NEC Express5800/BladeServer Series N8400-083F/084F/085F NEC Express5800/B120a User's Guide 1st Edition 2-2009 ONL-540_001_04-B120a-100-99-0902
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Keep this User's Guide at hand for quick reference at anytime necessary. SAFETY INDICATIONS Follow the instructions in this User's Guide for your safety to use the server. The server contains components with possible danger, hazards that may cause by ignoring warnings, and preventive actions against such hazards. Server components with possible danger are indicated with a warning label placed on or around them as well as described in this User's Guide.
Symbols used in this User's Guide and warning labels are listed below. Attentions Indicates that improper use may cause an electric shock. Indicates that improper use may cause fumes or fire. Indicates that improper use may cause fingers to be caught. Indicates that improper use may cause personal injury by the moving fan blades. Indicates that improper use may cause personal injury. Indicates that improper use may cause explosion.
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i PREFACE Welcome to the NEC Express5800/BladeServer series server. The NEC Express5800/BladeServer holds powerful performance and employs the latest technology to implement a computer for the next generation. With its potential capabilities, the server may be used as the workstation PC that configures a client-server system and provides high-speed processing and superior reliability.
ii ABOUT THIS USER'S GUIDE This User's Guide is a guide for proper setup and use of the server. This User's Guide also covers useful procedures for dealing with difficulties and problems that may arise during setup or operation of the server. Keep this manual for future use. The following describes how to proceed with this User's Guide.
iii Text Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this User's Guide. For safety symbols, see "SAFETY INDICATIONS" provided earlier. IMPORTANT: Items that are mandatory or require attention when using the server NOTE: Helpful and convenient piece of information IN THE PACKAGE The carton contains various accessories, as well as the server itself. See the packing list to make sure that you have everything and that individual components are not damaged.
iv CONTENTS Preface ..............................................................................................................................................i About This User's Guide..................................................................................................................ii In the Package................................................................................................................................ iii Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server .......................
v RAID Configuration ...................................................................................................................4-23 RAID......................................................................................................................................4-23 Configuration by N8403-027 SATA Interface Card ...............................................................4-28 LSI Software Configuration Utility..............................................................................
vi NEC Product Info Collection Utility.......................................................................................... 6-23 Installation ............................................................................................................................. 6-23 Using Utility .......................................................................................................................... 6-23 Uninstallation ............................................................................
vii Appendix A Specifications............................................................................................A-1 Appendix B Installing the Operating System..............................................................B-1 Setup and Re-setup of CPU Blade of Diskless Model................................................................. B-1 Local Installation.....................................................................................................................
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Chapter 1 Notes on Using Your Server This chapter includes information necessary for proper and safe operation of the server.
1-2 Notes on Using Your Server SAFETY NOTES This section provides notes on using the server safely. Read this section carefully to ensure proper and safe use of the server. For symbols, see "SAFETY INDICATIONS" provided earlier. WARNING Do not use the server for services where critical high availability may directly affect human lives.
Notes on Using Your Server 1-3 WARNING Do not handle the CPU blade if it is installed in the Blade Enclosure. To install or remove an option from the CPU blade, first turn off the power of the CPU blade and remove the CPU blade from the Blade Enclosure. If you touch parts on the CPU blade with it connected to the Blade Enclosure, you may get an electric shock. Do not install or remove more than one CPU blade at a time. Install or remove CPU blades one by one.
1-4 Notes on Using Your Server CAUTION Avoid installation in extreme temperature conditions. Immediately after the server is powered off, its internal components such as hard disk drives are very hot. Leave the server until its internal components fully cool down before installing/removing any component. Avoid contact with the server during thunderstorms. Disconnect the power plug from the outlet when a thunderstorm is approaching.
Notes on Using Your Server 1-5 FOR PROPER OPERATION Observe the following notes for successful operation of the server. Use of the server ignoring the notes will cause malfunctions or failures of the server. CPU blade – N8400-083F/084F/085F CPU blade assembly can be installed in the Blade Enclosure (SIGMABLADE). – Install or remove CPU blades one by one. – Hold the portions covered with metal plates when a CPU blade is installed or removed.
1-6 Notes on Using Your Server – The CPU blade contains precision component that is easily affected by drastic temperature change. If the CPU blade is used after storage or relocation, make sure that the CPU blade is fully adapted to the operating environment. – Make sure that the options are optional devices for the purchased blade server. If an option can be installed or connected to the CPU blade, the option may not operate properly and further the CPU blade may be defected.
Notes on Using Your Server 1-7 TRANSFER TO THIRD PARTY The following must be observed when you transfer (or sell) the server or software provided with the server to a third party: Server Make sure to provide this manual along with the server to a third party. IMPORTANT: About data on the hard disk drive Be sure to take appropriate measures not to leak important data (e.g., customers' information or companies' management information) on the removed hard disk drive to any third parties.
1-8 Notes on Using Your Server DISPOSAL AND CONSUMABLES Dispose of the CPU blade, hard disk drives, Blade Enclosure, option board, floppy disks, and CD/DVD-ROMs according to all national laws and regulations. Also dispose of the power cord provided with the server to avoid diversion to some other devices. IMPORTANT: For disposal (or replacement) of the battery on the mother board of the server, consult with your service representative.
Notes on Using Your Server 1-9 USER SUPPORT Before Asking for Repair, do the following when the server appears to fail: 1. Check if the power cord and the cables to other devices are properly connected. 2. See Chapter 8 to find if your problem fits the description. If it does, take the recommended measure for it. 3. Check if the software required for operation of the server is properly installed.
1-10 Notes on Using Your Server Advice for Health The longer you keep using the computer equipment, the more you become tired, which may cause disorders of your body. When you use a computer, observe the following to keep yourself from getting tired: Good Working Posture You have good posture if the following are satisfied when you use a computer: • You sit on a chair with your back straight. • Your hands are parallel with the floor when you put them on the keyboard.
Chapter 2 General Description This chapter provides information that you should be familiar with before using the server. It includes names and functions of the components and features of the server.
2-2 General Description OVERVIEW BladeServer is a modular and multiprocessing system that includes processor, memory, network connections, optional add-in card slot, and associated electronics, all on a single mother board called a CPU blade. The CPU blade, hard disk drive, and other CPU blades are typically installed into a rack-mountable enclosure that houses multiple CPU blades that share common resources such as cabling, power supplies, and cooling fans.
General Description 2-3 STANDARD FEATURES High performance High-speed Intel® Xeon® Processor DDR3-1066 Registered DIMM or DDR31333 Unbuffered DIMM High-speed 1000BASE-T interface x2 (1Gbps supported) High-speed disk access (SAS and SATA) Expandability Two mezzanine card slots Large memory of up to 64GB Up to two multi-processors are available for upgrade. Two network ports Up to two SAS or SATA hard disk drives (2.5-inch) per CPU blade Two USB (Ver 2.
2-4 General Description PART NAMES AND CONTROLS This section describes the names and features of the sections in the device. CPU Blade This section describes the names, installation positions, and features of the sections on the CPU blade. Onboard Components 1 2 3 4 5 10 9 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 Lithium battery Interface card connector for hard disk drive DIMM slot (CPU #1) CPU1_DIMM1 to CPU1_DIMM4 from top Heat sink Install the processor #1 (CPU #1) below this heat sink.
General Description 2-5 CPU Blade Access Side 1 2 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 9 2 ID 0 10 12 11 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 POWER lamp The lamp goes on green when the CPU blade is powered on. The lamp goes on amber when the CPU blade is powered off but the power is supplied from the power supply unit. POWER switch The switch is intended to turn on or off the power of the CPU blade itself. Pressing the switch for 4 seconds or longer causes the power supply to be turned off forcibly.
2-6 General Description 8 9 10 11 12 ID switch Press this switch to turn on or off the ID lamp. ID lamp (blue) The lamp is intended to identify the CPU blade in the system. The lamp is lit by a switch or software command. When the recognize command is received from software, the lamp blinks. If you press the ID switch, the lamp goes on. You may use the remote control feature of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 2 (BMC) to perform the same operation as using the ID switch on the server.
General Description 2-7 External View Top cover CPU blade with its cover installed Hard disk drive bracket Air duct cover CPU blade with its cover removed
2-8 General Description Hard Disk Drive The hard disk drive is an optional device. An operating system may be installed in the hard disk drive. Handle it carefully. SATA hard disk drive SAS hard disk drive 1 2 1 2 6 3 5 4 3 6 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 Hard disk drive BP connector Used to connect with the hard disk drive backplane in the CPU blade. Drive carrier Disk access lamp (green/amber) Lights green in accessing to a hard disk drive. Lights amber if a fault occurs in a hard disk drive.
General Description 2-9 Lamp Indications This section describes the positions and display meanings of the lamps on the CPU blade and hard disk drive. CPU Blade The CPU blade includes five lamps. POWER lamp STATUS lamp LAN1 Link/Access lamp 1 LAN2 Link/Access lamp 2 ID lamp ID 0 1 POWER Lamp The POWER lamp lights green while the power of the CPU blade is on. The lamp lights amber when the CPU blade is powered off but the power is supplied from the power supply unit.
2-10 General Description STATUS Lamp The STATUS lamp stays lit in green when the CPU blade is in successful operation. When the STATUS lamp is flashing in amber or red, it indicates that the system has failed. In addition, you can view the detailed information on error message on virtual LCD when the STATUS lamp is flashing in amber or red. You can use the virtual LCD through the Web browser of EXPRESSSCOPE engine (BMC) or NEC ESMPRO Manager.
General Description 2-11 Virtual LCD indications when STATUS lamp is flashing in red On-screen message Description Action Proc 1 IERR Proc 2 IERR WDT Timeout An error was detected in CPU#1. An error was detected in CPU#2. Watchdog timer timeout error occurred. Forcedly powered off due to watchdog timer timeout error. A timeout error occurred while the system management interrupt process is in progress. Turn of the power once and then on again.
2-12 General Description On-screen message AmbientTempAlm02 P1 VCCP Alm XX P1 VTT Alm XX P1 VDDQ Alm XX P1 DDR_VTT AlmXX P2 VCCP Alm XX P2 VTT Alm XX P2 VDDQ Alm XX P2 DDR_VTT AlmXX BB +1.1v Alm XX BB +1.5v Alm XX BB +1.8v Alm XX BB +3.3v Alm XX BB +5v Alm XX BB +0.9vs Alm XX BB +1.1vs Alm XX BB +1.8vs Alm XX BB +3.3vs Alm XX BB +5vs Alm XX BB +12vs Alm XX Battery Alm XX Description A low temperature error was detected in CPU blade. A voltage alarm was detected.
General Description 2-13 On-screen message Action Refer to the User's Guide of Blade Enclosure to check if the CPU blade is installed in correct location. Check the installation locations of the fan and CPU blade. If the same error persists, contact your service representative. Cooling Error In the Blade Enclosure, the Check if the heat sink is installed number of fans installed is correctly on CPU blade. insufficient or the installed fan is Check if fans in Blade Enclosure work faulty.
2-14 General Description LAN (1 - 2) Link/Access Lamps The lamp goes on when LAN port is connected to the network. The lamp blinks when data is being transmitted. When the CPU blade is powered on and the LAN cable is connected, the lamp on LAN port for which the link is being established goes on. The connection of LAN port is physically controlled by the EM card and the switch module installed in the Blade Enclosure.
General Description 2-15 USING YOUR SERVER This section describes the basic operation of the blade server. Power-on of Blade Server There are the following two ways to turn on the power of the CPU blade. Turn on the power of the CPU blade in any of the two ways after turning on the powers of the display unit and peripherals connected to the CPU blade.
2-16 General Description Power ON from CPU Blade Press the POWER switch on the panel of the CPU blade (the POWER lamp on the CPU blade goes on green). POWER lamp POWER switch 1 2 ID Power ON from Network Serial Port Depending on the BIOS setting of the CPU blade, the power of the CPU blade may be automatically turned on by a proper packet received from the network or via the modem connected to the serial port.
General Description 2-17 Power-off of Blade Server There are the following three ways to turn off the power of the CPU blade. 1. Power-off by OS shutdown 2. Power-off from CPU Blade Press the POWER switch on the panel of the CPU blade 3. Power-off from Remote Console The power of the CPU blade can be turned off by using "OS Shutdown" in remote control feature of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 2 (BMC). The POWER lamp on the CPU blade of which power was turned off goes on amber.
2-18 General Description POST Execution Flow The following describes the progress of POST in the chronological order. IMPORTANT: Do not make unnecessary key entries or perform mouse operations while POST is in progress. Some system configurations may display the message "Press Any Key" to prompt a key entry. This message is driven by BIOS of an installed optional board. Make sure to read the manual that comes with the optional board before any key entry.
General Description 2-19 5. If you have set the password using the BIOS SETUP utility, the password entry screen appears upon successful completion of POST. Up to three password entries will be accepted. Three incorrect password entries disable the system to boot. In such a case, turn off the power and wait about 30 seconds before turning on to boot the CPU blade. IMPORTANT: Do not set a password before installing an OS. 6. The OS starts when POST completes.
2-20 General Description Device Identification To identify the device to be maintained among more than one device, ID lamp is used. The ID lamp is located on the CPU blade installed in the Blade Enclosure. The ID lamp allows you to identify the device subject to maintenance among more than one CPU blade installed in the Blade Enclosure. The ID lamp on CPU blade can also be made blink blue by proper software commands from the management PC on the network.
Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Server This chapter describes how to set up the server appropriate for your system, on a step-by-step basis.
3-2 Setting Up Your Server BEFORE INSTALLING CPU BLADE Be sure to check the MAC addresses before installing a CPU blade in the Blade Enclosure. Check of MAC Address A MAC address indicates the address specific for the network. It is expressed by 12-digit alphanumeric starting with "003013". A CPU blade has two MAC addresses. Check the MAC addresses before installing a CPU blade in the Blade Enclosure. A MAC address is indicated in the area as shown in the figure below.
Setting Up Your Server INSTALLING THE CPU BLADE Install the CPU blade in the dedicated Blade Enclosure. Refer to the User's Guide of Blade Enclosure for how to install the CPU blade. IMPORTANT: The CPU blade is extremely sensitive to static electricity. Make sure to touch the metal frame of the CPU blade to discharge static electricity from your body before handling the CPU blade. Do not touch the pins, leads, or circuitry and place the CPU blade directly on the desk.
3-4 Setting Up Your Server MAKING CONNECTIONS Connect peripheral devices to the CPU blade. IMPORTANT: Contact the maintenance engineer in your service representative if you have any requests on the system configuration including the connection to the uninterruptible power supply system or auto power controller and the time schedule operation. If you are installing the CPU blade in the Blade Enclosure (SIGMABLADE), follow instructions described in the User's Guide of the Blade Enclosure.
Setting Up Your Server 3-5 In the ordinary operation, any cables may not be connected to a CPU blade. Proper cable(s) should be connected to the USB, serial, and/or VGA ports on the CPU blade in the following cases: Installing OS (when the CPU blade is installed in the Blade Enclosure (SIGMABLADEH)) Maintenance Updating BIOS and firmware The K410-150(00) SUV cable is a standard accessory for the Blade Enclosure (SIGMABLADE).
