User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- NovaScale 4020 User's Guide
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 System Description
- 2 Board Set Description
- 3 Configuration Software and Utilities
- Utilities / Drivers on Resource CD
- Power-on Sequence and Power-on Self-Test (POST)
- Extensible Firmware Interface Boot Manager
- The Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Shell
- BIOS Setup
- LSI Logic* SCSI Utility
- System Maintenance Utility
- EFI Platform Diagnostic Tests
- EFI Service Partition
- Console Redirection
- Terminal Mode
- Shutting Down the Server
- Servicing the System (basic knowledge)
- A Warning and Cautions
- B Working Inside the System
- C Hot-swapping System Components
- D Servicing the Electronics Bay
- Safety Warnings
2 NovaScale 4020 User’s Guide
Table 2 provides a list and brief description of the features of the server system.
Table 2. Feature Summary
Feature Description
Compact, high-density
system
Rack-mount server with a height of 2U (3 1/2 inches) and a depth of 28 inches
Configuration flexibility
• 1-2 way capability in low profile and cost effective packaging
• Stand-alone system including external I/O slots/disk expansion as needs
grow
• Intel Itanium 2 processor support
• 16-GB Double Data Rate (DDR) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory (SDRAM) memory support
Serviceability
• Front access to hot-swap hard drives
• Hot-swap fans
• Front access to hot-swap power supplies
• Dockable power to main board
• System power and reset status LEDs
• System ID switch on front panel and LEDs on front and back
• Color-coded parts to identify hot-swap and non-hot-swap serviceable
components
Availability
• Three PCI-X slots
• Three hot-swap 350-W power supplies in a redundant (2+1) configuration
• Dual redundant power cords (1+1) when three power supplies are present
• Six hot-swap system fans in a redundant (5+1) configuration
• Two hot-swap 1-inch Ultra320 SCSI hard drives
Manageability
• Remote management
• Emergency Management Port (EMP)
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 1.5 compliant
• Wired For Management (WfM) 2.0 compliant
• Remote diagnostics support
Upgradeability and
investment protection
• Supports Intel Itanium 2 processors
• Field upgradeable to next generation (Montecito) processor family
• Multi-generational chassis
System-level scalability
• Up to 16-GB DDR SDRAM (using 2-GB DIMMs)
• One to two Intel Itanium 2 processors
• External I/O (3 slots) / disk expansion
• External SCSI connector
Front panel
• System Power switch and LED
• System Reset switch
• System Diagnostic Interrupt (SDINT)
switch
• System ID switch and LED
• System Status LED
• Hard Drive Fault LED
• LAN1 & LAN2 Status LEDs
• Video Connector
• Dual USB 1.1 Ports
Removable media
• DVD/CDRW
• External USB floppy or key fob