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PCI Expansion System
User's Manual
6 Slot PCI Express® to PCI-X
Model: PE6R4
Model: PE6RR
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MA G MA Table of Contents PREFACE............................................................................................. III Advisories ..............................................................................................iii Safety Instructions..................................................................................iv When Working Inside a Computer .........................................................iv Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge ................
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MA G MA rd Support for 3 Party PCI Cards .......................................................... 27 Windows Error Codes ......................................................................... 28 CHAPTER 7 HOW TO GET MORE HELP.......................................30 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)......................................................30 Contacting Technical Support ..............................................................30 Magma Debug Utility................
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MA G M A Preface Advisories Five types of advisories are used throughout this manual to provide helpful information, or to alert you to the potential for hardware damage or personal injury. They are Note, Important, Caution, Warning, and Danger. The following is an example of each type of advisory. NOTE Used to amplify or explain a comment related to procedural steps or text. IMPORTANT Used to indicate an important piece of information or special “tip” to help you CAUTIO
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MA G M A Safety Instructions Always use caution when servicing any electrical component. Before handling the Magma PCI-X Expansion chassis, read the following instructions and safety guidelines to prevent damage to the product and to ensure your own personal safety. Refer to the “Advisories” section for advisory conventions used in this manual, including the distinction between Danger, Warning, Caution, Important, and Note. ♦ Always use caution when handling/operating the computer. Onl
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MA G M A In addition, take note of these safety guidelines when appropriate: ♦ To help avoid possible damage to systems boards, wait five seconds after turning off the computer before removing a component, removing a system board, or disconnecting a peripheral device from the computer. ♦ When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its strain-relief loop, not on the cable itself. Some cables have a connector with locking tabs. If you are disconnecting this type of cable, pr
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MA G MA ♦ Handle all sensitive components at an ESD workstation. If possible, use anti-static floor pads and workbench pads. ♦ Handle components and boards with care. Don’t touch the components or contacts on a board. Hold a board by its edges or by its metal mounting bracket. vi Preface
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MA G MA Chapter 1 Introduction General Specifications The Magma 6 Slot PCI Express® to PCI-X Expansion System (Model PE6R4) is a general-purpose PCI bus expansion chassis. The expansion chassis is fully compliant with the PCI Local Bus Specification. Because PCI-X is backward compatible with PCI, both card types can be used with PE6R4. Therefore, to keep things simple, the terms PCI and PCI-X will be used interchangeably throughout this manual. PE6R4 consists of a PCI Express host
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MA G M A Pre-Installation Information Before using the Magma expansion chassis you should perform the following steps: • Inventory the shipping carton contents for all of the required parts • Gather all of the necessary tools required for installation • Read this manual Parts List The following parts are provided: Item Qty Item 1 6 slot rack-mount expansion chassis 1 Pair of 1-meter shielded Infiniband™ cables Half-height PCI Express host card with both full and low-profile 1
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MA G M A Chapter 2 Hardware Installation The following steps will guide you through the installation of your Magma expansion system. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Warning All PCI cards are susceptible to electrostatic discharge. When moving PCI cards, it is best to carry the cards in anti-static packaging. If you need to set a PCI card down, be sure to place it inside or on top of an anti-static surface. For more information, see “Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge” in
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MA G M A Before you Begin The 400W AC power supply is auto-switching. This means that it will automatically switch to match whatever source power you are using. Since all products ship with a US/Canadian Standard 125V power cord, you will need to use a locally available power cord for non-US Standard power sources. Install PCI Express Host Card Begin the installation of your PCI Express (PCIe) host card by first powering down your computer. Use the procedures for shutting down yo
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MA G M A The PCIe host card is a “half-height” x4 PCIe card mounted to a “full- height” bracket for convenient mounting in most desktop computer systems. It is also shipped with a low profile card bracket to allow mounting on low profile computer systems. For low profile case applications, you may need to change the mounting bracket to the low profile bracket that shipped with your system. This is done by removing the screws that hold the card to the bracket. Be sure you are using prop
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MA G M A Connect cables to Connect cables to the chassis. the host card. When properly installed, each cable will have matching labels at both ends (x1 to x1 and x3 to x3). CAUTION All cables attached to the expansion chassis must be securely fastened. When you hear a “click,” it is properly secured. If not securely connected, the connectors may cause intermittent or lost connections. Connect the power cord to the power-in receptacle located at the rear of the enclosure
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MA G M A Applying Power Correctly Starting Up: You must apply power to the Magma expansion chassis BEFORE you power up your computer. This will allow the higher numbered PCI buses in the PCI bus hierarchy to be at a stable state when the host system issues its master power-on bus reset. In systems that perform automatic PCI bus configuration, this will allow the configuration code to recognize the PCI bus hierarchy and any attached devices. There is an On/Off switch on the front pa
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MA G M A PCIe to PCI HIF card LEDs IMPORTANT If any LED is not solid green, power off the system and check that the cables are connected properly before powering up again. NOTE The expansion chassis can function using only the x1 (1 lane) connection. The second cable provides the additional x3 (3 lane) connection. Combining the x1 cable and the x3 cable yields 4 lanes (x4). Windows Start Up As your Windows computer starts up, you will see a small message box pop-up in the
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MA G M A Rack Installations Installing the Magma PE6R4 into an equipment rack has never been easier. Simply attach one of Magma's optional Rack-mount slide kits (PN: RSLIDES-XX) to allow you to mount the chassis in a computer rack and then simply slide the chassis in and out whenever you need to do work on, or in, it. These sets come in various lengths to accommodate various racks. Contact Magma for more information, or to order a set. When ordering, replace the “XX” in the part number w
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MA G M A CHAPTER 3 Verify Installation Windows To verify a successful installation on Windows, find the ‘My Computer’ icon and “right-click” on it. Then select ‘Manage’ from the pop-up menu. Next, click on ‘Device Manager’ in the leftmost Computer Management window. Finally, click on the View Menu and select View Devices by Connection. Open ACPI (BIOS) Open PCI Bus Click the ‘+’ sign several times until your reach a PCI Express Root Port with a PCI Standard PCI-to- PCI Bridge b
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MA G M A If everything is OK, then the Magma expansion system installation is rd complete. You can now proceed to Chapter 4 and install your 3 Party PCI Cards and/or up to eight (8) hard drives. If, however, the installation was unsuccessful, you may not see the PCI to PCI Bridge, or it will have a small yellow in front of it. Proceed to Chapter 6 for Troubleshooting installation problems. Mac OS X When using Mac OS X no additional software or drivers are needed. As long as you are
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MA G M A Any PCI Cards you install in the expansion chassis will appear behind the pci-bridge device. Mac OS 10.4.x If any of these devices are not displayed as shown above, you should shut down your system (computer first, then the expansion chassis) and reconnect the cables and the PCIe expansion host card to ensure that you have a solid connection. Then restart the Magma expansion chassis followed by the computer. Next, try to verify the installation again, as shown above. If you