3-6 Setting Up Your Server USB Connection by K410-150(00) SUV Cable Connect the floppy disk drive, DVD-ROM drive, keyboard, and mouse according to the figure shown below. Display unit External floppy disk drive 1 2 ID USB 0 External DVD-ROM drive * USB 1 CPU blade * Use the USB hub and external DVD-ROM drive supported by this CPU blade. Self-powered USB hub * Mouse Keyboard Network The CPU blade is connected with network via the Blade Enclosure.
Chapter 4 Configuring Your Server This chapter describes Basic Input Output System (BIOS) configuration. When you install the blade server for the first time or install/remove optional devices, thoroughly read this chapter for better understanding and correct setups. SYSTEM BIOS ~ SETUP ~ The SETUP utility is provided to make basic hardware configuration for the CPU blade. This utility is pre-installed in the flash memory of the CPU blade and ready to run.
4-2 Configuring Your Server Starting SETUP Utility Powering on the CPU blade starts POST (Power On Self-Test) and displays its check results. If the NEC logo is displayed, press Esc. After a while, the following message appears at bottom left on the screen. Press to enter SETUP Press F2 to start the SETUP utility and display its Main menu. If you have previously set a password with the SETUP utility, the password entry screen appears. Enter the password.
Configuring Your Server 4-3 Description on On-Screen Items and Key Usage Use the following keyboard keys to work with the SETUP utility. (Key functions are also listed at the bottom of the screen.) Indicates the current menu. Indicates there are submenus. Online help window Setup item menu Explanation of key functions Cursor (↑, ↓): Cursor (←, →): – and +: Enter: Esc: F1: F9: F10: Parameter (high-lights upon selection) menu Selects an item on the screen. The highlighted item is currently selected.
4-4 Configuring Your Server Menu and Parameter Descriptions The SETUP utility has the following six major menus: Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit To set minute functions, select a submenu from the above menus. The following describes available functions and parameters, as well as the factory-set, for each menu.
Configuring Your Server 4-5 Main Option System Time System Date Hard Disk Pre-Delay Processor Settings Parameter HH:MM:SS MM/DD/YYYY [Disabled] 3 seconds 6 seconds 9 seconds 12 seconds 15 seconds 21 seconds 30 seconds Select submenu Description Set the system time. Set the system date. When accessing the internal SATA hard disk drive for the first time during POST, the system waits for the specified time until the drive becomes ready. Your Setting Shows the processor settings submenu.
4-6 Configuring Your Server Processor Settings Option Processor Speed Setting Parameter nnn GHz Processor 1 CPUID Numeral Disabled Not Installed Error Processor 1 L2 Cache nnn KB Processor 1 L3 Cache nnn KB Processor 2 CPUID Numeral Disabled Not Installed Error Processor 2 L2 Cache nnn KB Processor 2 L3 Cache nnn KB Active Processor Cores [ALL] 1 [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disabled Hyper Threadi
Configuring Your Server 4-7 Advanced Option Memory Configuration Parameter – PCI Configuration – Peripheral Configuration – Advanced Chipset Control – Boot-time Diagnostic Screen [Disabled] Enabled Reset Configuration Data [No] Yes NumLock On [Off] [Boot] Halt Memory/Processor Error Description Displays Memory Configuration submenu. Displays PCI Configuration submenu. Displays Peripheral Configuration submenu. Displays Advanced Chipset Control submenu.
4-8 Configuring Your Server Memory Configuration Option Installed memory Parameter nnn MB Description Indicates the total capacity of the basic memory. (View only) Indicates the capacity of memory available in the area under 4GB. (View only) Indicates the current memory status installed in CPU1_DIMM1 to CPU1_DIMM4. "Normal" indicates the normal status, "Disabled" indicates a memory error, "Not installed" indicates no DIMM installed, and "Error" indicates the system is forcibly started with memory error.
Configuring Your Server 4-9 PCI Configuration Option Mezzanine Slot #1-2 Option ROM Scan PXE/iSCSI Select Parameter Enabled [Disabled] [PXE] iSCSI Description Indicates whether the expansion of BIOS of mezzanine card to be installed is enabled or disabled. Specify PXE or iSCSI to boot the mezzanine card to be installed. Your Setting [ ]: Factory-set IMPORTANT: An option [PXE/iSCSI Select] is displayed only when the mezzanine card that supports iSCSI standard is installed.
4-10 Configuring Your Server Peripheral Configuration IMPORTANT: Note that the interrupt and/or base I/O address are not overlapped with others. If the value set for the interrupt or base I/O address is used in another resource, the yellow asterisk (*) appears. Reset any item with the yellow asterisk properly. If N8403-026 RAID controller is installed, "Serial ATA", "SATA Controller Mode Option", "SATA AHCI", and "SATA RAID" are not displayed.
Configuring Your Server 4-11 Advanced Chipset Control Option Multimedia Timer Intel(R) I/O AT Intel(R) VT-d Parameter Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Wake On LAN/PME Disabled [Enabled] Wake On Ring [Disabled] Enabled Wake On RTC Alarm [Disabled] Enabled Description Specify whether the system supports the multimedia timer feature. Enables or disables the Intel(R) Acceleration technology.
4-12 Configuring Your Server Security The Security menu appears if you move the cursor to the position of "Security." Press Enter on "Set Supervisor Password" or "Set User Password," to display the following screen. Enter the passwords on the dialog box. Passwords may have up to eight characters including alphanumerics and symbols. IMPORTANT: User password can be set only when Supervisor password is already set. Set the passwords only after OS is installed. See the table below for the items.
Configuring Your Server Option Set User Password Parameter Up to eight alphanumerics Password on boot Fixed disk boot sector [Disabled] Enabled [Normal] Write Protect Power Switch Inhibit [Disabled] Enabled Description Supervisor password controls access to the setup utility. When Enter is pressed, the user is prompted for a password; press Esc to abort.
4-14 Configuring Your Server IMPORTANT: If you select any parameter except for [No Change] to change TPM State, a confirmation screen as shown below appears at the end of POST after restarting the system. Select [Execute] on the confirmation screen to determine the change you have made.
Configuring Your Server 4-15 Server Option System Management Console Redirection BMC LAN Configuration Event Log Configuration Assert NMI on PERR Assert NMI on SERR FRB-2 Policy Boot Monitoring Boot Monitoring Policy Parameter – – – – Disabled [Enabled] Disabled [Enabled] Disable FRB2 Timer [Retry 3 Times] Always Reset [Disabled] 5 Minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 25 minutes 30 minutes 35 minutes 40 minutes 45 minutes 50 minutes 55 minutes 60 minutes [Retry 3 Times] Always Reset Thermal Sensor
4-16 Configuring Your Server Option Post Error Pause Parameter Disabled [Enabled] AC-LINK Stay Off [Last State] Power On Disabled [Enabled] Platform Event Filtering Description Specify whether to stop the POST once at the end of POST if an error occurs during the POST. Specify the state of power when the AC power to the server is turn off once and then on. Your Setting Specify whether to enable or disable the platform event filtering (PEF) feature.
Configuring Your Server 4-17 System Management Submenu Option BIOS Revision Parameter – Board Part Number – Board Serial Number – System Part Number – System Serial Number – Chassis Part Number – Chassis Serial Number – Onboard LAN1 MAC Address Onboard LAN2 MAC Address Management LAN MAC Address BMC Device ID BMC Device Revision – – – BMC Firmware Revision – SDR Revision – PIA Revision – – – Description Displays the current BIOS revision.
4-18 Configuring Your Server Console Redirection Submenu Option BIOS Redirection Port Baud Rate Flow Control Terminal Type Continue Redirection after POST Remote Console Reset Parameter [Disabled] Serial Port A Serial Port B 9600 [19.2K] 38.4K 57.6K 115.2K None Xon/Xoff [CTS/RTS] CTS/RTS+CD PC ANSI [VT100+] VT-UTF8 Disabled [Enabled] [Disabled] Enabled Description Specify the address/interrupt of the serial port to which a remote console is connected.
Configuring Your Server 4-19 BMC LAN Configuration Submenu Option IP Address Parameter [192.168.001.129] Subnet Mask [255.255.255.000] Default Gateway [192.168.001.
4-20 Configuring Your Server IMPORTANT: Notes on performing Clear BMC Configuration Executing "Load Setup Defaults" in BIOS SETUP utility does not restore the default value for settings related to management LAN of BMC. To restore the default value, you need to execute Clear BMC Configuration. It takes about several tens seconds until initialization completes after execution of Clear BMC Configuration. Executing Clear BMC Configuration also clears settings made in NEC ESMPRO Manager.
Configuring Your Server 4-21 Boot The CPU blade searches for devices in the order set in this menu on booting. Finding the boot software, the CPU blade starts the software. The priority of the boot devices can be changed by using the ↑, ↓, +, and - keys. Move the cursor to the desired device with the ↑ or ↓ key and change the priority with the + or - key. The boot device priority is factory-set in the following order.
4-22 Configuring Your Server Exit The options on the menu are described below. IMPORTANT: The values of SETUP at the shipment may be different from their default values depending on the model of the CPU blade. It is necessary to set the values meeting the environment in which the CPU blade is used referring to the models. Exit Saving Changes Exit after writing all modified BIOS SETUP item values to CMOS. Exit Discarding Changes Exit leaving CMOS unmodified.
Configuring Your Server 4-23 RAID CONFIGURATION This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives as RAID System by N8403-027 SATA interface card or N8403-026 RAID Controller. About the optional RAID Controller, refer to the documents provided with optional RAID Controller. RAID Overview of RAID System What is RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)? RAID is an abbreviation for "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks".
4-24 Configuring Your Server RAID Levels The record mode enabling the RAID feature includes several levels. N8403-027 SATA interface card and N8403-026 RAID Controller support RAID levels 0 and 1. The number of hard disk drives required to create a disk group varies depending on the RAID level as shown in the table below. Number of required HDDs Min. Max. 1 2 2 2 RAID level RAID 0 RAID 1 NOTE: For details of the RAID levels, see "RAID Levels" described later in this chapter.
Configuring Your Server 4-25 Virtual Disk Virtual drive is defined in disk group. It is recognized as a physical drive by OS. The allowable number of virtual disks is up to 16 per disk group, or up to 64 per controller. The figure below shows a sample configuration in which the N8403-027 SATA interface card or N8403-026 RAID Controller is connected with two HDDs, creating one Disk Group. Two virtual drives (VD) of RAID0 are defined in the Disk Group.
4-26 Configuring Your Server RAID Levels Characteristics of RAID Levels The table below lists the characteristics of the RAID levels. Level RAID0 Function Striping Redundancy No RAID1 Mirroring Yes Characteristics • Data read/write at the highest rate • Largest capacity • Capacity: (capacity of single HDD) × (number of HDDs) • Two HDDs required • Capacity: capacity of single HDD RAID0 In RAID0, data to be recorded is distributed to HDDs. The mode is called "striping".
Configuring Your Server 4-27 RAID1 In the RAID1 level, data saved in a HDD is written to another HDD without change. The mode is called "mirroring". When data is written onto a single HDD, the same data is written onto another HDD. If either of the HDDs is defected, the other HDD containing the same data can substitute for the defected HDD. Thus the system can continue to operate without interruption.
4-28 Configuring Your Server Configuration by N8403-027 SATA Interface Card This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives as RAID System by N8403-027 SATA Interface card. Installing the Hard Disk Drives Install two hard disk drives to your CPU blade. See Chapter 9 for detail. IMPORTANT: Use two hard disk drives of the same revolution. In addition, use two hard disk drives of the same capacity if you are going to configure RAID1.
Configuring Your Server 4-29 LSI Software Configuration Utility The configuration tool used for N8403-027 SATA interface card / N8403-026 RAID controller is "LSI Software Configuration Utility". NOTE: The LSI Software Configuration Utility cannot be used on remote console feature of NEC ESMPRO Manager. Running the Utility 1. When the following screen appears after you have powered on the CPU blade, press Esc. The POST screen appears. 2.
4-30 Configuring Your Server Exiting from the Utility Press Esc in the TOP menu of LSI Software Configuration Utility. When a confirmation message appears, select [Yes]. When the above message appears, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete. The CPU blade is rebooted.
Configuring Your Server 4-31 Menu Tree Setting list +: Selection/execution parameter : Setting parameter. •: Information display >: Can be set (modified) after creation of virtual drive Menu +Configure +Easy Configuration +New Configuration +View/Add Configuration +Clear Configuration +Select Boot Drive +Initialize +Objects +Adapter +Sel.
4-32 Configuring Your Server Operating Procedures for Setup Utility Creating/Adding Configuration Run LSI Software Configuration Utility Set new configuration information (pack/virtual drive settings) Check the virtual drive settings Initialize virtual drive Perform Consistency Check Exit LSI Software Configuration Utility 1. Run LSI Software Configuration Utility. 2. Select [Configure] → [New Configuration] from the TOP menu (Management Menu).
Configuring Your Server 3. 4-33 When a confirmation message (Proceed?) is displayed, select [Yes.] The SCAN DEVICE starts (scanning information is displayed at the bottom of the screen). Upon completion of SCAN DEVICE, the [New Configuration - ARRAY SELECTION MENU] screen appears. 4. Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive to be packed and then press Space to select the hard disk drive. The display for the selected hard disk drive changes from READY to ONLINE. 5.
4-34 Configuring Your Server 7. Press F10 to create virtual drive. The [Virtual Drives Configure] screen appears. (The figure below shows an example of RAID1 configured with two hard disk drives.) 8. Select "RAID", "Size", "DWC", "RA", or "Span" by using cursor keys. Then press Enter to fix the selection and set each value. (1) "RAID": Sets RAID level. Parameter 0 1 Description RAID0 RAID1 (2) "Size": Sets virtual drive size. Up to 8 virtual drives can be created per RAID controller.
Configuring Your Server 9. 4-35 When all settings are completed, select "Accept" and then press Enter to create virtual drive. The created virtual drive is displayed in the [Virtual Drive Configured] screen. 10. After creating virtual drive, press Esc to exit from the menu. Go back to the [Save Configuration?] screen and then select "Yes" to save the configuration. 11. When the confirmation message shows that the configuration has been saved, press Esc to return to the TOP menu screen. 12.
4-36 Configuring Your Server Manual Rebuild Replace hard disk drive Run LSI Software Configuration Utility Execute rebuilding Exit LSI Software Configuration Utility 1. Replace a hard disk drive and turn on the CPU blade. 2. Run LSI Software Configuration Utility. 3. Select [Rebuild] from the TOP menu. The [Rebuild – PHYSICAL DRIVES SELECTION MENU] screen appears. 4. Move the cursor onto the hard disk drive displaying "FAIL", and then press Space to select it.
Configuring Your Server 4-37 Check Consistency Run LSI Software Configuration Utility Execute Check Consistency Exit LSI Software Configuration Utility 1. Run LSI Software Configuration Utility. 2. Select [Check Consistency] from the TOP menu. The [Virtual Drives] screen appears. 3. Move the cursor onto the virtual drive to be checked, and press Space to select it. 4. When virtual drive has been selected, press F10 to start consistency check. 5. A confirmation screen for execution appears.
