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1. DORs E Figure 2 2 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port O Back Panel USB Port 1 COM Port 1 Turquoise Gigabit LAN 1 Gigabit LAN 2 VGA Port Blue SCSI Channel See Section 2 5 for details ollie 2 8 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with NovaScale R421 server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins SUPERGX7DBR 8 i X Wee 00 um Wag gd TH E3 rT
2. 5 23 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages essseseeesesssesocescesseescsssesccsscesseseeesoessesscesseesessoeso A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes sscssssssssssssssssecsssccssccsssscesssssscssncssscsssssssensconsseess B 1 Bal Resoyerable POST eet euet ties cited EE E nasci 1 B2 Terminal POST E 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ee ako ttu Ud us C1 C2 Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program C2 Creating RAID Volume M C 3 Creating a Ei PAR Sr C5 Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 IH meme C 6 Creating RAID S Seb POI ois a ex yates cg ema veining ERR CZ Deleting a RAID Volume ssssssen eene ee nee e ener nennen nennen ene C 8 Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD sssss C9 Windows driver for Intel ESB2 Serial RAID controller C 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines eere D 1 D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial RAID Controller 1 Configuring
3. 4A 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 4A 8 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3B 4A 4B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type ona motherboard iii Interleaved memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above NOTES Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB 257 of memory Due to the allocation of memory to system devices the memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GBs of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the Memory Availability Table on the next page for more details NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory 1 MB 3 99 System BIOS Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes AKB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 256 MB 9 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 P
4. 8 o O4 Figure 3 1 NovaScale R421 Front panel Control Panel Buttons There are two push buttons located on the front of the chassis These are in order from left to right a reset button and a power on off button e Power The main power switch is used to apply or remove power from the power supply to the server system Turning off system power with this button removes the main power but keeps standby power supplied to the system Therefore you must unplug system before servicing NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Control Panel LEDs The control panel located on the front of the NovaScale R421 server chassis has five LEDs These LEDs provide you with critical information related to different parts of the system This section explains what each LED indicates when illuminated and any corrective action you may need to take 53 e Overheat Fan Fail When this LED flashes it indicates a fan failure When continuously on not flashing it indicates an overheat condition which may be caused by cables obstructing the airflow in the system or the ambient room temperature being too warm Check the routing of the cables and make sure all fans are present and operating normally You should also check to make sure that the chassis covers are installed Finally
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6. C2h C3h CAh C h C7h C8h C9h CDh D2h DAh D8h D9h DEh Description Check password optional Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures Prepare Boot Initialize SMBIOS Clear parity checkers Display MultiBoot menu Clear screen optional Check virus and backup reminders Try to boot with INT 19 Initialize POST Error Manager PEM Initialize error logging Initialize error display function Initialize system error flags Console redirection init Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled Force check optional Extended ROM checksum optional Reclaim console redirection vector Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for the boot block in Flash ROM POST Code EOh E2h E3h E5h E h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h Description Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager B 4 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guid
7. ra n a 10 4 Veo J5 I sj O Micf LED Ves l DES orn Lu E d OH Fan LED Yag dem FIR Fae LEG vaa Greina Reset Repeat Button f x I pwa Power Installation 2 9 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions HOD LD 4 lt o MC LED y Vet eD veo 4 J I PWR Fait LED Vee Ground Reset Fest Buton Ground ojo P over Button A NMI B PWR LED NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located me on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the Pin Definitions E right for pin definitions UE in etinition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 Power LED and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin Pin Definitions JF1 definitions Pin Definition Bo 16 Ground 2 10 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide A HDD LED LED C NIC2 LED HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Controller LED connection for GLAN port is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for
8. EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long Device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device A 2 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data 1 O device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in k
9. Esc key to select the previous menu 3 When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID O Stripe and hit Enters 4 When the Disks item is highlighted press Enter to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays rj Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM o5 1 80 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2663 05 Intel Corporation ALL Rights Reserved C 1 Name Volume RAID Level RAIDS Stripe C Port Drive Model Serial B HDI jBSD H1Kt D HMAI D HMAEHI HD HMAEH 1 Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volume Tt11 Preveious zMHext CSPACE1 Selects CENTER1 Selection Complete 5 Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive 6 Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID O array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB 7 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 8 When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C A NovaScale RA21 Installation and User
10. m 2 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select Enhanced Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select Enabled Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press lt Enter gt For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot During the system bootup press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller add
11. 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt Ctrl gt and B 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below anage Arrays Leiden reate firray mirror RAID 1 34 46B dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press Ctrl and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear NOTE Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array gt Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 11 Adding Deleting Hotspares NOTE In order to rebuild a RAID RAID O or RAID 1 a new HDD will need to ez added as a hotspare To add a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up
12. Enabled 6 Goto Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press Ctrl and lt l gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt l gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility NOTE The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed Due to each serverboard controlling two of the four SATA drives in the system the NovaScale R422 R422 INf only supports RAID levels O and 1 C 2 Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes 1 After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test 2 When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the lt l gt keys simultaneously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear NOTE All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The Lx screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Bull s endorsement or non endorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C
13. USB 0 1 JUSB1 and the other 1 45V 1 45V are Front Panel USB headers USB 2 3 JUSB2 2 PO 2 PO USB 4 5 JUSB3 See the tables on the right for e rs 3 PO 3 PO pin definitions 4 Ground 4 Ground S Key 3 No connection Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you l of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened pus en npn 2 Ground Installation 2 15 SuPERK X7DBR 8 j 2 EBT m DIMM 4B JAR IO DIMM 3A fran co R RS l5 North Bridge South Bridge SCSI o 022 H GANO A a Fan Headers The NovaScale R421 motherboard X7DBR I has A Fan five chassis system fan headers 1 to Fan5 B Fan 2 See the tables below for the right for pin definitions C Fan 3 The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal prem Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the D Fan 4 Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled E Fan 5 NOTE All these fans are 4 pin fan connectors However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers 57 are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans 3 Pin Fan Header 4 Pin Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground Ground 2 j 2 02 Tachometer 3 Tachometer 4 PWM Signals 2 16 NovaScale R
14. and PCI X 100 MHz gt Slot PCI X 100MHz Slot2 PCI X 100MHz ZCR Slot3 PCI Exp 8 Slot4 PCI Exp x8 and Slot5 PCI Exp x8 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOCOh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate 5 10 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control AN Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings WARNING Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect values entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing m
15. becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered NOTE For more information on monitoring the performance and health of your server s see the Bull NovaScale RA2x AOC SIMSO SIMSO Installation and User s Guide and the Bull NovaScale Master User s Guide 1 7 ACPI Features A
16. which allows access to the system at boot up BIOS 5 21 Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 5 7 Boot 1 USB FDC Boot List Candi date 7 Enter Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices
17. 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear w Macros Help Matrix Storage Manager option ROM 05 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation Rights Reserved L 1 Uoluni amp RAID Level RAIDIA RAIDH Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxxx Create Uo lune e L 1 Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters 2 Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt 3 When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt 4 When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB NOTE For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use IL a higher stripe size 5 When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 6 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 7 When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID
18. 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as Introduction 1 9 well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Advanced Power Management 1 10 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions e Use a grounded wrist s
19. A S technical support go to http support bull com Introduction 1 1 TTTITII DEM Figure 1 1 Bull NovaScale R421 MotherBoard NOTE The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Ls Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 2 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide 3rd PYRE Fail o c 0 x lt m s k DIMM 4B 20 pin ATX Main PWR Pur E d E Eon E DIMM 3A North Bridge SITE PCLX 100MHz PEES frd ETIR a SCs a 022 JWOLT 8 not drawn to scale Figure 1 2 NovaScale R421 Motherboard Layout Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 indicates the location of Pin 1 4 For Compact Card to work properly please enable JCF1 by putting cap on it and connect JWF to a power supply 5 When LE1 is on remove the power cable before removing or installing components Introduction 1 3 1 3 Quick Reference X7DBR 8 X7DBR i 1 4 Jumper Description Default Setting J3P 3rd PWR Failure Detect Off Disabled JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JCF1 Compact Card Master Slave Select On Master JI2C1 JI2C2 SMBBus to PCI E Slo
20. Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe LinuX scontato a etum eie dna paravi D 2 The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller D 2 Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC D 2 Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU essen D 3 nel a ics eee OEE D 7 Adding Deleting Hotspares lt c n cacecsnendctandensoreadaectdewbelnciciepesesennsensapedmassapniendoa se beadaubeeteansnese D 12 signe the I S erc ER D 16 To access xis se ni D 16 EL Eo E E EEA D 17 To verify disk media RS MARANUERUPU nbi ER ATDERR win S brimpi GN Up pr D 18 Te Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration tois dn iacob Rn Ig AS CAP D 19 D 3 Windows driver for the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller D 20 Appendix E System Specifications and Regulatory Information E 1 EJ System AR Kabine nA NACH 1 EX Regulatory Specifications and DisclaliWigk iore teo otii keen ne ete Es ERU ra E Ad E 4 Declaration of the Manufacturer or aaa NS E 4 inch tape Eae ESREPACU a ia i iaia RE E 4 European Community EC Council Directives isch en rotulo epe DAD
21. C Connector J17 monitors acs status of PWR Supply Fan and system temperature 2 Data See the table on the right for pin definitions 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 3 3V VGA Connector A VGA connector JVGA1 is located next to the GLANZ port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout above for the location NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide SUPERKX7DBR 8 i DIMM 4B k 20 pin ATX Main PWR DIMM 3A EE E North Bridge pee gm TAUIA Compact Flash PWR Connector SGPIO1 C SGPIO2 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Compad Flash Card PWR C t A Compact Flash Card Power Connector is located AES or at JWF 1 For the Compact Flash Card or the sil Compact Flash Jumper JCF1 to work properly you On Power On will need to connect a power cable to JWF 1 first Off Power Off Refer to the board layout below for the location SGPIO Headers SGPIO SMB There are two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Pin Definitions Input Output headers J29 J30 located on the Pin Definition Pin Definition motherboard These headers are used to talk to 1 NC 2 NC the AMI Chip on the backplane See the table d CURIE om on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board um layout below for the locations of the headers 2 load S 7 c 8 NOTE NC No Connection
22. GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Ground x X power LED Wee G HOG LED Vac lt Wao OH Fan Fea wog Woo PR F2 LED Wao Grend C E Reset Guten Ground 5 9 pwa Gitte HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 45V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pind Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 2 PWR fail Installation 2 11 A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition D Vcc 8 Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flashing Fan Fail PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition S Vcc 6 Ground round NM X ri Powered 4 Wee Hi HDB LEG woo P SPESE Sea 4 erum 2 Vee OW Fan Fae LED Waa A Reset Button
23. RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor lt Enter gt to select option Esc to exit default Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 19 D 3 Windows driver for the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller This driver is Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver Installing the OS See Novascale R42x CD resources available from http support bull com D 20 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Appendix E System Specifications and Regulatory Information E 1 System Specifications DESIGN e Form factor Rack mount 10 drawer PROCESSORS e 2x dual core Intel Xeon 5100 at up to 3 0GHz OR 2x quad core Intel Xeon 5300 at up to 2 66GHz ARCHITECTURE e Chipset Intel 5000P Chipset Blackford MCH PXH V ESB2 Processor Front Side Bus speed 667 1066 1333 FSB depending on processor type BIOS e 8Mb Flash EEPROM Motherboards e X7DBRi MEMORY e Memory Min Max Up to 32GB Fully Buffered Dimm DDR2 667MHz e Memory slots number type 8x 240 pin DIMM sockets SLOTS e Bus slots 1 PCI Express 8 or 1 PCI X 64 bit 100Mhz SERIAL ATA CONTROLLER one on each server e Intel ESB2 on chip controller to support three 3Gb s Serial ATA RAID O or 1 MEDIA AND STORAGE DEVICES e Hard Disk Drives SATA2 7200 rpm fixed
24. Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled 5 12 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU gt NOTE Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Set to Enabled
25. before extending a component from the rack e You should extend only one component at a time extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to become unstable NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide General Server Precautions e Review the electrical and general safety precautions that came with the components you are adding to your chassis e Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails e Install the heaviest server components on the bottom of the rack first and then work up e Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply UPS to protect the server from power surges voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure e Allow the hot plug hard drives and power supply modules to cool before touching them e Always keep the rack s front door and all panels and components on the servers closed when not servicing to maintain proper cooling Rack Mounting Considerations Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the ambient operating temperature of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient temperature of the room Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the manufacturer s maximum rated ambient temperature Tmra Reduced Airflow Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compro
26. computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 5 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility WARNING Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure BIOS 5 1 5 2 Running Setup c NOTE Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see next page When you first pow
27. function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast FPIO3 DMAT and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode O Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Channel 0 and Channel 1 Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to
28. in the Item Specific Help window 5 22 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide 5 8 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility BIOS 5 23 5 24 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Appendix BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk
29. it Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold your chassis It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near a grounded power outlet Be sure to read the Rack and Server Precautions in the next section Preparing for Setup The box your chassis was shipped in should include two sets of rail assemblies two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need to install the system into the rack Please read this section in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure outlined in the sections that follow Choosing a Setup Location e Leave enough clearance in front of the rack to enable you to open the front door completely 25 inches e leave approximately 30 inches of clearance in the back of the rack to allow for sufficient airflow and ease in servicing e This product is for installation only in a Restricted Access Location dedicated equipment rooms service closets and the like Warning and Precautions 3 16 Rack Precautions e Ensure that the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them e In single rack installation stabilizers should be attached to the rack e n multiple rack installations the racks should be coupled together e Always make sure the rack is stable
30. to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU NOTE This feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of 3 Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The default settings are Disabled for the Intel 5100 Series Processors and Enable for the 5000 Series Processors Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to Enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled PECI Absent Alarm Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabl
31. type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair BIOS POST Messages A 1 Chec
32. 1385 3 85 1 5 SATA Port 1 HDC HD74BGD BBFLR1 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 43 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt CAUTION A N Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 al l ai Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 17 To verify disk media Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 6 5138001385 3 85 LS SATA Port 1 HDC WD 4BGD BBFLRl 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media Only drives present at POST are displayed t t 1 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press Enter 2 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter Cem Ren Pen Fwd Uwe Den fidaptec SATA HostRAID Control ler a D 18 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed
33. 2 5 2 6 ZN Installing DIMMs WARNING Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 1 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A then DIMM 2A and so on See the Memory Installation Table Below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The NovaScale RA21 Motherboard supports up to 32 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 667 533 in 8 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaved Memory which will increase memory performance Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Branch 0 Branch 1 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1 2A 4 DIMMs 2A
34. 2 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Console Redirection Window 192 168 1 73 ziglxi Console Redirection Keyboard View Macros Help RAID Volunes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID 9 WDC HD2588SD B1K WD WHAL 72634971 232 9 1 WDC HD2588SD 81K WD WMAL72634599 232 9 2 WDC HD2588JD BBF WD WMAEH1376189 232 96 3 WDC HD2588JD BBF WD WHAEH1449527 232 SCB ress 48137 to enter Configuration Utility Adaptec SCSI BIOS v4 38 8 opyright 2883 Adaptec Inc ALl Rights Reserved 44 Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt Slot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product Size Bus Status 04 A 18 8 Maral rt Daeamanualen adobe mesi Billiscnere EY enarac 2 Ei menapar c dram OC Boao 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Keyboard View Macros Help CREATE VOLUME MENU 1 Name RAID Level RA ID8 Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune C HELP 1 Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 3 2 Specify a name for the RAID O set and press the Tab key or the Enter key to go to the next field You can use the
35. 421 Installation and User s Guide E ae DIMM 3A North Bridge X B if p 57 PCLX 100MHz 5 SCSI Chann South Bridge Pm iis Py PY 20 pin ATX Main PWR E uasa HI Rl iz 05 BATA LSAT AISA Tat A Keyboard B Mouse C COMI D COM2 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse ports are located at JKM and JMS See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COMI is a connector located on the IO Backpanel and COM2 is a header located at JCOM2 See the table on the right for pin definitions PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Oo EM ik Serial Port Pin Definitions 1 2 3 4 5 COM1 COM2 Pin 4 Definition Pin Definition CD 6 DSR RD 7 RTS 1D 8 BIS DTR 9 RI Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection Installation 2 17 SuPER X7DBR 8 j 24 EB i DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR Banka DIMM 3A o R Bank Bank2 E Fy EP ctrl gril 5 North Bridge yee n0 PATETISATAZISATAR E OB TEEDSPE SA TAU ISA A WOR B WOL Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is designated JWOR T
36. B PWR Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions i PARF LED O C Waa Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Installation 2 13 2 7 Connecting Cables SUPER X7DBR 8 i o EB 952 DIMM 4B e gt k4 Banka DIMM 34 oo S Bank Bank2 North Bridge so PATER TSA TEE SEU z iue aaa ER a la ATX Power Connector ATX Power 20 pin Connector th iia f Pin Definitions ere are a 20 pin main power supply omen connector JPW 1 and an 8 pin PWR connector Delman Pini Define on the motherboard These power l 3 3V 3 3V connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification 2 2 43 3V The 4 pin 12V PWR supply is required to provide 3 com 3 COM adequate power t
