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Acer Altos R500
User’s guide
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aa r500.book Page ii Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM Copyright © 2001 Acer Incorporated All Rights Reserved. Acer Altos R500 User’s guide Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and publications. This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect t
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aa r500.book Page iii Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM iii Notices FCC notice This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This device generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interf
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aa r500.book Page iv Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM iv Use conditions This part 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. Notice: Canadian users This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Remarqu
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aa r500.book Page v Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM v 7 Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this product where persons will walk on the cord. 8 If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total ampere rating of the equipment plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating. Also, make sure that the total rating of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed the fuse rating. 9 Never push o
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aa r500.book Page vi Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM vi 14 Use only the proper type of power supply cord set (provided in your accessories box) for this unit. It should be a detachable type: UL listed/CSA certified, type SPT-2, rated 7A 125V minimum, VDE approved or its equivalent. Maximum length is 15 feet (4.6 meters). Laser compliance statement The CD-ROM drive in this computer is a laser product. The CD-ROM drive’s classification label (shown below) is located on the drive. CL
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aa r500.book Page vii Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM Notices iii FCC notice iii Important safety instructions iv Laser compliance statement vi 1 System overview 1 Overview 3 Processors 3 Memory 4 System chipsets 4 Expansion slot 6 Hardware management support 6 Features summary 7 Weight 8 Power consumption 8 Thermal dissipation 9 2 System tour 11 External and internal structure 13 Front panel 13 Rear panel 15 Internal components 16 Disk drives 17 Hard disk drive 17 3.5-inch floppy disk
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aa r500.book Page viii Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM Turning off your system 32 4 Upgrading your system 33 Installation precautions 35 ESD precautions 35 Preinstallation instructions 35 Post-installation instructions 36 Opening your system 37 Removing the system cover 37 Replacing the system cover 38 System boards 39 Mainboard layout 39 SCSI card layout 42 Adaptec ZCR daughter card layout 42 Installing an expansion card 44 Hot-swapping a SCSI SCA hard disk drive 47 Removing and installin
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aa r500.book Page ix Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM Chipset Settings 93 93 Load Default Settings 94 Abort Settings Change 95 Exit Setup 96 Appendix A: ASM Pro quick installation guide 97 Installing ASM Pro 99 System requirements 99 System setup 99 Installing ASM Pro Console 100 Installing ASM Pro Server Agent 100 Installing RDM 107 System requirements 107 Connecting communication peripherals 108 RDM Console setup 111 Installing AWM and Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) 113 Syst
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aa r500.book Page 1 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 1 System overview
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aa r500.book Page 2 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM The Acer Altos R500 is a 1U, high-density, rackmountable dual-processor system loaded with a host of new and innovative features. The system offers a new standard for flexible productivity ideal for local or wide area networks and multiuser server environments.
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aa r500.book Page 3 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 3 Overview The Acer Altos R500 system is a PCI bus based dual processor system built on an extended ATX baseboard. It comes with two socket 370 ® ® processor slots utilizing two Intel Coppermine-T or Tualatin processors integrated with the Server Works RCC chipset. The dual- channel SCSI architecture supports Ultra 160/m SCSI with bandwidth of up to 160 MB/s for each channel. The mainboard also integrates the ® Intel 82550 10/100 M
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aa r500.book Page 4 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 4 1 System overview Memory The four DIMM sockets on board accept using 64-, 72-, 128-, 144-, 512-MB and 1-GB SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) DIMMs for a maximum memory upgrade capacity of up to 4 GB. For data integrity, the default setting of the ECC (error-correcting code) function of the memory system in BIOS is enabled. See “Memory/Cache Options” on page 87 for more on this BIOS setting. Note: The SDRAM should work under 3.3 volts onl
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aa r500.book Page 5 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 5 SCSI subsystem The dual-channel AIC-7899 single-chip host adapter delivers Ultra 160/m SCSI data transfer rates which double the Ultra-2 SCSI data transfer rate of up to 160 MByte/s. With two channels, it delivers a total of 320 MByte/s bandwidth. In addition, the AIC-7899 features a 66 MHz, 64-bit PCI interface that supports zero wait-state memory which also operates on 33 MHz, 32-bit PCI buses. It supports up to 15 devices on
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aa r500.book Page 6 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 6 1 System overview Expansion slot PCI bus The mainboard has two 64-bit/66 MHz PCI bus slot with a riser card. Hardware management support The mainboard supports a power management function that conforms to the power saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play feature which helps save users from configuration problems, thus making the system more user-friendly.
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aa r500.book Page 7 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 7 Features summary The system has the following major components: FC-PGA (Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array) 370 processor socket that supports Intel Coppermine DO Stepping or Tualatin processors processor running at 1/133 to 1.26/133 MHz and future generations of Pentium CPUs Server Works RCC chipset which includes the north, south and I/O bridge SCSI controller Adaptec AIC-7899 chipset supports dual channel 64- bit LVD Ultra 160/m
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aa r500.book Page 8 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 8 1 System overview Weight The table below lists the weight of individual components used in deployment of this system in third-party racks. Item Weight in Kg Weight in lbs Fully configured 13 Kg 28.6 lbs system Rack mount kit 3.1 Kg 6.82 lbs CPU and fan sink 0.35 Kg 0.77 lbs Hard disk drive 1Kg 2.2 lbs Power supply module 1.3 Kg 2.86 lbs Floppy disk drive 0.16 Kg 0.35 lbs CD-ROM drive 0.3 Kg 0.66 lbs PCI card 0.04 ~ 0.4 Kg 0.09 ~ 0.88
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aa r500.book Page 9 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 9 Thermal dissipation The server has the following cooling systems: Two 9-cm CPU fan blowers One rear chassis fan A fully configured Altos R500 server under maximum workload can produce approximately 1047 BTU/hr. Air temperature measurements around the server may vary as much as 25°C (45°F) from front to back. Deployment of multiple ultra-dense servers will produce a significant amount of heat. For example, 42 servers under maximu
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aa r500.book Page 10 Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:06 AM 10 1 System overview
