A ae ee ES E G 3 This page is intentionally left blank Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server This chapter includes information necessary for proper and safe operation of the server 1 2 Note
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72. ch SATA hard disk drive gt If your server uses Onboard RAID Controller the following message is displayed to prompt you to run RAID utility Press lt Ctrl gt lt M gt to Run LSI SoftwareRAID Configuration Utility Press Ctrl M to run the utility For detail explanation see Chapter 4 for detail IMPORTANT The LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility is used to manage the data stored in hard disk drive or for maintenance See Chapter 4 for detail This feature is unavailable for 2 5 inch disk model If the POST detects the optional add in card it display the message prompting you to launch the add in card BIOS configuration utility Ignore the message POST will automatically proceed a few seconds later Refer to the manual that comes with the optional add in card for detail If you set a password using the BIOS setup utility SETUP the password entry screen appears upon successful completion of POST Up to three password entries will be accepted Three incorrect password entries disable the server to boot In such a case turn off the power and wait about ten seconds before turning on to boot the server IMPORTANT Do not set a password before installing an OS The OS starts when POST completes General Description 2 31 POST Error Messages When POST detects an error it displays an error message on the display unit screen See Chapter 8 for POST error codes IMPORTANT Take a note on the messages d
73. ch as an UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply make sure that the power control unit is powered on 3 Open the front bezel Press the POWER switch The POWER LED on the front of the server comes on POWER switch POWER LED TIO woo f keane EJ 0 00 lt After a few seconds your system begins the internal Power On Self Test POST POST automatically checks the system board CPU module memory keyboard and most installed peripheral devices IMPORTANT m Always allow POST to complete before powering down your system m The server management logic on your system board monitors and logs system voltage changes When powering down your system you may experience a 30 second delay from the time you press the push button power on off switch on the front panel and your system powering down This is normal system operation and is required by the server management logic If you have problems powering on your system see Chapter 8 After you have successfully powered on your system insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive reboot the system and follow the screen prompts to run NEC EXPRESSBUILDER 3 22 Setting Up Your Server INSTALLING OPERATING SYSTEM See Chapter 5 for installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating systems To install the other operating system listed above contact your service representative IMPORTANT Before installing
74. city increased equivalent to a 1 HDDs RAID1 2 RAID5S 2 a Capacity increased equivalent to a HDDs RAID1 2 RAID6 2 a Capacity increased equivalent to a 1 HDDs RAID5S x RAIDO x a Capacity increased equivalent to a 1 HDDs RAID5 x RAIDS x a Capacity increased equivalent to a HDDs RAID5 x RAID6 x a Capacity increased equivalent to a 1 HDDs RAID6 x RAIDO xta Capacity increased equivalent to a 2 HDDs RAID6 X RAID5 xta Capacity increased equivalent to a 1 HDDs RAID6 X RAID6 xta Capacity increased equivalent to a HDDs Configuring Your Server 4 51 IMPORTANT Note the following for the Reconstruction m Be sure to make backup copy of data and perform Consistency Check before starting Reconstruction m The Reconstruction is disabled in the configuration where several virtual disks are defined in one disk group m During Reconstruction the processing rate is decreased due to much load m The Reconstruction can be performed for the degraded or partially degraded virtual disk However it is recommended to execute Rebuild to recover the virtual disk then execute Reconstruction m During Reconstruction do not shutdown or reboot the server If the server is shutdown by an unforeseen accident such as power interruption turn on the power again as soon as possible The Reconstruction is automatically restarted m In some configuration Background Initialize may start automatically upon completion of Reconstruction
75. ck refer to the manual attached to the rack or contact you service representative Always install the server on a rack conforming to the relevant standard Install the server on a rack confirming to the EIA standard for the Server to be used Do not use the server with installed on any other rack than standard EIA 19 inch rack or without the installation on a proper rack Failure to follow these instructions may cause the server to operate incorrectly and or personal injury or damages of surrounding devices to occur Contact your service representative for the racks available for the server 1 4 Notes on Using Your Server A CAUTION Keep water or foreign matter away from the server clips enter the server Failure to follow this warning may cause an electric shock a fire or a failure of the server When such things accidentally enter the server immediately turn off the power and disconnect the power plug from the outlet Do not disassemble the server Contact your service representative A Do not let any form of liquid water etc or foreign matter e g pins or paper Notes on Using Your Server 1 5 Power Supply and Power Cord Use h Do not hold the power plug with a wet hand Do not disconnect connect the plug while your hands are wet Failure to follow this warning may cause an electric shock A SO Do not connect the ground wire to a gas pipe Never connect the ground wire to a gas pipe Failu
76. ck state Off Memory Processor Error Boot If Halt is selected the boot is Halt stopped when POST error occurs Factory set Memory Configuration Configuring Your Server 4 9 Option Parameter Description Your Setting System Memory nnn KB Indicates the total capacity of the basic memory View only Extended Memory nnnnnnn KB Indicates the total capacity of the extended memory View only DIMM Group 1 Normal Indicates the current memory status 6 Disabled Normal indicates the normal status Not installed Disabled indicates a memory error and Not installed indicates no DIMM installed view only DIMM Group 1 DIMM sockets 11 and 21 DIMM Group 2 DIMM sockets 31 and 41 DIMM Group 3 DIMM sockets 12 and 22 DIMM Group 4 DIMM sockets 32 and 42 DIMM Group 5 DIMM sockets 13 and 23 DIMM Group 6 DIMM sockets 33 and 43 Memory Retest Yes Causes BIOS to retest all memory on the No next boot Extended RAM 1MB 1MB indicates that the memory test is Step 1KB done in the unit of 1MB 1KB indicates Every location that the memory test is done in the unit of Disabled 1KB Every location tests every memory location Disabled indicates that only memory initialization is done Only pressing Space is acceptable to suspend the test during the memory test Memory RAS Interleave Disables or enables memory mirroring Feature Mirror feature See
77. disc contact your service representative 3 Hold the tray and pull it out Take out the disc 5 Push the tray back into position 2 36 General Description NOTE Use of the Disc Keep the following notes in mind to use the disc for the server For the disk which does not conform to the CD standard the playback of such a disk with the CD drive is not guaranteed Do not drop the disc Do not place anything on the disc or bend the disc Do not attach any label onto the disc Do not touch the signal side nothing is printed on this side with your hand Place the disc with its printed side upward and gently put it on the tray Do not scratch the disc or write anything directly on it with a pencil or ball point pen Keep the disc away from cigarette smoke Do not leave the disc in a high temperature place e g place exposed to direct sunlight or close to a heater When dust or fingerprints are attached on the disc wipe the disc from its center to edge with a dry soft cloth slowly and gently Use the CD cleaner to clean the disc Do not use record spray cleaner benzene or thinner Keep the disc in a disc case when not in use If the disc emits large noise in the optical disk drive remove the disc and insert it back again Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server This chapter describes how to set up the server appropriate for your system on a step by step basis 3 2 Setting Up Your Server
78. e 4 26 Configuring Your Server RAID Levels Characteristics of RAID Levels The table below lists the characteristics of the RAID levels Level Function Redundancy Characteristics RAIDO Striping No e Data read write at the highest rate e Largest capacity e Capacity capacity of single HDD x number of HDDs RAID1 Mirroring Yes e Two HDDs required e Capacity capacity of single HDD RAID5 Striping of both data Yes e Three or more HDDs required and redundant data Capacity capacity of single HDD x number of HDDs 1 RAID6 Striping of both data Yes Three or more HDDs required and redundant data Capacity capacity of single HDD x number of HDDs 2 IMPORTANT To use RAID 5 or RAID 6 with Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 you need to additionally install the optional N8103 119 RAID Upgrade Kit Configuring Your Server 4 27 RAIDO In RAIDO data to be recorded is distributed to HDDs The mode is called striping In the figure below data is recorded in stripe 1 disk 1 stripe 2 disk 2 and stripe 3 disk 3 in the order Because RAIDO allows all HDDs to be accessed collectively it can provide the best disk access performance IMPORTANT RAIDO cannot have data redundancy If a HDD is defected the data saved in the HDD cannot be recovered RAID Controller Stripe 1 Stripe 2 Stripe 3 Stripe 4 Stripe 5 Stripe 6
79. e connector Do not step on the cable m Do not place any object on the cable m Do not use the server with loose cable connections Notes on Using Your Server 1 9 Cleaning and Working with Internal Devices 4A WARNING a p gt ppe Do not disassemble repair or alter the server Never attempt to disassemble repair or alter the server on any occasion other than described in this User s Guide Failure to follow this instruction may cause an electric shock or fire as well as malfunctions of the server Do not remove the lithium battery The server contains the lithium battery Do not remove the battery Placing the lithium close to a fire or in the water may cause an explosion When the server does not operate appropriately due to the dead lithium battery contact your service representative Do not disassemble the server to replace or recharge the battery by yourself Disconnect the power plug before cleaning the server 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 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 A
80. e in the rack may be raised by the heat generated from the units to be higher than the operation temperature of the server 10 to 35 C It causes the server to operate improperly Review the air flow within the rack or in the room and take sufficient measures so that the temperature within the rack does not exceed the warranted temperature range during the system operation The server takes in the air from the front and exhausts it to the rear Setting Up Your Server 3 5 INSTALLING THE SERVER This subsection provides the instructions for installing the server into a rack cabinet This subsection also describes the removal procedures Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow A these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 12 for details Do not use any rack which does not conform to the relevant standard a Always use the server in the specified place A 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 12 for details PO Pe Do not install remove the server in from the rack only by a single person Do not install the server on the rack leaving the cover removed Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components Do not apply any load on the server being pulled out from the rack 3 6
81. e maintenance parts and others m When you execute Reconstruction to existing virtual disk to make RAIDS VD with five or more HDDs IMPORTANT Note the following for Background Initialize m During Background Initialize the processing rate is decreased due to much load m Background Initialize will resume a few minutes later even if it is interrupted 4 50 Configuring Your Server Reconstruction The reconstruction feature is used to change configuration and or RAID level of existing virtual disk The Reconstruction contains the following three features however the Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 supports Migration with addition only IMPORTANT You can use WebBIOS for Reconstruction Universal RAID Utility does not support Reconstruction Removed physical drive Unsupported Migration only Unsupported Migration with addition Use this feature to add HDDs to existing virtual disk The execution patterns are as shown below a Number of HDDs to be added Before execution After execution RAID Number of RAID Number of Description level HDDs level HDDs RAIDO x RAIDO x a Capacity increased equivalent to a HDDs RAIDO 1 RAID1 2 Capacity remains unchanged RAIDO x RAIDS x a Capacity increased equivalent to a 1 HDDs RAIDO x RAID6 rO Capacity increased equivalent to a 2 HDDs a 2 or more RAID1 2 RAIDO 2 a Capa
