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Nec SigmaBlade B140a-T User's Guide (376 pages)

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English

Table of contents

NEC Express5800/B140a-T

1

User's Guide

1

SAFETY INDICATIONS

3

Attentions

4

Prohibited Actions

4

Mandatory Action

4

Trademarks

6

ABOUT THIS USER'S GUIDE

8

IN THE PACKAGE

9

CONTENTS

10

Chapter 1

15

SAFETY NOTES

16

 Do not step on the cable

17

FOR PROPER OPERATION

19

TRANSFER TO THIRD PARTY

21

DISPOSAL AND CONSUMABLES

22

USER SUPPORT

23

Advice for Health

24

Chapter 2

25

OVERVIEW

26

STANDARD FEATURES

27

PART NAMES AND CONTROLS

28

General Description 2-5

29

Rear View

30

Internal View

31

SAS Board

32

External View

33

Lamp Indications

35

STATUS Lamp

36

LAN (1 - 4) Link/Access Lamps

37

DISK ACCESS Lamp

37

USING YOUR SERVER

38

Power ON from CPU Blade

39

Operation after Power ON

39

POST Execution Flow

41

Power-off of Blade Server

43

Device Identification

44

Chapter 3

45

BEFORE INSTALLING CPU BLADE

46

Installing DIMM

47

INSTALLING THE CPU BLADE

48

MAKING CONNECTIONS

49

Setting Up Your Server 3-7

51

3-8 Setting Up Your Server

52

Blade Enclosure for details

52

Chapter 4

53

Starting SETUP Utility

54

Configuration Examples

56

Keyboard

58

Security

59

External Devices

59

Internal Devices

59

Saving the Configuration Data

59

[ ]: Factory-set

61

4-10 Configuring Your Server

62

Processor Settings

62

Advanced

64

Memory Configuration

65

4-14 Configuring Your Server

66

PCI Configuration

66

Onboard SAS

67

4-16 Configuring Your Server

68

Onboard NIC

68

4-22 Configuring Your Server

74

System Management

75

4-24 Configuring Your Server

76

Console Redirection

76

Event Log Configuration

77

RAID SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

81

Standby rebuild

86

Hot-swap rebuild

86

4-38 Configuring Your Server

90

Before Using WebBIOS

91

Using WebBIOS

93

Main Menu

94

Adapter Properties

96

4-46 Configuring Your Server

98

Scan Devices

100

IMPORTANT:

100

Virtual Disks

101

Physical Drives

102

3. Click [Go]

103

Adapter Selection

104

Physical View / Logical View

104

Configuration Wizard

104

Configuring Virtual Disk

106

4-56 Configuring Your Server

108

4-58 Configuring Your Server

110

4-60 Configuring Your Server

112

Configure SPAN

116

4-66 Configuring Your Server

118

[Accept]

119

4-68 Configuring Your Server

120

Operation of Various Features

123

Manual Rebuild

125

1. Start WebBIOS

125

Setting Hot Spare

127

Reconstruction

130

Number and ID

133

Setting of Priority

134

Chapter 5

137

About Express Setup

138

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

139

Installing the Service Pack

143

FLOW OF SETUP

144

 About partition size

148

14. Save the parameters

151

Setup of teaming

154

8. Click [Install]

155

Optional Network Board Driver

156

Setting WOL

159

Graphics Accelerator Driver

160

SETTING FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS

162

Windows Dr. Watson

165

Network Monitor

166

UPDATING THE SYSTEM

167

Chapter 6

171

NEC EXPRESSBUILDER

172

 Os installation

173

 Tool menu (Normal Mode)

174

Autorun Menu

176

PARAMETER FILE CREATOR

177

Parameter File

178

15. Saved to a floppy disk

186

NEC ESMPRO

188

Universal RAID Utility

189

NEC DianaScope

190

Chapter 7

191

SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS

192

<Device List>

195

<Log Info>

195

<Option>

195

<Reboot>

195

7-6 Maintenance

196

Chapter 8

197

SYSTEM VIEWERS

198

ERROR MESSAGES

199

8-4 Troubleshooting

200

Troubleshooting 8-5

201

8-6 Troubleshooting

202

Troubleshooting 8-7

203

8-8 Troubleshooting

204

Troubleshooting 8-9

205

8-10 Troubleshooting

206

Troubleshooting 8-11

207

8-12 Troubleshooting

208

Troubleshooting 8-13

209

8-14 Troubleshooting

210

Troubleshooting 8-15

211

8-16 Troubleshooting

212

Troubleshooting 8-17

213

8-18 Troubleshooting

214

Other POST Error

215

Error Messages on Virtual LCD

216

ASF Codes

217

POST Progress Codes

217

Other Messages

218

Troubleshooting 8-23

219

8-24 Troubleshooting

220

Troubleshooting 8-25

221

8-26 Troubleshooting

222

Troubleshooting 8-27

223

8-28 Troubleshooting

224

Troubleshooting 8-29

225

8-30 Troubleshooting

226

Troubleshooting 8-31

227

8-32 Troubleshooting

228

Troubleshooting 8-33

229

8-34 Troubleshooting

230

Troubleshooting 8-35

231

8-36 Troubleshooting

232

Troubleshooting 8-37

233

8-38 Troubleshooting

234

Troubleshooting 8-39

235

8-40 Troubleshooting

236

Troubleshooting 8-41

237

SOLVING PROBLEMS

238

Fail to power-off:

239

POST fails to complete:

239

 Is the OS broken?

242

 It is not a failure

242

 Did you update the system?

243

Problems with Windows

245

Server 2003 x64 Editions

247

Server 2003 R2

249

Problems with Express Setup

251

 Is the RAID configured?

252

 Is RAID0 configured?

252

Auto rebuild fails:

253

A hard disk drive fails:

253

COLLECTING EVENT LOG

254

MEMORY DUMP

256

RECOVERY FOR Windows SYSTEM

257

MAINTENANCE TOOLS

258

Function of Maintenance Tools

260

 BIOS/FW Updating

261

 ROM-DOS startup FD

261

 Test and diagnostics

261

 System Management

261

Starting

262

RESETTING THE CPU BLADE

264

FORCED SHUTDOWN

264

Chapter 9

265

ANTI-STATIC MEASURES

267

PREPARATION FOR INSTALLATION

268

Processor (CPU)

269

9-6 Upgrading Your Server

270

9-8 Upgrading Your Server

272

Upgrading Your Server 9-9

273

10. Lift the socket lever

274

Upgrading Your Server 9-11

275

Adding Order and Precautions

279

Key slot

281

Online Spare Memory

284

Memory Mirroring

286

Mezzanine Card

288

Hard Disk Drive

293

9-32 Upgrading Your Server

296

Appendix A

297

A-2 Specifications

298

Appendix B

299

<Example>

300

Setup Procedure

305

 Create from [Autorun Menu]

307

The installation starts

311

Install Windows – Insert Disc

314

OK Cancel

314

Alt + Del

316

REMOTE DESKTOP FOR MANAGEMENT

326

Windows Server 2003

327

 Setup of teaming

328

Graphics Accelerator

330

Balancing (ALB)

333

Setup Teaming

334

Remove Team

336

SETTING WOL

337

10. Click [OK]

343

2. Select [Advanced] tab

344

Local Update

354

<Windows Server 2003>

357

About Windows Activation

369

4. Activate Windows

371

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