Silicon Graphics 1400 Installation and operation manual

SGI™1400 Server Family

Maintenance and Upgrades Guide

Document Number 007-3948-001

SGI™1400 Server Family Maintenance and Upgrades Guide

Document Number 007-3948-001

CONTRIBUTORS

Writing contributions by Mark Schwenden

Illustrated by Cheri Brown

Production by Heather Hermstad and David Clarke

Engineering contributions by Jim Oliver, Courtney Carr, Joan Eslinger, and Chander

Kant

St. Peter’s Basilica image courtesy of ENEL SpA and InfoByte SpA. Disk Thrower

image courtesy of Xavier Berenguer, Animatica.

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

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

Mountain View, CA 94043-1351.

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

trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark and Xeon is a

trademark of the Intel Corporation. All other third party brands and names

mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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Contents

List of Figures vii

List of Tables ix

About This Guide xiii

1. Working Inside the System 1

Tools and Supplies Needed 1

Safety: Before You Remove the Access Cover 1

Warnings and Cautions 2

Removing the System Access Cover 3

Installing the Access Cover 3

Working in the Subchassis and Electronics Bay 5

Installing PCI Boards 7

Removing a PCI option Board 9

Removing the Front Panel Board 9

Installing the Front Panel Board 10

Removing the Diskette Drive 11

Installing the Diskette Drive 12

Peripheral Drives 13

Drive Cabling Considerations 13

IDE Requirements 13

SCSI Requirements 14

Installing 5.25-inch Peripherals in the Front Bays 14

Removing a 5.25-inch Peripheral from the Front Bay 18

Installing or Replacing the SCSI-B Cable 20

Contents

System Fans 22

Removing the System Fan Assembly 22

Installing the System Fan Assembly 24

Removing an Individual System Fan 24

Installing an Individual System Fan 26

The Power Share Board 27

Replacing the Power Share Board (PSB) 27

2. Upgrading Baseboard Components 33

Baseboard 33

Removing the Baseboard 33

Installing the Baseboard 35

Memory 36

Removing the Memory Module 36

Installing the Memory Module 38

Removing DIMMs 38

Installing DIMMs 39

Processors 40

Removing a Processor 41

Installing a Processor 44

Installing the Processor Tabs 46

Installing Processor Heatsinks 47

Voltage Regulator Modules (VRMs) 49

Removing a VRM 51

Installing a VRM 52

Replacing the Backup Battery 53

3. SGI 1400 Server SCSI Backplane Installation 57

SCSI Backplane Warnings and Cautions 57

Safety: Before You Remove the Access Cover 57

General Procedure to Open the Chassis 57

Replacing an Existing Backplane 59

General Procedure to Close the Chassis 63

Contents

4. Technical Reference 65

Baseboard Connectors 65

Main Power Connector 68

Auxiliary Power 69

Diskette Drive 70

Front Panel Connector 72

The SMM Connector 74

The IPMB Connector 75

VGA Video Port Connector 76

Keyboard and Mouse 77

Parallel Port 78

Serial Ports A and B 79

Universal Serial Bus 80

Narrow SCSI Connector 81

Wide SCSI Connector 84

Internal IDE Connector 86

The Hard Drive LED Connector 88

ISA Connector Pinouts 89

The PCI Connectors 93

Baseboard Jumpers 99

General Procedure to Change a Jumper Setting 100

CMOS Clear Jumper 101

Password Clear Jumper 101

Recovery Boot Jumper 102

System I/O Addresses 104

Memory Map Address Range 108

Interrupts 109

Video Modes 110

Contents

A. Equipment Log and Conﬁguration Worksheets 117

Equipment Log 117

Configuration Worksheets 120

Current Usage 120

Calculating Power Usage 120

Worksheet, Calculating DC Power Usage 121

Worksheet, Total Combined Power Used by the System 122

System Setup Utility (SSU) Worksheets 123

Adding and Removing Boards 123

ISA Board Definition 124

Baseboard (SSU, Change Configuration Settings) 125

Management Subsystem, System Sensor Control Worksheet 129

BIOS Setup Worksheets 129

B. Environmental Speciﬁcations 137

Environmental Specifications 137

C. Chassis Warnings and Safety 139

Power Warnings 139

Cautions When Removing the Chassis Covers 139

Index 143

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List of Figures

Figure 1-1 Removing the Access Cover 4

Figure 1-2 Opening the Subchassis and Electronics Bay 6

Figure 1-3 Installing a PCI option Board 8

Figure 1-4 Removing the Front Panel Board 10

Figure 1-5 Removing the Diskette Drive from the Chassis 11

Figure 1-6 IDE Cable Dimensions 13