4-38 Configuring Your Server Others 1. Clear Configuration Clears configuration information. Select [Configure] → [Clear Configuration] from the TOP menu. Executing [Clear Configuration] clears all configuration information on the RAID controller and hard disk drives. The configuration information on all channels of the RAID controller is also cleared. NOTES: 2. LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility cannot delete each virtual drive. Use Universal RAID Utility instead.
Configuring Your Server 4-39 LSI Software Configuration Utility and Universal RAID Utility You can use Universal RAID Utility for configuration and management, monitoring of N8403-027 SATA interface card / N8403-026 RAID cotnroller after start up operating system. The point to keep in mind when you use Universal RAID Utility together with LSI Software Configuration Utility is as follows. Terms LSI Software Configuration Utility and Universal RAID Utility are different in term.
4-40 Configuring Your Server Setting of Priority (Rate) of Background Tasks LSI Software Configuration Utility displays and sets priority of background tasks (Rebuild, Patrol Read, and Consistency Check) by percentage. Universal RAID Utility uses three levels as High/Middle/Low for them. See the table below. The priority indicates the ratio which the background task occupies to the process running by the RAID Controller.
Configuring Your Server 4-41 Configuration by N8403-026 RAID Controller This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives as RAID System by N8403-026 RAID Controller. Rebuild If a HDD is defected, the rebuild feature can recover the data in the defected HDD. The rebuild can be applied to redundant virtual drives in the RAID1 level. Manual Rebuild The manual rebuild can be performed by using Universal RAID Utility, the management utility of the RAID Controller.
4-42 Configuring Your Server Patrol Read The patrol read gives the read & verify test in the entire area of HDDs. It can be performed for all HDDs assigned to virtual drives. The Patrol Read allows subsequent detects of HDDs to be detected and repaired. For HDDs configuring redundant virtual drives, error sectors detected during Patrol Read can be repaired. IMPORTANT: Note the following for the patrol read: For the RAID Controller, Patrol Read feature is factory-set to "Enabled".
Configuring Your Server 4-43 Reconstruction The reconstruction feature is used to change configuration and/or RAID level of existing virtual drive. The Reconstruction contains the following three features, however, the RAID Controller supports "Migration with addition" only. IMPORTANT: You can use WebBIOS for Reconstruction. Universal RAID Utility does not support Reconstruction. Removed physical drive Unsupported. Migration only Unsupported.
4-44 Configuring Your Server IMPORTANT: Note the following for the Reconstruction: Be sure to make backup copy of data and perform Consistency Check before starting Reconstruction. The Reconstruction is disabled in the configuration where several virtual drives are defined in one disk group During Reconstruction, the processing rate is decreased due to much load. The Reconstruction may be performed for the degraded or partially degraded virtual drive.
Configuring Your Server Before Using WebBIOS Read the following sections describing supported functions and precautions before using "WebBIOS".
4-46 Configuring Your Server Notes on Creating Virtual Drive 1. The hard disk drives configuring the drive group should have the same capacity and rotation speed. 2. Be sure to execute Consistency Check after creating VD. 3. When installing an OS in VD under N8403-026 RAID controller, create a VD dedicated to OS installation. 4. WebBIOS cannot be handled via remote console functions of NEC ESMPRO Manager. 5.
Configuring Your Server Property of Hard disk drive of Universal RAID Utility 4-47
4-48 Configuring Your Server Using WebBIOS Starting WebBIOS 1. When the screen as shown below appears, press Ctrl + H to start WebBIOS. LSI MegaRAID SAS - MFI BIOS Version XXXX (Build MMM DD, YYYY) Copyright (c) 20XX LSI Corporation HA - X (Bus X Dev X) MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 FW package: X.X.X - XXXX 0 Virtual Drive(s) found on the host adapter. 0 Virtual Drive(s) handled by BIOS. Press for WebBIOS......
Configuring Your Server 4-49 Main Menu Shown below is [Adapter Selection] screen that appears first on WebBIOS. On [Adapter No.] box, select an adapter you want to operate with WebBIOS, then click [Start]. When the adapter is selected on [Adapter Selection], the WebBIOS Top Menu appears. Information of VD configured and hard disk drives connected with the controller.
4-50 Configuring Your Server WebBIOS Menu Controller Selection: Controller Properties: Scan Devices: Virtual Drives: Drives: Configuration Wizard: Physical View / Logical View: Events: Exit: Goes back to Adapter Selection menu. Displays properties of the controller. Detects hard disk drives connected with the controller again. Opens operation window for VD that has already been configured. Opens operation window for hard disk drive connected with the controller. Displays the wizard to configure VD.
Configuring Your Server IMPORTANT: The right frame of Physical View shows slot number, type, capacity, and status of hard disk drive. The slot number is represented by the number 0 or 1. It indicates the slot number of the hard disk drive bay. The controller does not support the Events feature. NOTE: S.M.A.R.T status The information of the hard disk drive that has one or more Pred Fail Count is displayed in yellow. Indicates that the device has failed in the past.
4-52 Configuring Your Server Controller Properties When you click [Controller Properties] on WebBIOS Top Menu, the configuration information is displayed. Click [Next] to see the detailed settings of this controller.
Configuring Your Server 4-53 The detailed setting is continued on the next page. Click [Next] to view more information. Clicking [Supported] in "Schedule CC" opens the screen for setting scheduled consistency check.
4-54 Configuring Your Server Default settings and their explanation Item Battery Backup Default Present None Set Factory Defaults Cluster Mode Rebuild Rate BGI Rate CC Rate Reconstruction Rate Controller BIOS NCQ Coercion Mode S.M.A.R.
Configuring Your Server 4-55 Scan Devices When you click [Scan Devices] on WebBIOS Top Menu, the connected hard disk drives are detected again. Use this feature when you have installed a new hard disk drive additionally while the WebBIOS is running. IMPORTANT: If the newly connected hard disk drive contains another configuration information, [Foreign Configuration] screen as shown below appears.
4-56 Configuring Your Server Virtual Drives When you click [Virtual Drives] on WebBIOS Top Menu, the screen for operating the VD that has already been configured. List of VDs box shows existing VDs. List of VDs Fast Initialize: Slow Initialize: Check Consistency: Properties: Set Boot Drive (Current =XX): Default: NONE Clears the top area of the VD being selected in List of VDs box. Clears whole area of the VD being selected in List of VDs box.
Configuring Your Server 4-57 Drives When you click [Drives] on WebBIOS Top Menu, the screen for operating the connected physical drive appears. IMPORTANT: If no device is connected, the upper right column of the screen will be blank. Use this menu only when a hard disk drive is being connected.
4-58 Configuring Your Server Physical Drive Properties Take the following procedures to check Physical Drive Properties. Shown below is an example to check property of physical drive. 1. Click the Physical Drive you want to check. 2. Click the checkbox for [Properties]. 3. Click [Go]. The Properties screen as shown below appears.
Configuring Your Server 4-59 Physical Drive Properties Locate: Make Global HSP: Make Dedicated HSP: Remove HOTSPARE: Make Unconf Bad: Make Unconf Good Prepare Removal: Undo Removal: Make Drive Offline: Make Drive Online: Rebuild Drive: Mark as Missing: Let Disk Status lamp light or blinks. The selected hard disk drive is assigned as hot-spare available for all DGs. The selected hard disk drive is assigned as hot-spare available only for the specific DG.
4-60 Configuring Your Server Configuration Wizard Use this wizard to configure a virtual drive using the hard disk drives connected. The detailed explanation of this feature is given in "Configuring Virtual Drive". Controller Selection If one or more RAID controllers are installed in the server, you need to select an adapter controlled by WebBIOS to configure each adapter. Clicking [Controller Selection] on WebBIOS top menu opens the [Adapter Selection] screen.
Configuring Your Server 4-61 Exit When you click [Exit] on WebBIOS Top Menu, a confirmation screen to exit from WebBIOS is displayed. Click [Yes] to exit from WebBIOS. The screen as shown below appears when WebBIOS is terminated. Restart the server.
4-62 Configuring Your Server Configuring Virtual Drive This section describes the procedures for configuration of VD (virtual drive) using WebBIOS. Configuration Wizard When you click [Configuration Wizard] on WebBIOS Top Menu, the screen as shown below appears. Select the relevant operation, and click [Next] at lower right of the screen. Clear Configuration : New Configuration : Add Configuration : Allows you to clear existing configuration (RAID information).
Configuring Your Server When you select [Add Configuration], the screen as shown below appears. Be sure to select [Manual Configuration], and click [Next]. IMPORTANT: The RAID Controller does not support "Automatic Configuration" feature. Use this menu to define several hard disk drives as a drive group (DG). 1. While pressing Ctrl, click the hard disk drives to be included in DG.
4-64 Configuring Your Server 2. Upon completion of selection, click [Add to Array] at the lower left of the screen. 3. A new DG is defined in the Drive Groups frame. To define the new DG, click [Accept DG] at the lower right of the screen. 4. After the DG has been defined, click [Next] at the lower right of the screen.
Configuring Your Server 4-65 5. Then, the Span Definition screen appears. 6. Select a DG to define VD from "Array With Free Space" frame, then click [Add to SPAN]. The DG is defined in the "Span" field to the right. 7. After the Span has been defined, click [Next] at the lower right of the screen. DG is added to Span. IMPORTANT: To configure RAID0 or 1, perform Span Definition to a single DG only.
4-66 Configuring Your Server Define the virtual drive (VD) in DG that has been created in previous step. When DG was defined, [VD Definition] screen is displayed. In the "Next LD, Possible RAID Levels" column, available RAID levels and maximum size for VD are displayed. As an example, define a RAID1 VD of 67.656GB. 1. Specify the necessary parameters in left columns. 2. Enter "67.656" in "Select Size" field, and select "GB" as a unit. 3. Click [Accept] at the lower center of the screen. 4.
Configuring Your Server 5. Upon completion of VD definition, click [Next]. IMPORTANT: RAID1 may be configured with three or more hard disk drives in drive group. However, with this controller, the drive group must contain only two hard disk drives. RAID00 is not supported.
4-68 Configuring Your Server 6. VD is created in DG as shown in the screen below. After making sure that the VD is created correctly, click [Accept] at the lower right of the screen. 7. The confirmation message "Save this Configuration?" appears. Click "Yes" to save the configuration. 8. The confirmation message "Want to Initialize the New Virtual Drives?" appears. To perform "Fast Initialize", select "Yes". 9. "Virtual Drives" operation screen is displayed.
Configuring Your Server 10. 4-69 WebBIOS Top Menu is displayed. Virtual Drives you have created is displayed in the right frame of the screen.
4-70 Configuring Your Server Parameters for VD Definition Listed below are parameters for Configuration Wizard. Item RAID Level Strip Size Access Policy Read Policy Write Policy Parameter RAID 0 / RAID 1 8 KB / 16 KB / 32 KB / 64 KB / 128 KB / 256 KB / 512 KB / 1024 KB RW / Read Only / Blocked Normal / Ahead / Adaptive WBack / Wthru WrtThru for BAD BBU Checked / Unchecked IO Policy Disk Cache Policy Disable BGI Direct / Cached Unchanged / Enabled / Disabled No / Yes Remarks RAID 00 is not supported.
Configuring Your Server 4-71 The Write Policy has the following modes depending on combination with WrtThru for BAD BBU. Select a mode suitable for your environment. Write Policy WBack WThru WrtThru for BAD BBU Checked Normal write back mode * The controller operates in write through mode. Write through mode The controller does not use cache memory for writing data. This mode can provide the highest data security, however, the writing performance is lower than that in write back mode.
4-72 Configuring Your Server Operation of Various Features Check Consistency Check Consistency is used to check consistency among virtual drives. 1. Start WebBIOS. 2. Click [Virtual Drives] on WebBIOS Top Menu. 3. Select a VD to perform Check Consistency from the upper right frame of Virtual Drives screen. 4. Click the checkmark column for Check Consistency from the lower right frame of Virtual Drives screen. 5. Make sure that Check Consistency is checked, and click [Go]. 6.
Configuring Your Server 4-73 7. The progress of Check Consistency is displayed on the left frame of Virtual Drives screen. 8. Click [Home] at the lower left of Virtual Drives screen to return to the Top Menu. IMPORTANT: A lot of inconsistency may be detected at the first Check Consistency performed after the VD was configured due to inconsistencies in the unused area. In such a case, an alert may be logged.
4-74 Configuring Your Server Manual Rebuild Rebuild can be performed automatically when the failed hard disk drive is replaced in hot-swap mode. However, if the failed hard disk drive is replaced after turning off the power of the server, Rebuild will not start automatically. Use Manual Rebuild feature to recover the virtual drives as described below.
Configuring Your Server 4-75 Described below are procedures based on assumption: One of the hard disk drives failed in a RAID1 VD configured with two hard disk drives. Replace the failed hard disk drive with new one after turning off the power of the server. Auto Rebuild feature is disabled for non-hot-swap replacement. Use Manual Rebuild feature to recover the virtual drives as described below. 1. Start WebBIOS.
4-76 Configuring Your Server 4. Check to "Make Global HSP" or select the DG you want to rebuild and check to "Make Dedicated HSP", and then click [Go] on the lower center of the screen. – Check to "Make Global HSP" check box. – Or, select the DG that contains the failed hard disk drive and check to "Make Dedicated HSP" check box. 5. When [Rebuild Progress] is displayed, click [Home] at the lower left of the screen to go back to WebBIOS Top Menu.
Configuring Your Server 4-77 6. The WebBIOS Top Menu changes as shown below during rebuild. If you click on Physical Drive being rebuilt, the progress of rebuild is displayed. 7. When the rebuild completes, the status for the Physical Drive is "Online" and that of the Virtual Drive is "Optimal".
4-78 Configuring Your Server Reconstruction Described below are procedures based on assumption: Add a hard disk drive to a RAID0 VD configured with one hard disk drive to make a RAID1 VD configured with two hard disk drives. 1. Start WebBIOS. Make sure that the status for the added hard disk drive is indicated as "Unconfigured Good" in the right frame of the Top Menu. 2. Select a VD you want to reconstruct (VD 0 in the example) from the right frame of Top Menu.
Configuring Your Server 3. Setting menu for VD is displayed. 4. On the right of the screen, items required for reconstruction are displayed. Information of hard disk drives in the DG in which a VD is defined. Migration Only: Allows change of RAID level. Migration with addition: Allows addition of hard disk drive and change of RAID level.
4-80 Configuring Your Server 5. Select "Migration with addition". 6. Specify the RAID level used after reconstruction. 7. Select a hard disk drive to be added. 8. When you finished Steps 5 to 7, click [Go] at the lower right of the screen. 9. The progress of reconstruction is displayed on the lower left of the screen. Click [Home] at the lower left of the screen to return to the WebBIOS Top Menu. IMPORTANT: The capacity of virtual drive may be incorrectly displayed after reconstruction.
