Auspex Systems NS 7000 150, Hardware Release Note

Page 1: ...USPEX A PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Version 1 10 Hardware Release Note Copyright 1998 Auspex Systems Inc All rights reserved Part Number 850507 001 Rev A ...

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Page 3: ... V 10 Processor Board LEDs 10 Host Processor 10 Network Processor 10 ATM LEDs 10 FDDI SAS LEDs 12 FDDI DAS LEDs 13 Quad Ethernet LEDs 15 Network Cable Connections 16 Network Interface Numbering 20 Ethernet Addressing 21 Network Cable Specifications 23 Ethernet 23 ATM 23 FDDI 23 Connecting the NetServer to a Network 24 NetServer Expansion Cabinet 25 NS 7000 060 Environmental Requirements 28 Space R...

Page 4: ...D D R b 1 10 HWRN h b kTOC f M h 5 1998 11 23 USPEX A Using Diacritics for Key Functions 41 Setup Parameter Values for System Consoles 41 Power On Self Test POST and Boot Sequence 42 Declaration of Conformity 47 Notice of VCCI Compliance 47 ...

Page 5: ... 1 6 1 to present and concludes with a section describing hardware features that are not supported in software Version 1 10 The remainder of this document provides sections explaining and expanding on the impact of those features such as in areas of power requirements and network configurations Not all sections of this release note may apply to you depending on the software version running on your...

Page 6: ...tures Supported from 1 8 1 The following hardware features from software Version 1 8 1 are supported with software Version 1 10 s Network Processor NP IV supporting up 256 MB of memory s Mixed NP configurations supporting up to 15 FDDI 100Base T and ATM interfaces with the extended VME backplane NS 7000 700 and NS 7000 800 Series only s 4X CD ROM drive s ATL 4 52 tape library HP attachable s DLT40...

Page 7: ...1 6 1 are supported with software Version 1 10 s NS 7000 060 NetServer expansion cabinet with up to 84 drive slots s DEC VT510 system console Hardware Features Not Supported with 1 10 The following hardware features are not supported with software Version 1 10 s Half duplex 100Base T Ethernet network interface s Auspex Primary Memory APM boards s ATM SBus cards installed in HP boards s Ethernet Pr...

Page 8: ...z SPARC CPU Each HP supports up to 384 MB of memory For more information on HP memory configurations refer to Table 2 on page 5 Network Processor NP IV NP III 1 5 The NP III and NP IV have 64 to 256 MB of memory for protocol processing file processing and I O cache memory For more information on NP memory configurations refer to Table 3 on page 7 Each NP supports 100Base T Ethernet Quad Ethernet Q...

Page 9: ...le SBus card s Serial connections to the TTYA and TTYB ports s Integrated Mbus design allowing future upgrades to the CPU s Support for up to seven SCSI devices Table 2 lists the supported HP memory configurations Note HP memory modules must be installed in pairs of 16 32 64 or 128 MB Table 2 HP memory configurations No of 16 MB memory modules No of 32 MB memory modules No of 64 MB memory modules ...

Page 10: ...agnostic mode automatically after powering on the system Provided for Auspex authorized service personnel only HP fuse Contact your authorized Auspex service representative for replacement when needed DIAG LEDs When the NetServer is running in diagnostic mode the state of these eight LEDs represents a specific diagnostic test running on the HP When the operating system is running the LEDs light in...

Page 11: ... T Ethernet full duplex FDDI SAS fiber or MLT 3 FDDI DAS fiber ATM fiber or UTP NP III and NP IV Memory Configurations The NP III and NP IV have 64 256 MB of memory for protocol file processing and I O cache memory Each NP has four or eight SIMMs of either 16 MB or 32 MB each Refer to Table 3 for a list of memory configurations supported by software Version 1 10 Note NP SIMMs must be installed in ...

Page 12: ...ATM fiber or UTP 1 to 3 Quad Ethernet 1 100Base T Ethernet full duplex 1 Quad Ethernet 2 100Base T Ethernet full duplex 1 Quad Ethernet 1 FDDI SAS fiber or MLT 3 1 Quad Ethernet 2 FDDI SAS fiber or MLT 3 1 Quad Ethernet 1 FDDI DAS 1 Quad Ethernet 1 ATM fiber or UTP 1 Quad Ethernet 2 ATM fiber or UTP 1 Quad Ethernet 1 Quad 10 100Base T Ethernet 1 Quad 10 100Base T Ethernet 1 Quad Ethernet 1 Quad 10...

Page 13: ...shows an example of network interfaces on NP boards Figure 2 Example of network interfaces on NP boards NP0 FDDI SAS Quad 10 100BT NP1 Quad 10 100BT ATM UTP NP2 Full duplex 100BT Quad 10 100BT MII MII Label location Label location R T 0 1 2 3 LED 0 1 2 3 LED 0 1 2 3 LED ...