37. CI Enumeration Area 2 if 512 MB 3 01 needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 Memory ovailable to System 2 84 BIOS amp OS applications SUPERG X7DBR 8 i e Dn Cd Notch lt Notch c p c mm Rel Rel nl k a Note Notch a J should align e i with the receptive point m on the slot LI O ye L3 T J5 oot i Figure 2 1 Installing and Removing DIMMs Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot Release Tab IL IL Release Tab To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Installation 2 7 2 6 Control Panel Connectors lO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors IO Ports SUPER X7DBR 6i p
38. CPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the p
39. Configuration Utility Hain Hemi BHESHIHBIBE TENEI PAE anage fIrraus Array Hotspare Con igure Drives all F 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert fidaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Array Configuration Utility Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives 5138881395 74 56B HDC HD748GD HBFLRI 69 208 HDC HD7486D RBFLA2 69 26B HDC HD748G6D BOFLRI 59 2GB HI H H 3 drive you ve selected will appear in Selected Drives Dialog the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 5 Select drives far Configuring Selected Drives lobo ED dBED HHEL Hi HI EITdHET AAPL 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press Enter 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue D 6 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It
40. E ARI eU E 4 International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Statement sssssssss E 5 Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement E 5 CC Declaration ases top M aure bt MU coups ER ANUS MUR GR UK M AE E 6 Canadian Compliance Statement Industry Canada E 6 of Safety cosas e toto ren o tao e estote etat bo qas bo ox A RES da MS E 6 Electrical Salebius o pee REI PUO CR OE OR e adu Et Rer n Ad er A EZ laser Safety Ea ono cce EROR GE aesae Pug Ope ciae Edu aM E 7 Data Verification tob etas rtu iot emt EZ Environmental Regulation essct tiere tolerat basteln a ae Hentai E 8 3 4 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist The Novascale R421 is 1U server which consists of the CSE 812L 520B 1U chassis and one MBD X7DBR i B serverboard In addition to the serverboard and chassis the following hardware components as listed below are included with the Novascale R421 server e 520 Power Supply PWS 521 1H20 e Two 2 CPU heatsinks SNK POO17 e 1 air shroud MCP 310 00008 01 e Three 3 SATA hard drive carrier e SATA cables three 3 CBL 0061L two 2 CBL 0082L e Two 2 10cm 5K RPM Blower Fan FAN OO591 e Rack mount hardware with screws CSE PT34 1 2 Contacting Bull S A S Technical Support For details on contacting Bull S
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42. HDD SATA2 7200 rpm 160 250 500GB e Maximum Internal Storage capacity 1500GB SATA2 e Zerochannel RAID support optional VIDEO e Video controller ATI ES1000 PCI video controller 16MB video memory System Specifications and Regulatory Information 1 NETWORK e Network interface controller Intel ESB2 Gilgal 82563EB Dual port Gigabit Ethernet Controller SECURITY e Front door Intrusion protection Chassis intrusion detection 1 O PORTS e USB ports 2x USB 2 0 e PS 2 port mouse keyboard 1x e SVGA video port 1x e System Management 1x SIMSO socket IPMI 2 0 with virtual media over LAN amp optional KVM over LAN e Ethernet port 2x RJA5 e fast UART 16550 serial port POWER SUPPLY e Fixed PSU 1x e Power consumption 580 Watts w PFC 80 efficiency e Auto csensing 110 220V 60 50Hz VENTILATION e Fan specifications 2x 10cm 5K RPM blower fans PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS e Size HxWxD 43 x 427 x 650 mm e Weight 15 4kg OS AND SOFTWARE e Windows Server 2003 Certification Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 e linux Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5 Bull Advanced Server HPC software suite OPERATING ENVIRONNEMENT Operating Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Non operating Temperature 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F Operating Relative Humidity 8 to 90 non condensing Non operating Relative Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing WARRANTY amp SERVICES e Standard warranty 3
43. PI Removable The option User will allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format 5 4 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel O Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit O This option allows the user to enable or disable the
44. RA2 mr C Q y C gt O Z Installation and User s Guide REFERENCE 86 Al 94ET 00 NOVASCALE RA2 Installation and User s Guide Hardware July 2007 BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B P 20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 Al 94ET 00 The following copyright notice protects this book under Copyright laws which prohibit such actions as but not limited to copying distributing modifying and making derivative works Copyright 9 Bull SAS 2007 Printed in France Suggestions and criticisms concerning the form content and presentation of this book are invited A form is provided at the end of this book for this purpose To order additional copies of this book or other Bull Technical Publications you are invited to use the Ordering Form also provided at the end of this book Trademarks and Acknowledgements We acknowledge the right of proprietors of trademarks mentioned in this book Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 and Microsoft software are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States of America and other countries licensed exclusively through the Open Group Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Supermicro is a registered trademark of Supermicro Computer Limited Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd Nov
45. S was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in PIDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel O Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are BIOS 5 3 Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders User you enter Cylinders parameters of hard disk sadi drive installed at this nons connection Heads fiuto autotypes Sectors hard disk drive installed here Sectors CD ROM a CD ROM drive Maximum Capacity d a caen ER is emovable a E Capacity removable disk drive is LBA Format installed here Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit I 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATA
46. Striping amp Mirroring RAID O and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 1 The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID O RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID O RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility NOTE If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the L5 Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Usethe arrow keys to select the Exi Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select
47. XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a poinHo point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 5000P chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode The Intel HostRAID Configurations The following RAID levels are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10
48. ZHrg D SE LI BY WT Law KH So AST HI HOL 3H5D BHELIIZ HOE LIPUdHZD BHELA 69 Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 0 13 Rebuilding Arrays NOTE Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only 5 If an array Build process is interrupted or if a critical member is missing a Rebuild must be performed to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive NOTE If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare 3 before you can rebuild array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl and R to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 14 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Deleting Arrays WARNING Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored 1 From the main menu shown Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The following prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do
49. ache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 5 12K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data
50. ails A and the outer rails B are installed on the rack 2 Line chassis rails A with the front of the rack rails C 3 Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been 3 20 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide 4 pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Optional Insert and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack To install the outer rails to the rack 1 2 3 Position the fixed rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack Keep the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided Attach the second rail to the rack making sure that both rails are the same height To install the chassis into a rack l Confirm that chassis includes the inner rails A and the outer rails B are installed on the rack Line chassis rails A with the front of the rack rails C Slide the chassis rails into the rack rails keeping the pressure even on both sides you may have to depress the locking tabs when inserting When the server has been pushed completely into the rack you should hear the locking tabs click Optional Insert and tightening the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack NovaScale R421 C
51. al drive has a label that identifies its classification The optical drive in this system unit is certified in the U S to conform to the requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services 21 Code of Federal Regulations DHHS 21 CFR Subchapter J for Class 1 laser products Elsewhere the drive is certified to conform to the requirements of the International Electro technical Commission IEC 60825 1 2001 and CENELEC EN 60825 1 1994 for Class 1 laser products CAUTION Invisible laser radiation when open Do not stare into beam or view directly with optical instruments Class 1 Laser products are not considered to be hazardous The optical drive contains internally a Class 3B gallium arsenide laser that is nominally 30 mill watts at 830 nanometers The design incorporates a combination of enclosures electronics and redundant interlocks such that there is no exposure to laser radiation above a Class 1 level during normal operation user maintenance or servicing conditions Data Integrity and Verification WARNING Bull NovaScale Servers are designed to reduce the risk of undetected data corruption or loss However if unplanned outages or system failures occur users are strongly advised to check the accuracy of the operations performed and the data saved or transmitted by the system at the time of outage or failure System Specifications and Regulatory Information E 7 Environmental Regulation This product has been built to
52. and User s Guide EN61000 3 3 Voltage Flicker Low Voltage 73 23 EEC EN 60950 EC Conformity 93 68 EEC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment 19975 EC Neither the provider nor the manufacturer can accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non recommended modification of the product Compliance with these directives requires An EC declaration of conformity from the manufacturer An EC label on the product Technical documentation International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Statement This product has been designed and built to comply with standard IEC 60950 Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at its own expense Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits Neither the provider no
53. and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press lt Insert gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then press Enter 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected 5138001385 14 36B 85 HDC WD 486D BRFLR2 53 AGB HDC HD 48GD BHFLRI bY HGB HDC WD748GD BRFLR2 69 ACB HDC HD 48GD BRFLA1 69 AGB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit Enter as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Clays postre d aH FHL A
54. aptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 9 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below firray Type RAID O Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB No Init Done Precautions when Creating Arrays 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 Ifyou stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by pressing lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID O migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 ltis not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss WARNING Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID O using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive D 10 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Adding a Bootable Array
55. ascale Universal is a registered trademark of Bull S A S The information in this document is subject to change without notice Bull will not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of this material Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the Bull NovaScale R421 X7DBR i motherboard The NovaScale R421 X7DBR i supports dual Intel Xeon 64 bit dual core processors with a front side bus speed of 1 333 GHz 1 066 GHz 667 MHz With dual 64 bit Xeon dual core processors the 5000P chipset and 8 DDR2 FBD 667 533 memory modules built in the NovaScale R421 X7DBR i offers substantial functionality and performance enhancements to the motherboards based on the NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with 32 bit based software The features include Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer environments than the traditional motherboards The NovaScale R421 X7DBR i is ideal fo
56. ay cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both AGB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correction by maintaining two copies of data in two branches Single Channel O allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential Mirroring and Single Channel O Branch 0 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch O Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Branch 1 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Err
57. ble Disable SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Set JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port ings wen The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable Both Jumpers Definition VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A 3rd PWR Fail B VGA Enabled A SuPER X7DBR 8 i Ca al ad Cl 1 DIMM 4B JAR DIMM 4A 20 pin ATX Main PWR Bank4 E E me DIMM 3A 9 s E Bank2 ni sa E k DIMM 1B a i aoe TE a NS PA i Jat N am SE bee seid 5 sa iso VGA CIRER B 5 8 KTETISATAZISATAS ag tug nz T jos SA SLM m Ge Mm lago fs Installation 2 27 2 28 Bus to PCI Slots 1 2 JPC1 JPC2 allow you to enable C Bus to X PCLE slots See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Disabled Compact Flash Master Slave Select A Compact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this jumper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card or the Compact Flash Jumper to work properly you will need to connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF first Refer to the board layout below for the location A JPC1 B JP C2 C Compact Flash Master Slave Select SuPER X7DBR 8 i 7 Ta DIMM 4B JAR k Banka pBank4 mm ko Bank2 co EIEIBE k R No
58. board Refer to the layout below for the location of SIMSO slot A SIMSO Slot SUPER X7DBR 8 i DIMM 4B Ih k 20 pin ATX Main PWR nii Bank4 E DIMM 3A co R E zm S E EEES P idi k Bank2 D presa E DIMM 1B el North Bridge R E ee i v Li pge a 2 22 sa lt m E i t U3 ES DAZ MH 2 oma pud ey any auae Installation 2 31 2 32 IDE Connectors IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions There are two IDE Connectors Pin Definition Pin 4 Definition 1 Blue JIDE2 White on the motherboard The blue IDE connector Reset IDE 2 Ground 1 is designated as the Primary 3 Host Data 7 4 Data 8 IDE Drive The white IDE connector 5 ost Data 6 ost Data 9 2 is designated as the Secondary 7 HostData5 8 Host Data 10 IDE Drive reserved for Compact Flash MUNERE Card use only See the note below See the table on the right for pin LEN Sa MCN O definitions 13 ost Data 2 14 ost Data 13 L3 ost Data 1 16 ost Data 14 ost Data O 18 ost Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 2 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 OWrite 24 Ground A IDE 1 25 OReod 26 Ground B Compact Flash Card 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 32 516 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 AddrO 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 38 Chip Sel
59. cket Riser Card 7 Replace the chassis cover and continue setup according to the add on card instructions NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 11 Installation Step 4 System Blowers Two heavy duty blowers provide cooling for the chassis These blowers circulate air through the chassis as a means of lowering the chassis internal temperature System Blower Blower Post Figure 3 8 Unassembled System Blowers System Blower General Information When using the NovaScale RA21 server be aware of the following e blower rack can be adjusted into two different positions Left and Right e Blowers can be removed from the blower rack and rotated by 15 degrees e chassis includes foam barriers that regulate the air stream to the rear of the chassis If you move the system blowers from right to left use the second set of foam barriers located in the accessory box AN IMPORTANT Do not run the system without the foam barriers installed properly 3 12 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide The Left Blower is turned toward the rear of the chassis Foam Barrier Foam Barrier The Right Blower is angled to the side Figure 3 9 Sy
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61. cuit boards PCBs in their antistatic bags until ready for use Touch a grounded metal object before removing any board from its antistatic bag Do not let components or PCBs come into contact with your clothing which may retain a charge even if you are wearing a wrist strap Handle a board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the server board and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer server provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the server board NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 3 3 3 3 4 System Interface Overview There are several LEDs on the control panel as well as others on the drive carriers to keep you constantly informed of the overall status of the system as well as the activity and health of specific components The NovaScale R421 server has two buttons on the control panel a reset button and an on off switch This chapter explains the meanings of all LED indicators and the appropriate response you may need to take
62. d and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are 5 14 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Primary and Secondary P DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a di
63. d free of clutter Place the server top cover and any system components that have been removed away from the system or on a table so that they won t accidentally be stepped on While working on the system do not wear loose clothing such as neckties and unbuttoned shirt sleeves which can come into contact with electrical circuits or be pulled into a cooling fan Remove any jewelry or metal objects from your body which are excellent metal conductors that can create short circuits and harm you if they come into contact with printed circuit boards or areas where power is present After accessing the inside of the system close the system back up and secure it to the rack unit with the retention screws after ensuring that all connections have been made System Safety Electrostatic discharge ESD is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference which can damage electronic components and printed circuit boards The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Keep all components and printed cir
64. de from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values O9h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmoble Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh BIOS POST Codes B 1 POST Code 22h 24h 28h 29h 2Ah 2Ch 2Eh 2Fh 32h 33h 36h 38h 3Ah 3Ch 3Dh Alh 42h 45h 46h 48h 49h 4Ah 4Bh 4Ch 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 54h 55h 58h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch Description 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller Set ES segment register to 4 GB Auto size DRAM Initialize POST Memory Manager Clear 512 kB base RAM 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus Enable cache before system BIOS shadow Test CPU bus clock frequency Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager Warm start shut down Shadow system BIOS ROM Auto size cache Advanced configuration of chipset registers Load alternate registers with CMOS values Ini
65. der to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 2 4 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW sequence as show in the picture on the G right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wiggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wiggling the heatsink e Q NO 3 SCREW 0 2 SCREW 3 Once the heatsink is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray NOTE Some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take Iia precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis Installation 2 5
66. e POST Code Description FAh Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously BIOS POST Codes B 5 B 6 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Note for the User This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers NOTE The current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows LF
67. e Hard Disk Drive SIMSO DIMM IPMI and SCSI Connections Floppy Drive Connector Note the following when connecting the floppy and Pin Definitions Floppy hard disk drive cables Pin Definition Pin Definition e floppy disk drive cable has l ences M AERIS seven twisted wires 3 Ground 4 Reserved FDEDIN e Ared mark on a wire typically 7 Ground 8 Index designates the location of pin 1 een UNSERE 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B provide for two floppy disk 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable drives The connector with twisted i Gord ie DIR wires always connects to drive jB 20 STEP A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track OO Floppy Connector 27 Ground 28 Write Protect The fl is l d h 29 Ground 30 Read Data e floppy connector is locate at J22 See the SX maak 2m doe fedet table on the right for the pin definitions 33 Ground 34 Diskette A Floppy Port SUPERGX7DBR 8 i E SS L SS 5 DO 58820 Loo 1 co 1 JL 0 O A 3 raj d E oes OEE 2 30 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide SIMSO Slot There is a SIM SO DIMM IPMI Slot on the mother
68. e model No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and memory modules 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Losing the System s Setup Configuration l Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for Troubleshooting 4 1 details on recommended power supplies The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one CR2032 or compatible model If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs Memory Errors l 2 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 667 533 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots To install memory modules begin with Branch O then Branch 1 and so on see Page 2 6 4 2 Contacting B
69. ect 1 39 Activity 40 Ground CF NOTE JIDE2 the white slot is reserved for Compact Flash Card only Do not use it for other devices If JIDE2 is populated with a Compact Flash Card JIDE1 the blue slot will be available for one device only For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will need to connect a power cable to JWF1 first SUPER X7DBR 8 i 2 4 3 Bank Bank4 E x DIMM 3A Ico R 7 5 North Bridge BRIALISATR ISAT NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Chapter 3 NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 1 Introduction Overview NovaScale R421 server chassis features a unique and highly optimized design The chassis is equipped with high efficiency power supply High performance fans provide ample optimized cooling for FB DIMM memory modules and three hot swap drive bays offer maximum storage capacity Where to get Replacement Components Though not frequently you may need replacement parts for your system To ensure the highest level of professional service and technical support we strongly recommend purchasing exclusively from Bull SAS Contacting Bull For details on contacting Bull go to http support bull com NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 1 3 2 System Safety Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your NovaScale RA21 server up and running Following the steps in order given should enable you to have your server setup and opera