Configuring Your Server 4-81 Locate The Locate command makes an LED on hard disk drive light or blink to confirm the location of the slot. We recommend you to check the slot of hard disk drive before adding VD or hot spare disks, reconstructing VD, or replacing hard disk drive. How to execute Locate command on WebBIOS 1. Click a Physical Drive to check the location on the WebBIOS Top Menu. 2. The Physical Drive properties are displayed. Click [Locate]. 3. Click [Go].
4-82 Configuring Your Server Slow Initialize Slow Initialize writes zero to all the sectors of the data area in the VD. 1. Start WebBIOS. 2. Click [Virtual Drives] on the WebBIOS Top Menu. 3. Select a VD to perform Slow Initialize from the upper right frame of the Virtual Drives screen. 4. Click the checkmark column for Slow Initialize from the lower right frame of the Virtual Drives screen. 5. Make sure that Slow Initialize is checked, and click [Go].
Configuring Your Server 4-83 WebBIOS and Universal RAID Utility You can use Universal RAID Utility for configuration and management, monitoring of RAID System after start up operating system. The point to be kept in mind when using Universal RAID Utility together with WebBIOS is as follows. Terms Terms used in WebBIOS differs from those used in Universal RAID Utility. When you use Universal RAID Utility together with WebBIOS, substitute terms according to the following list.
4-84 Configuring Your Server Disk Array WebBIOS manages Disk Array by a number beginning with 0. You can see a number of Disk Array where [DG X] in Physical Drives and Virtual Drives. Universal RAID Utility manages Disk Array by a number beginning with 1. You can see a number of Disk Array where [Disk Array] in the property of Logical Drive on RAID Viewer or [RAID Controller #X Disk Array #Y] in the property of Disk Array on raidcmd.
Configuring Your Server 4-85 Setting of Priority WebBIOS displays and sets Rebuild Priority, Patrol Read Priority, and Consistency Check Priority of RAID Controller by percentage. However, Universal RAID Utility uses three levels as High/Middle/Low for them. NOTES: WebBIOS can set BGI Rate (Background Initialize Priority). However, Universal RAID Utility cannot set it. Universal RAID Utility can set Initialization Priority.
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Chapter 5 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup This section describes information on using Express Setup to install and configure the following operating systems to server. Windows Server 2008 Standard 32-bit (x86) Edition / Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32-bit (x86) Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition / Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition To use the server with the other operating systems described in this section, contact your service representative.
5-2 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup About Express Setup "Express Setup" helps you to install the Windows Operating System. The setup automatically configures the RAID System and installs the Operating System and some management software. IMPORTANT: Executing the Express Setup erases all data on the hard disk drive. You can also use "Parameter File" at "Express Setup" in order to save or backup parameters for installation.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-3 Windows Server 2008 This section explains how to install Windows Server 2008 by using the Express Setup. NOTES: Express Setup does not support the installation of Windows Server 2008 64-bit(x64) Edition. If you want to install it, see Appendix B. If you install Windows Server 2008 without using Express Setup, see Appendix B. Notes on Windows Installation This section explains the notes on the Windows installation.
5-4 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Supported Mass Storage Controllers The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system supports the following mass storage controllers for installation.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-5 Case of using N8403-026 (RAID Controller), N8403-027 (SATA Interface card) If you use N8403-026 (RAID Controller), N8403-027 (SATA Interface card), creating new RAID and installing Windows Server 2008 by Express Setup, the setup may be failed. If you create new RAID, refer to following procedure and create RAID beforehand. Creating RAID manually Refer to [RAID Configuration (Chapter 4)].
5-6 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup About the System Partition Size When the system is Windows Server 2008 32-bit (x86) Edition Required partition size = size required to install OS + paging file size + dump file size + application size Size required to install OS = 6,300MB (Full Installation) or = 2,200MB (Server Core Installation) Paging file size (recommended) = Installed memory size x 1.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Flow of Setup Loading parameters (Step 2) Skip Next Select the operating system (Step 3) Next RAID configuration (Step 4) Next Windows Confirm Setting / Input (Steps 5 to 10) Next Save parameters (Step 11) Next Start Express Setup (Step 12) Perform RAID Configuration Create the OS partition / format Remove the Floppy Disk and CD/DVD-ROM from the Drive Copying Windows driver ↓ Copying Selected Application Insert Windows CD-ROM Install OS Automatically
5-8 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Installing the Windows Server 2008 Express Setup proceeds the setup by selecting or inputting several parameters on the wizard. You can also save the parameters to a floppy disk as a parameters file. 1. Turn the power of peripheral device on, and then turn on the server. 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server. 3. Press the RESET switch or press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete to reboot from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 4. Select [English] from the Select Language, click [OK]. 5. Select [Perform the Express setup] from the Top Menu, click [Next].
5-10 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 6. [Load parameters] steps are displayed. [Do not load parameters] (1) Select [Do not load parameters]. (2) Click [Next]. NOTE: If a floppy disk drive is not connected, select this item. [Load parameters] (1) Insert the floppy disk containing the parameters file. (2) Select [Load parameters], enter the file path of the parameters file into the text box. (3) Click [Next].
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 7. 5-11 Select the installing Operating System. Select [Install the Windows (32bit editions)] from the menu, click [Next]. 8. Enter the setting of a logical drive. [Enter RAID settings] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
5-12 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup NOTES: 9. You can use only the physical devices that have same model number to configure logical drive. If the process is not finished normally, the driver may not be stored in the EXPRESSBUILDER. Refer to "Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER" described earlier in this chapter.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup IMPORTANT: About partition size – Specify the partition size larger than required minimum size for OS installation. – Do not specify larger partition size than the capacity of connected hard disk drive. – You can not specify a logical drive larger than 2,097,144MB at RAID system. If you select "Create a new partition" at "Windows system drive settings", the contents of the hard disk will be all deleted.
5-14 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 10. Enter the user information and client license mode. [Enter basic parameters] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. IMPORTANT: Computer name and Administrator password that satisfy the next condition, are required. – More than 6 characters – Contains characters from three of the following categories (numbers, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and signs).
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 11. 5-15 Enter the setting of the network protocol. [Enter Network Protocol] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. 12. Enter the domain or workgroup name to be used. [Enter domain account] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
5-16 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 13. Select the installing components. [Select Windows components] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 14. 5-17 Select the installing applications. [Select applications] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. 15. Save the parameters. [Save parameters] steps are displayed. If you want to save the parameters , set the free formatted floppy disk. Select [Save parameters], enter the file path of the parameters files into the text box and click [Next]. If not, select [Do not save parameters].
5-18 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 16. The Express Setup will start when you click [Perform] in [Start Express setup] step. 17. Copy optional Mass Storage Driver module. If you install optional Mass Storage Driver, the message will be shown. Insert CD-ROM or floppy disk attached to the Mass Storage Driver and proceed operation according to the message. 18. Remove NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from the optical disk drive according to the message.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 20. 5-19 [Agree Software License Agreement] screen appears. Read the license terms carefully. If you agree, select I accept the license terms, and then click [Next]. 21. When the following message appears, click [Start].
5-20 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 22. When the following message appears, press Ctrl + Alt + Del. 23. Log on to the system. When the following screen appears, enter your password into "Password", and click "→". When the following screen appears, click "Other User".
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-21 In the following screen, enter "Administrator" into [UserName], your password into "Password", and click "→". Hereinafter, proceed operations according to the message. Now the Setup using Express Setup has completed. After Express Setup has completed, be sure to execute the tasks described in "Setup of Device Driver (Normally Install in Server)" of Appendix B.
5-22 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Microsoft Windows Server 2003 This section explains how to install Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 by using the Express Setup. NOTES: Express Setup does not support the installation of Windows Server x64 Editions. If you want to install it, see Appendix B. If you install Windows Server 2003 without using Express Setup, see Appendix B. Notes on Windows Installation This section explains the notes on the Windows installation.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-23 Service Pack Which EXPRESSBUILDER Supports The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to the server supports following combination of the OS installation media and Service Pack.
5-24 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup About the Hardware Components When you install the Windows Server 2003, Express Setup requires several preparations if this computer uses the following hardware components. Installing on the Mirrored Volume If you want to install the Windows Server 2003 on the volume that is mirrored using "Disk Management", invalidate the mirroring and set back to the basic disk before the installation, and validate the mirroring again after the installation.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-25 SAN Boot If you use SAN boot, confirm BIOS Setup before setup Windows. If you use SAN boot with N8403-027, set following BIOS setting. [Advanced] → [Peripheral Configuration] → [SATA AHCI] and [SATA RAID] change to [Disabled]. If you use SAN boot with N8403-026, set following BIOS setting. [Advanced] → [PCI Configuration] → Option ROM Scan [Enabled] → [Disabled] IMPORTANT: After executing [Load Setup Defaults], set this BIOS setting.
5-26 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup About the System Partition Size The system partition size can be calculated from the following formula. Size necessary to install the system + Paging File Size + Dump File Size + Application Size Size necessary to install the system = 3500MB (Windows Server 2003 R2) = 3500MB (Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack2) = 5300MB (Windows Server 2003 R2 + Service Pack2 CD-ROM) Paging File Size (Recommended) = Mounted Memory Size * 1.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-27 Dividing into the partition of the recommended size into multiple disks as written below will solve problem that it cannot be reserved in one disk. 1. Set the "Size required for installation + Paging file size". 2. See Chapter 5 and set that debugging information (equivalent to the dump file size) is to be written to a separate disk.
5-28 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Flow of Setup This section visually describes the flow of the setup operated by Express Setup.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-29 Installing the Windows Server 2003 Express Setup proceeds the setup by selecting or inputting several parameters on the wizard. You can also save the parameters to a floppy disk as a parameters file. 1. Turn the power of peripheral device on, and then turn on the server. 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server. 3. Press the RESET switch or press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete to reboot from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
5-30 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5. Select [Perform the Express setup] from the Top Menu, click [Next].
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 6. 5-31 [Load parameters] steps are displayed. [Do not load parameters] (1) Select [Do not load parameters]. (2) Click [Next]. NOTE: If a floppy disk drive is not connected, select this item. [Load parameters] (1) Insert the floppy disk containing the parameters file. (2) Select [Load parameters], enter the file path of the parameters file into the text box. (3) Click [Next].
5-32 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 7. Select the installing Operating System. Select [Install the Windows (32bit editions)] from the menu, click [Next]. 8. Enter the setting of a logical drive. [Enter RAID settings] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. NOTES: You can use only the physical devices that have same model number to configure logical drive.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 9. Specify the installing medium and the Windows system partition. [Specify medium / Partition] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. IMPORTANT: About partition size – Specify the partition size larger than required minimum size for OS installation. – Do not specify larger partition size than the capacity of connected hard disk drive.
5-34 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 10. Enter the user information and client license mode. [Enter basic parameters] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. NOTE: Even if you do not input value into "Administrator password", "Confirm password", "zzzzzz" is displayed. 11. Enter the setting of the network protocol. [Enter Network Protocol] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 12. 5-35 Enter the domain or workgroup name to be used. [Enter domain account] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. 13. Select the installing components. [Select Windows components] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
5-36 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 14. Select the installing applications. [Select applications] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. 15. Save the parameters. [Save parameters] steps are displayed. If you want to save the parameters , set the free formatted floppy disk. Select [Save parameters], enter the file path of the parameters files into the text box and click [Next]. If not, select [Do not save parameters].
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 16. The Express Setup will start when you click [Perform] in [Start Express setup] step. 17. Copy optional Mass Storage Driver module. 5-37 If you install optional Mass Storage Driver, the message will be shown. Insert CD-ROM or floppy disk attached to the Mass Storage Driver and proceed operation according to the message. 18. Remove NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from the optical disk drive according to the message.
5-38 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Windows Server 2003 and selected applications will be installed automatically and rebooted several times. After rebooting, it logs on to the system automatically. 20. If you install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition DISC 2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition DISC 2 into the optical disk drive after the OS installation.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-39 Available Switch Options for Windows Server 2003 Boot.ini file Many different switches will be available if you edit Boot.ini file. For the available switch options, refer to the following information: Microsoft Knowledge Base - Article ID: 833721 "Available switch options for the Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003 Boot.ini files" If your system has a memory capacity in excess of 4GB in its installing, adding /PAE switch in Boot.
5-40 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup SETTING FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS Setup the following issue in advance so that your computer can recover from any trouble precisely and as soon as possible when it should occur. Memory Dump (Debug Information) - Windows Server 2008 This section describes the procedures for collecting memory dump (debug information) in the server.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup IMPORTANT: Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Edition To specify "Complete Memory Dump" to write the debug information is recommended. If the mounted memory size is larger than 2GB, "Complete Memory Dump" cannot be specified so that specify "Kernel Memory Dump" instead. Specify the drive where there is a free area more than the size of "the memory capacity mounted on Express server + 300MB".
5-42 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 9. On the [Paging file size for each drive] box, specify as follows: – A value larger than the recommended size shown in [Total paging file size for all drives] for [Initial size] – A value larger than the [Initial size] for [Maximum size] Then click [Set]. IMPORTANT: 10. The above-mentioned paging file size is recommended for collecting debug information (memory dump).
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Memory Dump (Debug Information) - Windows Server 2003 This section describes the procedures for collecting memory dump (debug information) in the server. IMPORTANT: Cautions for the Memory Dump The staff of maintenance service representative is in charge of collecting memory dump. Customers need only to specify the memory dump.
5-44 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup IMPORTANT: Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions To specify "Complete Memory Dump" to write the debug information is recommended. If the mounted memory size is larger than 2GB, "Complete Memory Dump" cannot be specified so that specify "Kernel Memory Dump" instead. Specify the drive where there is a free area more than the size of "the memory capacity mounted on Express server + 1MB".
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5. 5-45 Click [Settings] on the [Performance] group box. The [Performance Options] window appears. 6. Click [Advanced] tab on the [Performance Options] window. 7. Click [Change] on the [Virtual memory] group box. 8. Modify [Initial Size] in the [Paging file size for selected drive] box to the value larger than the value of [Recommended] in the [Total paging file size for all drives], and click [Set]. IMPORTANT: 9.
5-46 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup How to Create a User-mode Process Dump File When the system is Windows Server 2008 "User-mode Process Dump" is the file that records information when any application error occurs. When any application error occurs, do not close the pop-up window that notifies the error, and then collect a dump using following process. 1. Right-click a blank part of the taskbar and click [Task Manager], or press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to start [Task Manager]. 2.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-47 When the system is Windows Server 2003 (Dr.Watson) Dr. Watson is a debugger for application errors. If any application error is detected, Dr. Watson diagnoses the server and logs diagnostic information (log). Follow the procedure below and specify Dr. Watson to collect diagnostic information. 1. Click [Run] on Start menu. 2. Type "drwtsn32.exe" in the [Open] box, and click [OK]. The [Dr. Watson for Windows] dialog box appears. 3.