82. e memory The count message of the basic and expansion memory appears at top left on the display unit screen The memory check may takes a few minutes to complete depending on the memory size of the server Also it may take approximately one minute for the screen display to appear after rebooting the server 2 Some messages appear upon completion of the memory check These messages appear to indicate that the system has detected the CPU baseboard management controller keyboard and mouse 3 After a few seconds POST displays the following message prompting you to launch the BIOS SETUP utility stored in the system memory of the server This message appears at bottom left on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter SETUP lt F12 gt to Network Launch the BIOS setup utility when you need to change the settings to meet the requirements for the server As long as the above message is not displayed with an error message you don t have to launch the utility Ignore the message POST will automatically proceed To launch the SETUP utility press F2 while the above message is displayed See Chapter 4 for setup and parameters The server automatically restarts POST all over again when you exit the SETUP utility The message lt F12 gt to Network prompts you network booting PXE boot If you press F12 the POST searches for boot device on network 2 30 General Description 4 7 lt When 3 5 inch disk model server contains 3 5 in
83. e newly connected HDD containing another configuration information first clear another configuration information using this Scan Devices feature Universal RAID Utility does not have this feature besaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Foreign Configuration ISI oy U 1 Foreign Confiz s Found Fant to Import Select Conf iguration All Configurations YF Preview C lear Cancel 4 62 Configuring Your Server Virtual Disks When you click Virtual Disks on WebBIOS Top Menu the screen for operating the VD that has already been configured VD X RAID X 00000 MB Optimal F ast Initialize Slow Initialize Check Consistency Properties Set Boot Drive Current 0 3 Go Reset IMPORTANT If no hard disk drive exists the upper right column of the screen will be blank Use this menu only when a hard disk drive exists Configuring Your Server 4 63 Physical Drives When you click Physical Disks on WebBIOS Top Menu the screen for operating the physical drive HDD appears MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Physical Disks 7 Rebuild M Properies Go Eg Reset IMPORTANT If no hard disk drive exists the upper right column of the screen will be blank Use this menu only when a hard disk drive exists 4 64 Configuring Your Server Physical Drives Properties Take the following procedures to check Physical Drive Properties Shown below is an example to check property of phy
84. eck use WebBIOS not the Universal RAID Utility Configuring Your Server 4 49 Background Initialize The Background Initialize is automatically executed when RAIDS virtual disk is created in the disk group composing of five or more HDDs The Background Initialize performs the parity generation processing in the background to the area not initialized The processing is equivalent to that of Consistency Check However the Background Initialize is not performed in the following cases m Full Initialize has already been executed and completed normally before executing Background Initialize Full Initialize is a function to clear the entire area of a virtual disk with 0 m Consistency Check has already been executed and completed normally before executing Background Initialize m Rebuild has already been executed and completed normally before executing Background Initialize for RAIDS only m Yes is specified for Disable BGI in VD Definition m Virtual disk is in degraded or offline state Background Initialize is performed if the virtual disk of RAID6 is partially degraded The Background Initialize is executed again if any of the following cases occurred in the virtual disk on which the Background Initialize has completed m When the virtual disk is degraded or offline you execute Make Online to HDD being in offline status and the virtual disk becomes Optimal state m When you replace the RAID Controller with th
85. eck Priority 15 to 100 High Chk Const Rate LSI Software 8 to 14 Middle RAID Configuration Utility Oto7 Low 4 46 Configuring Your Server The setting level of Universal RAID Utility and the setting value Item Setting level of Universal RAID Utility Setting value Rebuild Priority High 90 Rebuild Rate LSI Software Middle 50 RAID Configuration Utility Low 10 Consistency Check Priority High 90 Chk Const Rate LSI Software Middle 50 RAID Configuration Utility Low 10 NOTES m LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility can set FGI Rate Foreground Initialize and BGI Rate Background Initialize Priority But Universal RAID Utility can t set it m Universal RAID Utility can set Initialization Priority but it can t set it to the LSI Embedded MegaRAID Therefore Universal RAID Utility doesn t display Initialization Priority in the property of RAID Controller Also it will fail that you change the Initialization Priority by raidemd command Configuring Your Server 4 47 Configuration by Internal RAID Controller 2 5 inch Disk Model This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives as RAID System by Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 of 2 5 inch disk model Rebuild Ifa HDD is defected the rebuild feature can recover the data in the defected HDD The rebuild can be applied to redundant virtual disks in the RAID1 RAIDS or RAID6 level M
86. ect button 8 Hard disk drive bays Mount hard disk drives in the bays The last digit indicates the drive ID The hard disk drives must be purchased separately 9 DISK LED green amber Hard disk drive LED Each hard disk drive LED is green during access to the hard disk drive The LED turns amber when the hard disk drive fails The LED flashes switching back and forth between green and amber during build processing only in RAID System 2 6 General Description Rear View Non redundant power supply model i 000000 A 000000 caor 0002000 h 020202090 220009009 20000000 H 020202090 228000993 000000000 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 General Description 2 7 Low profile PCI board extension slot 1C Mount PCI board of the low profile type into this slot Full height PCI board extension slot 1B Mount PCI board of the full height type in the slot The slot 1B of 2 5 inch disk model contains the factory installed RAID controller equivalent to N8103 116 Captive thumbscrew Secures the logic cover to the chassis Redundant power supply slot Equipped on redundant power supply model only An optional slot for 1 1 redundant power configuration Power supply Supplies DC power to the server AC inlet Connect the power cord to this socket LINK ACT LED green This LED indicates the acc
87. eed to be run unless you want to change the password or security features add certain types of option boards or devices upgrade your system board or change the RAID configuration 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 SYSTEM BIOS SETUP The SETUP utility is used to change system configuration parameters This utility is pre installed in the flash memory of the server and ready to run The server is configured with the correct parameters using the SETUP utility and shipped in the best conditions Thus you don t need to use the SETUP utility in most cases However you might wish to use the SETUP utility in the cases described below IMPORTANT m The SETUP utility is intended for system administrator use only m The SETUP utility allows you to set a password The server is provided with two levels of password Supervisor and User With the Supervisor password you can view and change all system parameters of the SETUP utility With the User password system parameters available for viewing and changing are limited m Do not set any password before installing the OS m The server contains the latest version of the SETUP utility Dialog boxes appear on your SETUP utility thus may differ from descriptions in this manual If you find anything unclear see the online help or ask your service rep
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91. el tired you should stop working and do light exercises Chapter 2 General Description This chapter provides information that you should be familiar with before using the server It includes names and functions of the components and features of the server 2 2 General Description OVERVIEW Your server is a modular multiprocessing server based on the Intel Xeon microprocessor 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 Your server is housed and available as a rack mount system Your server conveniently installs into a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly Your server includes a optical disc drive and three SATA or SAS or six SAS hard disk drive bays The hot swap hard disk drive bays support 1 0 inch 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 and hard disk drives General Description 2
92. er 2 has been replaced The indication PD Missing from DGx Slot 2 xxxxx MB represents that the PD physical drive having been installed in slot number 2 was removed sical Drives ee Luclosure 0 HE 9 1 0 DG0 ONLINE 34176 MB Liki 0 1 1 DGO ONLINE 34176 MB 630 1 2 UNCONF GOOD 34176 MB 1 PD Missing from DGO Slot2 34176 MB Virtual Drives Ss VDO RAIDS 65554 ME Degraded 2 Select 1 2 newly connected HDD in Physical Drives 3 The properties for Physical Drive is displayed 4 88 Configuring Your Server 4 Select Make Global HSP or Make Dedicated HSP on the lower part of the screen and then click Go on the lower center of the screen HegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Physical Drive 2 Aeee Revision 3 H3 GO 5 When Rebuild Progress is displayed click Home at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS Top Menu Hega RAID BI nfiguratio ility Physical Drive 2 X Abort Rebuild Progress IMPORTANT Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or Reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate Configuring Your Server 4 89 Setting Hot Spare Described below are procedures based on assumption Add a HDD to a RAIDS virtual disk configured with three HDDs and assign a newly added HDD as H
93. eripheral devices to the server The server is provided with connectors for wide variety of peripheral devices on its front and rear The figure on the next page illustrates available peripheral devices for the server in the standard configuration and locations of the connectors for the devices A CAUTION A A 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 connect any interface cable with the power cord of the NEC Express Server plugged to a power source a Do not use any unauthorized interface cable IMPORTANT Power off the server and a peripheral device before connection Connecting a powered peripheral device to the powered server will cause malfunctions and failures To connect a third party peripheral device or interface cable to the server consult with your service representative for availability of such a device or cable Some third party devices may not be used for the server A leased line cannot be connected directly to the serial port connectors Secure the power cord s and interface cables with a tie wrap Form the cables in such a way that they will not come into contact with the door or the guide rails on the sides of the server Do not apply any pressure to the plug of the power cord 3 18 Setting Up Your Server Device with the ser
94. erver only by a single person More than one person is required to install parts including the doors and trays for the rack Failure to follow this instruction may cause some parts to fall to be broken and or to result in personal injury Insert hinges completely When installing the rack door make sure that hinge pins at top and bottom of the door are completely inserted into the rack Failure to follow this instruction may cause the door to fall to be broken and or to result in personal injury 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 Ibs You must also consider the weight of any other device installed in the rack Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack Pulling out more than one device from the rack may cause the rack to be fallen Only pull out a single device from the rack at a time Do not provide the wiring for the server to exceed the rating of the power supply To prevent burns fires and device damages the power supplied to the power supply in the rack shall not exceed the rating load of the power branch circuit Contact your electric constructor or the local power company for the requirements on the wiring and installation of electric facilities Notes on Using Your Server 1
95. ess ENTER to select an option LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility TOP Menu Management Menu 4 32 Configuring Your Server To quit the utility press Esc in the TOP menu of LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility When a confirmation message appears select Yes When the above message appears press Ctrl Alt Delete The server is rebooted Menu Tree Configuring Your Server 4 33 Selection execution parameter Setting parameter Information display gt Can be set modified after creation of virtual drive Menu Description Configure Performs Configuration settings Easy Configuration Set configuration Using fixed value New Configuration Set new configuration View Add Configuration Additional setting viewing configuration Clear Configuration Clear configuration Select Boot Drive Chose Bootable Virtual Drive Initialize Initialize virtual drive Objects Various settings Adapter Set disk array controller Sel Adapter Clear configuration Rebuild Rate 30 Chk Const Rate 30 FGI Rate 30 BGI Rate 30 Disk WC Off x Read Ahead On Bios State Enable Cont on Error Yes Fast Init Enable x Auto Rebuild On Auto Resume Enable Disk Coercion 1GB Factory Default Virtual Drive Virtual drive operation Virtual Drives Select virtual drive when multiple v
96. ess status of the LAN Management LAN port 100BASE TX 10BASE T interface port used to manage the server via LAN Speed LED amber This LED indicates the transmission speed of the LAN Mouse keyboard connectors Connect the mouse and keyboard to the connectors through the provided relay cables Serial port A COM A connector Connect device having a serial interface to this connector A leased line cannot be connected directly to this connector Monitor connector Connect the display unit to this connector UID switch Press this switch to turn on off the UID LEDs on the front and rear panels of the server Pressing the switch once turns on the LEDs Pressing it again turns them off DUMP NMI switch Press this switch to dump system memory UID LED blue This LED goes on when the UID switch is pressed The LED also goes on when software issues a command USB connectors Connect device compliant with the USB interface to this connector LAN connectors Connect network systems on the LAN to the connectors 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T The number 1 following the bold faced number indicates LAN port 1 and the number 2 indicates LAN port 2 2 8 General Description Internal View The internal view for each models show below The processor air duct factory installed in the system is omitted for clarity 3 5 inch Disk with Non redundant Power Supply Model ou 000000 o 000000 El oo af 1