70. ed the PECI Absent Alarm will be activated if the function of PECI Platform Environment Control Interface is not available for the onboard process es or for the motherboard The options are Disabled and Enabled NOTE If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the 5 system for change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled 5 5 13 Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information gt 1 O Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disable
71. emoving or installing main system components such as the server board and memory modules When disconnecting power you should first power down the system with the operating system and then unplug the power cords from all the power supply modules in the system e When working around exposed electrical circuits another person who is familiar with the power off controls should be nearby to switch off the power if necessary e Use only one hand when working with powered on electrical equipment This is to avoid making a complete circuit which will cause electrical shock Use extreme caution when using metal tools which can easily damage any electrical components or circuit boards they come into contact with Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock Instead use rubber mats that have been specifically designed as electrical insulators 3 2 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide The power supply power cord must include a grounding plug and must be plugged into grounded electrical outlets Server board Battery CAUTION There is a danger of explosion if the onboard battery is installed upside down which will reverse its polarities This battery must be replaced only with the same or an equivalent type recommended by the manvfacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions General Safety Precautions Keep the area around the server clean an
72. er on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 5 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 5 2 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide 5 4 Main BIOS Setup Menu Sustem Tine P Enter Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIO
73. ers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing Xeon Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000P chipset the Xeon Dual Core Processor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon Dual Core Processor e 11 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB e 12 Cache Size AMB 2MB per core e Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s e Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 5 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced section Boot Features to change this setting Note Default Last State 1 6 Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the NovaScale R421 motherboard X7DBR i All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for CPU Cores Memory Chipset 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V standby and Introduction 1 7 An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage
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75. g data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects BIOS 5 9 when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled P PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled Onboard SCSI OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capitally to boot from SCSI HDD The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X 1 2 MASS Mass Data Storage This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz
76. hassis Installation 3 21 3 22 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 4 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to section 4 2 Contacting Bull S A S Technical Support in this chapter NOTE Always disconnect power cord before adding changing installing any hardware components Before Power On l Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manvfacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chassis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one CR2032 or compatibl
77. his function allows your computer to receive and een be woken up by an incoming call to the modem Pin Definition when the system is in the suspend state See the 1 Ground table on the right for pin definitions You must have 2 Wakeup a Wake OnRing card and cable to use this feature Please make sure to enable this function in the BIOS Wake On LAN Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL1 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this 8 feature 2 Ground Wake up 2 18 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide SUPERKX7DBR 8 i 2 EB KB c JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWA Fd P DIMM 3A T Zio Horth Bridge STE PCHX 100MHz BREERG a Es FA i Buzzer na 5 E South 0 22 Bridge s ER EE af aao 2 JPG1 3 T ASA Tap Eas s bused ORT fit uar als E A GLAN1 2 B PWR LED Speaker GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are designated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables GLAN1 GLAN2 Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED Speaker Connector and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table aem uem E in Setting Definition on the right for speaker pin definitions N
78. ices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Appendix BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal B 1 Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected B 2 Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description Olh IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI OAh Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware O7h Disable shadow and execute co
79. igure 3 2 Removing the Chassis Cover To remove the chassis cover 1 Press the release tabs to remove the cover from the locked position Press both tabs at the same time 2 Once the top cover is released from the locked position slide the cover toward the rear of the chassis 3 Lift the cover off the chassis WARNING Except for short periods of time do NOT operate the server without the cover in place The chassis cover must be in place to allow proper airflow and prevent overheating NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 7 Installation Step 2 Install the Hard Drives Figure 3 3 Remove the Hard Drive To install a hard drive to the chassis 1 Locate the hard drive bracket 2 Remove the screw securing the bracket to the chassis and slide the bracket toward the rear of the chassis 3 Connect standard hard drive to the bracket and secure the connection with the six screws connected to the bracket NOTE The bracket includes six screw and six rubber feet to reduce vibration Always gt use the rubber feet with installing the hard drive 4 Carefully slide replace the bracket in the chassis and secure the hard drive with the screw that was previously removed Figure 3 4 Install the Hard Drive and Bracket 3 8 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Installation Step 3 Installing the Motherboard Riser Bracket Card Figure 3 5 Riser Card Bracket Permanent and Optional Standoffs S
80. ilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed I2O block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted BIOS POST Messages A 3 A 4 Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays 2222 Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup F3 for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to enter Setup and change the settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage dev
81. is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below NOTE To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete gt 749 368 HDC HD 748CD 88FLAL 69 86B HDC HD 48GD BHFLA2 64 AGB HDC HD 4BGD BBFLRI 69 06 3 arrays you have selected will appear on Selected Drives dialog box on right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Properties menu displays Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 7 Select drives to create Array Selected Drives 38081385 4 36 ST38881385 74 3GB Hl HDC HDYA4HUD HHFLRAT 569 HE H HDC HD748GD PBFLRZ AGE WDC MD74HCD BHFLRI 69 HCB WI IAGD AA H aL MT Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array CAUTION Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the array types which are available will be displayed on the screen RAID O or RAID 1 requires two drives array Properties firray Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via Done NovaScale R421 Insta
82. is setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error messages even when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No BIOS 5 7 5 8 Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide P Memory Cache C
83. k date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error
84. llation and User s Guide 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press Enter The label should contain more than 15 characters 3 ForRAID O select the desired stripe size The available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default size please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select the creation method for RAID O and RAID 1 from the different possibilities that are listed The following table provides examples showing when each method is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID O Quick Init Creating a RAID O on new drives RAID O Migrate Creating a RAID O from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Array Properties Array Type RAID O Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done NOTE If you select Migrate for RAID O or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to EF select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost Ad
85. lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select 3 Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays 4 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu 1 From the main menu select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear 2 Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 9 C 3 Windows driver for Intel ESB2 Serial RAID controller This driver is the Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 Installing the OS See Novascale R42x CD resources available from http support bull com C 10 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system NOTE The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinne
86. ltime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ICansale Redirectian Window 192 165 1133 7 i Enter 5 20 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide 5 6 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is Supervisor Password Is This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password
87. ments A CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT label is located on the laser device e Class 1 Laser Product e Luokan 1 Laserlaite e Klasse 1 Laser Apparat e laser Klasse 1 Definition of Safety Notices DANGER A Danger notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing death or serious personal injury CAUTION A Caution notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing moderate or minor personal injury WARNING A Warning notice indicates an action that could cause damage to a program device system or data NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Electrical Safety The following safety instructions shall be observed when connecting or disconnecting devices to the system DANGER The Customer is responsible for ensuring that the AC electricity supply is compliant with national and local recommendations regulations standards and codes of practice An incorrectly wired and grounded electrical outlet may place hazardous voltage on metal parts of the system or the devices that attach to the system and result in an electrical shock It is mandatory to remove power cables from electrical outlets before relocating the system CAUTION This unit has more than one power supply cable Follow procedures for removal of power from the system when directed Laser Safety Information The optical drive in this system unit is a classified as a Class 1 level Laser product The optic
