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A MAN US 8450R SYS GDE R0 6/00
8450R Server
System Manual
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8506284.book Page i Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Contents Preface ................................................... v Conventions used in this manual ....................................... v Getting additional information . . ........................................vi 1 System Features . ....................................... 7 Standard features ................................................... 7 Front bezel ......................................................... 8 Front panel ......
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8506284.book Page ii Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Drive cabling information ..........................................36 Removing a hot-swap drive ........................................36 Installing a hot-swap drive .........................................38 Replacing the hot-swap backplane ..................................40 Replacing the CD drive and the diskette drive .........................45 Installing a 5.25-inch device . ......................................49 Replacing a 5.25-
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8506284.book Page iii Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Hard drive maintenance utility .................................... 120 Hard drive management practices ................................. 121 Protecting the server against viruses .................................. 124 System administration and control .................................... 125 Intel Server Control (ISC) . ....................................... 125 ManageX Event Manager . . ...................................... 125 Direct Pl
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8506284.book Page iv Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM iv
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8506284.book Page v Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Preface Conventions used in this manual Throughout this manual, you will see the following conventions: Convention Description ENTER Keyboard key names are printed in small capitals. CTRL+ALT+DEL Aplussignmeanstopress thekeysatthe same time. Setup Commands to be entered, options to select, and messages that appear on your monitor are printed in bold. User’s Guide Names of publications are printed in italic. Viewpoint All references to front, r
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8506284.book Page vi Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Getting additional information Log on to the Gateway technical support area at www.gatewayatwork.com to find information about your system or other Gateway products. Some types of information you can access are: Hardware driver and program updates Technical tips Service agreement information Technical documents and component information Frequently asked questions (FAQs) Documentation for peripherals or optional components Onli
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8506284.book Page 7 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM System 1 Features Standard features ® ® ™ As many as four Intel Pentium III Xeon processors with 100 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) in Slot 2 processor sockets Sixteen Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets on a memory riser card, that support as many as 16 GB of PC100 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) ™ ServerWorks ServerSet IIIHE chipset Integrated Intel 82559 Fast Ethernet controller Integrated Adaptec AIC-7899 Dual-
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8506284.book Page 8 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Front bezel Bezel door Front panel controls Bezel door provides access to the hot-swap drives and removable media drives. Front panel controls provide buttons for power, reset, and sleep, and indicator lights for system fault, network activity, hard drive access, and power. For more information on the controls, see “Front panel board” on page 16. 8 System Features
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8506284.book Page 9 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Front panel Power supply 5.25-inch drive bay Hot-swap drive bay Control panel Power supply Slimline Slimline Hot-swap drives modules CD drive diskette drive Power supply supports as many as three hot-swap power supply modules. 5.25-inch drive bay supports one half-height 5.25-inch device. Control panel contains the light emitting diode (LED) indicators and the power, reset, and sleep buttons that control the server. For more information on t
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8506284.book Page 10 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Back panel Hot-plug expansion Expansion card slots card retention clips Power connector PARALLEL MOUSE Mouse USB 1 NETWORK VIEDO COM1 COM2 port ACT/ 10/100 KEYBD USB 2 LINK MB LAN Video port USB ports Hot-plug expansion Network port card slots Serial port B Parallel port Serial port A Keyboard port Expansion card slots (2) let you install as many as two 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI expansion cards. Hot-plug expansion card retention clips provide tooll
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8506284.book Page 11 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Serial ports (2) connect to serial devices. Parallel port connects a printer or other parallel device. Keyboard port connects a PS/2-compatible keyboard. Mouse port connects a PS/2-compatible mouse. Power connector connects the server power cord. The other end of the power cord plugs into an AC outlet or power strip. System interior Processors Hot-swap drive bay Power supply Removable media Electronics bay Fans drives (not visible) Memory ca
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8506284.book Page 12 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Fans provide cooling for all server components. There are as many as six hot-swap fans in the server. Hot-swap drive bays support up to five 1-inch high 3.25-inch single connector attachment (SCA) SCSI hard drives. Empty drive bays contain empty carriers to control airflow and electro-magnetic carrier (EMC) emissions. Removable media drives provide transportable storage for data. The server supports one slimline CD drive, one slimline di
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8506284.book Page 13 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM System board B A C AJ D AI E AH F AG AF AE G AD AC H AB AA I J Z K Y L X W N M V U O T R P S Q A Legacy narrow SCSI connector B Server monitor module (SMM) feature connector C Legacy wide SCSI connector D 64-bit, 33 MHz hot-plug PCI expansion connectors E 64-bit, 66 MHz hot-plug PCI expansion connectors F Memory module connector System board 13
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8506284.book Page 14 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM G Hot-plug indicator board connector H 32-bit, 33 MHz half-length PCI expansion connectors I Intelligent chassis management bus (ICMB) connector J Video connector K USB connectors (2) L RJ-45 Ethernet LAN connector and LEDs M Parallel port N Serial ports O Stacked keyboard and mouse ports P Internal USB connectors Q Voltage regulator module (VRM) socket (processor 2) R Battery S VRM socket (processor 4) T VRM socket (processor 3) U Processor
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8506284.book Page 15 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Hot-swap backplane Hot-swap SCSI indicator board connector Fan connectors SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI Power ID 4 ID 3 ID 2 ID 1 ID 0 connectors SCSI drive connectors (5) SCSI data connector Hot-swap SCSI indicator board connector connects the hot-swap indicator board to the hot-swap backplane. SCSI drive connectors (5) connect the five SCSI drives. Install drives in increasing order of SCSI ID. SCSI data connector connects the SCSI cable from
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8506284.book Page 16 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Front panel board The front panel board supports the LEDs and buttons accessible from the front panel. The buttons and LEDs on the front panel board are shown and described below. Reset button Network activity LED Power LED System fault LED Hard drive activity LED Sleep button NMI switch Front panel connector Power button Reset button lets you reset the server if it has become nonresponsive. system fault LED flashes whenever the server logs
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8506284.book Page 17 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM Hot-plug PCI indicator board The hot-plug PCI indicator board provides two LEDs per hot-plug PCI slot to indicate the status of the board plugged into the slot. Indicator LEDs Data cable connector Indicator LEDs indicate whether the hot-plug PCI slot is active or if it is safe to replace the board in the indicated slot. Data cable connector connects to the system board and carries the data indicating which slots are active. Hot-plug PCI in
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8506284.book Page 18 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM 18 System Features
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8506284.book Page 19 Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:43 AM System Setup 2 Settinguptheserver Use the instructions on the quick guide poster that came with the server to assemble the server. You can prepare a safer working environment before assembling the server by following these guidelines: Obtain an adequately rated uninterruptible power supply (UPS). A UPS protects against AC line spikes, power interruptions, and other power fluctuations that may damage the server. Protect the server from