5-48 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Network Monitor Utilizing Network Monitor helps you to investigate and manage with network trouble. Network Monitor Setup (Windows Server 2008) Microsoft Network Monitor allows you to examine and troubleshoot network problems. NOTE: Windows Server 2008 does not provide Network Monitor. To use Network Monitor on Windows Server 2008, install Network Monitor by following the steps below. 1.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-49 Network Monitor (Windows Server 2003) To utilize Network Monitor, you need to restart the system after the installation has completed, so we recommend to install Network Monitor before any network trouble may occur. 1. Point to [Settings] from Start menu and click [Control Panel]. The [Control Panel] dialog box appears. 2. Double-click [Add or Remove Programs]. The [Add or Remove Programs] dialog box appears. 3.
5-50 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Re-installing the Operation System if Multiple Logical Drives Exist Before Re-installing the Operation System Be sure to make backup copies before re-installing the operation system just in case. Re-installing the Operation System 1. Start the clean installation following the procedure described in this manual. 2.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-51 Procedure for Modifying the Drive Letter Be careful that the drive letter of the system or boot volume cannot modify with the following procedure. 1. Click Start menu, right-click [My Computer], and specify [Manage] to start [Computer Management]. 2. Specify the [Disk Management] in the left side of the window. 3. Right-click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the [Change Drive Letter and Path...]. 4. Click [Yes]. 5.
5-52 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup INSTALLING MAINTENANCE UTILITIES Various maintenance utilities are contained in your NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD. See Chapter 6 for installing the utilities to your server or management workstations. UPDATING THE SYSTEM "Updating the System" is executed by Express Setup automatically. Execute "Updating the System" in following cases. Modified system configuration. Recovered the system using recovery process.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-53 MAKING BACKUP COPIES OF SYSTEM INFORMATION The system information includes the current BIOS settings and any specific information for the server. Save the information after completing the system setup. Without the backup data, you will not be able to recover the information. You can save the information by the following process. 1. Insert the "NEC EXPRESSBUILDER" DVD into the optical disk drive and reboot the system. 2.
5-54 Installing the Operating System with Express Setup Installing with the OEM-FD for Mass Storage Device This section explains how to setup with the OEM-FD. You usually do not have to do as follows. If your system has any Mass storage devices, you have to set as follows depending on your system. The detailed information is provided by the manual of the Mass storage device.
Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-55 Installation of Mass storage device not to be supported by Express Setup If you would like to install or re-install the OS when the system has new mass storage device not to be supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER, you have to set as follows. 1. Read the manual supplied with the mass storage device before setting the server. 2. If the mass storage device is RAID Controller, configure the RAID System before running the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER. 3.
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Chapter 6 Installing and Using Utilities This section describes how to use the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD that comes with your server and to install the utilities stored on the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
6-2 Installing and Using Utilities NEC EXPRESSBUILDER The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER (referred to as "EXPRESSBUILDER" hereinafter) helps you install the Operating system/the Management software or use the maintenance utilities. When you insert the EXPRESSBUILDER disk into the DVD drive and reboot the system, the following menu appears.
Installing and Using Utilities 6-3 OS installation If you select this item, the Top menu appears. IMPORTANT: This tool is Configuration Tool that built on Windows PE 2.0 technology. Pay attention to the automatic reboot that occurs after 72 hours from start. The configuration with Windows PE 2.0 supports Windows Server 2003 (32bit) and Windows Vista Business (32-bit (x86)), but the other operation is not supported.
6-4 Installing and Using Utilities Tool menu (Normal mode) If you select this item, the Tool menu appears. You can use the below functions for maintenance. – Maintenance Utility The Maintenance Utility is usually used by the service representative. (See Chapter 8.) – BIOS/FW Updating You can update the system BIOS by using the floppy disk (prepare a 3.5" floppy disk). – ROM-DOS Startup FD The ROM-DOS Startup FD is used for starting the ROM-DOS system.
Installing and Using Utilities 6-5 Tool menu (Redirection mode) If you want to operate this computer via the BIOS redirection (the console-less function), select this item. NOTE: If you operate this computer via the Remote KVM function, select the "Tool menu (Normal mode)". The menu's functions are the same as the "Tool menu (Normal mode)".
6-6 Installing and Using Utilities Autorun Menu When the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER disk is inserted into the DVD drive, Windows automatically launches the menu as shown below. This menu is used to, Read the User's Guide or the other documents, Update the server system (Windows drivers), and Install the management software. NOTES: This menu requires Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 (or later). Some documents are provided in PDF format.
Installing and Using Utilities 6-7 PARAMETER FILE CREATOR "Parameter File Creator" is a tool to create [Parameter file] that is used for configuring the server with the Express Setup (see Chapter 5 for details). If you use the Parameter file created by the Express Setup and Parameter File Creator to operate the setup, you can setup from the installation of OS to several utilities automatically except for a few key input to confirm the specification.
6-8 Installing and Using Utilities Parameter File This section describes about specifying setup information that is necessary for OS installation and creating [Parameter file]. Follow the procedure below. IMPORTANT: Do not remove NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from drive during a parameter file creation. 1. Start the OS. 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive. The menu will appear. 3. Right-click on the screen or left-click [Setup Windows]. The menu will appear.
Installing and Using Utilities 4. Click [Parameter File Creator]. Parameter File Creator will appear.
6-10 Installing and Using Utilities 5. [Load Parameters] step is displayed. Select [Do not load parameters] from the menu, click [Next]. 6. Select the installing Operating System. Select [Install the Windows (32bit editions)] from the menu, click [Next].
Installing and Using Utilities 7. 6-11 Enter the setting of a logical drive. [Enter RAID setting] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. IMPORTANT: At "The number of the total physical devices", Parameter File Creator displays upper limit that the RAID controller can support.
6-12 Installing and Using Utilities 8. Specify the installing medium and the Windows system partition. [Specify medium / Partition] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. IMPORTANT: About partition size – Specify the partition size larger than required minimum size for OS installation. – Do not specify larger partition size than the capacity of connected hard disk drive. – You can not specify a logical drive larger than 2,097,144MB at RAID system.
Installing and Using Utilities 9. 6-13 Enter the user information and client license mode. [Enter basic parameters] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
6-14 Installing and Using Utilities IMPORTANT: Windows Server 2003 Computer name and User name are required parameters. Windows Server 2008 Computer name, and Administrator password that satisfy the next condition, are required. – More than 6 characters – Contains characters from three of the following categories (numbers, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and signs). NOTE: Even if you do not input value into "Administrator password", "Confirm password", "zzzzzz" is displayed.
Installing and Using Utilities 10. 6-15 Enter the setting of the network protocol. [Enter network protocol] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next]. NOTE: The order of entry in custom setting may differ from the numbering of LAN port. 11. Enter the domain or workgroup name to be used. [Enter domain account] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
6-16 Installing and Using Utilities 12. Select the installing components. [Select Windows components] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
Installing and Using Utilities 6-17 – Windows Server 2003 13. Select the installing applications. [Select applications] steps are displayed. Confirm the parameters, modify if necessary, and then click [Next].
6-18 Installing and Using Utilities 14. Save the parameters. [Save parameters] steps are displayed. If you want to save the parameters, set the free formatted floppy disk. Select [Save parameters], enter the file path of the parameters files into the text box and click [Next]. If not, select [Do not save parameters]. 15. Saved to a floppy disk.
Installing and Using Utilities Now [the floppy disk containing the parameters file] has been created. Click [Yes] to exit Parameter File Creator. NOTES: If you modify existing information file (parameter file), click "Load Parameters" at [Load Parameters] screen. Refer to help to modify information file. If you cancel operation on the way, click corner of the screen.
6-20 Installing and Using Utilities NEC ESMPRO The NEC ESMPRO lets a system administrator manage remote servers across a network. NEC ESMPRO monitors server hardware and software configurations, failures, and performance. With log data collected by NEC ESMPRO, a system administrator can track long-term and short-term performance, monitor server usage, create graphs to record trends, and check server failure rates.
Installing and Using Utilities 6-21 NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension The NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension is software for the remote management of this server. See the online documents for details on the functions and installation of the NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension. Universal RAID Utility Universal RAID Utility is an application to manage or monitor the RAID System by using the following.
6-22 Installing and Using Utilities Using Universal RAID Utility via Network Universal RAID Utility does not support the function to manage the computer containing RAID Controller via network. If you want to manage it via network, use the function of remote console (ex. Remote Desktop of Windows).
Installing and Using Utilities 6-23 NEC PRODUCT INFO COLLECTION UTILITY The NEC Product Info Collection Utility is software installed in this server. Various information on the server can be collected at maintenance and the trouble, etc. This utility can be installed from NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD. Installation The procedure when individually installing it is shown as follows. 1. Insert NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD in the optical disk drive after OS starts. 2.
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Chapter 7 Maintenance This chapter describes the daily maintenance of the CPU blade and precautions when relocating or storing the CPU blade. MAKING BACKUP COPIES NEC recommends you make backup copies of your valuable data stored in hard disk drives of the CPU blade on a regular basis. For backup storage devices suitable for the CPU blade and backup tools, consult with your service representative.
7-2 Maintenance SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS The System Diagnostics runs several tests on the CPU blade. Select [Tool menu] - [Test and diagnostics] in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER to diagnose the system. Test Items The following items are tested in system diagnostics. Memory CPU cache memory Hard disk drive used as a system IMPORTANT: When executing the System Diagnostics, make sure to disconnect the CPU blade from the network.
Maintenance 7-3 Startup and Exit of System Diagnostics There are two ways to diagnose the CPU blade: to use the local console (keyboard) connected to the Blade Enclosure, and to use the management PC via serial port (remote console). IMPORTANT: Two methods of LAN and the serial port are mentioned in "MAINTENANCE TOOLS" of Chapter 8 "Troubleshooting" in the way of communicating in remote console. Use the serial port to execute System Diagnostics with remote console.
7-4 Maintenance 6. Select [Test and diagnostics]. Select [End-User Mode] and the system diagnostics starts. The diagnostics will be completed in approximately three minutes. When the diagnostics is completed, the screen of the display changes as shown below: Diagnostics tool title Test window title TeDoLi (TEst & Diagnosis On Linux) Ver001.00 (Build020901.1.
Maintenance 7. 7-5 Follow the guide line shown at the bottom of the screen, and press the Esc key. The [Enduser Menu] below is displayed. TeDoLi (TEst & Diagnosis On Linux) Ver001.00 (Build020901.1.1m) Enduser Menu Enduser Menu
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Chapter 8 Troubleshooting If your CPU blade does not operate as expected, read this chapter before assuming a failure. NOTE: For provision against an unexpected failure, it is recommended to install NEC ESMPRO to your computer.
8-2 Troubleshooting SYSTEM VIEWERS Monitor the occurrence of fault by NEC ESMPRO during the system operation. Especially take note on whether any alert is reported to NEC ESMPRO Manager. Check whether any alert is reported on NEC ESMPRO Manager.
Troubleshooting 8-3 ERROR MESSAGES If an error occurs in the CPU blade, an error message appears on the display unit connected to the CPU blade. POST Error Messages Powering on the CPU blade automatically starts the self-diagnostic program, POST (Power On SelfTest). When the POST detects any error, it displays an error message and its measure on the display unit. Follow the table below to troubleshoot such errors.
8-4 Troubleshooting On-screen error message 0B60 DIMM group #1 has been disabled 0B61 DIMM group #2 has been disabled 0B62 DIMM group #3 has been disabled 0B63 DIMM group #4 has been disabled 0B64 DIMM group #5 has been disabled 0B65 DIMM group #6 has been disabled 0B66 DIMM group #7 has been disabled 0B67 DIMM group #8 has been disabled 0B70 The error occurred during temperature sensor reading 0B71 System Temperature out of the range 0B74 0B75 0B78 0B7C 0B80 0B81 0B82 0B83 0B8A 0B8B 0B8C 0B8D 0B8E 0B8F
Troubleshooting 8-5 On-screen error message 0B95 BMC FRU device failure. 0B96 0B97 0B98 0B99 0B9A 0B9B 0B9C 0B9D 0B9E 0B9F 0BB0 0BB1 0BD0 0BD1 0BD2 0BD3 0BD4 0BD5 0BD3 0BD4 0BD5 0BD9 0BDA 0BDB 0BDC 0BDD 0BDE 0BE8 0BE9 0BEA 8100 BMC SDR Repository failure. BMC SEL device failure. BMC RAM test error BMC Fatal hardware error. Management controller not responding Private I2C bus not responding. BMC internal exception BMC A/D timeout error. SDR repository corrupt. SEL corrupt. SMBIOS - SROM data read error.
8-6 Troubleshooting On-screen error message 8450 Can't Read FRU on CPU Unit Type I Mezzanine 8451 Can't Read FRU on CPU Unit Type II Mezzanine Expansion Rom not initialize Invalid System Configuration Data Resource Conflict System Configuration Data Read error System Configuration Data Write error WARNING: IRQ not configured Action Power off and reboot the CPU blade. Also make sure the mezzanine card is correctly installed in Type I mezzanine card slot.
Troubleshooting 8-7 LAMPS The CPU blade includes lamps to indicate the CPU blade states by a variety of colors and display patterns on the front panel, hard disk drive, and power supply. See "Indications of STATUS lamp, their meanings and actions against the indications" in Chapter 2 for details.
8-8 Troubleshooting SOLVING PROBLEMS When the CPU blade fails to operate as expected, see the following to find out your problem and follow the instruction given before asking for repair. If the CPU blade still fails to operate successfully after solving your problem, take a note on the onscreen message and contact your service representative.
Troubleshooting 8-9 Did you turn on the power of Blade Enclosure within 30 seconds after AC power is supplied to each power unit? → Initialization of BMC takes about 30 seconds after AC power is supplied to the CPU blade. After making sure that the AC power is supplied to the CPU blade (the POWER lamp lit amber), wait for about 30 seconds or longer, then turn on the power of Blade Enclosure by using the POWER switch.
8-10 Troubleshooting POST fails to complete: Is memory installed properly? → POST does not operate if DIMM is not installed properly. Are memory devices of large capacity installed? → Depending on the installed memory size, it takes much time to check the memory. Wait for a while.
Troubleshooting 8-11 Fail to access to internal or external devices (or such devices fail to operate): Are cables properly connected? → Make sure that the interface cables and power cord are properly connected. Also make sure that the cables are connected in the correct order. Is the power-on order correct? → When the CPU blade has any external devices connected, power on the external devices first, then the CPU blade.
8-12 Troubleshooting Is the system used in the status that Windows Server 2003 and Linux are not started? → In the following states with the use of USB keyboard and USB floppy disk drive, conduct key entries when the access lamp on the USB floppy disk drive is off (or the floppy disk is not accessed). – Press F6, S, and Enter in installation by using the Windows Setup Disk.
Troubleshooting 8-13 Fail to start the OS: Is the BIOS configuration correct? → Run the BIOS SETUP utility to change the boot order (see Chapter 4). Is a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive? → Take out the floppy disk and restart the CPU blade. Is the OS broken? → Use recovery process to recover the system. The CPU blade is not found on the network: Is the LAN cable connected? → Make sure to connect the LAN cable to the network port on the rear of the CPU blade.
