NEC HX4500 - Manual

NEC HX4500

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – U s e r ' s G u i d e
  • Page 4 – NEC Computer Systems Division
  • Page 5 – Contents; Proprietary Notice and Liability Disclaimer
  • Page 6 – iv Contents
  • Page 7 – Glossary
  • Page 8 – vi Contents
  • Page 11 – Using This Guide vii; Using This Guide; This guide contains the following information:
  • Page 12 – viii Using This Guide; Text Conventions; This guide uses the following text conventions.; WARNING
  • Page 13 – Using This Guide ix; Related Documents; or as
  • Page 14 – x Using This Guide; Safety Notices
  • Page 15 – Using This Guide xi
  • Page 16 – xii Using This Guide; Care and Handling
  • Page 17 – System Overview
  • Page 18 – -2 System Overview; Overview; The server is a modular, multiprocessing server based on the Intel
  • Page 19 – System Overview 1-3; System Feature Summary; A summary of the system features is included in Table 1-1.
  • Page 20 – -4 System Overview; Expanding the Server as Needs Grow; II Xeon processor, and a memory board; Configuration Constraints
  • Page 21 – System Overview 1-5; Chassis; Figure 1-1 shows the server front chassis features and controls.; Figure 1-1. Front Chassis Features and Controls
  • Page 22 – -6 System Overview; Status LED Indicator Descriptions; Table 1-3. Disk Drive Status LED Panel Indicators
  • Page 23 – Opening the Front Doors; Open the front doors as follows.
  • Page 24 – -8 System Overview
  • Page 25 – System Overview 1-9; Chassis Features and Controls
  • Page 26 – -10 System Overview; Figure 1-3. Rear Chassis Features and Controls
  • Page 27 – System Overview 1-11; System Board Features
  • Page 28 – -12 System Overview; Figure 1-5. CPU Base Board and CPU Board Location
  • Page 29 – System Overview 1-13
  • Page 32 – -16 System Overview; Processor; Bus Master I/O Expansion Slots
  • Page 33 – System Overview 1-17; Video; 6-bit bus for high-speed display memory access; SCSI Controller
  • Page 34 – -18 System Overview; Fans; Peripheral Devices; Ultra2 Wide SCSI-2 Hard Drive Bays
  • Page 35 – System Overview 1-19; simplified cable management; Removable Media Drive Bays
  • Page 36 – -20 System Overview; System Power; set and enable an administrative password
  • Page 37 – Setting Up Your System
  • Page 38 – -2 Setting Up Your System; Selecting a Site; CAUTION
  • Page 39 – Setting Up Your System 2-3; Unpacking the System; Moving the System to the Site
  • Page 40 – -4 Setting Up Your System; Getting Familiar With the System
  • Page 41 – Setting Up Your System 2-5
  • Page 42 – -6 Setting Up Your System; Connecting the Power Cords; Figure 2-2. Connecting the AC Power Cord
  • Page 43 – Setting Up Your System 2-7; Powering On Your System; Power on your system as follows.
  • Page 45 – Configuring Your System
  • Page 46 – -2 Configuring Your System; You use the E; CD-ROM to create the RCU and Utilities
  • Page 47 – Using the RCU
  • Page 48 – Table 3-2. Resource Configuration Utility Menu
  • Page 49 – Configuring Your System 3-5; RCU Command Line Parameters; followed by one of these command line parameters:; RCU Configuration Settings; Enter; at this point allows you to edit any of the parameters
  • Page 50 – ISA Board Configuration; . The Add a board without a .cfg file screen
  • Page 51 – Configuring Your System 3-7; The View Current Settings screen is displayed. Press; to save the
  • Page 52 – The Reboot screen is displayed. At this screen press; BIOS Setup Utility; Using the BIOS Setup Utility; Power on or reboot the system. BIOS displays the following:; Press; . After BIOS POST completes, the BIOS Setup Utility starts and the; . Selections with submenus are preceded by an arrow.