97. f another hand to make the hole of the disc fit to the rotor at the center of the tray Rotor 6 IMPORTANT If a noisy sound in driving the optical disk drive occurs after setting a disc set it again correctly To take out the disc from the optical disk drive press the Eject button in the similar way in setting the disc to make the tray go out If the access LED is lit the disc is being accessed Confirm that the access LED is not lit before pressing the Eject button As shown in the figure below hold the tray with a hand and take the end of the disc lightly by the fingers of another hand with the suppression of the rotor at the center of the tray to remove the disc from the tray General Description 2 35 After taking out the disc return the tray into the drive When you fail to eject the tray with the Eject button and take out the disc from the server follow the procedure below Emergency hole 1 Press the POWER switch to power off the server The POWER LED goes off 2 Insert a metal pin of approximately 1 2 mm in diameter and 100 mm in length a straightened large paper clip will make a substitute into the emergency hole on the right front of the optical disk drive and gently push it in until the tray is ejected IMPORTANT Do not use a toothpick or plastic stick that is easy to break m Ifthe above procedure does not let you take out the
98. following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow A these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 A A to 1 8 for details Make sure to complete board installation Do not install the server on a rack with leaving covers removed Do not pinch your finger with mechanical components Note high temperature Do not pull out a device from the rack if the rack is unstable Do not leave more than one device being pulled out from the rack 4 30 Configuring Your Server See the section Preparing for Installation and Removal as described in Chapter 9 of this guide to prepare Remove the logic cover see Chapter 9 Remove the riser card see Chapter 9 Locate the position of the RAID configuration jumper on the mother board as shown below FRONT 123 123 RAID configuration jumper RAID RAID disable enable D a 0000000000 O REAR ODD00N 00000 ODD00ND0000 00000100000 00001000000 Conana nanni Mother board m 12 Be ee OE D Oon Remove the jumper from position 2 3 on jumper block Reinstall the jumper on position 1 2 on jumper block Reinstall the server removed in Step 2 Plug the power c
99. ge of time in spite of adjustment contact your service representative to ask maintenance 1 12 Notes on Using Your Server m Store the unit under the storage condition temperature 10 C 55 C humidity 20 80 without condensation to allow built in devices and the unit to operate correctly in the next operation m Make sure to use optional devices supported by the server Some non supported devices may be physically installed connected but cause failures of the server as well as a malfunction of the server m NEC recommends you use NEC s genuine products Some third party products claim that they support the server However repair of the server due to a failure or damage resulted from use of such third party products will be charged m Turn off the cellular phone or pager Radio interference may cause malfunctions of the server Notes on Using Your Server 1 13 TRANSFER TO THIRD PARTY The following must be observed when you transfer or sell the server or software provided with the server to a third party Server Hardware Make sure to provide this User s Guide along with the server to a third party Provided Software To transfer or sell any software application that comes with the server to a third party the following requirements must be satisfied m All provided software applications must be transferred and no backup copies must be retained m Transfer requirements listed in Software License Agreement
100. guring Your Server Reconstruction Described below are procedures based on assumption Add a HDD to a RAIDS virtual disk configured with three HDDs to make a RAIDS virtual disk configured with four HDDs 1 2 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the added HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the Top Menu Physical Drives Enclosure XH 11 0 DSO OH LIWE soos ld B Oh 1 1 OS 0 OH LIHE gt i 0 1 2 DGD HLIHE 0 1 3 UHD HE es Ds Virtual Drives WD 0 RAD 3 Vv MB optim Select VD 0 already been constructed in Virtual Drives Configuring Your Server 4 93 3 Setting menu for VD 0 is displayed bezaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility irtwal Disk X ISEK Alem of 2 Proper tres Remove physical d ive RAID Level X State Optimal Size MMARMS WE Strip Size WW KB Pf icies Access RW 7 Read Hormal Y hh Disk Wite Wack Y Disable Migr at ion only Cache C Use wthru for failure or missing battery RAID 6 T Disable Bi No OF 1 0 Direct Migr at ion with addition Change 01737 MERE MB therstrars Del Locate Fast Init Slow Init Fl c e Reset Ry Go Go cs 4 94 Configuring Your Server 4 On the right of the screen items required for reconstruction are displayed oP So Remove physical debe Information of HDDs in the disk group in which a VD is defined Mp rattan an ke Migration Only Allows c
101. hange of RAID RAID E 7 level Migration with addition M bration wih addition Allows addition of hard disk drive and change of 21232 MARRE kE RAID level Select Migration with addition Specify the RAID level used after reconstruction Select a HDD to be added When you finished steps 5 to 7 click Go at the lower right of the screen The progress of reconstruction is displayed on the lower left of the screen Click Home at the lower left of the screen to return to the WebBIOS Top Menu IMPORTANT m The capacity of virtual disk may be incorrectly displayed after reconstruction In this case perform Scan Devices from the Top Menu m Click Home while the background task such as Consistency Check Rebuild or Reconstruction is being executed With the progress indication being displayed the background task may be processed at slow rate Configuring Your Server 4 95 WebBIOS and Universal RAID Utility You can use Universal RAID Utility for configuration and management monitoring of RAID System after start up operating system The point to be kept in mind when using Universal RAID Utility together with WebBIOS is as follows Terms WebBIOS and Universal RAID Utility are different in term When you use Universal RAID Utility together with WebBIOS please convert terms by the following list Term of WebBIOS Term of Universal RAID Utility Adapter RAID Controller Virtual Disk Logical
102. ial interface Management PC only USB device daan FRONT popopooooo0o0o00 poaanaaananana jg _ S T El SS oa ag i ona Device with the serial interface Hub multiport repeater Hub multiport repeater PS a 100BASE T 1000BASE TX 10BASE T 1000BASE TX 10BASE T A lolol USB device Keyboard Mouse Display unit 4 Any USB keyboard and mouse are not supported 2 Use the provided branch cable 3 Connect the power cord to a circuit breaker of 15 A or less Finally connect the provided power cord to the receptacle If connecting the server to UPS see the explanation eel 3 Setting Up Your Server 3 19 CONNECTING POWER CORD Connect the provided power cord to the server A 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 S for details Do not hold the power plug with a wet hand a Do not connect the ground wire to a gas pipe A 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 A to 1 8 for details Do not plug the power cord in to an improper power source a Do not connect the power cord to an outlet that h
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104. ils or other components Note sufficiently that your fingers may not be caught between a rail and another mechanical part or cut by a rail at installation or removal of the server from the rack Do not apply any load on the server pulled out from the rack Do not apply any load on the server pulled out from the rack Doing so bends the frame of the server Consequently the server cannot be pushed back into the rack Placing an object on the server may also cause personal injury if the server drops 1 8 Notes on Using Your Server A CAUTION gt gt Do not connect any interface cable with the power cord of the server plugged to a power source 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 off powered 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 resulted from a short circuit Do not use any unauthorized interface cable Use only interface cables provided by NEC and locate a proper device and connector before connecting a cable Using an authorized cable or connecting a cable to an improper destination may cause a short circuit resulting in a fire Also observe the following notes on using and connecting an interface cable Do not use any damaged cabl
105. ing in the power saving mode sleep mode If the OS supports the power saving mode such as Windows Server 2003 running the command blinks the POWER LED in green and place the server in the power saving mode Press the POWER switch to turn out the POWER LED and place the server back in the normal mode The power saving mode is only available when the OS supports the power saving feature Some OS s allow you to set the server to automatically turn in the power saving mode when no access is made to the server for a certain period of time or to select the power saving mode with a command STATUS LED 4 The STATUS LED is on green while the server is operating normally If the STATUS LED is off or turns amber and flashes it indicates that the server is in abnormal state The table below explains the STATUS LED indication the meanings and the procedures NOTES m IfNEC ESMPRO is installed you can confirm the cause of a failure by referring to the error log m If shutdown processing can be performed through the operating system when you want to restart the system after turning the power off restart the system by performing shutdown processing If shutdown processing cannot be performed restart the system by resetting forcibly turning the power off or disconnecting and then connecting the power cord General Description 2 13 STATUS LED Description Procedure indication On green The
106. ingly the total capacity assigned to the parity is just the same as the capacity of two HDDs If any two of the HDDs configuring a logical drive are defected data is still available with no problems RAID Controller Stripe 1 Parity P 1 2 Parity Q 1 2 Stripe 4 Parity P 3 4 Parity Q 3 4 Stripe 3 Parity P 5 6 Parity Q 5 6 Stripe 5 Stripe 6 Configuring Your Server 4 29 Configuration by Onboard RAID Controller 3 5 inch Disk Model This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives as RAID System by Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID of 3 5 inch disk model Installing the Hard Disk Drives Install the two or more SAS hard disk drives to your server See Chapter 9 for detail IMPORTANT Use two hard disk drives of the same revolution In addition use two hard disk drives of the same capacity if you are going to configure RAID1 Enabling RAID Feature To configure a hard disk drive as RAID System change the BIOS setting or the RAID System configuration jumper switch on mother board NOTE The RAID System is factory set to Enabled A WARNING Q Observe the following instructions to use the server safely Failure to follow as these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury See pages 1 3 to 1 8 for details a Do not remove the lithium battery ae a Do not disassemble repair or alter the server A CAUTION Observe the
107. ion Place of uneven or slanting floor Place of drastic temperature change near a heater air conditioner or refrigerator Place where intense vibration may be generated Place where corrosive gases sulfur dioxide hydrogen sulfide nitrogen dioxide chlorine ammonia ozone etc exist Place where the air or dust includes components accelerating corrosion ex sulfur sodium chloride or conductive metals Place where chemicals may be accidentally sprayed over Place where a carpet not subject to anti static process is laid Place where some objects may be fallen on the rack Place near a device generating intense magnetic field such as a TV radio broadcast communication antenna power transmission wire and electromagnetic crane is placed If unavoidable contact your service representative to request proper shield construction Place where the power cord of the server must be connected to an AC outlet that shares the outlet of another device with large power consumption Place near equipment that generates power noise e g contact spark at power on power off of commercial power supply through a relay If you must install the server close to such equipment request your service representative for separate power cabling or noise filter installation IMPORTANT Increase in temperature within rack and air flow If more than one server are installed on the rack or the ventilation within the rack is not enough the temperatur
108. irtual drives exist Initialize Initialize virtual drive Check Consistency Check virtual drive redundancy View Update Parameters Display virtual drive information e RAID Display RAID level e SIZE Display virtual drive capacity e Stripe SIZE Display stripe size e Stripes Display the number of hard disk drives in virtual drive e State Display virtual drive status e Spans e Disk WC Off Write through On Write back e Read Ahead Physical Drive Physical drive operation Physical Drive Selection Menu Select physical drive Make HotSpare Set as hot spare disk for auto rebuilding Force Online Make a disk online Force Offline Make a disk offline Drive Properties Display hard disk drive information e Device Type Hard disk drive type e Capacity Hard disk drive capacity e Product ID Hard disk drive model e Revision No Hard disk drive revision Rebuild Perform rebuilding Check Consistency Perform virtual drive redundancy check 4 34 Configuring Your Server Operating Procedures for Configuration Utility Creating Adding Configuration Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility y Set new configuration information pack virtual drive settings Yy Check the virtual drive settings y Initialize virtual drive y Perform Consistency Check
