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All variants support up to four processors. • Reliability and Availability The AlphaServer ES40 uses the latest technologies to four systems and/or additional disks. fans, power supplies, and disks can be a potential bottleneck to processor performance. In our discussion here, the Alpha ... a register, avoiding register dependencies that can house up to second- For more information about the chip, see: http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/download/ev6chip.pdf. The cabinet can be hot plugged. These systems are offered with the speculative and dynamic execution extracts maximum...
All variants support up to four processors. • Reliability and Availability The AlphaServer ES40 uses the latest technologies to four systems and/or additional disks. fans, power supplies, and disks can be a potential bottleneck to processor performance. In our discussion here, the Alpha ... a register, avoiding register dependencies that can house up to second- For more information about the chip, see: http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/download/ev6chip.pdf. The cabinet can be hot plugged. These systems are offered with the speculative and dynamic execution extracts maximum...
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Each cage holds up to six 1-inch Ultra3 SCSI disks. The power supplies are for the H9A15 79-inch cabinet.) IO Fans Control Panel and Drives PK3243 3 PK3245 Rackmount Chassis When installed in a cabinet, the chassis has ... of systems in a cabinet (four), there can be three systems. (These numbers are in the rear. When the maximum number of vertical space. Model Variants AlphaServer ES40 systems are in the front, along with space for up to two disk cages. The control panel, CD-ROM and floppy drives, and two additional...
Each cage holds up to six 1-inch Ultra3 SCSI disks. The power supplies are for the H9A15 79-inch cabinet.) IO Fans Control Panel and Drives PK3243 3 PK3245 Rackmount Chassis When installed in a cabinet, the chassis has ... of systems in a cabinet (four), there can be three systems. (These numbers are in the rear. When the maximum number of vertical space. Model Variants AlphaServer ES40 systems are in the front, along with space for up to two disk cages. The control panel, CD-ROM and floppy drives, and two additional...
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... MMB0 J34 D-chip D-chip D-chip D-chip J40 J6 MMB2 CPU3 CPU2 CPU1 CPU0 PK-0323-99 5 One corner of the board holds logic for the power supplies. Component and Connector Locations Connector to the PCI backplane. On the back side of one C-chip, two P-chips, and eight D-chips. The I/O connector provides...
... MMB0 J34 D-chip D-chip D-chip D-chip J40 J6 MMB2 CPU3 CPU2 CPU1 CPU0 PK-0323-99 5 One corner of the board holds logic for the power supplies. Component and Connector Locations Connector to the PCI backplane. On the back side of one C-chip, two P-chips, and eight D-chips. The I/O connector provides...
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...clock • ECC memory The switch interconnect can move a large amount of data over two memory motherboards (MMBs) was to four CPU modules. Power-up to maximize the capabilities of the two wide data buses. PK0271 Memory Memory throughput in this system is installed in a flash ROM on the... to the Alpha chip. Another 256-bit read operation, 128 bits come from one MMB and the other independent data bus. Processor Module An AlphaServer ES40 can have up diagnostics are identical (same size and speed), the memory is interleaved; This yields 2.67 GB/sec bandwidth per MMB (one ...
...clock • ECC memory The switch interconnect can move a large amount of data over two memory motherboards (MMBs) was to four CPU modules. Power-up to maximize the capabilities of the two wide data buses. PK0271 Memory Memory throughput in this system is installed in a flash ROM on the... to the Alpha chip. Another 256-bit read operation, 128 bits come from one MMB and the other independent data bus. Processor Module An AlphaServer ES40 can have up diagnostics are identical (same size and speed), the memory is interleaved; This yields 2.67 GB/sec bandwidth per MMB (one ...
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... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PK-0324-99 Memory Configuration A memory option (or set for systems that support 16 DIMMs and two sets for systems that require full redundant power (three power supplies) are four-way interleaved, maximizing memory throughput. Populate all four DIMMs must be the same size. • Fill sets in the following table. Similarly...
... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PK-0324-99 Memory Configuration A memory option (or set for systems that support 16 DIMMs and two sets for systems that require full redundant power (three power supplies) are four-way interleaved, maximizing memory throughput. Populate all four DIMMs must be the same size. • Fill sets in the following table. Similarly...
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...to six Ultra3 SCSI Universal 1-inch disk drives (9.1, 18.2, or 36.4 GB). Compaq Insight Manager is included with StorageWorks shelves. Management agents monitor over 1,000 management ...for booting system from a serial console: monitor the system power, temperature, and fans, and reset, halt, and power the system on these AlphaServer systems is the next storage interface, Fibre Channel, which ... or storage subsystem performance statistics. With the KGPSA PCI Fibre Channel adapter, the ES40 systems provide a storage interconnect that up to -server networking, because multiple protocols ...
...to six Ultra3 SCSI Universal 1-inch disk drives (9.1, 18.2, or 36.4 GB). Compaq Insight Manager is included with StorageWorks shelves. Management agents monitor over 1,000 management ...for booting system from a serial console: monitor the system power, temperature, and fans, and reset, halt, and power the system on these AlphaServer systems is the next storage interface, Fibre Channel, which ... or storage subsystem performance statistics. With the KGPSA PCI Fibre Channel adapter, the ES40 systems provide a storage interconnect that up to -server networking, because multiple protocols ...
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.... When you install the software from a distribution kit. During the power-up diagnostics are built into disk drives. • Optional internal RAID improves reliability and data security. • Disk hot swap. Error Reporting Compaq Analyze, a diagnostic service tool used to determine the cause of a...and boot the operating system in the system error log file. The system operator can still power up , reset, or after most system failures. Platform Management The AlphaServer ES40 systems support platform management tasks such as it and an analysis to the user. The operating...
.... When you install the software from a distribution kit. During the power-up diagnostics are built into disk drives. • Optional internal RAID improves reliability and data security. • Disk hot swap. Error Reporting Compaq Analyze, a diagnostic service tool used to determine the cause of a...and boot the operating system in the system error log file. The system operator can still power up , reset, or after most system failures. Platform Management The AlphaServer ES40 systems support platform management tasks such as it and an analysis to the user. The operating...
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... system interconnect that behaves (is a high-bandwidth, low-latency PCI-based communications interconnect for configurations using up to eight AlphaServer systems. Data written to one computing node to enable hot swap of availability through redundant CPUs, storage, and data paths...Ethernet, FDDI, and Memory Channel as a direct side effect of clustering AlphaServer ES40 systems depends on the Memory Channel bus. A second or third power supply can be added to provide redundant power to efficiently increase capacity. Operating System Support For clustered Tru64 UNIX systems...
... system interconnect that behaves (is a high-bandwidth, low-latency PCI-based communications interconnect for configurations using up to eight AlphaServer systems. Data written to one computing node to enable hot swap of availability through redundant CPUs, storage, and data paths...Ethernet, FDDI, and Memory Channel as a direct side effect of clustering AlphaServer ES40 systems depends on the Memory Channel bus. A second or third power supply can be added to provide redundant power to efficiently increase capacity. Operating System Support For clustered Tru64 UNIX systems...
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... memory and disk expandability. Hardware Warranty The AlphaServer ES40 system and components, including CPU, memory, PCI controllers, and power supplies, have a 3-year on the Internet. StorageWorks components contained in the pedestal or cabinet systems are based on -site next-day response time. Performance and Benchmarking Compaq has an ongoing program of performance engineering, using...
... memory and disk expandability. Hardware Warranty The AlphaServer ES40 system and components, including CPU, memory, PCI controllers, and power supplies, have a 3-year on the Internet. StorageWorks components contained in the pedestal or cabinet systems are based on -site next-day response time. Performance and Benchmarking Compaq has an ongoing program of performance engineering, using...
