Silicon Graphics Altix XE250 User manual

SGI®Altix®XE250 System User’s Guide
007-5467-001

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Contents
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Node Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Serial ATA (SATA) Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PCI Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
UIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Onboard Controllers/Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ATI Graphics Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
RAID Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
L8i UIO Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
MegaRAID 8708 HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chipset Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MCH (North Bridge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I/O Controller Hub-ESB2 (South Bridge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Server Chassis Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SATA/SAS Backplane/Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IO Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Drive Carrier Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Unpack the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Prepare for Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Choose a Setup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rack Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Server Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rack Mounting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ambient Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Reduced Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mechanical Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Circuit Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Reliable Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Install the System into a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Identify the Sections of the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Install the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Install the Chassis Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Install the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Check the Node Board Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Access the Inside of the Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check the CPUs (processors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check the System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Install Expansion PCI Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check all Cable Connections and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Check the Drive Bay Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Check the System Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Check the Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Supply Power to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Handling the Node Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ESD Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Node Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Install the Node Board in the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connect the Data Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connect the Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Processor and Heatsink Installation and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Install a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remove the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Install a Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remove the Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replace the Thermal Interface Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing TIM from a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing TIM from a Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Install Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Memory DIMM Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Memory DIMM Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Install DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Node Board Component Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Add PCI Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Install a PCI Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Node Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Node Board Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ATX Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JPW3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
PW_ON Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reset Switch Pin Definitions (JF1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power Fail LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Overheat/Fan Fail Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
NIC2 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
NIC1 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
HDD LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Power On LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
NMI Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fan Connector Pin Definitions (Fan1/2 - Fan7/8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Wake on LAN Connector Pin Definitions (JWOL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Wake on Ring Connector Pin Definitions (JWOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chassis Intrusion Connector Pin Definitions (JL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Power Supply Fail LED Connector Pin Definitions (JP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Ethernet Port (LAN1/LAN2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Serial Port Pin Definitions (COM1/COM2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Power LED/Speaker (JD1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Serial General Purpose I/O Connector Pin Definitions (SGPIO) . . . . . . . . . . 70
USB Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
System Management Bus I2C Connector (SMBUS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
System Management Bus Connector Pin Definitions (SMB) . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Overheat/Fan Fail LED Connector Pin Definitions (JOH1) . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Keylock Connector Pin Definitions (JK1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Node Board Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Explanation of Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
CMOS Memory Clear (JBT1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
VGA Jumper Settings (JPG1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
LAN1/LAN2 Jumper Settings (JPL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
3rd Power Fail Detect Jumper Settings (JP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Watch Dog Timer Jumper Settings (JWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Compact Flash Master/Slave Select (JCF1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Compact Flash Power (JWF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
I2C to PCIe Slot Jumper Settings (JPI2C1/JPI2C2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Reboot Option (JP1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Memory Voltage Select (JP2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Node Board LED Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
LAN1 and LAN2 (Ethernet Ports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Onboard Power LED (LE1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Floppy, IDE, and SATA Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Floppy Drive Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
IDE Drive Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SATA Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
ESD Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chassis Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Part Numbers and Marketing Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fan Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
System Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
DVD-CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Disk Drive Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Disk Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Mounting a Drive in a Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Drive Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SATA/SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
SATA Backplane Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Power Supply Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Power Supply Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
System BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
How To Change the Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Starting the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Running Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Main BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Main Setup Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
System Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
System Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
BIOS Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

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Legacy Diskette A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, SATA Port 3 and SATA Port 4. 117
Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Parallel ATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Serial ATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Native Mode Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
SATA Controller Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
ICH RAID Code Base (Available when SATA RAID is Enabled) . . . . . . . 120
SATA AHCI (Available when SATA RAID is Disabled) . . . . . . . . . . 120
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Advanced Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Boot Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
QuickBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
QuietBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
ACPI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Power Button Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Resume On Modem Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
EFI OS Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Keyboard on Now Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Power Loss Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Watch Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Summary Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Memory Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cache System BIOS Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cache Video BIOS Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cache Base 0-512K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cache Base 512K-640K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cache Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Discrete MTRR Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
PCIe Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Onboard GLAN1/Onboard GLAN2 (Gigabit- LAN) OPROM Configure . . . . . .125
Default Primary Video Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Emulated IRQ Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
PCIe I/O Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
PCI Fast Delayed Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Reset Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Frequency for PCI-X 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
PCI Slot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Large Disk Access Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Advanced Chipset Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
SERR Signal Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Clock Spectrum Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Intel VT for Directed I/O(VT-d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
4GB PCIe Hole Granularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Memory Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Memory Branch Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Branch 0/1 Rank Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Branch 0/1 Rank Sparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Enhanced x8 Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Demand Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
High Bandwidth FSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
High Temperature DRAM Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
AMB Thermal Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Thermal Throttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Global Activation Throttle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Force ITK Config Clocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Snoop Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Crystal Beach Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Route Port 80h Cycles to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Clock Spectrum Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
High Precision Event Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
USB Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Legacy USB Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