109. isplayed before consulting with your service representative Alarm messages are useful information for maintenance Power Off Follow the procedure below to power off the server If the power cord of the server is connected to a UPS refer to the manual that comes with the UPS or the manual for the application that controls the UPS IMPORTANT Always allow POST to complete before turning off the server 1 Shutdown the OS 2 Press the POWER switch on the front of the server The POWER LED goes off 3 Power off peripheral devices NOTE The standby feature of Windows Server is not available Do not select Standby in Windows shutdown menu 2 32 General Description Identification of Servers UID Switch An UID Unit ID LED is provided on the front panel and rear panel If more than one server is mounted in a single rack the LED identifies the server you are going to maintain The UID LED goes on when the UID Unit ID switch on the front panel is pressed It goes off when the switch is pressed again Maintenance from the rear of the rack has to be carried out in a dark narrow space The interface cable of a server or power supply unit in normal state may be disconnected by accident in this situation To prevent this problem you should start maintenance after confirming the target server by using the UID switch
110. led Disables or enables TPM feature Enabled Current TPM Displays the current TPM state State Change TPM No Change Changes TPM state State Enable amp Activate Factory set Configuring Your Server 4 15 Server Option Parameter Description Your Setting System System Management submenu is Management displayed Console Console Redirection submenu is Redirection displayed BMC LAN BMC LAN Configuration submenu is Configuration displayed Event Log Event Log Configuration submenu is Configuration displayed Assert NMI on Disabled Specify whether to support PCI PERR or PERR Enabled not Assert NMI on Disabled Specify whether to support PCI SERR or SERR Enabled not FRB 2 Policy Disable FRB2 Set the FRB level 2 timer Timer Disable BSP Do Not Disable BSP Policy Always Reset Retry 3 Times Boot Monitoring Disabled Specify whether to enable or disable the 5 Minutes boot monitoring function on booting or 10 minutes select the time limit for timeout 15 minutes To use this function install NEC 20 minutes ESMPRO Agent Set this item to Disabled if the system is booted from S a OS without installation of NEC ESMPRO Agent 35 minutes 40 minutes 45 minutes 50 minutes 55 minutes 60 minutes Boot Monitoring Retry 3 Times Specify the processing at the occurrence of timeout during boot monitoring If Retry 3 times is selected the system is
111. mber of HDDs The figure below shows a sample configuration The three HDDs are connected to the Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID or Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 creating one disk group DG RAID Controller Disk Group 0 108 GBI Configuring Your Server 4 25 Virtual Disk Virtual disk is a logical drive defined in disk group It is recognized as a physical drive by OS The allowable number of virtual disks is up to 16 per disk group or up to 64 per controller The figure below shows a sample configuration in which the Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID or Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 is connected with three HDDs creating one Disk Group Two RAIDS virtual disks VD are defined in the Disk Group RAID Controller OT a a ae DGO 108 GB VDO RAIDS 40 GB VD1 RAID5 32 GB Parity The parity means redundant data A single set of redundant data is created from the data saved in more than one HDD The created redundant data is used for data recovery when a HDD is defected Hot Swap The hot swap enables a HDD to be removed or replaced under system operation Hot Spare The hot spare is prepared as an auxiliary HDD substituting for a defected HDD included in a logical drive which is configured at a redundant RAID level Detecting a HDD fault the system disconnects the HDD or makes it offline and starts rebuild using the hot spar
112. n alarm was detected Check if the fan units are firmly connected If the STATUS LED indication does not change when the fans are normal contact your sales representative A temperature warning was detected Check if the internal fans are clean and if the fan units are firmly connected If the STATUS LED indication does not change when the fans are normal contact your sales representative A voltage warning was detected An error was detected on either of the hard disk drives Contact your service representative 2 14 General Description DISK ACCESS LED jg The DISK ACCESS LED indicates the status of the hard disk drive mounted in the 3 5 inch disk bay The LED turns green each time access is made to the hard disk drive When the DISK ACCESS LED turns amber it indicates that a hard disk drive failure has occurred Check the hard disk drive LED for the status of the failing hard disk drive ACT LED The ACT LED is green while the server is connected to the LAN The LED flashes while the server is accessed via the LAN during transmission reception of packets The number next to the icon indicates the network port number on the rear panel of the server UID LED UID Pressing the UID switch toggles the front panel UID LED blue and the mother board UID LED on and off The mother board UID LED is visible through the rear of the chassis and allows you to locate the server you re worki
113. ndows Autorun Menu See Chapter 6 To read the online documents You can refer to the online documents from Windows Autorun Menu See Chapter 6 These functions are available under the Windows system NOTE Some features among those listed above can be used from the remote computer via cross cable COM or LAN See Chapter 6 for details 2 24 General Description NEC ESMPRO The NEC ESMPRO is server management software that runs on the OS The NEC ESMPRO includes the NEC ESMPRO Manager for the server monitoring terminal and the NEC ESMPRO Agent for the server NOTE For details of major functions of the NEC ESMPRO system configuration and setups with the NEC ESMPRO see Chapter 6 Available functions of the NEC ESMPRO depend on the OS you install Ask your service representative for details Maintenance Tools The Maintenance Tools is used for maintenance and fault analysis of the server This tool is usually used by the service representative See Chapter 8 for details SYSTEM DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY The system diagnostic utility contained in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER is useful to detect hardware failures See Chapter 7 for details NEC DianaScope The NEC DianaScope is a software for the remote management of the server The NEC DianaScope can control the managed server even if OS is not running on the managed server See Chapter 6 and online document in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER General Description 2 25
114. nfiguring Your Server Menu and Parameter Descriptions The SETUP utility has the following six major menus m Main m Advanced m Security m Server m Boot m Exit To set minute functions select a submenu from the above menus The following describes available functions and parameters as well as the factory set for each menu Configuring Your Server 4 5 Main Option Parameter Description Your Setting System Time HH MM SS Set the system time System Date MM DDIYYYY Set the system date Hard Disk Pre Delay Disabled Allows slower spin up drives to 3 seconds come ready 6 seconds 9 seconds 12 seconds 15 seconds 21 seconds 30 seconds Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Select submenu Set the information on the device connected to each channel on the submenu The settings of some items may be changed However leave the items as they are at the shipment Processor Settings Select submenu Shows the processor settings submenu Language English US Fran ais FR Deutsch DE Espa ol SP Italiano IT Select which language BIOS displays Factory set 4 6 Configuring Your Server Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Correspondence between the menu items and devices m Primary IDE Master Optical disk drive standard m Primary
115. ng on from the rear of the servers on a rack Disk Access LED The disk access LED of the optical disk drive is on while the drive is accessed General Description 2 15 Hard Disk Drive LED The disk LED located on the drive carrier indicates the following depending on the status Hard disk drive Hard disk drive Disk LED Blak EED 3 5 inch hard disk drive 2 5 inch hard disk drive m Flashing green The LED indicates that the hard disk drive is accessed m On amber The LED indicates a failure of a hard disk drive mounted in RAID System NOTE Even if one two hard disk drives in RAID6 of the hard disk drives fails in Logical Drive RAID1 RAIDS or RAID6 the server can continue operation However replace the hard disk drive as soon as possible and perform reconstruction rebuild processing The failing hard disk drive can be replaced in hot swap mode m Flashing switching back and forth between green and amber The LED indicates that reconstruction rebuild processing is being performed for the hard disk drive This flashing does not indicate a failure When a failing hard disk drive is replaced in RAID System the system automatically rebuilds the data Auto rebuild function The LED switches back and forth between green and amber during rebuild processing The LED goes off when the rebuild processing has terminated It turns amber when the rebuild processing fails 2 16 General Description
116. ode This mode is unavailable This mode is recommended when N8103 120F RAID Battery Backup Unit is not installed The controller does not use cache memory for writing data If you do not check WrtThru for BAD BBU at creation of VD this item is automatically checked after the VD has been created You can change parameters for VD definition except for RAID level and Stripe Size On the WebBIOS Top Menu click Virtual Disks and specify parameters in Policies frame then click Change bWegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Yirtval Disk X ajaj O12 Properties RAID Level X State Optimal Size XXXXXX WB Strip Size XX KB Pol icies Disk W ite Wack F Disable Cache Use wethru for failure or missing battery Disable vise eo 17o Change doeratiags Del Locate Fast Init Slow Init icc Go ISIS Remove physical d ive 0 1 0 WB O21 i We nnn Ml Migr ation only RAID 6 M Migr ation with addition CEE 0 1 4 3 0 1 5 X Y Le Reset W Go Configuring Your Server 4 85 Operation of Various Features Check Consistency Start WebBIOS 2 Click Virtual Disks on WebBIOS Top Menu 3 Select a VD to perform Check Consistency from the upper right frame of Virtual Disks screen 4 Click the checkmark column for Check Consistency from the lower right frame of Virtual Disks screen 5 Make sure that Check Consistency is checked and click
117. onfiguration gt Event Log Configuration Assert NMI on PERR Assert NMI on SERR FRB 2 Policy Boot Monitoring Boot Monitoring Policy Thermal Sensor BMC IRQ Post Error Pause AC LINK Power ON Delay Time Platform Event Filtering F1 Help Esc Exit td x Explanation of key functions menu Select Select Menu Item Indicates the current menu Item Specific Help Additional setup menus to view server management features Security Online help window Enabled Enabled CRetry 3 Tims Cdisabled CRetry 3times Enabled CIRA 11 Enabled CLast State C 20 Enabled Change Values Enter Select gt Sub M amp nu F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Parameter high lights upon selection menu The menus displayed in gray indicates the information only or unchangeable secured by BIOS password Cursor f Cursor lt gt and Enter Esc F9 F10 Selects an item on the screen The highlighted item is currently selected Selects the Main Advanced Security Server Boot or Exit menu Changes the value parameter of the selected item When a submenu option an option preceded by is selected these keys are disabled Press Enter to select determine parameters Exit SETUP and return to the previous screen Sets the parameter of the currently displayed item back to the factory set parameter Save and exit the SETUP utility 4 4 Co
118. ord cord Replace a damaged power m Do not place any object on the cord with a new one of the same power cord specifications Ask your service m Do not bundle power cords representative for replacement Do not use the attached power cord for any other devices or usage The power cord that comes with your server is designed aiming to connect with this server and to use with the server and its safety has been tested Do not use the attached power cord for any other purpose Doing so may cause a fire or an electric shock gt gt 1 6 Notes on Using Your Server Rack A CAUTION Do not carry or install the server only by a single person More than one person is required to carry or install the rack Failure to follow this instruction may cause the rack to fall to result in personal injury and or breakages of surrounding devices In particular a high rack such as 44U rack is unstable if it is not fixed by stabilizers More than one person must always carry or install the rack while they support it Do not install the server so that the load may be concentrated on a specific point Install stabilizers on the rack so that the total load of the rack and devices mounted on the rack is not concentrated on a singe point or join more than one rack with each other to distribute the load Failure to follow this instruction may cause the rack to fall to result in personal injury Do not install components on the s
