SGI® Altix™ 350 Quick Start Guide
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1. 6 007 4417 002 Attaching a Serial Terminal to an Altix 350 System Attaching a Serial Terminal to an Altix 350 System 007 4417 002 If your Altix 350 system was shipped in a rack without an optional Level 2 controller or was shipped as individual chassis you should connect a serial terminal to the Level 1 controller contained in the host system master CPU module as shown in Figure 1 5 Base compute module DB 9 connector Serial terminal DB 9 serial port connector L1 console Figure 1 5 Connecting a Serial Terminal to an L1 Controller 1 SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide If your Altix 350 system was shipped in a rack with an optional Level 2 controller you should connect a serial terminal to that Level 2 controller which is located in the top of the rack as shown in Figure 1 6 this view shows the back of the rack Figure 1 6 IW A YY A MN YY WL N A Y ANN YY AM UA YY A y AA Y Connecting a Serial Terminal to an L2 Controller 007 4417 002 Powering and Booting an Altix 350 System from a Serial Terminal Powering and Booting an Altix 350 System from a Serial Terminal The power up procedure varies depending on whether your serial terminal is connected directly to an L1 system controller or the optional L2 system controller Refer to the appropriate section below Powering and Booting Fr2. system For problems not addressed in the above locations please contact your SGI authorized support representative Obtaining Documentation You can obtain SGI documentation in the following ways e See the SGI Technical Publications Library at http docs sgi com Various formats are available This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books release notes man pages and other information e Ifitis installed on your SGI system you can use InfoSearch an online tool that provides a more limited set of online books release notes and man pages With an IRIX OS based system select Help from the Toolchest and then select InfoSearch Or you can type infosearch on a command line e You can also view release notes by typing either grelnotes or relnotes on a command line e You can also view man pages by typing man lt title gt on a command line Contacting the SGl Customer Service Center To contact the SGI Customer Service Center call 1 800 800 4SGI or visit http www sgi com support customerservice html From outside the United States contact your local SGI sales office 007 4417 002 13
3. 50 User s Guide 007 4417 002 1 SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide Positioning and Powering an Altix 350 System Depending on the system ordered your Altix 350 system may have been shipped as a number of individual chassis or mounted in a rack This section describes positioning and powering your system in either of these instances Positioning an Altix 350 System If your Altix 350 system was shipped as a number of individual chassis they may be placed on a flat surface as shown in Figure 1 1 on page 3 or placed in a rack For instructions on mounting Altix 350 chassis in a rack and for information about rack positioning refer to the SGI Altix 350 User s Guide 2 007 4417 002 Positioning and Powering an Altix 350 System Powering an Altix 350 System Plug your Altix 350 system into a suitable power outlet as shown in Figure 1 1 for non racked chassis or Figure 1 2 for racked chassis Refer to the Altix 350 User s Guide for detailed power requirements Expansion compute module Base compute module Figure 1 1 Connecting an Altix 350 Non Racked System to Power 007 4417 002 3 1 SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide Optional L2 controller CMPX module CMPX module CMPX module CMPX module CMPX module CMPX e module Power Power source distribution unit PDU CMPX module Base Compute 2 module Figure 1 2 Co
4. SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide 007 4417 002 CONTRIBUTORS Written by Dick Brownell Illustrated by Dick Brownell Dan Young and Chrystie Danzer Production by Karen Jacobson Additional contributions by Paul Pedersen Lyle Stoll Michael T Brown Galen Flunker Gary Meyer COPYRIGHT O 2004 Silicon Graphics Inc All rights reserved provided portions may be copyright in third parties as indicated elsewhere herein No 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 CER 227 7202 of the DoD FAR Supplement or sections succeeding thereto Contractor manufacturer is Silicon Graphics Inc 1500 Crittenden Lane Mountain View CA 94043 1351 TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS Silicon Graphics SGL the SGI logo are registered trademarks and NUMAlink and XIO are trademarks of Silicon Graphics Inc in the United States and or other countries worldwide 007 4417 002 Re
5. cord of Revision Version Description 001 January 2004 Original publication 002 March 2004 Installed corrections on page 10 007 4417 002 Contents Figures SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide Positioning and Powering an Altix 350 System Positioning an Altix 350 System Powering an Altix 350 System NUMAlink Cabling for an Altix 350 ten Attaching a Serial Terminal to an Altix 350 System Powering and Booting an Altix 350 System from a Serial Terminal Powering and Booting From an L1 System Controller Powering and Booting From an L2 System Controller Troubleshooting an Altix 350 System Obtaining Documentation Contacting the SGI Customer Service Center 5 OO WN e CO CO om 007 4417 002 Figures Figure 1 1 Figure 1 2 Figure 1 3 Figure 1 4 Figure 1 5 Figure 1 6 Connecting an Altix 350 Non Racked System to Power Connecting an Altix 350 Racked System to Power Cabling in a Two module Altix 350 System Cabling in a Three module Altix 350 System Connecting a Serial Terminal to an L1 Controller Connecting a Serial Terminal to an L2 Controller OND vii Chapter 1 SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide This book guides a knowledgeable user through the installation setup and simple configuration of most SGI Altix 350 systems For more detailed information or for setup instructions for more complex Altix 350 systems please refer to the SGI Altix 3