8-14 Troubleshooting Problems with Windows The following system events are logged when Windows Server 2008 is installed. Event ID: 134 Source: Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service Level: Warning Description: NtpClient was unable to set a manual peer to use as a time source because of DNS resolution error on 'time.windows.com,0x9'. NtpClient will try again in 15 minutes and double the reattempt interval thereafter. The error was: No such host is known.
Troubleshooting 8-15 The following application events are logged when Windows Server 2008 is installed. Event ID: 63 Source: Microsoft-Windows-WMI Level: Warning Description: A provider, Ncs2, has been registered in the Windows Management Instrumentation namespace Root\cimv2 to use the LocalSystem account. This account is privileged and the provider may cause a security violation if it does not correctly impersonate user requests.
8-16 Troubleshooting The following system event is logged when Windows Server 2008 is installed. Event ID: 10 Source: VDS Dynamic Provider Description: The provider failed while storing notifications from the driver. The Virtual Disk Service should be restarted. hr=80042505 → Go to the Microsoft website: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948275/en-us/ The following application events are logged when Windows Server 2008 is installed.
Troubleshooting 8-17 There are some cases that an event log is registered as follows when you install Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions. Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Type: Error Event ID: 7011 Description: Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for a transaction response from the Dfs service. → When this event is not registered by rebooting the system, it is not a problem in operating the system. Fail to access to USB devices on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition or Windows Server 2003.
8-18 Troubleshooting There are some cases that an event log is registered as follows when you operate Windows Server 2003 R2. Source: IPMIDRV Type: Error Event ID: 1001 Description: The IPMI device driver attempted to determine if the system supported an IPMI BMC device. The driver attempted to detect the presence of the IPMI BMC by searching the SMBIOS for Type 38 record. But either no record was found or the record was not compatible with the version of the device driver.
Troubleshooting 8-19 Problems with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER When the CPU blade is not booted from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD, check the following: Did you set the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER during POST and restart the CPU blade? → If you do not set the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER during POST and restart the CPU blade, an error message will appear or the OS will boot. Is BIOS configuration correct? → The boot device order may be specified with the BIOS setup utility of the CPU blade.
8-20 Troubleshooting Problems with Express Setup Following message appeared when you tried to install Express Setup to the hard disk drive that has smaller capacity than the specified partition size: The creating of the partition was failed. The process can not be continued. The process was stopped. O K → Cannot continue the setup. Specify smaller partition size than the capacity of connected hard disk drive, and then retry the setup.
Troubleshooting 8-21 Product key was not asked. Case of Windows Server 2008 → If you install using BackUp DVD-ROM, product key is not required. If you install using the DVD-ROM other than BackUp DVD-ROM, product key screen is displayed twice, at "during OS installation" and "before [MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS] dialog, which displayed after OS installation". Enter product key following the message. Case of Windows Server 2003 → If you install using BackUp CD-ROM, product key is not required.
8-22 Troubleshooting Problems with Parameter File Creator Fail to start Parameter File Creator: Parameter File Creator requires to run by "Microsoft(R) HTML Application host". → If Parameter File Creator does not start, associate the file type with "Microsoft(R) HTML Application host" via following process. 1) Click [Run] on Start menu. 2) Type "%windir%\system32\mshta.exe /register" in the [Open] box, and click [OK].
Troubleshooting 8-23 Problems with N8403-018 FibreChannel Controller When N8403-018 is used, the names of the Fibre Channel controllers may appear with different names on Device Manager: → It is not a problem in operating the system. A directory that contains the driver software NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD is also displayed. [Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Edition] :\003\win\winnt\oemfd\ws2008x64\fd1\elxstor\friendlyname.
8-24 Troubleshooting COLLECTING EVENT LOG This section describes on how to collect the log of various events that occurred on the CPU blade. IMPORTANT: If STOP error, system error, or stall occurred, follow the procedure below after restarting the system. Restarting the system due to an error may display a message indicating insufficient virtual memory. Ignore this message and proceed. Restarting the system may result in dumping improper data.
Troubleshooting 8-25 COLLECTING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION This section describes on how to collect the information on hardware configuration and internal specification. In order to collect information, "Diagnostic Program" is used. IMPORTANT: If STOP error, system error, or stall occurred, follow the procedure below after restarting the system. 1. Point to [Settings] in Start menu, and click [Control Panel]. The [Control Panel] dialog box appears. 2.
8-26 Troubleshooting MEMORY DUMP If an error occurs, the dump file should be saved to acquire necessary information. If you saved the dump to DAT, write down that it is saved as "NTBackup" or "ARCServe" on the label. You can specify the location to save the diagnostic information as you like. For more information, see Chapter 5 for detail. IMPORTANT: Consult with your service representative before dumping the memory.
Troubleshooting 8-27 RECOVERY FOR Windows SYSTEM If any file necessary for running the OS is damaged, use the following procedures to recover the system. IMPORTANT: Make sure that the keyboard, display unit, DVD-ROM drive, and floppy disk drive are connected to the CPU blade. After recovering the system, see "Updating the System" in Chapter 5 and be sure to update the system. Also, you need to update all the drivers after the system update.
8-28 Troubleshooting MAINTENANCE TOOLS The Maintenance Tools is a tool of this product prevention to maintain, and to analyze the trouble. Starting Maintenance Tools The Maintenance Tools is started according to the following procedure. 1. Turn on peripheral devices and the server in this order. 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD supplied with your server into the optical disk drive of your server. 3. Press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete to reboot the server from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
Troubleshooting 8-29 IMPORTANT: An initial selection of the menu is "Japanese". "Japanese" starts by the automatic operation when the operation is not done for five seconds after the Language Selection menu is displayed. 5. "English" is selected. The tool menu is displayed. When you use a local console When you use a remote console 6. Each tool is selected, and it starts.
8-30 Troubleshooting Function of Maintenance Tools The following functions can be executed in the Maintenance Tools. Maintenance Utility The Off-line Maintenance Utility is started in Maintenance Utility. The Off-line Maintenance Utility is an OS-independent maintenance program. When you are unable to start the OS-dependent NEC ESMPRO to troubleshoot a problem, the Off-line Maintenance Utility can be used.
Troubleshooting 8-31 BIOS/FW Updating This menu allows you to update the software module such as BIOS and firmware of the server by using the update disk (3.5-inch floppy disk) that is distributed from NEC customer service representative. After rebooting the system, an update program is started automatically from floppy disk, and the various BIOS and firmware programs are updated. IMPORTANT: Do not turn off the server while the update program is running.
8-32 Troubleshooting Maintenance Tools with Remote Console This subsection describes the procedures for using Maintenance Tools with remote console. Maintenance Tools contains the remote console feature that allows the system administrator to set up the server from the management workstation (management PC) via the network or the server's COM B (serial) port. IMPORTANT: Do not use this feature on any other computer than the server, or on any other server obtained without the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
Troubleshooting 8-33 NOTE: The following items of BIOS setup information will be set as shown below. LAN Controller: Serial Port A: Base I/O Address: Interrupt: Serial Port B: Base I/O Address: Interrupt: BIOS Redirection Port: Baud Rate: Flow Control: Console Type: [Enabled] [Enabled] [3F8] [IRQ 4] [Enabled] [2F8] [IRQ 3] [Serial Port B] [19.
8-34 Troubleshooting RESETTING THE CPU BLADE This section describes how to reset the CPU blade when the CPU blade halts or when you want to restore the factory-set BIOS configuration. IMPORTANT: Resetting the CPU blade clears the DIMM memory and the data in process. To reset the CPU blade when it is not frozen, make sure that no processing is in progress. Hardware reset Press the RESET switch on the CPU blade. This restarts the CPU blade.
Troubleshooting 8-35 FORCED SHUTDOWN Use this function when an OS command does not shut down the CPU blade, the POWER switch does not turn off the CPU blade, or resetting does not work. Press and hold the POWER switch on the CPU blade for at least four seconds. The power is forcibly turned off. To turn on the power back again, wait approximately 10 seconds after turning off the power. The power of the CPU blade can be turned off by using remote control feature of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 2 (BMC).
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Chapter 9 Upgrading Your Server This chapter describes optional devices available for the CPU blade, procedures for install or removing such optional devices, and notes on using them. IMPORTANT: Optional devices described in this chapter may be installed or removed by any user. However, NEC does not assume any liability for damage to optional devices or the server or malfunctions of the server resulted from installation by the user.
9-2 Upgrading Your Server SAFETY NOTES Observe the following notes to install or remove optional devices safely and properly. WARNING Observe the following instructions to use the server safely. Failure to follow these instructions may result in death or serious personal injury. See pages 1-2 to 1-5 for details. ■ ■ ■ Do not disassemble, repair, or alter the server. Do not remove the lithium, nickel cadmium, or nickel hydrogen battery.
Upgrading Your Server 9-3 ANTI-STATIC MEASURES The CPU blade contains electronic components sensitive to static electricity. Avoid failures caused by static electricity when installing or removing any optional devices. Wear a wrist strap (an arm belt or anti-static glove). Wear a wrist strap on your wrist. If no wrist strap is available, touch an unpainted metal part of the cabinet before touching a component to discharge static electricity from your body.
9-4 Upgrading Your Server PREPARATION FOR INSTALLATION To install or remove an optional device or hard disk drive installed in the CPU blade, you should first remove the CPU blade from the Blade Enclosure. IMPORTANT: Remove the target CPU blade only. Do not remove any other blank cover or CPU blade from another slot. Be sure to install or remove the CPU blade one by one.
Upgrading Your Server 9-5 INSTALLATION/REMOVAL PROCEDURE Install or remove the devices in the following procedure. Processor (CPU) The server may have another CPU installed in addition to the factory-installed CPU (Intel Xeon Processor). IMPORTANT: The CPU to be added must have the same specification (on the core voltage, clock, and others) as the CPU already installed. The CPU is extremely sensitive to static electricity.
9-6 Upgrading Your Server NOTE: If the different revision of the processor is installed in the multiprocessor system, Windows logs the following information every startup. If this message is logged, it is no problem for operation.
Upgrading Your Server 9-7 Installation Install the CPU in the following procedure. 1. After the shutdown processing for the CPU blade to be removed, turn off the power of the CPU blade. 2. Take the CPU blade out from the Blade Enclosure. Refer to the User's Guide of the Blade Enclosure. 3. Put the CPU blade on an anti-static sheet with little dust. 4. Remove the two screws fixing the top cover. 5.
9-8 Upgrading Your Server 6. Remove the two screws from the air duct cover. 7. Firmly hold the cover, and lift it to remove. IMPORTANT: Pay attention not to make the cover hit any electronic component on the CPU blade. 8. Confirm the position of the CPU socket.
Upgrading Your Server 9-9 9. Lift the socket lever. IMPORTANT: Pay attention not to make the lever hit the hard disk drive backplane and mezzanine card. 10. Lift the CPU socket holder. 11. Remove the socket cover. IMPORTANT: Keep the removed socket cover for future use.
9-10 Upgrading Your Server 12. Put the CPU on the socket carefully and slowly. NOTE: Note the direction of the CPU. To prevent the CPU from being inserted into the mating socket incorrectly, a pin mark is put on each of the CPU and the socket. Check the pin marks to insert the CPU into the socket correctly. 13. Push the CPU lightly to the socket, and push down the CPU socket holder. 14. Push down the lever to secure the CPU.
Upgrading Your Server 9-11 15. Put the heat sink on the CPU and secure it with four screws. Take care not to touch the cool sheet with your hand. NOTE: When putting the heat sink on the CPU, make sure the orientation of heat sink. An arrow mark printed on the heat sink must be placed as shown in the figure below.
9-12 Upgrading Your Server 16. When installing the CPU heat sink, temporarily tighten the four screws on cater corner, then tighten them securely after making sure that the heat sink has been seated in parallel with the CPU socket. 1 2 3 4 17. Install the components having been removed. 18. Set [Advanced] – [Reset Configuration Data] in the [Advanced] menu to [Yes]. This is required to update the hardware configuration information. See Chapter 4 for details. 19.
Upgrading Your Server 9-13 Removal To remove the CPU, provide the preparation of the removal following steps 1 to 8 in the installation procedure and perform steps 9 to 20 in the reverse order. To remove the heat sink, slide it a little on the level and remove it. IMPORTANT: Remove the CPU only when it is defected. After operation, the cool sheet at the bottom of the heat sink may adhere to the CPU. To remove the heat sink, first turn it left and right to have it apart from the CPU.
9-14 Upgrading Your Server DIMM The DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) is inserted into the DIMM socket on the CPU blade. The CPU blade includes eight DIMM sockets. IMPORTANT: The DIMM is easily affected by static electricity. Handle the DIMM after making your body contact with a metallic frame section of the server to discharge the static electricity on your body. Do not make bare hands contact with terminals and components on the DIMM. In addition, do not put the DIMM on a desk directly.
Upgrading Your Server 9-15 NOTES: Up to 64GB memory can be added. In the normal state, the CPU blade does not contain memory. The memory is a required option. Adding Order and Precautions Number of DIMMs to be installed depends on its specification. Registered DIMM: Can be installed one by one. Unbuffered DIMM: Must be installed two in pair. Two DIMMs must be the same capacity and same speed if they are of unbuffered type. (Check the labels on the DIMM board.
9-16 Upgrading Your Server Installation Install the DIMM on the CPU blade depending on the following procedure: 1. After the shutdown processing for the CPU blade to be removed, turn off the power of the CPU blade. 2. Pull out the CPU blade from the Blade Enclosure. Refer to the User's Guide of the Blade Enclosure. 3. Place the CPU blade on anti-static sheet with little dust. 4. Remove the two screws fixing the top cover. 5.
Upgrading Your Server 9-17 6. Remove the two screws from the air duct cover. 7. Firmly hold the cover, and lift it to remove. IMPORTANT: Pay attention not to make the cover hit any electronic component on the CPU blade.
9-18 Upgrading Your Server 8. Open the levers at both ends of the DIMM socket. 9. Push the DIMM into the socket straight. Key slot Key IMPORTANT: Use extreme care when installing a DIMM. Applying too much pressure can damage the socket. Keyed DIMMs insert only one way. NOTE: Make sure of the orientation of the DIMM. The connecting side of the DIMM has a cut-out to prevent an incorrect insertion. If the DIMM is inserted into the DIMM socket, the lever is automatically closed. 10.
Upgrading Your Server 9-19 Removal Remove the DIMM in the following procedure. NOTE: To remove the defected DIMM, check the error message appearing in POST or NEC ESMPRO to confirm the CPU blade on which the detected DIMM is installed. 1. After providing the shutdown processing for the CPU blade to be removed, turn off the power of the CPU blade. 2. Pull out the CPU blade from the Blade Enclosure. Refer to the User's Guide of the Blade Enclosure. 3.
9-20 Upgrading Your Server Mezzanine Card The CPU blade can contain two mezzanine cards for blade which allows a network extension or a file device feature extension. To install a mezzanine card, use the mezzanine card slot installed on the CPU blade. The mezzanine card slot is factory-installed on the CPU blade. IMPORTANT: The mezzanine card is extremely sensitive to static electricity.
