Silicon Graphics 1200 User manual

SGI™1200-Family of Servers

User’s Guide

Document Number 007-4248-001

SGI™1200-Family of Servers User’s Guide

Document Number 007-4248-001

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Carl Strasen and Mark Schwenden

Illustrated by Kwong Liew and Dan Young

Production by Kam Kashani, David Clarke, and Amy Swenson

SGI Engineering contributions by Mike Koken, Kunnau Chen, Courtney Carr, David

Sakamoto, John Jones, Marty Matthews, and Bob Housholder.

The contents of this document may not be copied or duplicated in any form, in whole

or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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clauses in the FAR, or in the DOD, DOE, or NASA FAR Supplements. Unpublished

rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the United States.

Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy.,

Mountain View, CA 94043-1351.

Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark, and SGI and the SGI logo are trademarks

of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Cirrus Logic is a registered trademark of Cirrus Logic Inc.

Intel, Pentium, and LANDesk are registered trademarks of the Intel Corporation.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of the

Microsoft Corporation. MMX and Xeon are trademarks of the Intel Corporation.

Symbios is a registered trademark of the LSI Logic Corporation. All other third party

brands and names mentioned in this document are the property of their respective

owners.

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Contents

Figures ..........................vii

Tables ..........................ix

About This Guide.......................xi

ProductFeatures.......................xi

WheretoFindMoreInformation..................xii

ConventionsandTerminology...................xiii

ReaderComments.......................xiv

1. Site Preparation and Technical Specifications ..............1

SitePreparation.......................1

TechnicalSpecifications.....................3

2. Hardware Overview ......................5

TheoryofOperations......................5

Processors........................8

Memory........................8

I/OSubsystem......................8

Midplane........................10

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Contents

ChassisTour ........................11

ChassisLEDs,ButtonsandConnectors................13

FrontACPowerPushButton.................13

ResetPushButton.....................14

BlueACPowerLed....................15

GreenDiskLED.....................15

EthernetActivityLED...................15

AmberGlobalFailureLED..................15

HardDriveCarrierLEDs ..................16

PowerSupplyLEDs....................17

BackPanelConnectors...................18

3. Mounting the Server in a Rack ...................19

MountingtheSysteminaRack...................19

SlideRailMount......................20

CenterMount.......................23

ConnectingEverythingtoGetStarted.................25

4. Peripheral Use ........................27

OpeningtheCDandFloppyCover..................27

Hot-swapDriveUse......................28

HardDriveUpgradeStrategies..................33

Contents

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A. Regulatory Specifications ....................37

Manufacturer’sRegulatoryDeclarations...............37

ServerModelNumber....................37

SeriesNumber.......................37

Manufacturer’sDeclarationofConformity..............38

UpgradeRegulatoryLabel...................38

ClassACompliance.....................38

ElectromagneticEmissions...................39

VCCINotice(JapanOnly)...................39

NOM024Information(MexicoOnly)................39

ChineseClassARegulatoryNotice.................40

IndustryCanadaNotice(CanadaOnly)...............40

CENotice........................40

KoreanClassARegulatoryNotice.................41

ShieldedCables......................41

ElectrostaticDischarge....................41

Index ..........................43

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Figures

Figure i FrontPanelofSGI1200withOptionalHardDrives.....xii

Figure ii InjuryorDeathWarningIcon............xiii

Figure iii EquipmentDamageorDataLossWarningIcon......xiii

Figure 1-1 SGI1200ServerChassisAirflowDiagram........2

Figure 2-1 Internal View of SGI 1200 Server with Optional RAID Controller . 7

Figure 2-2 MidplaneandChassisFans............8

Figure 2-3 SCSI Cabling Route to Midplane with Optional RAID Controller . 9

Figure 2-4 SCSI Cabling to Midplane without Optional RAID Controller . . 10

Figure 2-5 Midplane-AssignedSCSIIDs............11

Figure 2-6 ExplodedViewofSGI1200ServerChassis........12

Figure 2-7 FrontPanelPushButtons(CoverRemoved).......13

Figure 2-8 FrontPanelLEDs...............14

Figure 2-9 HardDriveCarrierLEDs.............16

Figure 2-10 PowerSupplyLEDs..............17

Figure 2-11 ConnectorsontheSGI1200ServerBackPanel.......18

Figure 3-1 SlideRailInstallation..............22

Figure 3-2 InstallingtheChassisintoaCenterMountRack......24

Figure 4-1 OpeningtheCDandFloppyFrontCover........27

Figure 4-2 SCSIDriveNumbering .............29

Figure 4-3 ReleasingaHardDiskDrive............30

Figure 4-4 RemovingaHardDrive.............31

Figure 4-5 ReplacingaHardDiskDrive............32

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Tables

Table 1-1 CoolingandPowerRequirements..........1

Table 1-2 PhysicalandEnvironmentalSpecifications........3

Table 2-1 FrontPanelLEDStateSummary...........16

Table 2-2 HardDriveCarrierLEDStateSummary ........17

Table 2-3 PowerSupplyLEDStateSummary..........18

Table 3-1 RackInstallationHardwareforSlideRailMount......20

Table 3-2 RackInstallationHardwareforCenterMount.......23

Table 4-1 SGI1200ServerExternalSCSIConnectionChoices.....33

Table 4-2 SGI1200RAIDConfigurations...........34

Table 4-3 RAID5HardDriveUpgradeStrategy.........35

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