6. from a Serial Terminal Powering and Booting From an L2 System Controller 007 4417 002 Use the following steps to connect your Altix 350 system via serial cable to an optional L2 controller see Figure 1 6 1 Attach a serial cable to the console port of the L2 controller using the following e Serial DB9 Female to Female cable P N 018 0691 001 e The settings for the L2 serial port are as follows Baud rate 38400 8 data bits 1 stop bit No parity RTS CTS flow control hardware flow control Attach the other end of the cable to a PC serial port with cu or other similar terminal emulation program On the PC enter the following command cu l ttySO s 38400 This assumes the tty device on the PC is ttyS0 There should be a connected response Hit return again and you should get a L2 prompt 001 L2 gt From the L2 prompt enter the command cfg This should return a list of all the modules in the system 001 L2 gt cfg 0 001c01 1 001603 5 001c05 001 L2 gt If all the modules in your system are not seen check the NUMAlink cabling also insure that the L1 is powered on all modules Check the USB cable from the L2 to the lowest compute node 1 1 port 11 1 SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide 3 4 To power up the system enter the L2 command pwr u 001 L2 gt pwr u 001 L2 gt When the L2 prompt returns enter a cntrl d to break in to the console This will show the ou
7. nnecting an Altix 350 Racked System to Power 4 007 4417 002 NUMAIink Cabling for an Altix 350 System NUMAlink Cabling for an Altix 350 System If your system was shipped from SGI with the modules already mounted in a rack and the NUMAlink cables preinstalled you should proceed to Attaching a Serial Terminal to an Altix 350 System on page 7 This section describes the NUMAlink cabling for some simple configurations For instructions to cable more complex systems see the SGI Altix 350 User s Guide Figure 1 3 shows a system with a base compute module and a CMPX module P CMPX o module Werf NUMAlink O 1 2 sees 9 8909090909000 Base compute e module ul NUMAlink O NUMAlink 1 Figure 1 3 Cabling in a Two module Altix 350 System 007 4417 002 5 1 SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide Figure 1 4 shows a system with a base compute module one CMPX module and one CPU expansion module o CPU expansion module lo A O CMPX module Base compute module 0 mM amp NUMAlink 0 NUMAlink 1 Figure 1 4 Cabling in a Three module Altix 350 System
8. om an L1 System Controller Use the following steps to connect your Altix 350 system via serial cable to the L1 controller see Figure 1 5 1 Attach a serial cable to the lowest compute node in the system using the following e Serial DB9 Female to Female cable P N 018 0691 001 e The settings for the L1 serial port are as follows Baud rate 38400 8 data bits 1 stop bit No parity RTS CTS flow control hardware flow control 2 Attach the other end of the cable to a PC serial port with cu or other similar terminal emulation program 3 On the PC enter the following command cu l ttySO s 38400 This assumes the tty device on the PC is ttyS0 There should be a connected response Hit return again and you should get a L1 prompt 001c01 L1 gt 007 4417 002 9 1 SGI Altix 350 Quick Start Guide 10 From the L1 prompt enter the command cfg This should return a list of all the modules in the system 001 c01 L1 gt cfg 001c01 001c03 001605 001c01 L1 gt If all the modules in your system are not seen check the NUMAlink cabling also insure that the L1 is powered on all modules To power up the system enter the L1 command pwr u 001c01 L1 gt pwr u 001c01 L1 gt When the L1 prompt returns enter a cntrl d to break in to the console This will show the output of the power on boot process This will get you to a EFI SHELL prompt 007 4417 002 Powering and Booting an Altix 350 System
9. tput of the power on boot process This will get you to a EFI SHELL prompt Connecting the L2 Controller to a Local Ethernet Network The L2 controller can be configured with a static IP address or the L2 controller will obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the network Use the following steps to configure your optional L2 controller with a static IP address Step 1 can be omitted if the L2 controller will use DHCP 1 12 From the L2 prompt enter the command ip 001 L2 gt ip aaa bb cc ddd 255 255 255 0 aaa bb cc 255 The first sting is the system IP address Contact your network administrator for your system IP address The second string is netmask and the third string is the broadcast address The first three sections of the broadcast address are the same as the system IP address Assign the system name using the command sysname 001 L2 gt sysname your system name To prevent L2s from different systems from communicating with each other enable the multi system option msys 001 L2 gt msys on Finally reboot the L2 controller 001 L2 gt reboot_12 007 4417 002 Troubleshooting an Altix 350 System Troubleshooting an Altix 350 System If you are experiencing problems with your Altix 350 system you can follow the steps detailed in the SGI Altix 350 User s Guide to help isolate and correct the problem If the problems are with your host system you should refer to the user s manual for that host
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