Upgrading Your Server 9-21 Notes Note the followings in the installation or removal of the mezzanine card. Be careful not to make your hands touch the terminals of the mezzanine card slot directly. If you do not keep it, the oil and/or dirt on the hands may adhere to the terminals to result in contact failure. For the optional ROMs on the unbooted LAN device, set "Disabled" with the BIOS SETUP utility.
9-22 Upgrading Your Server 4. Remove the two screws fixing the top cover. 5. Firmly hold the cover, move it slightly toward the rear of the blade, then lift the cover to remove it from the CPU blade. IMPORTANT: Handle the cover carefully so as not to make it contact with any electronic devices on the CPU blade.
Upgrading Your Server 9-23 6. Remove the two screws from the air duct cover. 7. Firmly hold the cover, and lift it to remove. IMPORTANT: Pay attention not to make the cover hit any electronic component on the CPU blade. 8. Check the position of the slot to install the mezzanine card.
9-24 Upgrading Your Server 9. From top of the CPU blade, position the connector of the mezzanine so that it aligns the connector of the mezzanine card slot, and insert the mezzanine card straight into the slot. Type I Type II IMPORTANT: Do not make your body contact with the terminals on the board. Some malfunction may occur if the board is installed with dirt and/or oil adhering to the terminals. Insert the mezzanine card straight into the connector.
Upgrading Your Server 9-25 Removal To remove the board, follow the procedure below: 1. Shutdown the CPU blade to be removed and turn off the power of the CPU blade. 2. Take the CPU blade out from the Blade Enclosure. Refer to the User's Guide of the Blade Enclosure. 3. Put the CPU blade on an anti-static sheet with little dust. 4. Remove the two screws fixing the top cover. 5.
9-26 Upgrading Your Server Interface Card for Connecting Hard Disk Drive The CPU blade can contain an interface card of the following types for connecting hard disk drives. N8403-026 RAIDcontroller Controller supporting hardware RAID. Contains one channel (two ports per channel) of SAS/SATA interface connector. N8403-027 SATA interface card Card supporting software RAID. Contains one channel (two ports per channel) of SATA interface connector.
Upgrading Your Server 9-27 Installation and Removal Install or remove an interface card for connecting hard disk drive in the following procedure. 1. After the shutdown processing for the CPU blade to be removed, turn off the power of the CPU blade. 2. Take out the CPU blade from the Blade Enclosure. Refer to the User's Guide of the Blade Enclosure. 3. Place the CPU blade on anti-static sheet with little dust. 4. Remove the hard disk drive. 5. Remove the two screws fixing the top cover. 6.
9-28 Upgrading Your Server 7. Remove the four screws from the HDD bracket. 8. Firmly hold the bracket knob, move the bracket slightly toward the rear of the blade, then lift the bracket to remove it from the CPU blade. IMPORTANT: 9. 10. Pay attention not to make the bracket hit any electronic component on the CPU blade. Do not make your body contact with the terminals on the hard disk drive or on the backplane.
Upgrading Your Server 9-29 11. From top of the CPU blade, insert the interface card straight into the slot. IMPORTANT: Do not make your body contact with the terminals on the card. Some malfunction may occur if the card is installed with dirt and/or oil adhering to the terminals. Insert the interface card straight into the connector. The terminal or connector may be damaged if it is inclined. If the card cannot be installed securely, remove the card once and then install it again.
9-30 Upgrading Your Server Hard Disk Drive The CPU blade can contain up to two 2.5-inch hard disk drives. This section describes the installation and removal (or replacement) procedure. IMPORTANT: The hard disk drive is extremely sensitive to static electricity. Make sure to touch the metal frame of the server to discharge static electricity from your body before handling the hard disk drive.
Upgrading Your Server 9-31 Installation or Removal of Hard Disk Drive Install the hard disk drive in the following procedure. Install the first hard disk drive in slot 0 (left), then the second hard disk drive in slot 1 (right). 1. Remove a tray that does not contain hard disk drive. IMPORTANT: Keep the removed hard disk tray for future use. 2. Release the lock of the lever on the hard disk drive to make the lever opened.
9-32 Upgrading Your Server 3. Hold the hard disk drive so that the BP connector faces the CPU blade and the lever on the front of the drive carrier faces the top. 4. Insert the end of the drive carrier into the hard disk drive slot slowly and carefully. 5. Insert the drive carrier until it hits the slot end, and lift the lever. A click occurs to lock the drive carrier. NOTE: Make sure that the lever hook is hung on the frame. The removal procedure is the reverse of the installation procedure.
Upgrading Your Server 9-33 Replacement of Hard Disk Drive Depending on the operating system and/or server management software to be used, hard disk drives must be replaced in the defined procedure to manage the hard disk drives appropriately. If Windows is used as OS and NEC ESMPRO Manager and NEC ESMPRO Agent are used as the server management software, replace the hard disk drives in the following procedure. To do these jobs, you should log on to the system as a user having the administrator authority.
9-34 Upgrading Your Server START Is the hard disk drive configured as RAID1 with SW RAID? Yes Hot-swap the hard disk drive, and rebuild the disk. No Is mirror volume used? A Yes No Does system partition exist in hard disk drive to be replaced? No Yes No Does system partition exist in hard disk drive to be replaced? Is the source disk for creating mirror? Yes No Yes See Procedure 3. See Procedure 1. See Procedure 2.
Upgrading Your Server 9-35 Procedure 1 1. Shutdown the CPU blade system and turn off the power of the CPU blade. 2. Replace the hard disk drive. 3. Set up the system again. IMPORTANT: Because the data cannot be recovered in this procedure, take the proper action such as data backup if necessary. Procedure 2 1. Delete all the volumes and partitions on the hard disk drive to be removed.
9-36 Upgrading Your Server Procedure 3 1. Release the mirror. To release the mirror, select [Program] – [Administrative Tool] – [Disk Management] in [Computer Management] from the [Start] menu. Select [Release mirror] from the menu appearing by right-clicking on the mirror volume. 2. Delete all the volumes on the hard disk drive to be removed. Delete the volumes by [Disk Management] in the same way as procedure 1. Select [Delete volume] from the menu appearing by right-clicking on the volume.
Upgrading Your Server 9-37 Reset of Hard Disk Drive Reset the management information on the replaced hard disk drive in the following procedure. 1. Select [Settings] – [Control Panel] – [NEC ESMPRO Agent] from the [Start] menu. [NEC ESMPRO Agent Ver.XXX Properties] is started. 2. Click on the [General] tab in [NEC ESMPRO Agent Ver.XXX Properties]. 3. Select [Storage Setting…] in the [General] tab. [Storage] is started. 4. Click on the [Reset] tab in [Storage]. 5.
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Appendix A Specifications Item CPU Type Clock FSB 2nd Cache Standard Maximum Chipset Memory Standard Maximum Adding time Memory module Error check Hard disk drive Standard Maximum Graphics (VRAM) Auxiliary input Floppy disk drive device CD/DVD-ROM drive Mezzanine card Type 1 slot Type 2 LAN interface External interface External dimensions (mm) Weight Power supply Power consumption (+12Vdc) Environmental Temperature requirements Humidity NEC Express5800/B120a N8400-083F N8400-084F N8400-085F Intel Xeon
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Appendix B Installing the Operating System SETUP AND RE-SETUP OF CPU BLADE OF DISKLESS MODEL Local Installation Before the installation, make sure that the CPU blade is connected with the keyboard, display unit, DVD-ROM drive and floppy disk drive. If any device is not connected, always connect it to the CPU blade. Notes Before starting the local installation, read the notes described here carefully. SAN Boot If you use SAN boot, confirm BIOS Setup before setup Windows.
B-2 Installing the Operating System System Update If the system configuration is modified, always provide the system update by using NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD shipped with the system. See Chapter 6 for details. Installing on the Mirrored Volume (Windows Server 2008) When re-installing the OS to a hard disk drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk, only the simple dynamic volume is available for installation.
Installing the Operating System B-3 About the System Partition Size When the system is Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Edition: Required partition size = size required to install OS + paging file size + dump file size + application size Size required to install OS = 11,600MB (Full Installation) or = 4,100MB (Server Core Installation) Paging file size (recommended) = Installed memory size x 1.
B-4 Installing the Operating System When the system is Windows Server 2008 32-bit (x86) Edition Required partition size = size required to install OS + paging file size + dump file size + application size Size required to install OS = 6,300MB (Full Installation) or = 2,200MB (Server Core Installation) Paging file size (recommended) = Installed memory size x 1.
Installing the Operating System B-5 When the system is Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions: The size for the partition that the system is to be installed can be calculated from the following formula.
B-6 Installing the Operating System When the system is Windows Server 2003: The size for the partition that the system is to be installed can be calculated from the following formula. Size necessary to install the system + Paging File Size + Dump File Size + Application Size Size necessary to install the system = 3500MB = 3500MB (Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack2) = 5300MB (Windows Server 2003 R2 + Service Pack2 CD-ROM) Paging File Size (Recommended) = Mounted Memory Size * 1.
Installing the Operating System B-7 Optional Board Supported by NEC EXPRESSBUILDER The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system supports the following mass storage controllers for installation. NOTE: If you want to install the other boards by using a driver floppydisk ("OEM-Disk for Mass storage device"), except ones listed below, see "Installing with the OEM-Disk for Mass storage device" and "Installing Optional Mass Storage Driver" of "Parameter File Creator" in Chapter 6.
B-8 Installing the Operating System Items Required for Local Installation Before starting the job, prepare the following items including disks and manuals: DVD-ROM drive Floppy disk drive NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD For Windows Server 2008 – Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard (DVD-ROM) – Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (DVD-ROM) For Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions – Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition DISC 1 (CD-ROM) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard
Installing the Operating System B-9 Creating "Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER" Before installing, create Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER. NOTE: If you have already "Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEMDisk for EXPRESSBUILDER" for NEC Express5800 Server which you are going to install Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions, you do not need to create it again.
B-10 Installing the Operating System Create from [Autorun Menu] This menu requires Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 (or later). You can create Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER from [Autorun Menu], if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate. Follow the steps below. 1. Prepare one 3.5-inch floppy disk. 2. Start the Operating System. 3. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server.
Installing the Operating System B-11 Creating "Windows Server 2003 OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER" Before installing, create Windows Server 2003 OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER. NOTE: If you have already "Windows Server 2003 OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER" for NEC Express5800 Server which you are going to install Windows Server 2003, you do not need to create it again. You can create Windows Server 2003 OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER with the following two procedures.
B-12 Installing the Operating System Create from [Autorun Menu] This menu requires Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 (or later). You can create Windows Server 2003 OEM-Disk for EXPRESSBUILDER from [Autorun Menu], if you have the computer on which the above operating systems operate. Follow the steps below. 1. Prepare one 3.5-inch floppy disk. 2. Start the Operating System. 3. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive of the server. The Menu will appear. 4.
Installing the Operating System B-13 Installation of Windows Server 2008 Install Windows Server 2008 in the following procedure. 1. Turn on your system. IMPORTANT: To install Windows Server 2008, you may need to update BIOS. To check if your system needs a BIOS update, go to: http://www.nec.com/express/. 2. Insert the Windows Server 2008 DVD-ROM into your DVD-ROM drive. 3. Restart the system. To restart the system, press Ctrl + Alt + Del or turn off the system once, and then turn it on again.
B-14 Installing the Operating System 5. Click the [Install now ] button. The installation starts. 6. Enter your product key, and then click [Next].
Installing the Operating System 7. B-15 Select the edition of the Windows operating system that you purchased. Select [I have selected the edition of Windows that I purchased], and then click [Next]. You will see only possible editions that have been determined by Windows based on the key you entered in step 6. NOTE: The Windows versions listed on the screen vary depending on the Windows Server 2008 DVD-ROM you are using. 8. Read the license terms carefully.
B-16 Installing the Operating System 9. Select the type of installation you want. [Custom (advanced)] is selected below. 10. The screen of "Where do you want to install Windows?" is displayed. – If the N8403-026 (RAID Controller) is connected, go to Step 11. – If the N8403-027 (SATA Interface card) is connected, go to Step 12. – If the N8403-027 (SATA Interface card) is connected and SAN boot is used, go to Step 14. 11. You will be asked, "Where do you want to install Windows?".
Installing the Operating System B-17 After you select the path, a list of drivers is displayed. Select the following driver, and then click [OK]. Go to step 13. [LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS PCI Express ROMB] 12. You will be asked, "Where do you want to install Windows?". Select [Load Driver], and then click [Browse]. The folder reference dialog box appears. If the LSI Embedded MegaRAID is used, select a path to the folder in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD, and then click [OK].
B-18 Installing the Operating System 13. The screen of "Where do you want to install Windows?" is displayed. If the N8403-018 FibreChannel Controller is connected, go to Step 14. If the N8403-018 FibreChannel Controller is not connected, go to Step 15. 14. You will be asked, "Where do you want to install Windows?". Select [Load Driver], and then click [Browse]. The folder reference dialog box appears. Select a path to the folder in the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD, and then click [OK].
Installing the Operating System 18. Select the partition created, and then click [Next]. When the following message appears, the installation starts automatically. NOTE: If the disk drive contains NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD, you will be prompted to replace a media with that for OS installation. Insert the install media according to the on-screen message. Install Windows – Insert Disc Please insert Windows installation disc 1.
B-20 Installing the Operating System 19. Log on to the system. The steps vary depending on the edition you selected in step 7. If you have selected a full installation 1. After a full installation of Windows Server 2008 is completed, the following dialog box will prompt you to set or change the password before you log on. Click [OK]. 2. Change the password, and then click the button. NOTE: The Windows Server 2008 password must combine uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and numbers. 3.
Installing the Operating System 4. B-21 On the [Initial Configuration Tasks] window, enter user information. If you have selected a Server Core installation 1. After a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 is completed, press Ctrl + Alt + Del.
B-22 Installing the Operating System 2. Select [Other User]. 3. Log on to the system as an administrator. You need not enter your password in this dialog box. Click the 4. button. Before you log on, you will be prompted to change the password. Click [OK].
Installing the Operating System 5. Change the password, and then click the B-23 button. NOTE: The Windows Server 2008 password must combine uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and numbers. 6. When the following message appears, click [OK]. 7. At the command prompt, enter user information. NOTE: For more detailed procedure, see the "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Step-By-Step Guide.
B-24 Installing the Operating System Procedure for License Authentication Product Key used in the procedure for license authentication should be matched with the COA label in which the product key contained in Windows Server 2008 is written. NOTES: Execute the activation within 30 days. System may be locked after 30 days is passed. COA label may be attached to the main unit. Installing and Setting Device Drivers Follow these steps to install and configure the device drivers.
Installing the Operating System B-25 Installation of Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions This section explains how to perform a clean installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions. 1. Turn on the power to start the CPU blade. 2. Insert the Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition CD-ROM into the USB DVD-ROM drive connected to the CPU blade. 3. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to reset the system.
B-26 Installing the Operating System 7. Select the [LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 for x64)] and press Enter. The screen of Step 5 is displayed. Go to Step 9. 8. Select the proper Controller and press Enter. The screen of Step 5 is displayed. – [LSI Embedded MegaRAID (Windows XP/2003 64-bit)] (When LSI Embedded MegaRAID is used.) – [Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller] (When LSI Embedded MegaRAID is not used.) 9. Press S.