Figure 1-7 Removing EMI Shields 16

Figure 1-8 Snap-in Plastic Slide Rails 17

Figure 1-9 Removing a Removable Media Device 19

Figure 1-10 SCSI-B Cable Installation 21

Figure 1-11 Removing the Fan Assembly 23

Figure 1-12 Fan Cabling 25

Figure 1-13 Chassis Side View 28

Figure 1-14 Removing the Existing Board and Bracket Assembly 29

Figure 1-15 Removing the Existing Board from its Bracket 30

Figure 1-16 Attaching the New Board to its Bracket 31

Figure 1-17 Installing the New Board and Bracket Assembly 32

Figure 2-1 Removing the Baseboard 35

Figure 2-2 Removing the Memory Module 37

Figure 2-3 Installing a DIMM 40

Figure 2-4 Releasing the Retention Module Bracket 42

Figure 2-5 Removing a Processor 43

Figure 2-6 Installing a Processor 45

Figure 2-7 Installing Tabs on a Processor S.E.C. Cartridge 46

Figure 2-8 Installing a Heatsink on a Processor S.E.C. Cartridge 48

Figure 2-9 Processor and Corresponding VRM Locations 50

Figure 2-10 Installing a VRM 52

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List of Figures

Figure 2-11 Replacing the Lithium Battery 54

Figure 3-1 Chassis Side View 58

Figure 3-2 Removing the Backplane from the Chassis 60

Figure 3-3 Aligning and Attaching the Backplane 61

Figure 3-4 Reconnecting Cables to the New Backplane 62

Figure 4-1 Baseboard Layout 66

Figure 4-2 Main Power Connector Pins 68

Figure 4-3 Auxiliary Power Connector 69

Figure 4-4 Diskette Drive Connector 70

Figure 4-5 Front Panel Connector 72

Figure 4-6 Server Management Module (SMM) Connector 74

Figure 4-7 The IPMB Connector 75

Figure 4-8 VGA Video Port Connector 76

Figure 4-9 Keyboard and Mouse Connector 77

Figure 4-10 Parallel Port Connector 78

Figure 4-11 Serial Port A (External) Connector 79

Figure 4-12 USB External Connector 80

Figure 4-13 Narrow SCSI Connector 81

Figure 4-14 Wide SCSI Connector 84

Figure 4-15 Internal IDE Connector 86

Figure 4-16 Hard Drive LED Connector 88

Figure 4-17 Baseboard Jumpers 99

List of Tables

Table 2-1 VRM and Processor Power Sequence 49

Table 2-2 Processor and VRM Population Sequencing 49

Table 4-1 Main Power Connector Pinouts 68

Table 4-2 Auxiliary Power Connector Pinouts 69

Table 4-3 Diskette Drive Connector Pinouts 70

Table 4-4 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 72

Table 4-5 Server Management Module Connector Pinouts 74

Table 4-6 IPMB Connector Pinouts 75

Table 4-7 Video Port Connector Pinouts 76

Table 4-8 Keyboard and Mouse Connector Pinouts 77

Table 4-9 Parallel Port Connector Pinout 78

Table 4-10 Serial Port A (External) Connector Pinout 79

Table 4-11 USB External Connector Pinout 80

Table 4-12 USB Internal Header Pinout 80

Table 4-13 Narrow SCSI Connector Pinouts 81

Table 4-14 Wide SCSI Connector Pinouts 84

Table 4-15 IDE Connector Pinouts 86

Table 4-16 Hard Drive LED Connector Pinouts 88

Table 4-17 ISA Connector Pinouts 89

Table 4-18 PCI Connector Pinouts 93

Table 4-19 Baseboard Jumper Summary 100

Table 4-20 BIOS Recovery Beep Codes 103

Table 4-21 System I/O Addresses 104

Table 4-22 Memory Map Address Range 108

Table 4-23 Interrupt I/O Descriptions 109

Table 4-24 Standard VGA Modes 110

Table 4-25 Extended VGA Modes 111

List of Tables

Table A-1 Equipment Log 117

Table A-2 Power Usage Worksheet 121

Table A-3 Power Usage Worksheet (Total Watts) 122

Table A-4 Add or Remove PCI Boards 123

Table A-5 ISA Board Definition 124

Table A-6 Systems Group 125

Table A-7 Memory Subsystem Group 125

Table A-8 Onboard Disk Controllers 125

Table A-9 Onboard Communications Devices 126

Table A-10 Diskette Drive Subsystems Group 126

Table A-11 IDE Subsystem Group 126

Table A-12 Multiboot Group 127

Table A-13 Keyboard and Mouse Subsystem Group 127

Table A-14 Console Redirection 127

Table A-15 Security Subsystems Worksheet 128

Table A-16 SCSI ROM BIOS Options Group 128

Table A-17 Management Subsystem Group 128

Table A-18 Sensor Control Values 129

Table A-19 Main Menu 129

Table A-20 Primary Master and Slave Submenu 130

Table A-21 Keyboard Features Submenu 130

Table A-22 Advanced Menu 131

Table A-23 PCI Device, Embedded SCSI Submenu 131

Table A-24 PCI Devices Submenu 131

Table A-25 I/O Device Configuration Submenu 132

Table A-26 Advanced Chipset Control Submenu 133

Table A-27 Security Menu 133

Table A-28 Server Menu 134

Table A-29 System Management Submenu 134

Table A-30 Console Redirection Submenu 134

Table A-31 Boot Menu 135

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