119. ord to your server and turn on the server Run the BIOS SETUP utility described earlier in the chapter Choose the Peripheral Configuration submenu in the Advanced menu Change the options as follows SATA Controller Mode Option Enhanced SATA RAID Enabled Save and exit the BIOS SETUP utility Configuring Your Server 4 31 Running LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility 1 When the following screen appears after you have powered on the server press Esc The POST screen appears NEC Press lt ESC gt to view diagnostic message Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup lt F4 gt Service Partition lt F12 gt Network 2 Check the description as shown below on the POST screen then press Ctrl M LSI SoftwareRAID BIOS Version xxxxxx LSI MPT RAID Found at PCI Bus No xx Bev No xx Scanning for port 00 Responding xxxxxxxx xxxxMB Standard FW xxx DRAM 128MB SDRAM xx Logical drive s Configured Press lt Ctrl gt lt M gt to Run LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility starts If you fail to press Ctrl M and the system proceeds without displaying the following menu screen reboot the system and press Ctrl M on POST screen rc SI Logic Software RAID Configuration Utility Ver xxx Management Menu Configure Initialize Objects Rebuild Check Consistency Configure Logical Drive s Use cursor keys to navigate between items and Pr
120. ords and all the interface cables from the server 2 Unlock the front bezel with the security key Pape pe ft Pd Security key slot 3 lt This step is required only when the optional cable arm is mounted gt Remove the cable arm from the server Setting Up Your Server 3 15 4 While pushing the left and the right unlock buttons on the front of the server pull out the server from the rack slowly and carefully The server clicks to be latched Press this button to unlock the server 5 While pushing the right and left release levers blue forward or rearward to unlock slowly pull out the server from the rack Release lever blue IMPORTANT Do not apply any load on the server pulled out from the rack Doing so may cause personal injury if the server drops 6 Firmly hold the server and take it out from the rack IMPORTANT m Pull out the server slowly holding the bottom of the server by at least two persons Do not apply any load on the server pulled out from the rack Doing so may cause personal injury if the server drops m Be very careful not to get your finger caught in the levers or rails 3 16 Setting Up Your Server 7 To remove the rail assembly pull out the rail toward you while pushing the lever ha Setting Up Your Server 3 17 CONNECTING PERIPHERAL DEVICES Connect p
121. orkstation PC that configures a client server system and provides high speed processing and superior reliability Read this User s Guide thoroughly to fully understand handling of the server and appreciate its functions to the maximum extent ABOUT THIS USER S GUIDE This User s Guide is a guide for proper setup and use of the server This User s Guide also covers useful procedures for dealing with difficulties and problems that may arise during setup or operation of the server Keep this manual for future use The following describes how to proceed with this User s Guide How to Use This User s Guide To aid you in finding information quickly this User s Guide contains the following information Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server includes information that needs attention to use the server Make sure to read this chapter before setting up and using the server It also includes requirements and advisory information for transfer and disposal of the server Chapter 2 General Description includes information necessary to use the server such as names and functions of its components handling of the optical disk drive Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server tells you how to select a site unpack the system assemble the rack mount subsystem make cable connections and power on your system Chapter 4 Configuring Your Server tells you how to configure the system and provides instructions for running the BIOS SETUP Utility and the RAID Config
122. ory setup of the server the NEC logo appears on the display unit while POST is in progress To display the POST check results press Esc NOTE You can set the POST check results to appear on the display unit without pressing Esc To do so select Enabled for Boot time Diagnostic Screen under the Advanced menu of the BIOS SETUP utility The POST check results should be checked in the following cases m When the server is used for the first time m When the server appears to fail m When the server beeps for many times between power on and OS start up m When an error message appears on the display unit General Description 2 29 POST Execution Flow The following describes the progress of POST in the chronological order IMPORTANT Do not make key entries or perform mouse operations while POST is in progress m Some system configurations may display the message Press Any Key to prompt a key entry This message is driven by BIOS of an installed optional board Make sure to read the manual that comes with the optional board before any key entry m Powering on the server after you installed or removed an optional PCI board or moved it to another slot may display the message that indicates incorrect board configuration and suspend POST In such a case press F1 to continue POST Board configuration can be made using the utility described later 1 After a few seconds from power on POST starts checking th
123. ot Spare 1 Start WebBIOS Make sure that the status for the added HDD is indicated as UNCONF GOOD in the right frame of the Top Menu Physical Drives 0 OS 0 OM LIME WAK 1 05 0 SH LIME gt 21 2 DS 0 GMLIME 1120 UHO HF Soe D ot ld Bi Virtual Drves WOO RAD 5 ve MB Sopra 2 Select 1 3 newly connected HDD in Physical Drives 3 The properties for Physical Drive is displayed 4 90 Configuring Your Server 4 Select Make Global HSP or Make Dedicated HSP on the lower right of the screen and then click Go on the lower center of the screen Global HSP Indicates the Hot Spare available for all DGs Dedicated HSP Indicates the Hot Spare available only for the specific DG You need to specify the target DG bezaR l D BIOS Configure at ion Utility Physical Dr ive 3 IS aje f us Revision bedia Errors Pred Fail Count KRWI Physical Dr ive State UNCONF GOOD KAXA MB NOTE Do not check Enclosure Affinity which defines the hot spare to the specific enclosure This setting is not supported in the system Configuring Your Server 4 91 5 The status for the newly connected HDD changes to HOTSPARE 6 Click Home at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS Top Menu bezaRAl D BIOS Configure at ion Utility Physical Dr ive 3 ale ale flo 2 LSIC lt Revision bedia Errors Pred Fail Count SAS Address Physical Drive State 4 92 Confi
124. ou have bad posture when you sit with your back hunched up or you operate a display unit with your face close to the screen Bad working posture may cause eye strain or poor eyesight Adjustment of Display Unit Angles Most display units are designed for adjustment of the horizontal and vertical angles This adjustment is important to prevent the screen from reflecting bright lights and to make the display contents easy to see You will not be able to keep good working posture and you will feel more tired than you should if you operate a display unit without adjusting horizontal and vertical angles Adjustment of Screen Brightness and Contrast The display unit has brightness and contrast adjustment functions The most suitable brightness and contrast depend on the individual and the working environment well lighted room or insufficient light Adjust brightness and contrast so that the screen will be easy to see An extremely bright or dark screen will give a bad effect to your eyes Adjustment of Keyboard Angle The keyboard provided with the server is designed for adjustment of an angle Adjust the keyboard angle at which the keyboard is easy to operate The adjustment assists in reducing strain on your shoulders arms and fingers Cleaning of Equipment Clean equipment regularly It is difficult to see the display contents on a dusty screen Keeping equipment clean is also important for your sight Fatigue and Rest If you fe
125. procedures After DGs have been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen fecept DG Reclaim Physical Dr ives Disk Gr oups Enclosure XXX DGO Size XXxxxMB ONLINE X X MB 021202 ONLINE XX ONLI WE E 71117 ONLINE 2 ONLINE i OG1 Size XXXXXMB 3 ONLINE f 02122 ONLINE 021232 ONLINE DG2 Configuring Your Server 4 79 5 Configure RAID10 spanning of RAID1 using the two DGs that have been created in previous step When DGs were defined VD Definition screen is displayed kiezaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Config Wizard Span Difinition ISIS Span Difinit ion To add array hole to a Span select an array hole from the drop down Click on Add To Span Array hole will be added to the span Array Hole addition can be undone by selecting the Reclaim button Array Pith Free Space 06 0 Hole 0 RO R 1 XXXXXMB X Cancel 4u Back mp Next 6 Select DGO from Array With Free Space frame then click Add to SPAN The DG is defined in the Span field to the right Array Fith Free Space DG 1 Ho 1270 RO R1 XXXXRNB Span 06 0 RO R1 WWW ME 4 80 Configuring Your Server 7 Then select DG1 and click Add to SPAN When the two DGs are defined in the Span field to the right click Next Array Pith Free Space DG 1 Ho le20 RO R1 XXXKRME Span 0G 0 RO R1 WWWRW MB DG 1 R0 R1 SXX8ehB t Reclaim
126. r 5 for details Appendix E Installing Windows Server 2003 describes how to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 without using Express Setup Using the Express Setup tool is recommended for installing Windows Server 2003 See Chapter 5 for details Appendix F Using a Client Computer Which Has a CD Drive describes how to install the management software of EXPRESSBUILDER to the client computer without the DVD drive Appendix G Product Configuration Record Table provides a table to be filled with your server configuration Text Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this User s Guide For safety symbols see SAFETY INDICATIONS provided earlier IMPORTANT Items that are mandatory or require attention when using the server NOTE Helpful and convenient piece of information IN THE PACKAGE The carton contains various accessories as well as the server itself See the packing list or Getting Started guide to make sure that you have everything and that individual components are not damaged If you find any component missing or damaged contact your service representative CONTENTS Preface mnn ii E N aes b eared E pended oes ea ele cae eee eee ae ee ees eA eles i About This User s Guide seracn prenien iiio a E R EE A E ER ERER ii Inthe Package ses 2c i038 Sis Sess E E E E i ines ese ee EE iii Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server ssssusssssuunrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnn 1 1 Warning
127. rademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and other countries Adaptec and its logo is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc of United States SCSISelect is a trademark of Adaptec Inc of the United States LSI the LSI logo design iBBU MegaRAID and WebBIOS are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation of United States Adobe Adobe logo and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated DLT and DLTtape are trademarks of Quantum Corporation of the United States AVOCENT and DVC Dambrackas Video Compression are registered trademarks or trademarks of AVOCENT in the United States and other countries All other product brand or trade names used in this publication are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners Windows Vista stands for Microsoft Windows Vista Business operating system Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions stands for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition operating system or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition operating system Windows Server 2003 stands for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition operating system and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition operating system or Microsoft Windows Server 2003
128. rated in the Remote Management Controller RMC The RMC 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 RMC supports the NEC DianaScope which allows remote server management through networks Events monitored by the manager system include over temperature and over voltage conditions fan failure or chassis intrusion Information on NEC DianaScope may be found in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD One major function of the RMC 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 RMC maintains the nonvolatile Sensor Data Records SDRs from which sensor information can be retrieved The RMC provides an ISA host interface to SCR sensor information so that software running on the server can poll and retrieve the server s current status The RMC performs the following Monitors server board temperature and voltage Monitors processor presence and controls Fault Resilient Boot FRB Detects and indicates baseboard 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
129. re to follow this warning may cause a gas explosion A CAUTION Plug in to a proper power source Use a proper wall outlet Use of an improper power source may cause a fire or a power leak Do not install the server where you need an extension cord Use of a cord that does not meet the power specifications of the server may heat up the cord and cause a fire Do not connect the power cord to an outlet that has an illegal number of connections The electric current exceeding the rated flow overheats the outlet which may cause a fire Insert the power plug into the outlet as far as it goes Heat generation resulting from a halfway inserted power plug imperfect contact may cause a fire Heat will also be generated if condensation is formed on dusty blades of the halfway inserted plug increasing the possibility of fire Use the authorized power cord only Use only the power cord that comes with your server Use of an unauthorized power cord may cause a fire when the electric current exceeds the rated flow Also observe the following to prevent an electric shock or fire caused by a damaged cord gt gt e e PP m Do not stretch the cord harness m Do not alter modify or repair the m Do not pinch the power cord power cord m Do not bend the power cord m Do not secure the power cord with m Keep chemicals away from the staples or equivalents power cord m Do not use any damaged power Do not twist the power c
