Silicon Graphics Rackable C2005 2U Manual de usuario
SGI®Rackable™ C2005 Server Family
User’s Guide
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Contents
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Flexible Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Leading Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
High Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Simplified Serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Versatile 2.5” and 3.5” Local Storage Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Storage Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Upper Modular Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lower Modular Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front and Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Pre-Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server and Rack Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electrical Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rack Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting Ready to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Determine Server Positioning in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing into a Rack or Cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing into a Telco Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing a Hard Drive into the Hard Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Using the Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Powering the Server On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Powering the Server Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Working with Roamer Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Electrical Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Handling Your Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
B RAID Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RAID Implementations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RAID 0 (Striping) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
RAID 1 (Mirroring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
RAID 5 (Parity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
RAID 6 (Dual Parity). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
RAID 10 (Mirrored Stripes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
RAID 50 (Striping with Parity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
RAID 60 (Striping with Dual Parity). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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.About This Guide
This guide provides an overview of the SGI® Rackable™ C2005 2U servers along with
instructions for system installation and general operation. The appendices include technical
specifications and safety practices.
If your server was ordered from SGI and was not constructed in one of the standard 2U form
factors that are detailed in this manual, then this manual will provide a general guideline to your
product. Details that are specific to your design can be found in the datasheet or custom
documentation that came with your product.
Audience
This guide is written for owners, installers, system administrators, and users of C2005 servers. It
is written with the assumption that the reader has a good working knowledge of computers and
computer systems.
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About This Guide
Related Publications
Depending on your choice of system components and operating system, the following SGI
documents may be relevant to your C2005 server:
• SGI InfiniteStorage series documentation
• Man pages (online)
You can obtain SGI documentation, release notes, or man pages in the following ways:
• Refer to the SGI Technical Publications Library at http://docs.sgi.com. Various formats are
available. This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books,
release notes, man pages, and other information.
• Refer to the SGI Supportfolio webpage for documents whose access require a support
contract. See “Related Publications” on page ix.
• You can also view man pages by typing man <title> on a command line.
Note: For information on your motherboard and related system components, see the
documentation provided by the manufacturer/supplier.
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Product Support
SGI provides a comprehensive product support and maintenance program for its products. SGI
also offers services to implement and integrate Linux applications in your environment.
• Refer to http://www.sgi.com/support/
• If you are in North America, contact the Technical Assistance Center at
+1 800 800 4SGI or contact your authorized service provider.
• If you are outside North America, contact the SGI subsidiary or authorized distributor in
your country.
Be sure to have the following information before you call Technical Support:
• Product serial number
• Product model name and number
• Applicable error messages
• Add-on boards or hardware
• Third-party hardware or software
• Operating system type and revision level
• Motherboard BIOS revision
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Reader Comments
If you have comments about the technical accuracy, content, or organization of this document,
contact SGI. Be sure to include the title and document number of the manual with your comments.
(Online, the document number is located in the front matter of the manual. In printed manuals, the
document number is located at the bottom of each page.)
You can contact SGI in any of the following ways:
• Contact your customer service representative and ask that an incident be filed in the SGI
incident tracking system.
• Send mail to the following address:
SGI
Technical Publications
46600 Landing Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538
SGI values your comments and will respond to them promptly.
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