Silicon Graphics Rackable H2106-G7 User manual

SGI®Rackable™H2106-G7
System User’s Guide
007-5683-004

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007-5683-003 iii
Record of Revision
Version Description
001 October 2010
First release
002 October 2011
Processor updates
003 January 2013
Additional processor updates
004 March 2013
DIMM configuration updates

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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HyperTransport Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Serial ATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Optional SAS RAID Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PCI Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
UIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Onboard Controllers/Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Onboard Graphics Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Other Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Server Chassis Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Serial ATA and SAS Subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Serverboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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

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Reduced Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mechanical Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Circuit Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reliable Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Install the System into a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Separate the Sections of the Rack Rails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Outer Rack Rails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Install the Outer Rails to the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The Inner Rail Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the Rail Locking Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Install the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Check the Node Board Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Access the Inside of the Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Check the CPUs (processors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check the System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Install Expansion PCIe Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check all Cable Connections and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check the Drive Bay Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check the System Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check the Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Supply Power to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3 System Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Control Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Control Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power Fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Overheat/Fan Fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
NIC1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
NIC2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drive Carrier LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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4 System Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Electrical Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Serverboard Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
DVD-ROM Laser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mainboard Replaceable Soldered-in Fuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ESD Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5 System Serverboard Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Handling the Node Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ESD Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Serverboard I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Serverboard Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chipsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
PC Health Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ACPI Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Onboard I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Serverboard Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Install DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Memory Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Memory DIMM Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Memory DIMM Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Hard Disk Drives (H2106-G7 Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Drive Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PCIe Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing a PCIe Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Supply Functional Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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6 Basic Troubleshooting and Chassis Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Basic Troubleshooting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
If the System Does Not Power Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
System Powers Up But Will Not Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
No Video After System Power Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Memory Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chassis Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Static-Sensitive Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Identifying the Failed Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Visual Identification of a Failed Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
BMC/IPMI Remote Console Fan Failure Identification . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing System Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Removing a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installing a New Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Drive Bay Installation/Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Accessing the Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Disk Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mounting a Disk Drive in a Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing/Removing Hot-swap Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Hard Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
DVD-ROM Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Accessing the Inside of the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power Supply Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Removing/Replacing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing a New Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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7 BIOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Starting BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
How To Change the Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Starting the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Time/System Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CPU Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CPU Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Change Frequency and uCode Patch Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
GART Error Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Microcode Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Secure Virtual Machine Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ACPI SRAT Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Clock Spread Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
IDE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Onboard PCI IDE Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Primary/Secondary/Third IDE Master/Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LBA/Large Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
S.M.A.R.T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
32-Bit Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Hard Disk Write Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
IDE Detect Timeout (Sec) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ATA(PI) 80-Pin Cable Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SuperI/O Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Serial 1 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Serial 2 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Serial Port Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Restore on AC Power Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Watch Dog Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Advanced ACPI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ACPI Version Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ACPI APIC Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
AMI OEMB Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
IPMI Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
View BMC System Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Clear BMC System Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Set LAN Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Gateway Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
MPS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
MPS Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PCI Express Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Relaxed Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Extended Tag Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
No Snoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Active State Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Extended Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Remote Access Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Remote Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Serial Port Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Serial Port Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Redirection After BIOS POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Terminal Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Sredir Memory Display Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
USB Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Legacy USB Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
USB 2.0 Controller Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
BIOS EHCI Hand Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Legacy USB1.1 HC Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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USB Mass Storage Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
USB Mass Storage Reset Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Emulation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
System Health Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CPU Overheat Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
System Fan Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Fan Speed Control Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
PCI/PNP Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Clear NVRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Plug & Play O/S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
PCI Latency Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Pallette Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PCI IDE Busmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
IRQ3 ~ IRQ15 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
DMA Channel 0 ~ DMA Channel 7 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Reserved Memory Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
