Silicon Graphics Altix XE320 User manual

SGI®Altix®XE320 System User’s Guide
007-5466-001

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Contents
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Contents
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Chapter Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Node Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Serial ATA (SATA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and RAID Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PCIe Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ethernet Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Onboard Controllers/Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ATI Graphics Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Server Chassis Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SATA/SAS Backplane/Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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System Security and Pre-Installed Linux Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Unpack the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Prepare for Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Choose a Setup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rack Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Server Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rack Mounting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ambient Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reduced Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mechanical Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Circuit Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reliable Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Install the System into a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Identify the Sections of the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Install the Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Locking Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Install the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Install the Server in a Third-party Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check the Node Board Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Access the Inside of the Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Check the CPUs (processors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Check the System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Install Expansion PCIe Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check all Cable Connections and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check the Drive Bay Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check the SATA/SAS Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check the Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Supply Power to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3 Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Drive Carrier Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Advanced Node Board Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Handling the Node Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Node Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connect the Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Processor and Heatsink Installation and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Install a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Install a Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remove the Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replace the Thermal Interface Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing TIM from a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing TIM from a Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Remove the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Install Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Memory Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Constraints for DIMM Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Performance Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Memory Sparing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Memory Mirroring Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mirroring Mode Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Install DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Install or Remove the Air Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Node Board Component Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Add PCIe Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Install a PCIe Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Node Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Node Board Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ATX Power Connector Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Auxiliary Power Connector Pin Definitions (JP10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
PW_ON Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reset Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Overheat/Fan Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
NIC2 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
NIC1 LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
HDD LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power On LED Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
NMI Switch Pin Definitions (JF1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fan Connector Pin Definitions (Fan1/2 - Fan7/8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chassis Intrusion Connector Pin Definitions (JL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
USB Connector Pin Definitions (USB0/USB1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ethernet Port (LAN1/LAN2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Wake on LAN Connector Pin Definitions (JWOL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Wake on Ring Connector Pin Definitions (JWOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Serial Port Pin Definitions (COM2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Serial General Purpose I/O Connector Pin Definitions (SGPIO) . . . . . . . . . . 71
System Management Bus Power Connector Pin Definitions (J17) . . . . . . . . . . 72
System Management Bus Connector Pin Definitions (J18). . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Node Board Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Explanation of Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
CMOS Memory Clear (JBT1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
VGA Jumper Settings (JPG1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
I2C to PCIe Slot Jumper Settings (JPI2C1/JPI2C2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
LAN1/LAN2 Jumper Settings (JPL1/JPL2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Watch Dog Timer Jumper Settings (JWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Node Board LED Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
LAN1 and LAN2 (Ethernet Ports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Power LED (LE1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
InfiniBand Link/Activity LEDs (LE2/LE3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
5 Advanced Chassis Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Part Numbers and Marketing Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
System Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
System Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Disk Drive Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Disk Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Mounting a Drive in a Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Drive Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Power Supply Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Power Supply Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6 BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
System BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
How To Change the Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Starting the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Running Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Main BIOS Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Main Setup Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
System Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
System Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
BIOS Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Serial ATA Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Multi-Sector Transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
LBA Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
32 Bit I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Transfer Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Ultra DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Native Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
SATA Controller Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
ICH RAID Code Base (Available when SATA RAID is Enabled) . . . . . . . .108

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SATA AHCI (Available when SATA RAID is Disabled) . . . . . . . . . . 108
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Advanced Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Boot Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
QuickBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
QuietBoot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
ACPI Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Power Button Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Resume On Modem Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Power Loss Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Watch Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Summary Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Memory Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cache System BIOS Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cache Base 0-512K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cache Base 512K-640K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cache Extended Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
PCIe Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Onboard GLAN1/Onboard GLAN2 (Gigabit- LAN) OPROM Configure. . . . . . 112
Default Primary Video Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Emulated IRQ Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
PCIe I/O Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
PCIe Parity Error Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
ROM Scan Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Reset Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Slot1 PCIe x8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Option ROM Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Enable Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Latency Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Large Disk Access Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Advanced Chipset Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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SERR Signal Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
4GB PCIe Hole Granularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Memory Branch Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Branch 0/1 Rank Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Branch 0/1 Rank Sparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Enhanced x8 Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
High Bandwidth FSB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
High Temperature DRAM Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
AMB Thermal Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Thermal Throttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Global Activation Throttle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Snoop Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Crystal Beach Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Route Port 80h Cycles to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Clock Spectrum Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
High Precision Event Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
USB Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Legacy USB Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Advanced Processor Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
CPU Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Frequency Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Core-Multi-Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Machine Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Thermal Management 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
C1 Enhanced Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Execute Disable Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Hardware Prefetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Direct Cache Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
DCA Delay Clocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Intel Virtualization Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Intel EIST Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
I/O Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