  • Page 53 – Configuring Your System 3-9; BIOS Setup Configuration Settings
  • Page 54 – -10 Configuring Your System
  • Page 56 – -12 Configuring Your System
  • Page 58 – -14 Configuring Your System; SCSISelect Utility; Using the SCSISelect Utility; Ctrl
  • Page 59 – Configuring Your System 3-15; SCSISelect Configuration Settings; The following keys are active for all SCSISelect screens.; Exiting SCSISelect; To exit SCSISelect, press; Esc; until a message prompts you to exit (if you
  • Page 61 – Configuring Your System 3-17; Configuring the RAID Controller
  • Page 62 – -18 Configuring Your System; Configuring System Jumpers and Switches; Before You Begin; Configuring I/O Riser Board Function Select Switches
  • Page 63 – Configuring Your System 3-19; At the front of the server, press the Power switch off.; Press the main Power switch on.
  • Page 64 – Configuring CPU Base Board Function Select Switches; Figure 3-2. CPU Base Board Function Switch
  • Page 65 – Configuring Your System 3-21; Configuring Memory Board Function Jumpers
  • Page 66 – -22 Configuring Your System
  • Page 68 – -24 Configuring Your System; Setting Switches and Jumpers; Record changes to the board settings in Table 3-10.
  • Page 69 – Configuring Your System 3-25; BIOS; Updating the BIOS; Insert a bootable DOS diskette into Drive A and power up the system.; After the system reboots, load the default values by pressing; CHANGES & EXIT and press
  • Page 70 – -26 Configuring Your System; Changing the BIOS Setup Language; Language Change Instructions; Follow these steps to change the BIOS Setup language.; An acknowledgment message displays:; Using the arrow keys, highlight YES and press
  • Page 71 – Configuring Your System 3-27; BIOS Recovery Instructions; Resetting the CMOS NVRAM
  • Page 72 – -28 Configuring Your System; Clearing and Changing the Password; Clear and change the password as follows.
  • Page 73 – Upgrading Your System
  • Page 74 – Upgrading Your System 4-3
  • Page 75 – -4 Upgrading Your System; Precautions
  • Page 76 – Upgrading Your System 4-5
  • Page 77 – -6 Upgrading Your System; Preparing Your System for Upgrade; Equipment Log
  • Page 78 – Upgrading Your System 4-7; Removing the Front Doors; Remove the other front door in the same manner.; Installing the Front Doors; Install the front doors as follows.
  • Page 79 – -8 Upgrading Your System; Removing the Top Cover and Side Panels; To install options in your system, you should do the following.
  • Page 80 – Upgrading Your System 4-9; Remove the top cover or a side panel as follows.; Figure 4-2. Mounting Screws for Top Cover and Side Panels; Pull the top cover or side panel out and away from the chassis.
  • Page 81 – Installing the Top Cover and Side Panels; Install the top cover and side panels as follows.
  • Page 82 – Upgrading Your System 4-11; Modifying the System I/O Board; installing video memory; Installing Video Memory; Install video memory as follows.
  • Page 83 – -12 Upgrading Your System; Replacing the Non-Volatile Memory
  • Page 84 – Upgrading Your System 4-13; Replacing the Real-time Clock Battery
  • Page 85 – -14 Upgrading Your System; Replace the battery as follows.; Power off the system and remove the top cover as described earlier.
  • Page 86 – Upgrading Your System 4-15; DIMMs; Installing DIMMs
  • Page 87 – -16 Upgrading Your System; Repeat the above steps to install any remaining DIMMs.
  • Page 88 – Upgrading Your System 4-17; Replace the left side panel and turn on the system.; Removing DIMMs; Remove DIMMs from their sockets as follows.; Repeat the above steps to remove the remaining DIMMs.
  • Page 89 – -18 Upgrading Your System; Processors
  • Page 90 – Upgrading Your System 4-19; Installing a Processor Cartridge; Use the following procedure to install a processor cartridge.
  • Page 91 – -20 Upgrading Your System; Figure 4-11. Removing the Termination Card
  • Page 92 – Upgrading Your System 4-21; Reattach the retention arm as follows.
  • Page 93 – -22 Upgrading Your System; Removing a Processor Cartridge or Termination Board
  • Page 94 – Upgrading Your System 4-23; Option Boards; Installation Considerations
  • Page 95 – -24 Upgrading Your System
  • Page 96 – Upgrading Your System 4-25; Controller/Adapter Hardware Configurations; Table 4-1. Option Board Hardware Configurations
  • Page 97 – -26 Upgrading Your System; Installing an Option Board; Install an option board as follows.; Record the option board serial number in the equipment log.
