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
COPYRIGHT
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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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L1 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
External SCSI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Serial and Console Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Real Time Interrupt Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
B. Safety Information and Regulatory Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Regulatory Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
CMN Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
CE Notice and Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . .251
Electromagnetic Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
FCC Notice (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Industry Canada Notice (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
VCCI Notice (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Chinese Class A Regulatory Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Korean Class A Regulatory Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Shielded Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Laser Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Lithium Battery Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

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Figures
Figure 1-1 Connecting System Console to Multiple L2 Controllers . . . . 5
Figure 1-2 Cx-brick Power Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 1-3 TP900 Storage Module Power Switch . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 1-4 PDS and PDU Circuit Breaker Switches . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 1-5 L2 Controller Touch Display . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 1-6 Home Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 1-7 Destination Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 1-8 Slots Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 1-9 DEST Field on Home Window . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 1-10 Partition Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 1-11 Selecting Individual Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 1-12 Home Window with Partition Destination . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 1-13 Power Up Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 1-14 Slot or Unit Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 1-15 D-brick2 PSU/cooling Module Power Switch . . . . . . . 23
Figure 1-16 Home Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 1-17 Destination Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 1-18 Slots Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 1-19 DEST Field on Home Window . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 1-20 Partition Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 1-21 Selecting Individual Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 1-22 Home Window with Partition Destination . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 1-23 Power Down Confirmation Window. . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 1-24 D-brick2 PSU/cooling Module Power Switch . . . . . . . 34
Figure 2-1 512-processor Origin 3900 Server . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Figure 2-2 System Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 2-3 L-shaped Mounting Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 2-4 Standard System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 2-5 10 Cx-brick System in Two Racks . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 2-6 10 Cx-brick System in Three Racks . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 3-1 Front and Rear Views of Cx-brick . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 3-2 Cx-brick Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 3-3 Front View of Cx-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 3-4 Rear View of Cx-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 3-5 NASID Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 4-1 Front View of IX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 4-2 IX-brick Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 4-3 IO9 Card and Daughtercard Block Diagram . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 4-4 Front Panel of IX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 4-5 Rear Panel of IX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 4-6 Numbering of IX-brick PCI-X Slots . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 5-1 Front View of PX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 5-2 PX-brick Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 5-3 Front Panel of PX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 5-4 Rear Panel of PX-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 5-5 Numbering of PX-brick PCI-X Slots . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 6-1 X-brick Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 6-2 Front Panel of X-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 6-3 Rear Panel of X-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 7-1 R-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 7-2 R-brick Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 7-3 Front View of R-Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 7-4 Rear View of R-Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 8-1 Origin 3900 System Control Network (Example) . . . . . 105
Figure 8-2 Front Panel of L1 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Figure 8-3 L2 Controller Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 8-4 Ethernet Hub Connections (Example) . . . . . . . . 118
Figure 8-5 L2 Touch Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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Figure 8-6 Home Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Figure 8-7 Power Up Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . .122
Figure 8-8 Power Down Confirmation Window. . . . . . . . . .123
Figure 8-9 Reset Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Figure 8-10 NMI Confirmation Window . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Figure 8-11 Command Error/Timeout Window . . . . . . . . . .126
Figure 8-12 Targeting All Bricks in System . . . . . . . . . . .127
Figure 8-13 Targeting Single Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Figure 8-14 Targeting Multiple Bricks in Rack . . . . . . . . . .129
Figure 8-15 Target Selection Window . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Figure 8-16 Targeting Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Figure 8-17 Rack Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Figure 9-1 Front View of Power Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Figure 9-2 Rear View of Power Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Figure 9-3 Front View of DPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Figure 9-4 Power Distribution Units . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Figure 9-5 Power Distribution Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Figure 10-1 Front View of TP900 Storage Module . . . . . . . . .156
Figure 10-2 Drive Carrier LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Figure 10-3 Rear View of TP900 Storage Module . . . . . . . . . .158
Figure 10-4 SCSI Terminator Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Figure 11-1 Front View of D-brick2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Figure 11-2 Drive Carrier Module and “Dummy” Module . . . . . . .163
Figure 11-3 Anti-Tamper Locking on D-brick2 Disk Drive . . . . . . .164
Figure 11-4 Rear View of D-brick2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Figure 11-5 Power Supply/Cooling Module . . . . . . . . . . .166
Figure 11-6 Operator’s Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Figure 11-7 D-brick2 Loop Resiliency Circuit (LRC) Module . . . . . .168
Figure 12-1 VPro V12 Graphics Board . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Figure 12-2 Front View of V-Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Figure 12-3 Rear View of V-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Figure 12-4 Rear View of Compositor . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Figure 13-1 Front and Rear Views of G-brick . . . . . . . . . . .184