HotPlug Reserve I/O Port Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
HotPlug Reserve Memory Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
HotPlug Reserve PFMemory Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Onboard NIC PXE Option ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
BIOS Settings Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Quick Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Quiet Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Add On ROM Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Bootup Num Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
PS/2 Mouse Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Wait for F1 if Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Hit 'DEL' Message Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Interrupt 19 Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Boot Device Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Removable Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
CD/DVD Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Network Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Security Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Change Supervisor Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Change User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Boot Sector Virus Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
NorthBridge Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Channel Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Enable Clock to All DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Memory Hole Remapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CS Sparing Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Power Down Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Power Down Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
DRAM Parity Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Bank Swizzle Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ECC Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
ECC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DRAM ECC Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DRAM Scrub Redirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4-Bit ECC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DRAM BG Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Data Cache BG Scrub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
L2 Cache BG Scrub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
L3 Cache BG Scrub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
DRAM Timing Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
DRAM Timing Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Memory Timing Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SouthBridge Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
A15 ECOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Port 0 ~ Port 5 ESP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dis #THRMTRIP before KBRst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SATA-IDE Ports Auto Clk Ctrl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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SATA-AHCI Ports Auto Clk Ctrl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SATA Port 0 ~ Port 5 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
OHCI/EHCI HC Device Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
On Chip SATA Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
On Chip SATA Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SATA IDE Combined Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
PATA Channel Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Power Saving Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Port 02 ~ Port 13 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Gen 2 High Speed Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Link ASPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Link Width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Slot Power Limit, W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Compliance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Remap Port Device Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
L1 Immediate ACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Lane Reversal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Hot Plug Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
NB-SB Port Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
NB-SB Link APSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Link Width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
NP NB-SB VC1 Traffic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Compliance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
GPP1 ~ GPP3b Core Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Core Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Powerdown Unused Lanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Turnoff Off PLL During L1/L23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
TX Drive Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
TXCLK Clock Gating in L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
LCLK Clock Gating in L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SB Core Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
TX Drive Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
TXCLK Clock Gating in L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Contents
LCLK Clock Gating in L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Debug Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Peer to Peer Among GPP1/GPP2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reset to Training Delay (ms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Receiver Detection Pooling (ms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hide Unused PCIE P2P Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
GFX Card Workaround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Debug Bus Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
PCIE Debug Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hyper Transport Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
HT Extended Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
HT3 Link Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Unit ID Clumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
HT Link Tristate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
NB Deemphesis Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
IOMMU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Primary Video Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
PCI Spread Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Debug Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Memory Decod on Sec. 6FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
IOC Peer-to-Peer Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Northbridge Interrupt Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Exit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Save Changes and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Discard Changes and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Discard Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Load Optimal Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Load Fail-Safe Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
A BIOS Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
B System Operating and Regulatory Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Figures
Figure 1-1 Rackable H2106-G7 Server (Top Removed) . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 1-2 Processor and I/O Chipset System Block Diagram . . . . . . . 7
Figure 2-1 Separating and Installing the Rack Rails. . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 2-2 Installing the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 2-3 Accessing the Inside of the System . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 3-1 System Front and Rear Interface Components . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 3-2 System Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-3 System Power On Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-4 Power Fail LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 3-5 Overheat/Fan Fail LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 3-6 LAN1 Network Activity NIC1 LED . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 3-7 LAN2 Network Activity NIC2 LED . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 3-8 Hard Drive Activity LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 3-9 Power On LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 4-1 Installing the Onboard Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 5-1 Control Panel Header Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 5-2 I/O Ports Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 5-3 Node Board Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 5-4 DIMM Installation Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 5-5 H2106-G7 Disk Drive Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 6-1 System Cooling Fan Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 6-2 Mounting a Drive in a Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 6-3 Removing a Disk Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Tables
Table 5-1 Serverboard 16-DIMM Configuration (Four Per CPU) . . . . . . 38
Table 5-2 32-DIMM Configuration (8 per CPU) . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table A-1 BIOS Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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About This Guide
This guide provides an overview of the installation, architecture, general operation, and
descriptions of the major components in the SGI®Rackable™H2106-G7 server. It also provides
basic troubleshooting and maintenance information, BIOS information, and important safety and
regulatory specifications.
Audience
This guide is written for users of SGI Rackable H2106-G7 server systems. It is written with the
assumption that the reader has a good working knowledge of computers and computer systems.
This guide may be useful to installers and system administrators looking for overview information
on the server.
Chapter Descriptions
The following topics are covered in this guide:
• Chapter 1, “Introduction”
Provides an overview of the server’s components.
• Chapter 2, “Server Installation”
Provides a quick setup checklist to get the server operational.
• Chapter 3, “System Interface”
Describes several LEDs on the control panel as well as others on the SATA drive carriers
that keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity
and health of specific components.
• Chapter 4, “System Safety”
Provides general system safety information.
• Chapter 5, “System Severboard Information”

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Provides best practice procedures to work with a node board in the H2106-G7 chassis, install
memory DIMMs, PCIe expansion cards and hard disk drives.
• Chapter 6, “Basic Troubleshooting and Chassis Service”
Describes some basic steps required to troubleshoot your system. Additional sections in this
chapter are intended to guide you through basic component remove and replace procedures.
• Chapter 7, “BIOS”
Describes the AMI BIOS Setup Utility for the system severboard.
•Appendix A, “BIOS Error Codes,”
Provides a brief listing of BIOS error code information.
• Appendix B, “System Specifications,”
Describes system component environmental specifications and compliance.