NEC A1160 - Manual

Figures v Figures Figure 1-1 Express5800/A1160 Cell ............................................................................. 1-1 Figure 2-1 Basic Cell ..................................................................................................... 2-2 Figure 2-2 Processor Socket Location o...

Tables vii Tables Table 2-1 DIMM Capacity and Cell Memory ................................................................. 2-7 Table 2-2 Device Names on the EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor LCD ........................... 2-18 Table 3-1 Relation of Interconnect Port and Cable End to Cell ID .....................

Using This Guide ix Using This Guide This guide contains information how to operate and administrate Express5800/A1160 server. Who Should Use This Guide This guide is intended for system administrators and operation personnel who are using Express5800/A1160 server. Symbols and Conventions This guide...

Safety Notices xi Safety Notices WARNING To avoid a risk of injuries, maintenance procedures require trained technical personnel. In maintenance procedures with voltages of 42.4V peak or 60Vdc or more, take safety measures, such as wearing insulated rubber gloves. Performing work without these measu...

1-1 Section 1 Introduction This overview provides a detailed introduction to Express5800/A1160 systems and the technologies on which they are based. It describes features that might be available to customers in a series of hardware and software releases. For information about the availability of any...

Operating Systems 1-2 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets that support 2-GB or 4-GB fully buffered DIMMs, and all the other components it needs to function as a self-contained computer system. Modular Expansion The cell-based building-block design allows Express5800/A1160 systems to grow as bus...

Virtual Machine Monitors 1-3 y Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition y Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition Note: Partitions running Windows Server 2003, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, or Windows Server 2003, 32-bit Datacenter Edition, are restricted to a maximum of two cells. Linux Operati...

2-1 Section 2 Cell Component Express5800/A1160 Cell In Express5800/A1160 systems, hardware components are organized into cells. The main components of a cell are • Main logic module that hosts the processors, processor voltage regulator modules, and node controller. (The node controller interconnect...

Processors 2-2 Figure 2-1 Basic Cell Processors Within each cell, the processor board in the main logic module hosts the processors. The processor board contains the processor sockets, processor voltage regulator modules, node controller, and the scalability ports, which are the ports that enable yo...

Processors 2-3 Figure 2-2 shows the location of the processor sockets (along with the processor number) on the processor board. Figure 2-2 Processor Socket Location on Processor Board Supported Processors Express5800/A1160 systems support the following Intel Xeon processor 7400 series (Dunnington) p...

Memory 2-5 Figure 2-3 Node Controller Memory Express5800/A1160 systems use a directory-based cache-coherent memory system. The directory-based memory tracks ownership of data. The cache coherency protocols force the processor cache components and main storage components to y Keep track of all copies...

Memory 2-6 Each channel pair operates in lockstep; that is, a single cache line is stored across two DIMMs with each DIMM on a different channel of the lockstep pair. y Eight fully buffered DIMM slots for each channel. A cell with two memory boards contains 32 DIMM slots. y Double Data Rate 2 533-MH...

Memory 2-7 Figure 2-5 DIMM Numbering DIMM Capacity and Cell Memory Table 2-1 lists the minimum and maximum memory in the cell if DIMMs of a specific capacity are used. Table 2-1 DIMM Capacity and Cell Memory DIMM Capacity Minimum Memory in Cell Maximum Memory in Cell 2 GB 4 GB 64 GB 4 GB 8 GB 128 GB...

I/O Subsystem 2-9 Each slot has its own power and attention indicators (LEDs). y Internal slot for PCIe Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller Figure 2-6 shows the I/O riser board. Figure 2-6 I/O Riser Board PCIe Card Carrier The PCIe card carrier enables an administrator or technician to insert...

I/O Subsystem 2-10 Figure 2-7 PCIe Card Carrier Figure 2-8 shows the location of the external card slots on the back of the cell. Figure 2-8 External Card Slots Ports A cell includes the following ports: y Partition video port

I/O Subsystem 2-11 y Partition universal serial bus (USB) ports — Two USB 2.0 ports on the front and two USB 2.0 ports on the back of the cell y Partition serial port y Partition LAN ports — Two 1-Gigabit Ethernet (LAN) ports In addition, the cell includes the following ports on the management board...

Cooling 2-13 The main logic module contains the single master power controller for the cell. The master power controller y Controls and monitors the power supplies, and monitors the voltages on all cell components y Responds when someone presses the power button (to turn the power on or off) y Monit...

Cooling 2-14 Cooling Each cell is cooled by two fan modules. Each fan module contains two 12-volt high-performance fans that provide the airflow required to cool the cell components and processors. The fan modules are mounted in the front of the cell. Note: The power supplies within the cell are sel...

