Silicon Graphics Rackable C2005 Family User manual
SGI®Rackable™ C2005 Server Family
User’s Guide
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Record of Revision
Version Description
001 January 2012
Formally published.
002 September 2013
Added support for Intel®Xeon®E5-2600 and E5-2600v2 Series processors plus
miscellaneous front matter changes.
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Contents
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Flexible Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Leading Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
High Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Simplified Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Versatile 2.5” and 3.5” Local Storage Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Storage Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Upper Modular Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lower Modular Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front and Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Pre-Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server and Rack Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electrical Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rack Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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3 Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting Ready to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Determine Server Positioning in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing into a Rack or Cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing into a Telco Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing a Hard Drive into the Hard Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Using the Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Powering the Server On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Powering the Server Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Working with Roamer Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Handling Your Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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.About This Guide
This guide provides an overview of the SGI®Rackable™ C2005 2U servers along with
instructions for system installation and general operation. The appendices include technical
specifications and safety practices.
If your server was ordered from SGI and was not constructed in one of the standard 2U form
factors that are detailed in this manual, then this manual will provide a general guideline to your
product. Details that are specific to your design can be found in the datasheet or custom
documentation that came with your product.
Audience
This guide is written for owners, installers, system administrators, and users of C2005 servers. It
is written with the assumption that the reader has a good working knowledge of computers and
computer systems.
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About This Guide
Related Publications
Depending on your choice of system components and operating system, the following SGI
documents may be relevant to your C2005 server:
• SGI Foundation Software release notes
• SGI Performance Suite release notes
• SGI InfiniteStorage series documentation
• Man pages
You can obtain SGI documentation, release notes, or man pages in the following ways:
• Refer to the SGI Technical Publications Library at http://docs.sgi.com. Various formats are
available. This library contains the most recent set of books and man pages.
• Refer to the SGI Supportfolio™ webpage for release notes and other documents whose
access require a support contract. See “Product Support” on page ix.
Note: For information on your motherboard and related system components, see the
documentation provided by the manufacturer/supplier.
About This Guide
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Product Support
SGI provides a comprehensive product support and maintenance program for its products. SGI
also offers services to implement and integrate Linux applications in your environment.
• Refer to http://www.sgi.com/support/
• If you are in North America, contact the Technical Assistance Center at
+1 800 800 4SGI or contact your authorized service provider.
• If you are outside North America, contact the SGI subsidiary or authorized distributor in
your country.
Be sure to have the following information before you call Technical Support:
• Product serial number
• Product model name and number
• Applicable error messages
• Add-on boards or hardware
• Third-party hardware or software
• Operating system type and revision level
• Motherboard BIOS revision
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Reader Comments
If you have comments about the technical accuracy, content, or organization of this document,
contact SGI. Be sure to include the title and document number of the manual with your comments.
(Online, the document number is located in the front matter of the manual. In printed manuals, the
document number is located at the bottom of each page.)
You can contact SGI in any of the following ways:
• Contact your customer service representative and ask that an incident be filed in the SGI
incident tracking system:
http://www.sgi.com/support/supportcenters.html
SGI values your comments and will respond to them promptly.
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