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...32 Gbytes memory is supported. 14 System Features at a Glance Table 1 provides a quick reference to features of the Compaq AlphaServer ES40 systems. Table 1 AlphaServer ES40 Features System Features CPU features Symmetric multiprocessing CPU clock speed Cache size (on chip/on board) 6/667 1-4 processors Alpha... remote system management, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, hot swap of disks, power supplies, and fans, memory failover, ECC memory, ECC cache, N+1 power supply,* SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional uninterruptible power supply CI, Ethernet, SCSI, FDDI, PCI to Memory Channel Interconnect SCSI,...
...32 Gbytes memory is supported. 14 System Features at a Glance Table 1 provides a quick reference to features of the Compaq AlphaServer ES40 systems. Table 1 AlphaServer ES40 Features System Features CPU features Symmetric multiprocessing CPU clock speed Cache size (on chip/on board) 6/667 1-4 processors Alpha... remote system management, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, hot swap of disks, power supplies, and fans, memory failover, ECC memory, ECC cache, N+1 power supply,* SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional uninterruptible power supply CI, Ethernet, SCSI, FDDI, PCI to Memory Channel Interconnect SCSI,...
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... state) Tower and Rackmount Single power cord 11.0 A 8.5 A Multiple power cords Pedestal 6.5 A 5.3 A Each power cord 12.0 A 10.5 A M-Series cab config.-dependent Nominal voltage (Vac) 100 120 Each power cord 24 A 24 A NOTE: Power supplies are available from Compaq. 1 B = 10 dBA Acoustics Idle Operating LWad , B 6.6 6.6 LpAm , dBA (bystander position) 48 48 Table 3 AlphaServer ES40 Electrical Characteristics Nominal voltage (Vac...
... state) Tower and Rackmount Single power cord 11.0 A 8.5 A Multiple power cords Pedestal 6.5 A 5.3 A Each power cord 12.0 A 10.5 A M-Series cab config.-dependent Nominal voltage (Vac) 100 120 Each power cord 24 A 24 A NOTE: Power supplies are available from Compaq. 1 B = 10 dBA Acoustics Idle Operating LWad , B 6.6 6.6 LpAm , dBA (bystander position) 48 48 Table 3 AlphaServer ES40 Electrical Characteristics Nominal voltage (Vac...
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... Ports and Slots 1-6 1.5 Operator Control Panel 1-8 1.6 System Board 1-10 1.7 PCI Backplane 1-12 1.8 Power Supplies 1-14 1.9 Removable Media Storage 1-16 1.10 Hard Disk Storage 1-17 1.11 System Access 1-18 1.12 Console Terminal 1-20 Chapter... 2 Operation 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.5 2.6 Powering Up the System 2-2 Power-Up Displays 2-3 SROM Power-Up Display 2-4 SRM Console Power-Up Display 2-6 System Consoles 2-10 Selecting the Display Device 2-12 Setting the Control Panel Message 2-13 Displaying a ...
... Ports and Slots 1-6 1.5 Operator Control Panel 1-8 1.6 System Board 1-10 1.7 PCI Backplane 1-12 1.8 Power Supplies 1-14 1.9 Removable Media Storage 1-16 1.10 Hard Disk Storage 1-17 1.11 System Access 1-18 1.12 Console Terminal 1-20 Chapter... 2 Operation 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.3 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.5 2.6 Powering Up the System 2-2 Power-Up Displays 2-3 SROM Power-Up Display 2-4 SRM Console Power-Up Display 2-6 System Consoles 2-10 Selecting the Display Device 2-12 Setting the Control Panel Message 2-13 Displaying a ...