Peripherals 2-15 Figure 2-11 Fan Modules Peripherals The cell supports the following peripherals through the drive tray: y Six 2.5-inch Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives with one of the following capacities: y 73 GB (15000 RPM) y 146 GB (10000 RPM) y DVD drive (DVD-RW) The drive tray also hosts...

Fault Messages on the EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor LCD 2-18 Figure 2-13 EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor Fault Messages on the EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor LCD If a hardware problem occurs, a message is displayed on the EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor LCD on the front of the cell. The display identifies the failed unit, sometimes wit...

Inbuilt Virtualization 2-20 Full Name EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor LCD Name Additional Display Details Unit Type (FRU/CRU) PCIe carrier n/a CRU Inbuilt Virtualization Inbuilt virtualization is an optional capability for Express5800/A1160 systems. This capability enables a partition to boot with VMware Infr...

3-1 Section 3 System Configuration This section describes the packaging of Express5800/A1160 systems and the different configuration options. Cell Interconnect and Multiple Cell Systems A four-processor socket cell is capable of containing all the hardware it needs to boot as a server. To create a l...

Cell Identification 3-3 Cell Identification Each cell in a system has a unique physical cell identifier - cell 0, cell 1, cell 2, or cell 3. The management firmware uses the cell identifier to enable the cells within the system to communicate with each other. The cell identifier is established by th...

Cabinets 3-4 Figure 3-4 System Serial Number Label Cabinets Express5800/A1160 systems can be installed in any standard 19-inch-wide cabinet. You can either order a cabinet from NEC or provide your own. See the System Planning Guide for the requirements for customer-provided cabinets. Optionally, eac...

Partitions 3-5 Figure 3-5 Cabinet Configuration Partitions You can configure one or more cells as a partition to support an instance of an operating system or a virtual machine monitor. A partition is a logical computer in the system. You use partitions to run user applications that perform work to ...

Redundant Configurations 3-6 hardware resources among cluster nodes in response to planned and unplanned events. This reallocation is virtually impossible to accomplish in a traditional cluster. Clustering Software Express5800 systems support various clustering paradigms, including shared disk clust...

4-1 Section 4 Server Management This section provides an overview of the hardware and software components used to manage Express5800/A1160 systems. System Components The following illustration shows how the components are connected in a typical system environment. Your system can include the followi...

Components on the Front of a Cell 4-2 Cells A cell contains the physical resources of the system: instruction processors, memory, input/output devices, peripheral storage devices, management board, fans, power supplies, EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor, and so on. Each system comprises one to four cells. Maint...

Network Components 4-3 Windows Domain Controller The domain controller typically acts as the Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. Note: DNS and WINS servers must be made secure in accordance with local security policy ...

Components on the Front of a Cell 4-4 operate the partition. Management Architecture Management of Express5800/A1160 systems is based on a modular, distributed, and scalable architecture. This architecture distributes the processing load among various processing engines and grows as the size of the ...

Management Board 4-5 Figure 4-1 Management Architecture Management Board The management board in each cell is the main hardware component of server management. Figure 4-2 illustrates the management board.

Remote Console Interfaces 4-7 The firmware hubs in each cell store the BIOS. The firmware hub and the TPM are attached to the low pin count (LPC) bus, an internal bus that connects low-bandwidth devices to the CPU. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) "Trusted Platform Module (TPM)" in Section 2 de...

Components on the Front of a Cell 4-8 See the User's Guide for more information about the remote console interfaces. BIOS The BIOS is bootstrapping software that initializes and configures the hardware (processors, memory, I/O, and so on) in the partition. Running in the partition, the BIOS provides...

Management Software Components 4-9 Figure 4-3 Server Management Hardware Components Management Software Components The Server Management software includes the following components. ESMPRO Manager and Agent Server Management software includes ESMPRO Manager and ESMPRO Agent software. ESMPRO Manager e...

Components on the Front of a Cell 4-10 long-term and short-term performance, monitor usage, create graphs to record trends, and check failure rates. System administrators can use the information collected to create more efficient data routing procedures and optimize server and partition usage. ESMPR...

A-1 Appendix A Cell Components The following text identifies the main components, ports, and connectors that are visible on the front and back of a cell. Components on the Front of a Cell Figure A-1 identifies the components that are visible on the front of the cell. Table A-1 describes each compone...

Components on the Front of a Cell A-2 Component Description EXPRESSSCOPE® Monitor A control and display interface for the cell and the partition containing the cell. LED fan status indicators Provide fan status with one LED light on each fan module. A green light indicates normal operations. LCD Dis...