Silicon Graphics Altix XE340 User manual

SGI®Altix®XE340 User’s Guide

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contractor thereto, it is acquired as "commercial computer software" subject to the provisions of its applicable license agreement, as specified in (a) 48 CFR

12.212 of the FAR; or, if acquired for Department of Defense units, (b) 48 CFR 227-7202 of the DoD FAR Supplement; or sections succeeding thereto.

Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, Inc., 46600 Landing Parkway, Freemont, CA 94538.

TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS

Silicon Graphics, Altix, SGI, and the SGI logo are registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries worldwide.

Intel, Itanium and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd.

Infiniband is a trademark of the InfiniBand Trade Association.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Novell is a registered trademark of Novell Inc., in the United States and other countries.

Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise LINUX are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc.

All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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Record of Revision

Version Description

-001 July, 2009

First Release

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Contents

1. Introduction and Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ESD and Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Serverboard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Serial ATA/SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PCI Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Ethernet Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

On-board Controllers/Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Graphics Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

InfiniBand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Disk Drive Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Rear I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1U Twin: System Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

System Backplane and Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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2. System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Unpacking the System and Choosing an Operating Location . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Preparing for Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Choosing a Setup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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

Server Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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

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

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

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

Circuit Overloading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Reliable Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installing the System into a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing the Inner Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing the Outer Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Locking Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing the Server into the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing the Server into a Telco Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Server Access After Rack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Checking the Components and Setup Before Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Checking the Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Checking the Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Providing Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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3. System Interfaces Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

System Interface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Control Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Control Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Overheat/Fan Fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NICs 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Disk Drive Carrier LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4. Internal Component Replacement and Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing System DIMM Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Adding PCIe Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

System Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

System Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Drive Bay Installation/Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Disk Drive Removal and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Mounting a Drive in a Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Installing/Removing Hot-swap Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Power Supply Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Installing a New Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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5. Server BIOS Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Starting the BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

How To Change the Configuration Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Starting the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Main Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Advanced Setup Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

BOOT Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Processor and Clock Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Advanced Chipset Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

CPU Bridge Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

North Bridge Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

SouthBridge Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Remote Access Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Hardware Health Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

IPMI Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

SEL PEF Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The DMI Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Exit Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

BIOS Error Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

BIOS Error Beep Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

A. Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Server Specifications and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

B. SGI Altix XE System Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

The SGI Altix XE Driver CD and Linux Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Chapter 1

1. Introduction and Overview

This chapter provides an overview of your server’s main features.

Operating precautions are provided in this chapter, followed by a general overview of the product.

Before operating your system, familiarize yourself with the safety information in the following

section:

ESD and Safety Precautions

Caution: Observe all ESD precautions. Failure to do so can result in damage to the equipment.

Wear an SGI approved wrist strap when you handle an ESD-sensitive device to eliminate possible

ESD damage to equipment. Connect the wrist strap cord directly to earth ground.

Warning: Before operating or servicing any part of this product, read the safety

precautions.

Danger: Keep fingers and conductive tools away from high-voltage areas. Failure to

follow these precautions will result in serious injury or death. The high-voltage areas of the

system are indicated with high-voltage warning labels.

Caution: Power off the system only after the system software has been shut down in an orderly

manner. If you power off the system before you halt the operating system, data may be corrupted.

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Warning: If a lithium battery is installed in your system as a soldered part, only qualified

SGI service personnel should replace this lithium battery. For a battery of another type,

replace it only with the same type or an equivalent type recommended by the battery

manufacturer, or an explosion could occur. Discard used batteries according to the

manufacturer’s instructions.

Overview

The Altix XE340 is a "1U Twin" server comprised of a 1U chassis and two (twin) “motherboards”

known as serverboards. Check with your sales or service representative before loading any

operating system on your server not provided by the SGI factory or service organization.

In addition to the two serverboards and chassis, various hardware components may be included as

part of your Altix XE340 configuration as listed below:

• SATA Accessories: Four (4) hard disk drive carriers - a minimum of one disk drive (per

serverboard) is required for operation.One (1) internal SATA backplane per serverboard.

One (1) SATA cable set per serverboard. SAS hard drive options are also available.

Note: When the Altix XE340 is used in a “diskless” cluster environment the minimum

requirement of one disk drive per serverboard is not applicable.

• Two (2) PCI Express x16 riser cards (RSC-R1U-E16R) (one per serverboard).

• Rackmount hardware with screws (CSE-PT51L):

Two (2) rack rail assemblies and (6) brackets for mounting the rack rails in a rack/telco rack.

• One (1) CD containing drivers and utilities plus optional CDs depending on order

configuration.

• One1200-Watt chassis power supply is shared by both serverboards; if the power supply is

offline both serverboards will be non-operational.

Serverboard Features

At the heart of the Altix XE340 server lies two (twin) quad-core processor based serverboards,

which are based on Intel Xeon chipsets. The following subsections describe the main features of

the serverboards. Note that the features on each board are doubled for the server, which includes

two nodes. See Figure 1-1 on page 5 for a functional block diagram of a system serverboard.

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