  • Page 99 – -28 Upgrading Your System; Replace the top cover and power on the system.; Removing an Option Board
  • Page 100 – Upgrading Your System 4-29; Power Supply; Installing a Power Supply; Use this procedure to add an optional power supply to your system.
  • Page 101 – -30 Upgrading Your System; Removing a Power Supply; Power off the system.; Hot-Swapping a Power Supply
  • Page 102 – Upgrading Your System 4-31; Removable Media Devices
  • Page 103 – -32 Upgrading Your System; Figure 4-18. Removable Media Device Bays
  • Page 104 – Upgrading Your System 4-33; Grasp the blank panel tray and slide it out of the bay.
  • Page 105 – -34 Upgrading Your System
  • Page 106 – Upgrading Your System 4-35; Figure 4-21. Attaching Side Rails to a Device
  • Page 107 – Reinstall the top cover and the left front door. Power on the system.
  • Page 108 – Upgrading Your System 4-37; Place the drive in an antistatic wrapper.
  • Page 109 – -38 Upgrading Your System; Hard Disk Drives
  • Page 110 – Upgrading Your System 4-39; Installing a Hard Drive; Use this procedure to add an optional hard drive to your system.
  • Page 111 – -40 Upgrading Your System; Figure 4-26. Installing Hard Disk in Carrier
  • Page 112 – Close the EMI metal panel, and secure with the two thumb screws.
  • Page 113 – -42 Upgrading Your System; Removing a Hard Drive; Use this procedure to remove a hard drive from your system.; Figure 4-28. Removing the Hard Disk Carrier
  • Page 114 – Upgrading Your System 4-43; Hot-Swapping a Hard Drive; If locked, unlock and open the right front door.; Place the removed hard drive on an antistatic surface.
  • Page 115 – -44 Upgrading Your System
  • Page 117 – Problem Solving
  • Page 118 – -2 Problem Solving; Resetting the System; There are two ways to reset the system.; Reset button; Troubleshooting Checklists; Initial System Startup; Is AC available at the wall outlets?
  • Page 119 – Problem Solving 5-3; Are all cables correctly connected and secured?; Running New Application Software; If you are running the software from a floppy disk, is it a good copy?
  • Page 120 – -4 Problem Solving; Are the correct device drivers installed?; After System Has Been Running Correctly
  • Page 121 – Problem Solving 5-5; Additional Troubleshooting Procedures; Error Checking; preparing the system for diagnostic testing
  • Page 122 – -6 Problem Solving; Monitoring POST While Running; > if you want to configure SCSI devices in your system. When the
  • Page 123 – Problem Solving 5-7; Confirming Loading of the Operating System; Specific Problems and Corrective Actions; Power LED Does Not Light
  • Page 124 – -8 Problem Solving; No Characters Appear On Screen
  • Page 125 – Problem Solving 5-9; Characters are Distorted or Incorrect; Are the video display signal and power cables properly installed?; Floppy Disk Drive Activity LED Does Not Light; Is the floppy disk drive properly configured in Setup?; Hard Disk Drive Activity LED Does Not Light; Is the disk drive seated properly?
  • Page 126 – -10 Problem Solving; Problems with Application Software; Make sure all cables are installed correctly.; Error Messages; Alarm Indication during POST; Table 5-1 lists the error codes and messages you may see during POST.
  • Page 128 – -12 Problem Solving
  • Page 129 – Problem Solving 5-13; Alarm Indication during Operation; Table 5-2. Operational Error Codes and Messages
  • Page 130 – -14 Problem Solving; CPU Error Messages
  • Page 131 – Problem Solving 5-15; Status LED
  • Page 132 – Table 5-5. System Status Abnormal Conditions
  • Page 133 – System Cabling
  • Page 134 – Static Precautions
  • Page 135 – RAID Configuration
  • Page 137 – Memory Configurations; Memory DIMM Configurations
  • Page 138 – B-2 Memory Configurations
  • Page 139 – Memory Configurations B-3
  • Page 141 – Glossary 1; An area of memory between 0 and 640 kilobytes.
  • Page 142 – The process of loading the operating system into memory.
  • Page 143 – Glossary 3
  • Page 145 – Glossary 5
  • Page 147 – Glossary 7; The IC in your computer that maintains the time and date.
  • Page 148 – An industry standard serial port. See also serial port.
  • Page 149 – Glossary 9; A type of storage device using magnetic tape.
  • Page 155 – Index
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