130. reen appears 3 Move the cursor onto the virtual drive to be checked and press Space to select it When virtual drive has been selected press F10 to start consistency check A confirmation screen for execution appears Select Yes The consistency check starts When the progress bar in the Check Consistency Progress screen indicates 100 the consistency check is completed 6 Press Esc to return to the TOP menu and exit LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility IMPORTANT Be sure to execute Check Consistency after creating configuration Configuring Your Server 4 43 Others m Clear Configuration Clears configuration information Select Configure Clear Configuration from the TOP menu Executing Clear Configuration clears all configuration information on the RAID Controller and hard disk drives The configuration information on all channels of the RAID Controller is also cleared NOTES m When configuration information on the RAID Controller and that on the hard disk drive do not match excluding at replacement of faulty RAID Controller configuration mail fail if you select the configuration information on the RAID Controller In this case execute Clear Configuration to create configuration again m LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility cannot delete each virtual drive Use Universal RAID Utility instead Force Online Puts a hard disk drive being in the FAIL status online Select Objects
131. remaining XKS Design Charge Capacity remaining XX3 Expected margin of error 2x8 Capacity Info FullCharge Capacity XXXmAh Remaining Capacity XXXmAh Design Info Mfg Name LSI CORP Mfg Date HAM DDS YYYY Serial No KKK Design Capacity 790mah Design Yoltage 3700m Device Name 2970700 Device Chemistry LION Properties Auto Learn Period days 30 Next Learn Time 24 2 8248 548 08 WE Learn Delay Interval hrs 0 Auto Learn Mode Disabled IMPORTANT You cannot change values for Auto Learn Period Next Learn Time and Learn Delay Interval NOTES m Status field shows Charging when the battery is in charged status It shows Discharging when the battery is in discharged status m When powering on the server after replaced the battery the Status may not immediately change to Charging In that case power on the server for several hours and check Status again Configuring Your Server 4 61 Scan Devices When you click Scan Devices on WebBIOS Top Menu the HDDs connected are detected again Use this feature when you have installed a new HDD additionally while the WebBIOS is running IMPORTANT m Ifthe newly connected HDD contains another configuration information Foreign Configuration screen as shown below appears To use the HDD as new one click Clear to clear the configuration information in HDD m If you use Universal RAID Utility to configure a RAID system using th
132. resentative m Use the Exit menu when exiting the SETUP utility Exiting the utility with the POWER switch or reset operation causes the stored parameters to lose 4 2 Configuring Your Server Starting SETUP Utility Powering on the server starts POST Power On Self Test and displays its check results If the NEC logo is displayed press Esc After a few seconds the following message appears at bottom left on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter SETUP Press F2 to start the SETUP utility and display its Main menu If you have previously set a password with the SETUP utility the password entry screen appears Enter the password Enter password Up to three password entries will be accepted If you fail to enter the password correctly for three consecutive times the server halts You can no longer proceed Power off the server NOTE The server is provided with two levels of password Supervisor and User With the Supervisor password you can view and change all system parameters With the User password system parameters available for viewing and changing are limited Configuring Your Server 4 3 Description on On Screen Items and Key Usage Use the following keyboard keys to work with the SETUP utility Key functions are also listed at the bottom of the screen Indicates there are submenus Setup item menu s Main Advanced gt System Management gt Console Redirection gt BMC LAN C
133. reset after the occurrence of timeout and OS boot is retried up to three times If Always Reset is selected the system is reset after the occurrence of timeout and OS boot is retried repeatedly If no service partition exists in the system OS boot is retried repeatedly from the system partition IRQ 11 Thermal Sensor Disabled Specify whether to enable or disable the Enabled thermal sensor monitoring function If a thermal error is detected with this item being set to Enabled the system stops at the end of POST BMC IRQ Disabled Determines routing of the BMC interrupt 4 16 Configuring Your Server Option Parameter Description Your Setting Post Error Pause Disabled Specify whether to stop the POST once Enabled at the end of POST if an error occurs during the POST AC LINK Stay Off Specify the state of power when the AC Last State power to the server is turn off once and Power On then on Power ON Delay 20 255 Specify the power on delay time within Time Sec the range between 0 and 255 seconds The time specified is valid when Power On or Last State is specified for AC LINK Platform Event Disabled Specify whether to enable or disable the Filtering Enabled platform event filtering PEF feature Factory set IMPORTANT To power on the server from the UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply select Server AC LINK Power On The
134. rmation message All data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost Want to Initialize appears Normally select Yes Virtual Disks operation screen is displayed If no other operation is required click Home at the lower left of the screen The WebBIOS Top Menu is displayed Virtual Disk you have created is displayed in the lower right frame of the screen Configuring Your Server 4 83 Parameters for VD Definition Listed below are parameters for Configuration Wizard Item Parameter Remarks RAID Level RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 00 RAID 10 RAID 50 and RAID 00 RAID 10 RAID 50 RAID60 RAID 60 are not supported Strip Size 8 KB 16 KB 32 KB 64 KB 128 KB Recommended value 64KB 256 KB 512 KB 1024 KB Access Policy RW Read Only Blocked Recommended value RW Read Policy Normal Ahead Adaptive Recommended value Normal Write Policy WBack WThru WBack WriteBack WThru WriteThru WrtThru for Checked Unchecked Select a mode when WriteBack is BAD BBU specified for Write Policy Checked Normal WriteBack Unchecked Constant WriteBack Recommended value Checked IO Policy Direct Cached Recommended value Direct Disk Cache NoChange Enable Disable Recommended value Disable Policy Disable BGI No Yes Specify whether to perform Background Initialize after creation of VD Recommended value No IMPORTANT m BGI Back Ground Initialize
135. rsal RAID Utility manages Disk Array by a number beginning with 1 You can see a number of Disk Array where Disk Array in the property of Logical Drive on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X Disk Array Y in the property of Disk Array on raidcmd command Physical Drive and Physical Device LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility manages Physical Drive by ID You can see ID of Physical Drive where Port of Objects PHYSICAL DRIVE SELECTION MENU DG X in Objects menu Universal RAID Utility manages Physical Device by a number beginning with and ID The ID is same value of ID on LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility You can see a number and ID of Physical Device where Number and ID in the property of Physical Device on RAID Viewer or RAID Controller X Physical Device Y and ID in the property of Physical Device on raidcmd command Setting of Priority LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility displays and sets Rebuild Priority and Consistency Check Priority of RAID Controller by percentage But Universal RAID Utility uses three levels as High Middle Low for them The setting value of LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility and the display level of Universal RAID Utility Item Setting value of LSI Software Universal RAID Utility Level RAID Configuration Utility Rebuild Priority 15 to 100 High Rebuild Rate LSI Software 8 to 14 Middle RAID Configuration Utility Oto7 Low Consistency Ch
136. s approaching If it starts thundering before you disconnect the power plug do not touch any part of the server including the cables Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Keep animals away from the server Failure to follow this warning may cause a fire or an electric shock Do not place any object on top of the server The server may fall and cause property damage to the surroundings Do not leave the server with its optical disk drive tray ejected Dust may enter the server through openings and cause malfunctions of the server Any person may also bump it and get injured Notes on Using Your Server 1 11 FOR PROPER OPERATION Observe the following notes for successful operation of the server Use of the server ignoring the notes will cause malfunctions or failures of the server Install the rack assembly in a place that meets requirements for successful operation For details see Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server The server is intended for installation in a Restricted Access Location mounted above a non combustible material Make sure to power off the server before connecting or disconnecting cables between the server and peripheral devices Verify that the access LED on the server is unlit before turning off the server or ejecting the floppy disk The server management logic on your system board monitors and logs system voltage changes When plugging the power cord to the sy
137. s on Using Your Server WARNING LABELS The warning label is attached to components with possible danger or their vicinity in your server to inform the user that a hazardous situation may arise when operating the server Do not intentionally remove or damage any of the labels If you find any labels totally partially removed or illegible due to damage contact your sales representative A 5 CAUTION A A RISD HOBOS THCHA TH SMNSASICLT CAV BRETEN YFU CROLL TWSHIDSOES RFETSEAICELO DUR AY kORO RUBHB SRS lt EA As some components may become very hot buring system operation give ample time to allow cooling as well as use precaution when handling internal components immediately after powering down Some internal components may still be operational on battery power Refer to instruction manuals for this system as well as options prior to maintenance AUBATRSANAM MERENN ZAER a BB FF S RAR FH SRT A ARAM RH RHO WAH ESMA WARNING AX Suri POI KORO UE E01 F 2 714 KOZE Ek Bh RELTRL It may have broken a connector Read the corresponding part of the USER S GUIDE when installing or removing PCI board HEAVY ITEM PCHIRN SOTA AAI MEMS ie BEAR GNT ESHER zeae 0 lt OPS PAARL OROBBORUUSOA A jt CAUTION WLETHTOTRAU e TERE BT EE 7 g k of electric shock ee avoid the risk of Do not open 7 personal injury or SEIT AEN GT fh damage to the unit move the unit with at least two or more people aT Bb LRA
138. sents a slot number of disk bay Configuring Your Server 4 57 Adapter Properties When you click Adapter Properties on WebBIOS Top Menu the configuration information is displayed WezaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Adapter Information ws OO E hee WezaRAID SAS 8708 Firmware Yersion X XX XX XXxX FebBIOS Yersion X XX XXX Sub Device ID 0x1013 Serial Number Click Next to see the detailed settings of this controller kes aRAl D BIOS Configuration Utility Adapter Proper ties ets A 4m of 6 2 LSIC lt Proper ties Set Factory Defaults POF Interval Se Co T c oo Spinup Drive Count 2 Reconstruction Rate Adapter BIOS 4 58 Configuring Your Server The detailed settings is continued to the next page Click Next to view more information LSIs lt bhintain PD Fail Disabled Disabled Y History begaR i D BIOS Configuration Utility Adapter Proper ties Default settings and their explanation Configuring Your Server 4 59 Item Default Description Change Battery Backup Present Displays Properties None e When battery is installed Present e When battery is not installed None Set Factory Defaults No Restores vendor s factory defaults Prohibited 1 Yes Cluster Mode Disabled Prohibited Rebuild Rate 30 Recommended value 30 Permitted Patrol Read Rate 30 Recommended value 30 Permitted
139. server is not intended to be used with or control facilities or devices concerning human lives including medical devices nuclear facilities and devices aeronautics and space devices transportation facilities and devices and facilities and devices requiring high reliability NEC assumes no liability for any accident resulting in personal injury death or property damage if the server has been used in the above conditions Do not use the server if any smoke odor or noise is present If smoke odor or noise is present immediately turn off the server and disconnect the power plug from the outlet then contact your service representative Using the server in such conditions may cause a fire Keep needles or metal objects away from the server Do not insert needles or metal objects into ventilation holes in the server or openings in the optical disk drive Doing so may cause an electric shock Do not use the server in any unapproved place Install the server on a standard EIA 19 inch rack assembly Do not install the rack containing the server in a place inappropriate to the rack installation environment Failure to follow these instructions may cause some bad influences to be imposed on the server and other systems installed on the rack and also a fire or personal injury due to falling of the rack may occur For the detailed explanation on the place where the server should be installed and the earthquake resistant construction for the ra