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Advanced Processor Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
CPU Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Frequency Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Core-Multi-Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Machine Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Fast Strings Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Thermal Management 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
C1 Enhanced Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Execute Disable Bit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Hardware Prefetcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Set Max Est CPUID = 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
IP Prefetcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Direct Cache Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
DCA Delay Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Intel Virtualization Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Intel EIST Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
I/O Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
KBC Clock Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Serial Port A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Serial Port B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Parallel Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Floppy Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Base I/O Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
DMI Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Event Log Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Event Log Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
View DMI Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
ECC Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Mark DMI Events as Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Clear All DMI Event Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
COM Port Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
BAUD Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Console Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Continue CR after POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Hardware Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Fan Speed Control Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Voltage Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
IPMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
IPMI Specification Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
System Event Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Clear System Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Existing Event Log Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Event Log Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
BIOS POST Watch Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
OS Boot Watch Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Timer for Loading OS (Minutes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Time Out Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
System Event Log/System Event Log (List Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Realtime Sensor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Supervisor Password Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
User Password Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Set Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Set User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Password on Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

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Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Exit Saving Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Exit Discarding Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Load Setup Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Discard Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Save Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
BIOS POST Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Recoverable POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Terminal POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Functions Listed on the Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
KVM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Remote Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Virtual Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
CD-ROM Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Drive Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Virtual Media Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
System Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Chassis Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Monitor Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
System Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Alert Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Change Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
KVM Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
User Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Keyboard/Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Dynamic DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
SNMP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Update Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Unit Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Remote Console Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Remote Console Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Log Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Manufacturer’s Regulatory Declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Server Model Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
CE Notice and Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity. . . . . . . . . . . .209
Electromagnetic Emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
FCC Notice (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Industry Canada Notice (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
VCCI Class A Notice (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Shielded Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Safety Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Electrical Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Node Board Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
ESD Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Setting up the Virtual Media Boot Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Booting the Virtual Media DOS Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

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Figure 1-1 SGI Altix XE250 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Figure 1-2 Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 1-3 Node Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1-4 Node Board Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 1-5 L8i UIO RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 1-6 LSI MegaRAID 8708ELP RAID Controller. . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 1-7 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 1-8 Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 2-1 Rack Rail Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 2-2 Chassis Rail Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 2-3 Install the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-1 Remove the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 3-2 Node Board Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 3-3 Node Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 3-4 Control Panel Connector JF1 Pins . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 3-5 I/O Port Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 3-6 CPU Heatsink Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 3-7 Install a CPU Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 3-8 Memory DIMM Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 3-9 Memory Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 3-10 Install DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 3-11 Replace DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 3-12 Node Board Component Locations . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 3-13 Install a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 3-14 JPW1, JPW2, and JPW3 Location . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 3-15 JF1 Connector Location Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Figure 3-16 Fan Connector Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 3-17 Chassis Intrusion Connector Location . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 3-18 Power Supply Fail LED Connector Location. . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 3-19 SGPIO Connector Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 3-20 USB Connector Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 3-21 SMBUS Connector Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 3-22 SMB Connector Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 3-23 JOH1 Connector Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 3-24 JK1 Connector Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 3-25 Explanation of Jumper Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 3-26 CMOS Memory Jumper Location (JBT1) . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 3-27 LAN 1 and LAN 2 Jumper Locations (JPL1). . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 3-28 3rd Power Failure Detect Jumper Locations (JP3) . . . . . . . 79
Figure 3-29 Watch Dog Timer Jumper Location (JWD) . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 3-30 Compact Flash Jumper Settings (JWF1) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 3-31 JI2C1 and JI2C2 Jumper Settings (JI2C1/JI2C2). . . . . . . . 82
Figure 3-32 Reboot Option Jumper Settings (JP1). . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 3-33 Memory Voltage Select Jumper Settings (JP2) . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 3-34 Onboard Power LED (LE1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 3-35 SATA Port Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 4-1 Chassis Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 4-2 Chassis Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 4-3 JF1 Connector Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 4-4 Fan Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 4-5 Disk Drive Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 4-6 Disk Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 4-7 Drive Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 4-8 SATA/SAS Backplane Disk Drive Connectors . . . . . . . 100
Figure 4-9 SATA/SAS Backplane Power and SAS Connectors . . . . . . 100
Figure 4-10 SATA/SAS Backplane Screws . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 4-11 SATA/SAS Backplane Data Cables . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 4-12 Power Supply Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Figure 5-1 Main BIOS Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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Figure 5-2 Main BIOS Menu Setup Menu (2) . . . . . . . . . . .119
Figure B-1 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) . . . . . . . . .160
Figure B-2 BMC Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Figure B-3 Remote Console Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Figure B-4 CD-ROM Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Figure B-5 Drive Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Figure B-6 Virtual Media Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Figure B-7 Chassis Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Figure B-8 Monitor Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Figure B-9 System Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Figure B-10 Alert Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Figure B-11 User Console Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Figure B-12 Keyboard/Mouse Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Figure B-13 Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Figure B-14 Dynamic DNS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Figure B-15 Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Figure B-16 Certificate Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Figure B-17 Date and Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Figure B-18 Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Figure B-19 SNMP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Figure B-20 Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Figure B-21 Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Figure B-22 Update Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Figure B-23 Unit Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Figure B-24 Remote Console Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Figure B-25 Remote Console Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Figure E-1 Install the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

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