User guide

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Contents
System Control Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Communicating with the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The SGI Management Center Graphical User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Powering-On and Off From the SGI Management Center Interface . . . . . . . . . 13
The Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Powering On and Off from the Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Command Options for Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power On the System From the SMN Command Line. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Specific CLI Commands Used With the SMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Optional Power On From the CMC Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Booting Directly From a CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power On the System Using the CMC Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Optional Power On Using the SMC to Connect to the CMC . . . . . . . . . . 18
Monitoring Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power off a UV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Additional CLI Power Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using Embedded Support Partner (ESP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PCIe Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2. System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Levels of System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System Management Node (SMN) Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CMC Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
BMC Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System Controller Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
IRU Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chassis Management Controller Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1U Console Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Flat Panel Rackmount Console Option Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3. System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
System Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37