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... Variables for COM1 4-12 RMC Command-Line Interface 4-13 Defining the COM1 Data Flow 4-15 Displaying the System Status 4-16 Displaying the System Environment 4-18 Power On and Off, Reset, and Halt 4-20 Configuring Remote Dial-In 4-22 Configuring Dial-Out Alert 4-24 vi
... Variables for COM1 4-12 RMC Command-Line Interface 4-13 Defining the COM1 Data Flow 4-15 Displaying the System Status 4-16 Displaying the System Environment 4-18 Power On and Off, Reset, and Halt 4-20 Configuring Remote Dial-In 4-22 Configuring Dial-Out Alert 4-24 vi
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...5.1 Removing Enclosure Panels 5-2 5.2 Removing Covers from the System Chassis 5-6 5.3 Before Installing Components 5-9 5.4 Memory Allocation 5-10 5.5 Power Supply Configuration 5-12 5.6 Removing and Replacing Power Supplies 5-14 5.7 CPU Configuration 5-16 5.8 Installing CPUs 5-18 5.9 Memory Configuration 5-21 5.10 Installing DIMMs 5-26 5.11 PCI ... 6-8 Updating Firmware Using MOP 6-9 Updating Firmware in a Galaxy Environment 6-10 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 Power-Up Error Messages 7-2 Messages with Beep Codes 7-2 Checksum Error 7-4 No MEM Error 7-6 vii
...5.1 Removing Enclosure Panels 5-2 5.2 Removing Covers from the System Chassis 5-6 5.3 Before Installing Components 5-9 5.4 Memory Allocation 5-10 5.5 Power Supply Configuration 5-12 5.6 Removing and Replacing Power Supplies 5-14 5.7 CPU Configuration 5-16 5.8 Installing CPUs 5-18 5.9 Memory Configuration 5-21 5.10 Installing DIMMs 5-26 5.11 PCI ... 6-8 Updating Firmware Using MOP 6-9 Updating Firmware in a Galaxy Environment 6-10 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 Power-Up Error Messages 7-2 Messages with Beep Codes 7-2 Checksum Error 7-4 No MEM Error 7-6 vii
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...Event Log 7-12 Show Device Command 7-13 Test Command 7-14 Show FRU Command 7-16 Show Error Command 7-19 Show Power Command 7-20 Crash Command 7-22 Troubleshooting Tables 7-24 Option Card Problems 7-30 Chapter 8 Specifications 8.1 Physical Specifications 8-2 ...8.2 Environmental Specifications 8-6 8.3 Electrical Specifications 8-7 8.4 Regulatory Approvals 8-8 8.5 Acoustic Data 8-9 Index Examples 2-1 Sample SROM Power-Up Display 2-4 2-2 SRM Power-Up Display 2-6 2-3 Set Ocp_Text Command 2-13 2-4 Show Boot 2-15 2-5 Show Config 2-16 2-6 Show Device 2-21 2-7 ...
...Event Log 7-12 Show Device Command 7-13 Test Command 7-14 Show FRU Command 7-16 Show Error Command 7-19 Show Power Command 7-20 Crash Command 7-22 Troubleshooting Tables 7-24 Option Card Problems 7-30 Chapter 8 Specifications 8.1 Physical Specifications 8-2 ...8.2 Environmental Specifications 8-6 8.3 Electrical Specifications 8-7 8.4 Regulatory Approvals 8-8 8.5 Acoustic Data 8-9 Index Examples 2-1 Sample SROM Power-Up Display 2-4 2-2 SRM Power-Up Display 2-6 2-3 Set Ocp_Text Command 2-13 2-4 Show Boot 2-15 2-5 Show Config 2-16 2-6 Show Device 2-21 2-7 ...
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... Console Event Log 7-12 7-3 Show Device Command 7-13 7-4 Test Command 7-14 7-5 Show Fru Command 7-16 7-6 Show Error Command 7-19 7-7 Show Power Command 7-20 7-8 Crash Command 7-22 Figures 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-12 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 ES40 Systems 1-2 Top/Front Components (Pedestal/Rack View 1-4 Rear Components (Pedestal/Rack View 1-5 Rear Connectors 1-6 Operator Control Panel 1-8 Modules on System Motherboard...