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Figure 13-2 Front View of G-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Figure 13-3 Rear View of G-brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Figure 13-4 InfiniteReality Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Figure 13-5 Ktown2 Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Figure 13-6 GE (Geometry Engine) Board . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Figure 13-7 RM (Raster Manager) Board . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Figure 13-8 DG5 (Display Generator) Board . . . . . . . . . . 192
Figure 13-9 Front View of N-Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Figure 13-10 Rear View of N-Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Figure 14-1 Removing Card Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Figure 14-2 Extracting Carrier Metal Filler Plate . . . . . . . . . 204
Figure 14-3 Adjusting Carrier Guide Bar . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Figure 14-4 Mounting Full-height Card in Carrier . . . . . . . . 206
Figure 14-5 Mounting Half-height Card in Carrier . . . . . . . . 207
Figure 14-6 Moving Carrier Guide Bar to Secure Half-height Card . . . . 207
Figure 14-7 Installing Bracket to Secure Half-height Card . . . . . . 208
Figure 14-8 Installing Card in Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Figure 14-9 Seating Card in Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Figure 14-10 Location of SCSI Disk Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . 211
Figure 14-11 Installing SCSI Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Figure 14-12 Removing SCSI Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Figure 14-13 Releasing Carrier Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Figure 14-14 Carrier Camming Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Figure 14-15 Unlocking Anti-Tamper Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Figure 14-16 Unlocking Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . 222
Figure 14-17 Opening Module Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Figure 14-18 Inserting Disk Drive Module in D-brick2. . . . . . . . 224
Figure 14-19 Locking Drive Carrier Module. . . . . . . . . . . 225
Figure 14-20 Unlocking Disk Drive Module . . . . . . . . . . 226
Figure 14-21 Removing Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . 227
Figure 15-1 Full Support Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Figure A-1 USB Type B Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Figure A-2 External SCSI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

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Figure A-3 DB9 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Figure A-4 RJ-45 Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Figure A-5 Stereo Jack Connector Conductors . . . . . . . . . .247
Figure B-1 VCCI Notice (Japan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Figure B-2 Chinese Class A Regulatory Notice . . . . . . . . . .253
Figure B-3 Korean Class A Regulatory Notice . . . . . . . . . .253

Tables
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Tables
Table 2-1 Configuration Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 3-1 Brick Comparison Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 3-2 Memory DIMM Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 3-3 Cx-brick Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 3-4 Cx-brick Port Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table 3-5 Configurable Items of Cx-brick . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 4-1 Physical Specifications of the IX-brick . . . . . . . . . 76
Table 4-2 Port Specifications of the IX-brick . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 5-1 Physical Specifications of PX-brick . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 5-2 Port Specifications of the PX-brick . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 6-1 X-brick Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 7-1 R-brick Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . .102
Table 7-2 R-brick Port Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Table 8-1 L1 Controller Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Table 9-1 Power Supply LED States . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Table 9-2 Power Bay Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . .152
Table 9-3 Power Supply Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . .152
Table 10-1 Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Table 10-2 TP900 Storage Module Technical Specifications . . . . . .160
Table 10-3 Configurable Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Table 11-1 D-brick2 Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . .169
Table 11-2 D-brick2 Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . .170
Table 11-3 D-brick2 Ambient Temperature and Humidity Requirements . .171
Table 11-4 D-brick2 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . .171
Table 12-1 VPro V12 Connector Descriptions . . . . . . . . . .175

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Table 12-2 V-brick Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . 179
Table 12-3 Compositor Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table 12-4 Compositor Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Table 13-1 DG5 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Table 13-2 DG5 Standard Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Table 13-3 G-brick Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Table 13-4 N-brick Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Table 13-5 N-brick Port Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Table 14-1 Customer-replaceable Components and Maintenance
Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Table 15-1 Troubleshooting Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Table 15-2 L1 Controller Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Table A-1 Origin 3900 Server Configuration Ranges . . . . . . . 237
Table A-2 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Table A-3 Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Table A-4 39U Rack Mechanical Specifications . . . . . . . . . 240
Table A-5 USB Type B Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . 241
Table A-6 SCSI VHDCI Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . 242
Table A-7 DB9 Pin Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Table A-8 RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . 246
Table A-9 Stereo Jack Connector Conductor Assignments . . . . . . 247