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SGI Altix 450 System User’s Guide
Document Number 007-4857-002
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CONTRIBUTORS Written by Mark Schwenden Illustrated by Chrystie Danzer Production by Mark Schwenden Engineering contributions by Rich Altmaier, Steve Bowen, Michael T. Brown, Dick Brownell, David Collins, Thomas Crapisi, Steve Dean, Hartmut Gottwald, Paul Wiley, Gary Meyer, Galen Flunker, Paul Kinyon, Mark Koneazny, William Kellerman, Paul Pedersen, Gregory Thorson, and Gary Spilde. COPYRIGHT © 2007 SGI. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, as indicated el
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Record of Revision Version Description -001 August 2006, First release -002 March 2007, Engineering updates to cover RAID 1, DVD-R/W, 2D graphics and IA2. 007-4857-002 iii
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Contents Contents List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii Au
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Contents Installing a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Preinstallation Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Site Plan Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tools Required . . .
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Contents 2. Operation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 ESD Precaution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Safety Precautions
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Contents System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Bay (Unit) Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Rack Numbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Optional System Components . .
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Contents Altix 42U and 20U Rack Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 6. Maintenance and Upgrade Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Maintenance Precautions and Procedures . .
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Contents Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 I/O Port Specifications
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List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1-1 30-amp Single-phase Power Receptacle for North American Sites . . . 9 Figure 1-2 32-amp Single-phase Power Plug for International Sites . . . . . 11 Figure 1-3 Dimensions of Tall Rack Shipping Crate . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 1-4 Dimensions of Short Rack Shipping Crate . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 1-5 Removing a Short Rack from the Shipping Crate .
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List of Figures Figure 2-4 2D Graphics Card Location in IA2 Blade . . . . . . . . . 59 Figure 3-1 SGI Altix 450 System (Short Rack) . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Figure 3-2 SGI Altix 450 Server System (Tall Rack) . . . . . . . . . 69 Figure 3-3 Blade, IRU and Rack Components . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Figure 3-4 Functional Block Diagram of the Indiv
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List of Figures Figure 6-23 Seating the Card in the Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Figure 6-24 Removing the Card Access Panel From the IA Blade . . . . . .136 Figure 6-25 Replacing the IA Blade PCI Access Door . . . . . . . . .137 Figure 6-26 Location of Disk Drive Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 Figure 6-27 Removing a Disk Drive . .
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List of Tables List of Tables Table 1-1 Installation Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table 1-2 IRU Space Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Table 5-1 Tall Altix Rack Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . .104 Table 5-2 Short Altix Rack Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . .104 Table 6-1 Cus
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About This Guide This guide provides an overview of the installation, architecture, general operation and ® ® descriptions of the major components that compose the SGI Altix 450 family of systems. It also provides the standard procedures for powering on and powering off the system, basic troubleshooting and maintenance information, and important safety and regulatory specifications. Audience This guide is written for owners, installers, system administrators, and users of SGI Altix 450 compu
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About This Guide • Using the ESI/ops panel (operating panel) on optional mass storage bricks. See the user’s guide for your optional SGI mass storage enclosure. Chapter Descriptions The following topics are covered in this guide: • Chapter 1, “System Installation” guides an installer through the steps of unpacking and positioning the system rack(s). Rack mounting guidelines and basic cabling for the IRUs is also covered. • Chapter 2, “Operation Procedures,” provides instructions for operatio
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Related Publications Related Publications The following SGI documents are relevant to the Altix 450 series system: • SGI L1 and L2 Controller Software User’s Guide (P/N 007-3938-00x) This guide describes how to use the L1 and L2 controller commands at your system console to monitor and manage your SGI system. • SGI InfiniteStorage 120 Mass Storage Hardware Topics (P/N 007-4853-00x) This document provides a hardware overview of the SGI non-RAID 12-drive optional mass storage enclosure used with
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About This Guide References in the documentation to these pages include the name of the command and the section number in which the command is found. For additional information about displaying man pages using the man command, see man(1). In addition, the apropos command locates man pages based on keywords. For example, to display a list of man pages that describe disks, type the following on a command line: apropos disk For information about setting up and using apropos, see apropos(1). xx 00