... Console Event Log 7-12 7-3 Show Device Command 7-13 7-4 Test Command 7-14 7-5 Show Fru Command 7-16 7-6 Show Error Command 7-19 7-7 Show Power Command 7-20 7-8 Crash Command 7-22 Figures 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-12 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 ES40 Systems 1-2 Top/Front Components (Pedestal/Rack View 1-4 Rear Components (Pedestal/Rack View 1-5 Rear Connectors 1-6 Operator Control Panel 1-8 Modules on System Motherboard...
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... Dial String and Alert String 4-26 RMC Troubleshooting 4-30 Error Beep Codes 7-3 RMC Error Messages 7-8 SROM Error Messages 7-10 Bit Assignments for Error Field 7-18 Power Problems 7-25 Problems Getting to Console Mode 7-26 Problems Reported by the Console 7-27 Boot Problems 7-28 Errors Reported by the Operating System 7-29 Troubleshooting...
... Dial String and Alert String 4-26 RMC Troubleshooting 4-30 Error Beep Codes 7-3 RMC Error Messages 7-8 SROM Error Messages 7-10 Bit Assignments for Error Field 7-18 Power Problems 7-25 Problems Getting to Console Mode 7-26 Problems Reported by the Console 7-27 Boot Problems 7-28 Errors Reported by the Operating System 7-29 Troubleshooting...
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... 1, System Overview, gives an overview of the system and describes the components. • Chapter 2, Operation, gives basic operating instructions on powering up and configuring the machine. • Chapter 3, Booting and Installing an Operating System, describes how to boot a supported operating system and... components such as memory DIMMs and CPUs. • Chapter 6, Updating Firmware, describes how to update to a later version of ES40 systems. Document Structure This manual uses a structured documentation design. xiii Most topics begin with an abstract that provides an overview of ...
... 1, System Overview, gives an overview of the system and describes the components. • Chapter 2, Operation, gives basic operating instructions on powering up and configuring the machine. • Chapter 3, Booting and Installing an Operating System, describes how to boot a supported operating system and... components such as memory DIMMs and CPUs. • Chapter 6, Updating Firmware, describes how to update to a later version of ES40 systems. Document Structure This manual uses a structured documentation design. xiii Most topics begin with an abstract that provides an overview of ...
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System Overview 1-1 Chapter 1 System Overview This chapter provides an overview of the system, including: • System Enclosures • System Chassis-Front View/Top View • System Chassis-Rear View • Rear Ports and Slots • Operator Control Panel • System Board • PCI Backplane • Power Supplies • Removable Media Storage • Hard Disk Storage • System Access • Console Terminal NOTE: See Chapter 5 for warnings and procedures for accessing internal parts of the system.
System Overview 1-1 Chapter 1 System Overview This chapter provides an overview of the system, including: • System Enclosures • System Chassis-Front View/Top View • System Chassis-Rear View • Rear Ports and Slots • Operator Control Panel • System Board • PCI Backplane • Power Supplies • Removable Media Storage • Hard Disk Storage • System Access • Console Terminal NOTE: See Chapter 5 for warnings and procedures for accessing internal parts of the system.
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...); Common Components The basic building block of the system is the chassis, which houses the following common components: • Up to three 735-watt power supplies, offering N+1 power • A 25-pin parallel port, two 9-pin serial ports, two universal serial bus (USB) ports, mouse and keyboard ports, and one full-height removable... drive • Two half-height or one MMJ connector for a local console terminal • An operator control panel with a 16-character back-lit display and a Power button, Halt button, and Reset button System Overview 1-3
...); Common Components The basic building block of the system is the chassis, which houses the following common components: • Up to three 735-watt power supplies, offering N+1 power • A 25-pin parallel port, two 9-pin serial ports, two universal serial bus (USB) ports, mouse and keyboard ports, and one full-height removable... drive • Two half-height or one MMJ connector for a local console terminal • An operator control panel with a 16-character back-lit display and a Power button, Halt button, and Reset button System Overview 1-3
