Silicon Graphics Origin 3900 User manual

SGI®Origin®3900 Server User’s Guide

007-4653-001

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Nancy Heller

Illustrated by Dan Young

Edited by Dick Brownell

Production by Karen Jacobson

Engineering contributions by Steve Dean, Mike Peterson, Jens Petersohn, Dale Purdy, Russ Anderson, Brian Larson, Steve Modica, Corky Seeber,

Bill Kellerman

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, Origin, and InﬁniteReality are registered trademarks, and InﬁnitePerformance, NUMAlink, SGIconsole, and

VPro are trademarks, of Silicon Graphics, Inc., in the U.S. and/or other countries worldwide.

MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. used under the license of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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Record of Revision

Version Description

001 October 2003

Original Release

Contents

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Contents

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

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Chapter Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

1. Operation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

ESD Precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Connecting System Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installing Optional Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Adding or Removing PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Adding or Removing Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Powering Server On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Powering On Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Preparing to Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Powering On at L2 Controller Touch Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Powering On at System Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Powering On D-brick2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Powering Off Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Preparing to Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Powering Off at L2 Controller Touch Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Powering Off at System Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Powering Off D-brick2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Monitoring Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

2. System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Standard System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Optional System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

System Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3. Cx-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

IP53 Node Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Router Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Power Entry Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Product Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Important Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

4. IX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

PCI and PCI-X Card Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Important Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Supported PCI Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

PCI Card Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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5. PX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

PCI and PCI-X Card Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Important Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Supported PCI and PCI-X Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

PCI Card Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

6. X-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

7. R-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

8. System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

L1 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

L1 Controller Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

L1 Front Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Operating L1 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

L1 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Viewing System Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Targeting Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Viewing Information, Warnings, and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . .112

Powering On, Powering Off, and Resetting Brick . . . . . . . . . . .113

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Console Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Console Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

L2 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Home Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Power UP Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Power DOWN Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

RESET Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

NMI Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

DEST: Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Power Up Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Power Down Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Reset Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

NMI Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Command Error/Timeout Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Destination Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Targeting all Racks and All Bricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Targeting Single Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Targeting Range of Bricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Targeting All Bricks Within Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Targeting Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Operating L2 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

L2 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Viewing System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Targeting Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Viewing Information, Warnings, and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . 137

Powering On, Powering Off, and Resetting System . . . . . . . . . . 137

Console Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Console Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

L1 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Upgrading L1/L2 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Upgrading L1 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Upgrading L2 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Identifying Bricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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9. Power Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Power Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Distributed Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Power Distribution Unit (PDU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Power Distribution Strip (PDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

10. SGI TP900 Storage Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Product Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

11. D-brick2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Power Supply/Cooling Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Operator’s Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Loop Resiliency Circuit (LRC) Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Technical and Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

12. InfinitePerformance Graphics Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

V12 VPro Graphics Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

V-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Front Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Compositor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

13. InfiniteReality Graphics Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

G-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

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External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

InfiniteReality Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

N-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

External Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

14. Maintenance and Upgrade Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Maintenance Precautions and Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Preparing Server for Maintenance or Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Returning Server to Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Using Grounding Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Identifying Customer-replaceable Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Installing or Replacing PCI or PCI-X Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Installing or Replacing Disk Drives in IX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Installing SCSI Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Removing SCSI Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Installing or Replacing TP900 Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Installing TP900 Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Replacing TP900 Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Installing or Replacing D-brick2 Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Installing D-brick2 Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Replacing D-brick2 Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

15. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Troubleshooting Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

L1 Controller Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

SGI Electronic Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

A. Technical Specifications and Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Configuration Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Rack Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Non-proprietary Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

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