88. mised Mechanical Loading Equipment should be mounted into a rack so that a hazardous condition does not arise due to uneven mechanical loading Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern Reliable Ground A reliable ground must be maintained at all times To ensure this the rack itself should be grounded Particular attention should be given to power supply connections other than the direct connections to the branch circuit i e the use of power strips etc Rack Mounting Instructions This section provides information on installing the NovaScale R421 server into a rack unit with the rails provided There are a variety of rack units on the market which may mean the assembly procedure will differ slightly You should also refer to the installation NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 17 instructions that came with the rack unit you are using NOTE The rails will fit a rack between 29 and 35 25 deep Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails The chassis package includes two rack rail assemblies in the rack mounting kit Each assembly consists of two sections an inner fixed chassis rail that secures directly to the server chassis and a
89. n for SCSI Channel A JPA2 and Channel B JPA3 connectors The default setting is open to enable termination See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Default Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Term Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Open default Enabled Closed Disabled NOTE In order for the SCSI drives to function properly please do not change the default setting enabled set by the manvfacturer A SCSI Enable B SCSI Channel A Termination Enable C SCSI Channel B Termination Enable SuPER X7DBR 8 i nul a DIMM 4B JAR k DIMM 3A S Bank Bank4 k Bank2 DIMM 1B North Bridge 20 pin ATX Main PWR E 7 TJR el GA JPG1 co 2 26 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide HT 05 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault supply failure This feature is available when three aep Jumper Settings power supply units are installed in the chassis with nus one acting as a backup If you only have one or Jumper Setting Definition two power supply units installed you should disable Closed Enabled this the default setting with J3P to prevent false Open Disabled Default alarms VGA Ena
90. n outer fixed rack rail that secures directly to the rack itself These sections may be attached for shipment and it may be necessary to separate the inner and outer rail for rack mounting To remove the fixed chassis rail 1 Pull the fixed inner rail A from the outer rail as far as possible you should hear a click sound as a locking tab emerges from inside the rail assembly and locks the inner rail 2 Depress the locking tab to pull the inner rail completely out 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other side Figure 3 12 Inner and Outer Rack Rails 3 18 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Inner Chassis Rail Figure 3 13 Rail Installation To install the inner rail to the chassis 1 Align the chassis rail with the side of the chassis 2 Secure the rail to the chassis using six M5 flat head screws 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other chassis NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 19 Rail Bracket Figure 3 14 Mounting the Chassis To install the outer rails to the rack 1 Position the fixed rack rail sliding rail guide assemblies at the desired location in the rack Keep the sliding rail guide facing the inside of the rack 2 Screw the assembly securely to the rack using the brackets provided 3 Attach the second rail to the rack making sure that both rails are the same height To install the chassis into a rack 1 Confirm that chassis includes the inner r
91. nce 8 7 1 1 4 TA Chipset be da Ae did 1 7 Ie X 1 7 16 PC eal Monitoring ac toam ettet ott Edo b AR etus cata AE E ASR dua t etes s 1 7 7 1 8 18 0 MH MEUM 1 9 s see ee 1 9 Cnapier2 GE LUCI A MM aep sa np URS 2 1 24 Static osnsilive DBVIDBS o ta ceases rt i ese vals ORTHO onan EAR OH BRUN ENG I Ed ct D UR 2 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan cie esiste tones odii kate doalapsvaaasdebadematosusunores 2 2 2 2 Installation ofthe Hedtsink i e etude ORA GU a Papel ca NH ocu npo MK UR a EAR Metri habei dns 2 4 2 4 To Un install the Heatsink OTRO 2 4 2 5 installing DIMMS rr c 2 6 2 6 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports a a T eme A A e eme e res AEREE hir 2 8 gr iMMR A 2 9 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions etre Kbps EROR rd XA P2 Sue RUM 2 10 27 Connecting Cables du dett Nette tuit id
92. o gently push the socket clip down to the clip lock If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard WARNING Please keep the plastic cap The motherboard and the CPU must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU pins Shipment without the CPU plastic cap properly installed will void the warranty Plastic cap is released from the load plate if the CPU is properly installed Installation 2 3 2 3 Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws the 1 and the 2 screws until they arejust snug do not tighten the screws Screw 1 Screw 2 fully to avoid possible damage to the CPU Screw 1 cf Screw 2 2 4 To Un install the Heatsink WARNING AN We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below in or
93. o short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS NOTE For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove 5 the AC power and then short to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog function Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application is hung up Pins 1 2 will Watch Dog cause WD to reset the system if an application is Jumper Settings IWD hung up Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable Jumper Setting Definition interrupt signal for the application that is hung up Pins 1 2 Reset default See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Ping 2 3 NMI Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Open Disabled NOTE When enabled the user needs to write their own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable SUPER X7DBR 8 i mT PUA ais Pyy Bank4 co R 2 DIMM 3A North Bridge E ae so aye EY SATAR bused ER TAU IS TACISA TAS Installation 2 25 SCSI Controller Enable Disable Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or disable the Adaptec SCSI controller The default setting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Termination Enable Disable Jumpers JPA2 JPA3 are used to enable or disable terminatio
94. o the system See the table on the ela zT right for pin definitions for a connector 1 For i information on the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer 5 COM 5 COM below 6 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 Res NC 8 PWR OK Processor Power Connector SVSB 20 5V 10 12V In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your power supply See Required Connection the table on the right for pin definitions 12V 8 pin Power CPU 12V 4 pin Power A ATX Main PWR Connector Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definitions B 8 pin Processor PWR Pins Definition Pins Definition C 4 PWR 1 through 4 Ground 1 and 2 Ground Sthrough8 12 3ed4 2 14 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide SUPER X7DBR 8 i Fail 20 pin ATX Main PWR E Sil m DIMM 3A R Plrk North Bridge Qm South Bridge 8 81 cTALR 022 rf T B IALESATAUISATAS 5 USBO 1 A Back Panel USB 0 1 i peitien B Front Panel USB 2 3 C Front Panel USB 4 5 3 PO D Chassis Intrusion 4 Ground 5 N A Universal Serial Bus USB Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB 2 3 4 5 There are six USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports USB4 USB5 headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Pin Definition Pin Definition Panel USB ports
95. or Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the NOTE A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an LS add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip BIOS 5 11 performance of TOE devices The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency
96. or rack installation instructions NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Power Supply The NovaScale R421 server has a 520 watt power supply This power supply is auto switching capable This enables it to automatically sense and operate at a 100v to 240v input voltage New units can be ordered directly from Bull SAS see contact information in the Preface Remove these rear screws Figure 3 11 Chassis Power Supply To change the power supply 1 2 Power down the server and unplug the power cord Remove power cord from the rear of the chassis and disconnect the power supply for the motherboard and other chassis components In the front the power supply is held to the chassis by two L brackets Remove the two screws that secure the L bracket to the chassis In the rear the power supply is secured by two screws Lift the power supply from the chassis Replace the power supply with a new one Secure all four screws NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 15 3 5 Rack Installation Overview This chapter provides a quick setup checklist to get your chassis up and running Following these steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimum amount of time Unpacking the System You should inspect the box the chassis was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the chassis itself shows damage you should file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered
97. ors SCSI Channel A Channel B Connectors X7DBR 8 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers SIM SO DIMM IPMI Slot System Management Bus Header x8 slots J41 J42 J43 Back Panel USB 0 1 Front Panel USB 2 3 FP USBA 5 VGA Connector Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header Introduction 1 5 WIN m 12313 L 5OOUP Figure 1 3 General Block Diagram of the 5000P Chipset 1 6 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide 1 4 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000P chipset the NovaScale R421 motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based servers with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000P chipset supports a single dual or quad Intel 64 bit dual core with front side bus speeds of up to 1 333 GHz The chipset consists of the 5000P Memory Controller Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 The 5000P MCH chipset is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus that transfers data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset connects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing up to 32 GB of DDR2 FBD ECC memory The MCH chipset also provides three x8 PCI Express interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000P chipset off
98. ote The speaker connector pins are for use with an external Internal Speaker speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker Pins 4 7 External Speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Installation 2 19 SuPER X7DBR 8 j Fail p DIMM 4B m 20 pin ATX Main PWR k Bank Bank2 a Bre curans DIMM 3A EI North Bridge enne EM 0 PGEX 100MHz PEESI F 2 al use scsi o cTRLR D 2 JWOLI BATAL BOA TAG c ag za a E A Power Fault B Alarm Reset PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition power supply failure This warning signal is passed 4 Signal Alarm Reset through the PWR LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fault PWR Supply Failure 1 PWR 1 Fail 2 PWR 2 Fail Connect a cable from your power supply to the Power Failure header JPWF to provide warning of 3 RAR S feil Note This feature is only available when using NovaScale 421 redundant power supplies Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Alarm Reset Reset JART is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Connect Pin Setting Definition JAR1 to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the Pin 1 Grane alarm that is activated when a power module fails Bins 15V See the table on the righ
99. ower button again to wake up the whole system During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required 1 8 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only NOTE Wake On4AN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 8 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more impor
100. pe size The default stripe size is 128 KB 7 Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 7 8 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 9 When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu Deleting a RAID Volume WARNING Make sure you back up your dota before deleting RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set 1 From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press Enter 2 Usethe Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A warning message displays 3 When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide WARNING Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive 1 From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press Enter The following screen will appear MAIN MENU 1 Create RAID Volune 2 Use the
101. processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 5 12K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writin
102. r high performance dual processor DP enterprise server environments This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system Chapter 3 describes the installation of the NovaScale R421 server chassis If you encounter any problems see Chapter 4 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS Chapter 5 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C and Appendix D list Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix E includes System Specifications and Regulatory Information Bibliography e Bull NovaScale RA2x AOC SIMSO SIMSO Installation and User s Guide B6 A1 96 ET 00 e NovaScale Master User s Guide 86 2 49 EG Preface Table of Contents Preface About This Manual Chapter 1 Introduction c 1 1 Tell 1 1 L2 Contacting Bull SAS Technical Supports sinensis yn Bede to hea hibet ote td 1 1 1 3 Quick Refere
103. r than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000P Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub provides I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Serial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID O Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID O Four drives of RAID O Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID O two drives of RAID 1 NOTE This list is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Configuring Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux
104. r the manufacturer is responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user s authority to operate the equipment The customer is responsible for ensuring compliance of the modified product System Specifications and Regulatory Information E 5 E 6 FCC Declaration of Conformity This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of the following standards Electrical Compatibility UL 60950 CSA 60950 Canadian Compliance Statement Industry Canada This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of the following standards Laser Compliance Notice This product that uses laser technology complies with Class 1 laser require
105. r to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 5 16 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide gt Hardware Monitor Logic NOTE The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware gt monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 75 C CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan5 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by vol
106. rth Bridge Bus to PCI Slots Jumper Settings Jumper Definition 1 2 Enabled Off Disabled Default Compact Flash Card Master Slave Select Jumper Definition Open Slave Secondary Closed Master Primary 20 pin ATX Main PWR E t E Arenal PEA PEERY NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide L AUGE ANN 2 9 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs Activity LED Link LED m m ud Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates activity while the power LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed GLAN Activity Indicator of the connection See the tables at right for more information LED Color Definition Off No Activity or 10 Mbps Blinking Active GLAN Link Indicator A GLAN Port LEDs LED Color Definition B GLAN Port2 LEDs Sn go EM Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps SuPER X7DBR 8 i t 8 SM T KB 982 DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR Ee DIMM 4A dia E i e DIMM 3A DIMM 1B 3 North Bridge H FE KT muc p rox nun PEPE px v AN m E E a N MP am South D 8 22 wa 55 Bridge ecol zk sed eo m o e m scsi e SR DA2 JBT1 p Battery d wot OHT 1 BATA EXE ELS mm aa Installation 2 29 2 10 Floppy Driv
107. s Installation 2 23 2 8 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Connector Pins L Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short i NOTE On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Port GLAN Port2 on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled A GLAN Port Enable B GLAN Port2 Enable SUPER X7DBR 8 i a BO DIMM 4B k c D D Bank Bank4 k Bank2 North Bridge oe if _PCLX JOOKIH 99 PCEX 100MHz South Bridge 2 24 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide GLAN Enable Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default 23 Disabled 4 pi i Py S 20 pin ATX Main PWR ais E E marl a iz BATZTISATASISATASIP A CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time t
108. s Guide Creating a RAID 1 Volume 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Console Redirection Window 192 168 1 73 Console Redirection Keyboard View Macros Help Intel CR Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation ALL Rights Reserved Voluml RAID Level RAID1 Mirror Disks Select Disks Strip Size N A Capacity 8 8 GB Create Uo lune Enter a string betueen 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters 11 2 Specify for RAID 1 set and press Tab key or the Enter key to go to the next field You can use the Esc key to select the previous menu 3 When RAID Level item is highlighted press the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit Enter 4 When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit Enter The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed 5 Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays 6 When asked you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menv Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 5 Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0
109. s SATA RAID functionality and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID O allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk O performance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID O stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Bull s X7DBT X7DBT INF offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following D 2 Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage arrays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following P 2 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations Press the Ctrl and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously a
110. select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS 5 5 5 6 ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing Enters Boot Features gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode IF enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode Th
111. splay to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT1OO VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII BIOS 5 15 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XCFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST Choose whethe
112. ssor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts INMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure Check for SMART Drive optional Set up Power Management Initialize security engine optional Enable hardware interrupts Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of day Check key lock Initialize typematic rate Erase lt ESC gt prompt Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke Enter SETUP Clear Boot flag Check for errors Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional POST done prepare to boot operating system 1 One short beep before boot Terminate QuietBoot optional BIOS POST Codes B 3 POST Code B h B9h BAh BCh BDh BEh BFh COh
113. stalled make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the Intel Xeon Dualcore 51xx or Quadcore 53xx Processor Socket Clip Load Plate 1 Press the socket clip to release the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket clip to open the load plate Load Plate 2 2 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide North Center Edge Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket Socket Key Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against CPU Key semi circle the surface or against any pins of the cutout below the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or circle the socket With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly Corner with a triangle cutout installed Use your thumb t
114. stem Blowers in default position Blower Default Position In the NovaScale R421 server the blowers remain in the default position The default position is the tray in the furthest right position The left blower is directed toward the rear of the chassis The right blower is turned to the left NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 13 3 14 Installation Step 5 Installing the Air Shroud Figure 3 10 Air Shroud for the NovaScale R421 server Air shrouds concentrate airflow to maximize blower efficiency To install the air shroud Place the air shroud in the chassis The air shroud fits behind the two blowers closest to the power supply To check the server air flow 1 Make sure there are no objects to obstruct airflow in and out of the server 2 Do not operate the server without drives or drive trays in the drive bays Use only recommended server parts 3 Make sure no wires or foreign objects obstruct air flow through the chassis Pull all excess cabling out of the airflow path or use shorter cables The control panel LEDs inform you of system status See Section 3 3 System Interface for details on the LEDs and the control panel buttons Installation Complete In the NovaScale R421 server the chassis power supply and blowers are pre installed If you need to install blowers continue to the Systems Blower section of this chapter If the NovaScale R421 server is to be installed into a rack continue to the next chapter f
115. t for pin definitions 2 20 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide SuPER X7DBR 8 i 1 HEB DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR Banka Bank4 E 2 E g E North Bridge E MM ur OH Fan Fail LED B SMB Header Overheat LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 sec Overheat LED Fan Fail JOH1 2 OH Ade The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide warnings of chassis overheating This LED OH Fan Fail LED will blink to indicate a fan failure Refer to the table veo State Message on right for pin definitions Solid Overheat Blinking Fan Fail SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions A System Management Bus header is located at Pin Definition J18 Connect the appropriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Data 2 Ground S Clock 4 No Connection Installation 2 21 t l SuPERKX7DBR 8 i 7 TE ak Fail dus DIMM 4B JAR 20 pin ATX Main PWR El zm anka c e ES DIMM 3A CPu1 comi Bank2 B co les EIEIg E Peral North Bridge Cpu2 Z E z zur iT Ls 2 Aii B Ez 22 i Chan A U3 8 VGA CTRLR JPG1 JOL mm TE tone iiir A PWR SMB B VGA PWR SMB Pin Definitions Power SMB I C Connector Power SMB I2
116. t the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear NOTE To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Eg lt Enter gt key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it E Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility b frray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 3 D 4 Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown below anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare igure Drives Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it CAUTION Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu select Configure Drives and hit Enter as shown below NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 88 Array
117. tage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A 12V Vcore B 5Vsb 12V 5VDD P1V5 P VIT 3 3V Vbat BIOS 5 17 7 NOTE This option is available only when IPMI is installed in the system Console Redirection Windus 192 168 1153 System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing E
118. tandoffs prevent short circuits by securing space between the motherboard and the chassis surface The NovaScale R421 server includes permanent standoffs in locations used by its motherboard X7DBR i These standoffs accept the rounded Phillips head screws included in the NovaScale R421 server accessories packaging Riser Card The NovaScale R421 server include permanent riser cards that allow the chassis to utilize a variety of add on cards Before installing the motherboard you must remove the riser card To do so simply remove the two screws holding the riser card and lift the riser card from the chassis To install the motherboard 1 Review the documentation that came with your motherboard Become familiar with component placement requirements precautions and cable connections 2 Open the chassis cover 3 Remove the riser card bracket 4 As required by your motherboard install standoffs in any areas that do not have a permanent standoff To do this a Place a hexagonal standoff screw through the bottom the chassis b Secure the screw with the hexagon nut rounded side up 5 Lay the motherboard on the chassis aligning the permanent and optional standoffs NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 9 6 Secure the motherboard to the chassis using the rounded Phillips head screws 7 Secure the CPU s heatsinks and other components to the motherboard as described in the motherboard documentation 8 Connect the cables bet