140. sets of the same pack at pack creation as shown in the figure below SPANNING of RAID1 ID O ONLIN A01 01 RAID1 1 ONLIN A01 02 SPAN E ONLIN A02 01 N RAID1 3 ONLIN A02 02 When all settings are completed select Accept and then press Enter to create virtual drive The created virtual drive is displayed in the Virtual Drive Configured screen After creating virtual drive press Esc to close the screen Go back to the Save Configuration screen and then select Yes to save the configuration When the confirmation message shows that the configuration has been saved press Esc to return to the TOP menu screen On the TOP menu screen select Objects Virtual Drive gt View Update Parameters to check virtual drive information Select Initialize in the TOP menu screen When the Virtual Drives screen appears move the cursor to the virtual drive to be initialized and press Space The virtual drive is selected After selecting virtual drive press F10 to start initialization A confirmation screen for execution appears Select Yes to start initialization When the progress bar in the Initialize Virtual Drive Progress screen indicates 100 initialization is completed 4 38 Configuring Your Server 15 Execute Check Consistency on the virtual drive that has been initialized See Check Consistency for details 16 Press Esc to return to the TOP menu and exit from LSI
141. sical drive 0 0 0 1 Click the Physical Drive you want to check 2 Click the checkbox for Properties 3 Click Go MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Physical Drives ISE eye Aelel LeEnclosure 2 1 0 DG0 ONLINE xxxxx MB xxxxx MB xxxxx MB Xxxxx MB 2 Xxxxx MB Rebuild Properties Revision Enclosure ID Slot Number Device Type Connected Port Media Errors Pred Fail Count SAS Address Physical Drive State Coerced Size Configuring Your Server 4 65 Configuration Wizard Use this wizard to configure a RAID system using the HDDs connected The detailed explanation of this feature is given in Configuring Virtual Disk Adapter Selection If optional RAID Controller N8103 116 117 is installed in the server you need to select an adapter controlled by WebBIOS to configure each adapter Clicking Adapter Selection on WebBIOS top menu opens the Adapter Selection screen again Physical View Logical View If the virtual disk has been configured using the RAID Controller DG disk group is displayed on WebBIOS Top Menu Clicking Physical View displays information for HDDs in DG Clicking Logical View displays virtual disk in DG Events The Events screen is used to confirm the system events IMPORTANT The Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 does not support Events feature 4 66 Configuring Your Server Exit When you click Exit on Web
142. stem you may experience 30 seconds delay from the time you press the POWER switch on the front panel This is normal system operation and is required by the server management logic Do not turn off the server until the POST Power On Self Test completes See Chapter 2 for details of POST When you have just turned off the server wait at least 30 seconds before turning it back on When unplug the power cord s from the server wait at least 30 seconds before re pluging the power cord s to the server Turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the outlet before relocating the server Clean the server on a regular basis See Chapter 7 for cleaning Regular cleaning proactively prevents various failures of the server Lightning may cause a momentary voltage drop To prevent this problem it is recommended to use of an uninterruptible power supply unit Check and adjust the system clock before the operation if any of the following conditions is applicable After carriage of device After storage of device After the device is entered into the pause state under the environmental condition enduring device operation temperature 10 C 35 C humidity 20 80 Check the system clock at the rough rate of once per month When the system clock is installed in a system requiring high time precision it is recommended to use a time server NTP server If the system clock is remarkably delayed or advanced as the passa
143. t DC power on m To use this feature on Windows Server 2003 see Chapter 8 Problems with Windows Server 2003 Configuring Your Server 4 13 Security The Security menu appears if you move the cursor to the position of Security Press Enter on Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password to display the following screen Set Supervisor Password Enter New Password tO Confirm New Password L l Enter the passwords on the dialog box Passwords may have up to eight characters including alphanumerics and symbols IMPORTANT m User password can be set only when Supervisor password is already set m Set the passwords only after OS is installed See the table below for the items Option Parameter Description Your Setting Security Chip Security Chip Configuration submenu Configuration is displayed Supervisor Clear Status only user cannot modify Password Is Set Once set this can be disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password jumper on system board see Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in this Chapter User Password Is Clear Status only user cannot modify Set Once set this can be disabled by setting it to a null string or by clearing password jumper on system board see Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in this Chapter Set Supervisor Up to eight When the lt Enter gt key is pressed the Password alphanumerics user is prompted for a password press ESC key
144. table below shows the operation when the AC power to the server is turn off once and then on again depending on the setting of AC LINK Setting of AC LINK System status before AC power off Stay Off Last State Power On Operating Off On On Aborting DC power being off also Off Off On Forced shutdown Off Off On Press the power switch continuously for four seconds or longer This forcibly turns off the power Configuring Your Server 4 17 System Management Submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting BIOS Version Displays the current BIOS version View only Board Part Number Displays the part number of mother board View only Board Serial Number Displays the serial number of mother board View only System Part Number Displays the part number of the system View only System Serial Number Displays the serial number of the system View only Chassis Part Number Chassis Serial Number Displays the part number of the chassis View only Displays the serial number of the chassis View only Onboard LAN1 MAC Displays the MAC address of the Address onboard LAN port 1 View only Onboard LAN2 MAC Displays the MAC address of the Address onboard LAN port 2 View only Management LAN MAC Displays the MAC address of the Address management LAN port View only BMC Device ID
145. tes mandatory actions An image in the symbol illustrates a mandatory action to avoid a particular hazard Mandatory Action Example Symbol to draw attention Term indicating a degree of danger Hot surface Immediately after the server is powered off its internal components such as hard disk drives are very hot Leave the server until its internal components fully cool down before installing removing any component Symbol indicating a prohibited Description of a danger action may not always be indicated SYMBOLS USED IN THIS USER S GUIDE AND WARNING LABELS Attentions Indicates that improper use may cause an electric shock Indicates that improper use may cause personal injury Indicates that improper use may cause explosion or burst Indicates that improper use may cause fingers to be caught Indicates that improper use may cause personal injury PEPPPePe gt Indicates that improper use may cause fumes or fire Indicates a general notice or warning that cannot be specifically identified Prohibited Actions Do not disassemble repair or modify the server Otherwise an electric shock or fire may be caused Keep water or liquid away from the server Otherwise an electric shock or a fire may be caused Do not touch the server components with wet hand Otherwise an electric shock may be caused Do not place the server near a fire Otherwise a fire m
146. that comes with each software application must be satisfied m Software applications that are not approved for transfer must be uninstalled before transferring the server 1 14 Notes on Using Your Server DISPOSAL AND CONSUMABLES m Dispose the server all the internal devices and DVD ROMs according to all national laws and regulations IMPORTANT For disposal or replacement of the battery on the mother board of the server consult with your service representative m The server contains some components that are only good for a limited period of time and require replacement such as fans internal batteries the internal optical disk drive and the mouse For stable operation of the server NEC recommends you replace these components on a regular basis Consult with your service representative for replacement or the product lives A WARNING A Do not remove the lithium battery The server contains the lithium battery Do not remove the battery Placing the lithium or nickel cadmium battery close to a fire or in the water may cause an explosion When the server does not operate appropriately due to the dead lithium battery contact your service representative Do not disassemble the server to replace or recharge the battery by yourself mAg OO000000000 0000000000 ON000000000 O0000000000 ON000000000 OO000000000 JOUMDONNONN0C TREAT
147. the left side of the front bezel on the server frame After the installation lock the front bezel by using the key for security Tab ea P af Pd General Description 2 27 POWER Switch Use the POWER switch to turn on off the server Power On Press the POWER switch on the front of the computer chassis The POWER LED lights in green POWER LED POWER switch Ter El Bi oe o ir m O 5 Q amp Q 1 FO IMPORTANT m If the power cord is connected to a power control device such as a UPS Uninterruptive Power Supply make sure that the power control device is powered m If the power cord is connected to the server an initial diagnosis of the hardware starts The POWER switch does not work while in diagnosis Wait for about 30 seconds then press the POWER switch m Always allow POST to complete before powering down your system 2 28 General Description POST POST Power On Self Test is the self diagnostic program stored in the system memory When you power on the server the system automatically runs POST to check the mother board ECC memory module CPU module keyboard and mouse POST also displays messages of the BIOS setup utility such as the start up message while in progress NEC With the fact
148. the operating system adjust the system date and time by using the BIOS setup utility SETUP See the next chapter for detail INSTALLING UTILITIES Install the utilities that come with the server See Chapter 6 for details MAKING BACKUP COPIES OF SYSTEM INFORMATION The system information includes the current BIOS settings and any specific information for the server Save the information after completing the system setup Without the backup data you will not be able to recover the information You can save the information by the following process 1 Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive and reboot the system Select Maintenance Tools Normal mode Select English Select Maintenance Utility Select System Information Management Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive Se Ps es Select Save Chapter 4 Configuring Your Server 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 RAID configuration utility configures the RAID System and logical drives connected to the Onboard RAID controller or Internal RAID Controller If your system has been factory configured the BIOS SETUP or RAID configuration utility do not n
149. tional PCI board connected to the riser module 1 When BIOS detects a bootable device it displays the information on the device in the relevant indication To boot the server from a desired device the device must be registered as a boot device Up to eight boot devices can be registered 2 Pressing X after selecting a device allows the selected device to be registered as a boot device or deleted from the registration With eight boot devices being registered any other device cannot be registered as a boot device even if you press X To register a device as a boot device newly first delete the registration of a device registered as a boot device but not booted any more Pressing Shift 1 after selecting a device allows the selected device to be made enabled disabled You can change the boot priority first to eighth of each device by using 7 and or To change the priority of a device move the cursor to the device by using the or and press or 4 22 Configuring Your Server Exit The options on the menu are described below IMPORTANT For 3 5 inch disk model record the current SATA controller options in the Peripheral Configuration page of the Advance menu before reloading the Setup or custom defaults The SATA controller options affect the RAID System configuration Exit Saving Changes Exit after writing all modified BIOS SETUP item values to CMOS Exit Discarding Changes E