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Serial Port A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Serial Port B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
DMI Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Event Log Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Event Log Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
View DMI Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
ECC Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Mark DMI Events as Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Clear All DMI Event Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
COM Port Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
BAUD Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Console Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Console Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Continue CR after POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Hardware Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
CPU Temperature Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Fan Speed Control Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Voltage Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
IPMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
IPMI Specification Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
System Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Clear System Event Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Existing Event Log Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Event Log Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
System Event Log/System Event Log (List Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Realtime Sensor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Supervisor Password Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
User Password Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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Set Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Set User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Password on Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Exit Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Exit Discarding Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Load Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Discard Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Save Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
A BIOS Power-on Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
BIOS POST Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
BIOS POST Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Recoverable POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Terminal POST Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
B IPMI 2.0 Management Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Network Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Functions Listed on the Home Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
KVM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Remote Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
CD-ROM Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Drive Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Virtual Media Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
System Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Chassis Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Monitor Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
System Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Alert Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

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Change Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Users and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
KVM Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
User Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Keyboard/Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dynamic DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
SNMP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Update Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Unit Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Remote Console Main Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Remote Console Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Log Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
C Regulatory Specifications and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Manufacturer’s Regulatory Declarations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Server Model Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
CE Notice and Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Electromagnetic Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
FCC Notice (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Industry Canada Notice (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
VCCI Class A Notice (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Shielded Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

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D System Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
E System Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Electrical Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Node Board Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
ESD Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Operating Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
F Upgrading for SAS/SATA RAID Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Installing the HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Creating RAID Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
G Upgrading BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Setting up the Virtual Media Boot Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Booting the Virtual Media DOS Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
I Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Figures
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Figures
Figure 1-1 SGI Altix XE320 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Figure 1-2 Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1-3 Node Board Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 2-1 Identify Sections of the Rack Rails (right side rail shown) . . . . . 13
Figure 2-2 Rail Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 2-3 Attaching the Inner Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 2-4 Attaching the Rail to the Front of the Rack (View from Front of Rack) . 15
Figure 2-5 Attaching the Rail to the Rear of the Rack (View from Rear of Rack) . . 15
Figure 2-6 Install the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 2-7 Install the Server in a Third-party Rack (1) . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 2-10 Remove the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-1 Front Panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 4-1 Remove the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 4-2 Node Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 4-3 Control Panel Connector (JF1) Pin Definitions . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 4-4 I/O Port Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 4-5 Install a CPU Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 4-6 Minimum Population for Dual-Channel Mode with Identical FBDIMMs . 51
Figure 4-7 Standard DIMM Population for Sparing or Mirroring . . . . . . 53
Figure 4-8 Install DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 4-9 Replace DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 4-10 Install Air Shrouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 4-11 Node Board Component Locations . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 4-12 Install a PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 4-13 Explanation of Jumper Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 4-14 CMOS Memory Jumper Location (JBT1) . . . . . . . . . 75

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Figure 4-15 LAN 1 and LAN 2 Jumper Locations (JPL1/JPL2) . . . . . . . 77
Figure 4-16 Watch Dog Timer Jumper Location (JWD) . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 4-17 InfiniBand Link LED Location (LE1) . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 4-18 InfiniBand Link LED Location (LE2) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 5-1 Chassis Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 5-2 Chassis Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 5-3 JF1 Connector Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 5-4 Disk Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 5-5 Drive Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 5-6 Power Supply Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 6-1 Main BIOS Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Figure B-1 BMC Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Figure B-2 Remote Console Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Figure B-3 CD-ROM Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Figure B-4 Drive Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Figure B-5 Virtual Media Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Figure B-6 Chassis Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Figure B-7 Monitor Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Figure B-8 System Event Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Figure B-9 Alert Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Figure B-10 User Console Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Figure B-11 Keyboard/Mouse Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Figure B-12 Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Figure B-13 Dynamic DNS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Figure B-14 Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Figure B-15 Certificate Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Figure B-16 Date and Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Figure B-17 Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Figure B-18 SNMP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Figure B-19 Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Figure B-20 Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Figure B-21 Update Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Figure B-22 Unit Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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Figure B-23 Remove Console Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Figure B-24 Remote Console Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Figure E-1 Install the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204