Installing the Operating System 13. B-27 The [Windows Setup] screen will be displayed after logged on to the system. IMPORTANT: In this case, the [Windows Setup] screen may not be displayed. Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 according to the following procedures. 14. Insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition DISC 2 CD-ROM into the USB DVD-ROM drive. 15.
B-28 Installing the Operating System Procedure for License Authentication Product Key used in the procedure for license authentication should be matched with the COA label in which the product key contained in Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions is written. NOTES: Execute the activation within 30 days. System may be locked after 30 days is passed. COA label may be attached to the main unit. Installing and Setting Device Drivers Follow these steps to install and configure the device drivers.
Installing the Operating System B-29 Installation of Windows Server 2003 R2 This section explains how to perform a clean installation of Windows Server 2003. 1. Turn on the power to start the CPU blade. 2. Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into the USB DVD-ROM drive. 3. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to reset the system. After a bootable operating system has been installed on the hard disk drive, press Enter while the message "Press any key to boot from CD..." is displayed at the top of the screen.
B-30 Installing the Operating System 7. Select the [LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)] and press Enter. The screen of Step 5 is displayed, Go to Step 9. 8. Select the proper Controller and press Enter. The screen of Step 5 is displayed. – [LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32-bit)] (When LSI Embedded MegaRAID is used.) – [Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller] (When LSI Embedded MegaRAID is not used.) 9.
Installing the Operating System 13. B-31 When Windows Server 2003 R2 has been installed, the [Windows Setup] screen will be displayed after logged on to the system. IMPORTANT: In this case, the [Windows Setup] screen may not be displayed. Be sure to install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 according to the following procedures. 14. Insert Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DISC 2 CD-ROM into the USB DVD-ROM drive. Confirm the parameters and click [OK]. 15.
B-32 Installing the Operating System Procedure for License Authentication Product Key used in the procedure for license authentication should be matched with the COA label in which the product key contained in Windows Server 2003 is written. NOTE: Execute the activation within 30 days. System may be locked after 30 days is passed. Installing and Setting Device Drivers Follow these steps to install and configure the device drivers.
Installing the Operating System B-33 REMOTE DESKTOP FOR MANAGEMENT This section describes the necessary setting of the Remote Desktop for Management to use Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions, or Windows Server 2003. IMPORTANT: The license for Sever Client Access with fee is not needed to use the Remote Desktop for Management. The Remote Desktop for Management enables to have two connections or less simultaneously.
B-34 Installing the Operating System Windows Server 2003 The setting process is as follows. IMPORTANT: Set password for the Administrator account in order to use the Remote Desktop for Management. 1. Click [Start] Menu and point [Control Panel] and click [System]. 2. Click [Remote] tab and check [Allow users to connect remotely to this computer] in the [Remote desktop] section, and click [OK].
Installing the Operating System B-35 SETUP OF DEVICE DRIVER (NORMALLY INSTALLED IN SERVER) For the installation and setup of each optional device driver, refer to the documentation shipped with the option. PROSet NOTES: All of the operation that related to Intel® PROSet is must be executed by administrator privileges. Operation by [Remote Desktop Connection] is prohibited.
B-36 Installing the Operating System When the system is Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions / Windows Server 2003 1. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive. If the autorun menu is displayed, close menu screen. 2. The [Windows Explorer] dialog starts. – The procedure in the case of the standard start menu Click Start menu and click [Windows Explorer].
Installing the Operating System B-37 Graphics Accelerator Standard graphics accelerator drivers that are mounted will be installed automatically. The following is the procedure when it is necessary to install manually. NOTE: The graphics accelerator driver is supported only on a server running a full installation. Use VGA on a server running a Server Core installation. 1. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the DVD-ROM drive. 2.
B-38 Installing the Operating System Optional Network Board Driver To use an optional Network Board (N8403-017/020/021/022), install the driver stored in NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD. In case of utilizing (N8403-017/020/021/022) for Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Edition / Windows Server 2008 32-bit (x86) Edition LAN drivers and PROSet are installed automatically by the System Update.
Installing the Operating System B-39 When the system is Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions / Windows Server 2003 1. Start Device Manager. 2. Click [Network adapters] and double-click [(Network Adapter Name)]. [(Network Adapter Name) Properties] appears. NOTE: [(Intel(R) PRO/1000...)] is the name of On-Board adapter. All other names show the Optional Network Board. 3. Click [Driver] tab and click [Update Driver...]. [Hardware Update Wizard] appears. 4.
B-40 Installing the Operating System Setup of Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter. With this feature, when the working adapter gets any problem, the process on it is automatically transferred to the other adapter in the group.
Installing the Operating System B-41 Setup Teaming When the system is Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Editions / 2008 32-bit (x86) Editions IMPORTANT: Teaming is not supported with Windows Server Core. SFT is not supported. Please confirm the port setting of switching hub (L2) matches the server network adapter Teaming mode. AFT/ALB setting must be done after System Update completed. 1. Open the [Device Manager]. 2. Open [Network adapters] → [Intel(R)xxx] properties. 3.
B-42 Installing the Operating System 10. Click [Test Switch] → [Run test] to confirm the adapter team is properly setup. Confirm the result in [Test results] Even the system are normal, the following mismatch message will appear sometimes. Please recheck the switching hub (L2) port and nothing problem with the setting ignore the messages. – The switch is configured with aggregatedd ports, but the team type does not support port aggregation.
Installing the Operating System 9. B-43 Refer to the following procedure to set the team member adapter priority status. – Set Primary Point the adapter and click [Set Primary] button. – Set Secondary Point the adapter and click [Set Secondary] button. NOTE: Adapter priority config can be confirmed by the following procedure 1. Click [TEAM:"Team name"] from [Device manager] → [Network adapters]. 2. Click [Settings] and confirm Adapters in team list. 10.
B-44 Installing the Operating System SETTING WOL Refer to the following procedure to enable WOL. When the system is Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Edition / Windows Server 2008 32-bit (x86) Edition 1. Start Device Manager. 2. Point to [Network adapters] and double click [Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection]/[Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection #2] to open the adapter [Properties]. 3.
Installing the Operating System B-45 When the system is Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions / Windows Server 2003 When PROSet is not installed 1. Start Device Manager. 2. Point to [Network adapters] and double click [Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection]/[Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection #2] to open the adapter [Properties]. 3. Click [Power Management] tab and change setting in [Wake On LAN] according to the following list.
B-46 Installing the Operating System 4. Click [OK]. 5. Reboot the system. IMPORTANT: WOL (Wake On Lan) are only available on system Shutdown mode. WOL (Wake On Lan) is not available on system Hibernate and Sleep mode.
Installing the Operating System B-47 SETTING RECEIVE SIDE SCALING Two standard network adapter and optional network board need to change the Receive Side Scaling setting. Please execute the following procedures. NOTE: This is common procedure for all Windows OS. IMPORTANT: Set it in the following procedure before installing Intel® PROSet in the case of Windows Server 2003/Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions. 1. Open the [Device Manager]. 2.
B-48 Installing the Operating System RE-INSTALLATION OF THE NETWORK DRIVER When the system is Windows Server 2008 64-bit (x64) Edition / Windows Server 2008 32-bit (x86) Edition Please run the "System Update" to re-install the network driver. When the system is Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions After installing OS and deleting the network drivers, if you want to re-install the network drivers, follow the procedure below. 1. Restart OS and logon to your system. 2.
Installing the Operating System B-49 When the system is Windows Server 2003 After installing OS and deleting the network drivers, if you want to re-install the network drivers, follow the procedure below. 1. Restart OS and logon to your system. 2. [Upgrade Device Driver Wizard] dialog box appears. Click [Next]. 3. Confirm that the [Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)] radio button is selected and click [Next]. 4.
B-50 Installing the Operating System Available Switch Options for Windows Server 2003 Boot.ini File Many different switches will be available if you edit Boot.ini file. For the available switch options, refer to the following information: Microsoft Knowledge Base - Article ID: 833721 "Available switch options for the Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003 Boot.ini files" If your system has a memory capacity in excess of 4GB in its installing, adding /PAE switch in Boot.
Installing the Operating System B-51 SETTING FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS Setup the following issue in advance so that your computer can recover from any trouble precisely and as soon as possible when it should occur. Setting for Collecting Memory Dump (Debug Information) Set for collecting memory dump using the procedure described in Chapter 5.
B-52 Installing the Operating System [Procedure for Modifying the Drive Letter] Be careful that the drive letter of the system or boot volume cannot modify with the following procedure. 1. Click Start menu, right-click [My Computer], and specify [Manage] to start [Computer Management]. 2. Specify the [Disk Management] in the left side of the window. 3. Right-click the volume you want to modify the drive letter and specify the [Change Drive Letter and Path...]. 4. Click [Yes]. 5.
Installing the Operating System B-53 UPDATING THE SYSTEM - APPLYING SERVICE PACK Update the system in the situation below: CPU is expanded (expanded to single processor to multi-processor). Modified system configuration. Recovered the system using recovery process. The system update brings the correction program provided by Microsoft to be applied to reinforce the system security. The system update is recommended. It is necessary to use Service Pack2 or more.
B-54 Installing the Operating System Local Update When the system is Windows Server 2008 "Updating the System" applies the drivers necessary for NEC Express5800 Series. 1. Log on to the system using an administrator account. 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the optical disk drive. 3. Hereinafter, the setup process is depending on the content selected at [Installing Windows Server 2008], follow each of the instructions.
Installing the Operating System 5. Read the message, and then click [OK]. The update starts. NOTE: The following box appears during the update if you have deployed a full installation of Windows Server 2008. Wait until the update completes. 6. When the following message appears, click [Yes] to restart the system. The system has been updated.
B-56 Installing the Operating System When the system is Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions / Windows Server 2003 Perform "Updating the System" and application of the "Hotfix (KB921411)". IMPORTANT: In the situation below, make sure to apply "Updating the System" and "Hotfix (KB921411)". Modified system configuration Recovered the system using recovery process.
Installing the Operating System 4. When the following message is displayed, click [Next]. After that, follow the message to continue the process.
B-58 Installing the Operating System 5. When the following message is displayed, make sure to click [Finish] to restart the system With that, application process of the Hotfix (KB921411) is finished.
Installing the Operating System B-59 Application process of "Updating the System" "Updating the System" applies the drivers necessary for NEC Express5800 Series. Follow this process after Hotfix for Windows x64 (KB921411) or Hotfix for Windows Server 2003 (KB921411) had been applied. NOTE: If you install Windows CD-ROM that contains Service Pack 2 to your system, you do not have to apply Service pack 2 again. 1. Log on to the system with the account that has administrative privilege (e.g.
B-60 Installing the Operating System IMPORTANT: During the "Updating the System", the following message may be shown, but there is no impact to the operation. Do not click [Cancel] since it may be taken away after a few seconds 4. Click [Yes] to restart the system. 5. When the reboot is started, remove the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD from the USB DVD-ROM drive immediately.
Installing the Operating System B-61 Recovery process If "Updating the System" is executed before the application of the "Hotfix for Windows x64 (KB921411)" or "Hotfix for Windows Server 2003 (KB921411)", "!" may be displayed on the USB root hub. If "!" is displayed on the USB root hub, perform application of the "Hotfix for Windows x64 (KB921411)" or "Hotfix for Windows Server 2003 (KB921411)" and the "Updating the System" according to the following process. 1.
B-62 Installing the Operating System Update from TS Client (Windows Server 2008) Updating the System IMPORTANT: Make sure that the TS client DVD-ROM is assigned to a network driver to be shared. If not, assign the TS client to make it shared. 1. Log on to the system by the account with administrator authority to TS client (such as administrator). 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the USB DVD-ROM drive of the TS client. If the menu appears on the TS client screen, terminate the menu. 3.
Installing the Operating System B-63 Update from TS Client (Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions) NOTE: Configure the setting for remote desktop for management referring to the section of"Remote desktop for management" before starting the setup. Perform "Updating the System" and application of the "Hotfix for Windows x64 (KB921411)" Application process of the Hotfix for Windows x64 (KB921411) Apply the "Hotfix for Windows x64(KB921411)" before execute "Updating the System". 1.
B-64 Installing the Operating System 5. When the following message is displayed, make sure to click [Finish] to restart the system. With that, application process of the Hotfix for Windows x64 (KB921411) is finished.
Installing the Operating System B-65 Updating the System IMPORTANT: Make sure that the TS client DVD-ROM is assigned to a network driver to be shared. If not, assign the TS client to make it shared. 1. Log on to the system by the account with administrator authority to TS client (such as administrator). 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the USB DVD-ROM drive of the TS client. If the menu appears on the TS client screen, terminate the menu. 3.
B-66 Installing the Operating System Update from TS Client (Windows Server 2003) NOTE: Configure the setting for remote desktop for management referring to the section of "Remote desktop for management" before starting the setup. Perform "Updating the System" and application of the "Hotfix for Windows (KB921411)". Application process of the Hotfix for Windows Server 2003 (KB921411) Apply the "Hotfix for Windows Server 2003 (KB921411)" before execute "Updating the System". 1.
Installing the Operating System 5. When the following message is displayed, make sure to click [Finish] to restart the system. With that, application process of the Hotfix for Windows Server 2003 (KB921411) is finished.
B-68 Installing the Operating System Updating the System IMPORTANT: Make sure that the TS client CD-ROM is assigned to a network driver to be shared. If not, assign the TS client to make it shared. 1. Log on to the system by the account with administrator authority to TS client (such as administrator). 2. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DVD into the USB DVD-ROM drive of the TS client. If the menu appears on the TS client screen, terminate the menu. 3.
Installing the Operating System B-69 About Windows Activation You have to agree to the license agreement to use Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition or Windows Server 2003. Windows activation process is as follows. Windows Server 2008 For a server running a full installation 1. Go to the Start menu, and in the Run dialog box, type slui, and press Enter. IMPORTANT: If the following message appears, Windows has already been activated on your system. Click [Close] to exit.
B-70 Installing the Operating System 2. In the following screen, click [Type a different product key]. 3. Type the product key shown on your COA label, and click [Next].
Installing the Operating System 4. Activate Windows. The Windows activation is complete.
B-72 Installing the Operating System For a server running a Server Core installation 1. At the command prompt, type Slmgr –dli, and press Enter. IMPORTANT: If the following message appears, Windows has already been activated on your system. Click 2. to exit. Type slmgr –ipk , and press Enter. * PID is your product key on the COA label. 3. Type slmgr –dti to obtain an installation ID for Windows activation, and press Enter. 4. See "%systemroot%\system32\slui\phone.
Installing the Operating System 6. At the command prompt, type slmgr –atp , and press Enter. * CID is the confirmation ID that you received from the call center. The Windows activation is complete.
B-74 Installing the Operating System Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions / Windows Server 2003 1. Click [Run] on [Start] menu. Type as follows in the [Open:] box, and click [OK]. oobe/msoobe /a 2. When the screen as follows is displayed, click [Next]. The following screen is displayed.
Installing the Operating System 3. Process "Windows activation" according to the following message.
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