150. tions of NEC DianaScope The physical drive numbers shown in WebBIOS and those shown in Universal RAID Utility are identified as follows WebBIOS Enclosure number and Slot number shown in Physical Drives box X X X shown in Physical Drives box represents Connector number Enclosure number Slot number With this server the Connector number is not supported thus it is always indicated as The Enclosure Number is always 1 The Slot number represents a slot number of disk bay Universal RAID Utility Enclosure number and Slot number shown in Physical Device Properties Note that the slot numbers shown in Physical Drives box of WebBIOS are represented by numbers beginning with 0 but those in Universal RAID Utility are numbers beginning with 1 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Yirtual Configuration Physical Drives WebB 10S HM Adapt SAS Vendor Model SEAGATE ST336754SS Firmware Version 0002 Serial Number 3KQ0525P Capacity 33GB Status Online SMART Normal Property of Physical Device in Universal RAID Utility 4 54 Configuring Your Server Using WebBIOS Starting WebBIOS 1 Press Esc when the screen as shown below appears after powered on the server Press lt ESC gt to view diagnostic messages Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup lt F4 gt Service Partition lt F12 gt Network 2 Press Ctrl H on POST screen to start WebBIOS POST screen image with
151. tive to replace the power supply unit AC POWER LED AC POWER LED AC inlet AC inlet Power supply Power supply slot option slot standard NOTE If one power supply unit fails while an optional power supply is mounted the system can continue operation with the other power supply unit redundant function The failing power supply unit can be replaced in hot swap mode with the power on without the system being stopped STANDARD FEATURES High performance E Quad core Intel Xeon Processor N8100 1390F 1396F 2 00GHz N8100 1391F 1397F 2 50GHz N8100 1438F 1439F 3 00GHz N8100 1392F 1398F 1405F 3 16GHz m High speed memory access DDR2 667 m High speed network interface 1000Mbps 100Mbps 10Mbps supported m High speed disk access SATAII 300 Serial Attached SCSI Expandability m PCI Express x8 1 slot low profile PCI Express x8 1 slot full height 3 m Large memory of up to 48GB m Up to two multi processors are available for upgrade m Three network ports one for management LAN Hard disk drive bays 3 5 inch disk model up to 3 hard disk drives 2 5 inch disk model up to 6 hard disk drives m One backup file bay m USB2 0 interface Management Utilities m NEC ESMPRO m NEC DianaScope m RAID System Management Utility m Power monitoring feature Hard disk drive monitoring feature Maintenance Features m Off line Maintenance Utility m Memory dump
152. 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 Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in this chapter 4 14 Configuring Your Server When Enter is pressed the user is prompted for a password press Esc 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 Configuring Mother Board Jumpers in this chapter Option Parameter Description Your Setting Set User Up to eight Supervisor password controls access Password alphanumerics to the setup utility sector Write Protect Password on boot Disabled Disables or enables password entry Enabled on boot Fixed disk boot Normal Will write protect the boot sector of the hard drive to prevent viruses from corrupting the drive under DOS if set to write protect Power Switch Inhibit Disabled Enabled Enables or disables the POWER switch If Enabled is selected power off with the POWER switch becomes unavailable after OS boot up Forced shut down feature is always acceptable to the server Forced shut down is a feature to shut down by pressing the POWER switch for at least four seconds Security Chip Configuration Submenu Factory set Deactivate amp Disable Clear Option Parameter Description Your Setting TPM Support Disab
153. to create virtual drive The Virtual Drives Configure screen appears The figure below shows an example of RAID configured with two hard disk drives Logical Drives Configured Status ONLINE RAID 1 LD 0 Size Stripes StrpSz xxxMB 2 64KB Logical DriveO RAID 1 Size xxxxMB DWC On RA On Accept Span NO 7 Select RAID Size DWC RA or Span by using cursor keys Then press Enter to fix the selection and set each value 1 RAID Sets RAID level Parameter Remarks 0 RAIDO 1 RAID1 The selectable RAID level varies depending on the number of hard disk drives that configure a pack 2 Size Sets virtual drive size Up to 8 virtual drives can be created per RAID Controller 3 DWC Sets parameter for Disk Write Cache Parameter Remarks Off Write through On Write back Recommended setting Write back On enables good performance however cache data may be lost at an unexpected power failure Write back Off reduces performance by approximately 50 4 RA Sets parameter for Read Ahead Parameter Remarks Off Does not perform read ahead On Performs read ahead 10 11 12 13 14 Configuring Your Server 4 37 5 Span Sets Span Parameter Remarks SPAN NO Does not set span SPAN YES Sets span When performing SPAN create two or more
154. ts in BIOS SETUP utility does not restore the default value for settings related to management LAN of BMC To restore the default value you need to execute Clear BMC Configuration m It takes about several tens seconds until initialization completes after execution of Clear BMC Configuration m Executing Clear BMC Configuration also clears settings made in NEC DianaScope Before execution be sure make backup copy of setting information of NEC DianaScope NOTE Executing Save Custom Defaults Load Custom Defaults of BIOS SETUP does not save the settings you have made in BMC LAN Configuration menu Event Log Configuration Submenu Option Parameter Description Your Setting System Event Log System Event Log submenu is displayed Clear All Event Press Enter and select Yes to clear Logs the system event log Factory set Configuring Your Server 4 21 Boot If you move the cursor to the position of Boot the Boot menu appears which is used to set the boot priority Indication Device USB CDROM USB CD ROM drive IDE CD ATAPI CD ROM including optical disk drive USB FDC USB floppy disk drive USB KEY USB flash memory device IDE HDD IDE hard disk drives PCI SCSI Internal hard disk drives installed in your system Software RAID is displayed in the RAID configuration PCI BEV IBA GE Slot xxxx Onboard LAN LAN1 Slot OC00 LAN2 Slot 0C01 Other indication Op
155. ts Rebuild Priority and Patrol Read Priority Consistency Check Priority of RAID Controller by percentage But Universal RAID Utility uses three levels as High Middle Low for them The setting value of WebBIOS and the display level of Universal RAID Utility Item Setting value of WebBIOS Universal RAID Utility level Rebuild Priority 80 to 100 High Rebuild Rate WebBIOS 31 to 79 Middle 0 to 30 Low Patrol Read Priority 80 to 100 High Patrol Read Rate WebBIOS 31 to 79 Middle 0 to 30 Low Consistency Check Priority 80 to 100 High Consistency Check Rate 31 to 79 Middle WebBIOS 0 to 30 Low Configuring Your Server 4 97 The setting level of Universal RAID Utility and the setting value Item Setting level of Universal RAID Utility Setting value Rebuild Priority High 90 Rebuild Rate WebBIOS Middle 50 Low 10 Patrol Read Priority High 90 Patrol Read Rate WebBIOS Middle 50 Low 10 Consistency Check Priority High 90 Consistency Check Rate Middle 50 WebBIOS Low 10 NOTES m WebBIOS can set BGI Rate Background Initialize Priority But Universal RAID Utility can t set it Universal RAID Utility can set Initialization Priority But Internal RAID Controller does not have the function of the setting of Initialization Priority Therefore Universal RAID Utility doesn t display Initialization Priority in the property of RAID Controller
156. uration utility which is used to configure RAID System in your system This chapter also provides information on mother board jumper settings Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup describes how to install the operating system Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities describes how to install the utilities for the server It also includes a description on using the attached NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD Chapter 7 Maintenance provides you with all the information necessary to maintain successful operation of the server This chapter also includes a description on relocating and storing the server Chapter 8 Troubleshooting contains helpful information for solving problems that might occur with your system Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server provides you with instructions for upgrading your system with an additional processor optional memory optional add in cards hard disk drives peripheral devices and power supply Appendix A Specification provides specifications for your server Appendix B Other Precautions provides supplementary notes on using the server Appendix C IRQ and I O Port Address provides a list of factory set IRQs and I O port addresses assigned Appendix D Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions describes how to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions without using Express Setup Using the Express Setup tool is recommended for installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions See Chapte
157. veral physical drives PD as a disk group DG begaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Conf ig izard DG Def init ion LSI u Disk Group Definition To add drives to a Disk Group hold Gontrol key while select ing Unconf Good dr ives and cl ick on Accept 0G Drive addition can be undone by selecting the Rec lain button 0 110 UNCONF GOOD XXXX WB 0 1 1 UNCONF GOOD XXXX WB 0 1121 UNCONF GOOD XXXX WB X Cancel 4u Back mp Next 4 70 Configuring Your Server 1 To add physical drives HDD to a Disk Group hold Ctrl while selecting physical drives HDDs in DG Physical Dr ives Enclosure WWX 07120 UNCONF GOOD XXXXx WB 02111 UNCONF GOOD XXXXx WB 021121 UNCONF GOOD XXX2 WB Physical Dr ives Enclosure XxX 02120 UNCONF GOOD 0 UNCONF G 11 2 UNCONF GOOD 3 Anew DG is defined in the Disk Groups frame To define the new DG click Accept DG at the lower right of the screen Physical Dr ives Enclosure XXX 02120 ONLINE 0 1 1 ONLINE 071121 ONLINE W 0 7110 ONLINE Q21212 ONLINE 011121 ONLINE X Configuring Your Server 4 71 4 After the DG has been defined click Next at the lower right of the screen Physical Dr ives Enclosure XXX 0 11 10 ONLINE 0721212 ONLINE 072122 ONLINE X Disk Gr oups OG 0 SizeiXXXx WB 02120 ONLINE 0 111 ONLINE 0 1 2 ONLINE 5 Then the Span Definition screen appears begaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Config Fizard
158. xit leaving CMOS unmodified User is prompted if any of the setup fields ware modified Load Setup Defaults Load default values for all BIOS SETUP items Load Custom Defaults Load custom defaults for BIOS SETUP options Save Custom Defaults Saves the current values as custom defaults The Load Custom Defaults menu appears on the screen after saving the custom default values Discard Changes Read the previous values of the all BIOS SETUP items from CMOS Save Changes Write all BIOS SETUP item values to CMOS Configuring Your Server 4 23 RAID SYSTEM CONFIGURATION This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives as RAID System by Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded MegaRAID installed in 3 5 inch disk model or Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 installed in 2 5 inch disk model About the optional RAID Controller for 3 5 inch disk model N8103 116 117 refer to the documents provided with optional RAID Controller RAID Overview of RAID System What is RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RAID is an abbreviation for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks The RAID technology allows more than one hard disk drive HDD to be handled collectively In actual RAID can configure more than one HDDs as a single array disk group to operate the HDDs effectively This can bring higher performance than a single HDD of a large capacity The Onboard RAID Controller LSI Embedded
159. y SETUP See Chapter 4 The remote power on feature is not available in the following cases Press the POWER switch once to start the OS and turn off the server in an appropriate procedure m Abnormal previous system shut down No power supply to the server due to turned off breaker disconnected power cord power blackout etc AC Link Feature When the power cord of the server is connected to an uninterruptible power supply UPS unit the server supports the power linkage feature that enables control over the power supply from the UPS to the server The AC Link feature can be enabled or disabled with the Server menu of the BIOS setup utility SETUP See Chapter 4 2 22 General Description System Security To help prevent unauthorized entry or use of the system the system includes a full lockable front bezel and Server Management software that monitors the front bezel intrusion switch Security with Mechanical Locks and Monitoring To unlock the bezel insert the key in the lock and turn the lock counterclockwise until it stops about a quarter turn The bezel is now unlocked and can be opened again To lock the bezel insert the key in the lock Turn the lock clockwise until it stops about a quarter turn The bezel is now locked and cannot be opened 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
160. you to clear existing configuration New Configuration Clears the existing configuration and creates a new VD If you have any existing data in the earlier defined virtual disk the data will be lost Add Configuration Retains the old configuration and then adds new virtual disk 4 68 Configuring Your Server When you select New Configuration or Add Configuration the screen as shown below appears MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Configuration Wizard Or if you are an experienc sed us er Wizard cantake RRA Hck the steps Custom Corfiguration Custam Canflgu athn Allaws yau ta define all aspects a the cantigu ation dist gra ups whi wal dits and thelr parameters E Auta Canfigu ethan whh Redundancy Aulamatically creates redundant dist gra ups and wit wal dits whee passibk and sats thelr parameters Auta Canfigu ation whhaw Redundancy Aulamatically creates nan redundant dit graups and vid wl dits and sats thelr mramder x Cancel i Back 1 Next Custom Configuration Allows you to define all aspects of the configuration RAID level size and others Auto Configuration with Automatically creates redundant virtual disk Redundancy Auto Configuration Automatically creates non redundant virtual disk without Redundancy IMPORTANT The Internal RAID Controller equivalent to N8103 116 supports Custom Configuration only Configuring Your Server 4 69 Use this menu to define se

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