119. tant for processors that have high CPU clock rates The NovaScale R421 Motherboard X7DBR i can only accommodates 24 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate In addition the 12V 4 pin power supply 2 is also required to ensure adequate power supply fo the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 9 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 Mor 2 88 disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or
120. tialize extended memory for RomPilot optional Initialize interrupt vectors POST device initialization 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice Check video configuration against CMOS Initialize PCI bus and devices Initialize all video adapters in system QuietBoot start optional Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright notice Initialize MultiBoot Display CPU type and speed Initialize EISA board optional Test keyboard Set key click if enabled Enable USB devices 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts Initialize POST display service Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP Disable CPU cache Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message B 2 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide POST Code 7Oh 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh 9Fh AOh A2h A4h A8h AAh ACh AEh BOh Blh B2h BAh B5h Description Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coproce
121. tional within a minimal amount of time This quick set up assumes that you are an experienced technician familiar with common concepts and terminology Warnings and Precautions You should inspect the box the server was shipped in and note if it was damaged in any way If the server itself shows damage file a damage claim with carrier who delivered your system Decide on a suitable location for the rack unit that will hold that server It should be situated in a clean dust free area that is well ventilated Avoid areas where heat electrical noise and electromagnetic fields are generated You will also need it placed near at least one grounded power outlet Preparing for Setup The NovaScale RA21 server includes a set of rail assemblies including mounting brackets and mounting screws you will need to install the systems into the rack Please read this manual in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure Electrical Safety Precautions Basic electrical safety precautions should be followed to protect yourself from harm and the NovaScale R421 from damage e aware of the locations of the power on off switch on the server as well as the room s emergency power off switch disconnection switch or electrical outlet If an electrical accident occurs you can then quickly remove power from the system e not work alone when working with high voltage components e Power should always be disconnected from the system when r
122. trap designed to prevent static discharge e Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag e Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard e Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected Installation 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation A N When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan NOTE Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding Eg removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink When purchasing an Intel Xeon Dualcore 51xx or Quadcore 53xx processor or when receiving a motherboard with an Intel Xeon Dualcore 51xx or Quadcore 53xx processor CPU pre in
123. ts JPG1 VGA Enable JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable JWD Watch Dog Connector ATX PWR PW T Aux PWR CPU PWR Buzzer Chassis Intrusion JL1 COM1 COM2 Compact PWR JWF1 DA1 DA2 DIMM 1 A DIMM 4B FAN 1 5 Floppy J22 FP CTRL GLAN 1 2 ULAN1 2 IDET IDE2 Off Disabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Reset Description Primary 20 Pin ATX PWR Connector 12V Apin PWR UWP2 4 12V 8 pin PWRUPWS Internal Speaker Chassis Intrusion Header COM JCOM1 COM2 JCOM2 Serial Port Connectors Compact Card PWR Connector Used if JCF1 is on SCSI Channel A B Activity LED Indicators See Chapt 2 Memory DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD Slots Fans 1 5 CPU Fans Chassis Fans Floppy Disk Drive Connector Front Control Panel Connector G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 See note 4 on previous page OH LED JOH1 JAR JPWF PCI X Slot 6 PCLX Slot 7 Overheat LED Alarm Reset Enable Power Supply Failure Connector See Chapter 2 PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 100 MHz Zero Channel RAID ZCR Slot NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide PWR LED SPKR D1 PWR SMB J17 SATAO SATAS JS1 6 SCSI Chan JA1 JA2 SGPIO1 2 29 J30 SIMSO JIPMI SMB J18 SXB E1 SXB E2 SXB E3 USB 0 1 USB 2 3 USB4 5 VGA 1 WOL JWOLI WOR JWOR PWR LED pins 1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 Power System Management I2C Header Intel SATA 0 5 Connect
124. ull S A S technical support For details on contacting Bull S A S technical support go to the web site http support bull com Include the following information when contacting Bull S A S technical support NovaScale Universal model R421 The serial number of your server this is written on the chassis label BIOS Date and Version This can be seen on the initial display when the system boots up System configuration Number of disks and RAID configuration Add on card Memory size CPU model Setup options 4 2 NovaScale RA21 Installation and User s Guide Chapter 5 BIOS 5 Introduction 57 A This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the Bull NovaScale R421 XZDBR i motherboard The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program NOTE Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual The latest BIOS image can be downloaded from the Bull S A S support web site at http support bull com WARNING Don t replace the BIOS of your server unless it is absolutely necessary System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the
125. vent Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled 5 18 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data Console Redirectian Window 192 16B 1 133 SEL Entry Number 1 BIOS 5 19 P Rea
126. verify that the heatsinks are installed properly This LED will remain flashing or on as long as the overheat condition exists e 2 Indicates network activity GLAN2 when flashing e NICI Indicates network activity on GLANT when flashing e HDD Indicates IDE channel activity SATA drive SCSI drive activity when flashing e Power Indicates power is being supplied to the system s power supply units This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating NovaScale R421 Chassis Installation 3 5 3 4 Server Setup and Maintenance Overview This chapter covers the steps required to install components and perform maintenance on the chassis The only tool you will need to install components and perform maintenance is a Phillips screwdriver Print this page to use as a reference while setting up your chassis Installation Steps Installation Step 1 Remove the Chassis Cover Installation Step 2 Install Hard Drives Installation Step 3 Installing the Motherboard Installation Step 4 System Blowers Installation Step 5 Installing the Air Shroud Installation Complete Review the warnings and precautions listed in the manual before setting up or servicing this chassis These include information in Section 3 2 System Safety and the warning precautions listed in the setup instructions 3 6 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Installation Step 1 Remove the Chassis Cover Release Tab F
127. volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide 1 Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear rd View Macros Help CREATE VOLUME MENU 1 RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity Create Uolune Enter a string betueen 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters 2 Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt 3 When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt 4 When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays TEE TEE ETE nn CREATE VOLUME MENU J Name Volume RAID Level A RaIDB CStripe SELECT DISKS 1 5 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive 6 Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use 25 a higher stri
128. ween the motherboard backplane chassis front panel and power supply as needed Also the blowers may be temporarily removed to allow access to the backplane ports 9 Replace the riser card bracket If you are installing an add on card skip forward in this manual for add on card installation instructions Add on Card Expansion Slot Setup NovaScale R421 server chassis includes one full length full height and one low profile add on card slot Full Length Full Height Add on Card Slot Add on Card Bracket Low Profile Add on Card Slot Add on Card Shield Figure 3 6 NovaScale R421 server Add on Card To install an add on card 1 Disconnect the power supply lay the server on a flat surface and open the chassis cover 2 Inthe rear of the chassis pull open the add on card clip and remove the add on card shield 3 If you have not already done so remove the Add on Card Bracket To do so simple remove the screws and life the Add on Card Bracket straight up Depending on your chassis model you must remove two or three screws 4 Confirm that each add on card you want use has an L bracket and connect each add on card to the riser card embedded in the riser card bracket 5 Re connect the riser card with add on cards to the motherboard 6 Secure each card to the chassis using the card s L bracket and close the add on card shield clip 3 10 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide Riser Card Bra
129. year on site e Warranty extension optional E 2 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide REGULATORY amp SAFETY e Regulatory compliance CE UL FCC System Specifications and Regulatory Information E 3 E 2 Regulatory Specifications and Disclaimer Declaration of the Manufacturer or Importer We hereby certify that this product is in compliance with European Union EMC Directive 89 336 EEC using standards EN55022 Class A and EN55024 and Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC using standard EN60950 The product has been marked with the CE Mark to illustrate its compliance Safety Compliance Statement UL 60950 05 IEC 60950 International CSA 60950 Canada European Community EC Council Directives This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of the following EC Council Directives Electromagnetic Compatibility 89 336 EEC EN 55022 1998 EN55024 1998 EN61000 3 2 1995 EN61000 3 3 1995 Europe EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EN55022 Class A Limit Radiated amp Conducted Emissions EN55024 ITE Specific Immunity Standard EN61000 4 2 ESD Immunity Level 2 Contact Discharge Level 3 Air Discharge EN61000 4 3 Radiated Immunity Level 2 EN6 1000 4 4 Electrical Fast Transient Level 2 EN61000 4 5 AC Surge EN61000 4 6 Conducted RF EN61000 4 8 Power Frequency Magnetic Fields EN61000 4 11 Voltage Dips and Interrupts EN61000 3 2 Limit for Harmonic Current Emissions NovaScale R421 Installation
130. you also want to delete the partition Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 15 D 2 Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options Configuration Utility Disk Utilities To access the disk utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears i Adaptec SATA HostRAID Control ler Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 0 5138081385 3 85 1 SATA Port 1 HDC WDY4BGD BBFLRl 27 80D27 1 SATA Port 2 HDC WD74BGD BBFLA2 31 08 31 1 SATA Port 3 HDC WD 48GD BBFLR1 27 0827 1 5 SATA Port 5 HDC WD74BGD BBFLA2 31 88 31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press Enter The following screen appears D 16 NovaScale R421 Installation and User s Guide To format a disk NOTE The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting EF of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again Adaptec SATA HostRAID Contro Iler Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 6 513808

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