Silicon Graphics Origin 300 User manual

SGI®Origin®300 System with NUMAlink™ Module

User’s Guide

007-4498-002

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Nancy Heller

Illustrated by Chrystie Danzer, Dan Young, and Kelly Begley

Edited by Cindi Leiser

Production by Glen Traefald

Engineering contributions by Jim Oliver, Charles Skandalis, Mark Koneazny, Lyle Stoll, Mike Brown, Jim Passint, Paul Pedersen, Gary Spilde,

Brian Stickney, Pat Hughes, Daniel Gragert, and Dick Brownell.

permission is granted to copy, distribute, or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner, in whole

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

LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND

The electronic (software) version of this document was developed at private expense; if acquired under an agreement with the USA government

or any 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., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy 2E, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351.

TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS

Silicon Graphics, SGI, the SGI logo, and Origin are registered trademarks, and IRIS InSight, NUMAlink, Performance Co-Pilot, SGIconsole, and

XIO are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Supportfolio is a trademark and service mark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MIPS and

R14000 are trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. used under license by Silicon Graphics, Inc. Myrinet is a trademark of Myricom, Inc. Primus

is a trademark of Primus Knowledge Solutions Inc. VxWorks is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc.

Cover Design by Sarah Bolles, Sarah Bolles Design, and Dany Galgani, SGI Technical Publications.

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Record of Revision

Version Description

001 November 2001

Initial printing

002 May 2002

Adds information about clustering, the AC-powered NUMAlink module,

and connector pinouts

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Contents

Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

Information Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

SGI Origin 300 System with NUMAlink Module User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . xxi

SGI Origin 300 User’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

PCI Expansion Module User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

SGI Total Performance 900 Storage System User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . xxi

IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licensing Guide. . . . . . . . . . xxii

Other SGI Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

Online Man Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

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

Base System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

SGI Origin 300 Base Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

NUMAlink Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

USB Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

L2 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Power Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Optional System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

PCI Expansion Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Storage Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

SGI TP900 Storage Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

SGI TP9100 Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

SGI TP9400 Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Tape Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

CD-ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Myrinet-2000 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2. Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Safety Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Hazard Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Preinstallation Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Site Plan Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Power Receptacle Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Unloading and Moving System Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Unloading the Equipment from the Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Inspecting the Shipping Crate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Transporting the Shipping Crate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Installing Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Removing a Short Rack from the Shipping Crate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Removing a Tall Rack from the Shipping Crate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Positioning and Leveling Single-rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Positioning and Leveling Multiple-rack (Clustered) System . . . . . . . . . . 50

3. System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Connecting a System Console to Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Connecting a Myrinet-2000 Switch to Your System (Clustered Systems Only) . . . . . . 56

Installing or Removing PCI Cards, Disk Drives, and Memory . . . . . . . . . . 58

Installing or Removing a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Installing a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Removing a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Installing a Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing a Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Removing a Base Module from a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing a Base Module in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Powering Your System On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Powering On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Preparing to Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Powering On at the System Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Powering On with Power Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Powering Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Powering Off at the System Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Powering Off with Power Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Monitoring Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Using Embedded Support Partner (ESP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

4. System Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Compute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

System Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

5. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Troubleshooting Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

L1 Controller Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

SGI Electronic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

A. Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

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SGI Origin 300 Base Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Front Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Rear Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Internal Components and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

IP45 Motherboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Dual-inline Memory Modules (DIMMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

I/O-8 Board Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

SCSI Backplane Board and Drive Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

NUMAlink Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Front Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Router PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Power Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

L1 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Power Supply (AC-powered NUMAlink Module Only). . . . . . . . . 136

USB Hub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

L2 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Power Bay Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Front Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

PCI Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Bedrock Interface Card (BIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

PCI Motherboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Power Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

L1 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

SGI TP900 Storage Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Disk Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Dummy Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Input/Output (I/O) Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Cooling Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Blank Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Myrinet-2000 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Monitoring Line Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Port Line Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Internal Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

B. Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

SGI Origin 300 Base Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

L2 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

NUMAlink Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

SGI Total Performance 900 (TP900) Storage Module . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

USB Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

DB9 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

RJ-45 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

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External SCSI Port Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Stereo Jack Connector Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

USB Type A Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

USB Type B Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

C. System Controller Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

L1 Controller Command Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

* (asterisk character) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

autopower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

ctc <cmd> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

debug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

eeprom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

env . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

istat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

l1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

leds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

nmi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

nvram reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

pbay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

pci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

reboot_l1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

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