Page 14: ...ed of which is determined by the CPU load the slower the speed the higher the load By monitoring these LEDs you can determine if the HP is functioning properly refer to Figure 1 on page 6 for location of the HP LEDs Network Processor The ATM FDDI SAS FDDI DAS and Quad Ethernet SBus cards on an NP board each have their own set of LEDs The LEDs and their functions are described as follows ATM LEDs A...

Page 15: ...Processor Board LEDs 11 PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Figure 3 ATM fiber LEDs Figure 4 ATM UTP LEDs Receive Status LED Transmit Status LED Port R T R T Receive Status LED Transmit Status LED Port ...

Page 16: ...ghts green when the card is connected to the ring If this LED is not lit check that cables are properly connected and you have followed the proper procedure for powering on the NetServer Figure 5 shows the location of LEDs on the fiber FDDI SAS SBus cards Figure 6 shows the location of LEDs on the MLT 3 FDDI SAS SBus cards Figure 5 FDDI SAS fiber LEDs Figure 6 FDDI SAS MLT 3 LEDs RingOP LED Status...

Page 17: ...P B Green RingOP B Orange RingOP A Off RingOP A refers to the RingOP LED for port A RingOP B refers to the RingOP LED for port B Ring is not operational Station is in WRAP_B ring is operational Ring is not operational The station connected to the PHY B attempted to connect but failed RingOP A Green Station is in WRAP_A B is not connected Station is in THRU mode ring is operational Station is in WR...

Page 18: ...sion 1 10 Hardware Release Note PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Figure 7 shows the location of LEDs on FDDI DAS SBus cards Figure 7 FDDI DAS LEDs RingOP LED Status LED Port B RingOP LED Status LED Port A Bypass ...

Page 19: ...3 The LED labeled 0 corresponds with port 3 and the LED labeled 3 corresponds with port 0 Note Quad Ethernet network interface numbering does not correspond with the LEDs on the SBus card Refer to Network Interface Numbering on page 20 for more information on Quad Ethernet network interface numbering Figure 8 shows the location of the LEDs on Quad Ethernet SBus cards Figure 8 Quad Ethernet LEDs 0 ...

Page 20: ...ction is a single attach station of Type S Connect the FDDI SAS to a Type M FDDI concentrator port only The FDDI DAS ports are a dual attach station Connect directly to the primary and secondary FDDI rings or to Type M ports on two concentrators in a dual homed configuration Figures 9 through 15 illustrate connections to Ethernet FDDI and ATM ports on NP boards Figure 9 Connection to Quad 10 100Ba...

Page 21: ...ions 17 PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Figure 10 Connection to Quad Ethernet ports Figure 11 Connection to full duplex 100Base T Ethernet ports Quad Ethernet connectors Full duplex 100Base T Ethernet connectors PORT 2 PORT 1 ...

Page 22: ...sion 1 10 Hardware Release Note PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Figure 12 Connection to FDDI fiber ports Figure 13 Connection to FDDI MLT 3 ports FDDI fiber connectors FDDI fiber connectors FDDI MLT 3 connectors ...

Page 23: ...Network Cable Connections 19 PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Figure 14 Connection to ATM fiber ports Figure 15 Connection to ATM UTP ports ATM fiber connectors R T R T ATM UTP connectors R T R T ...

Page 24: ...P FDDI FDDI interfaces are numbered afddi0 to afddin where 0 is the lower FDDI port closest to the HP and n is the upper FDDI port farthest from the HP Note In DAS network configurations only one port is assigned an interface number although two ports exist on the FDDI DAS SBus card ATM Each ATM port supports three types of interfaces 1 FORE IP primary interface 4 Classical IP virtual interfaces a...

Page 25: ...e T Ethernet addressing shown in Figure 16 on page 22 Table 7 Quad 10 100Base T Ethernet addressing Interface no Network address ahme11 00 00 3c 99 99 0B ahme10 00 00 3c 99 99 0A ahme9 00 00 3c 99 99 09 ahme8 00 00 3c 99 99 08 ahme7 00 00 3c 99 98 07 ahme6 00 00 3c 99 98 06 ahme5 00 00 3c 99 98 05 ahme4 00 00 3c 99 98 04 ahme3 00 00 3c 99 97 03 ahme2 00 00 3c 99 97 02 ahme1 00 00 3c 99 97 01 ahme0...

Page 26: ...0BT NP1 Quad 10 100BT ATM UTP NP2 FDX 100BT Quad 10 100BT MII MII Label location Label location R T afddi0 ahme0 ahme1 ahme2 ahme3 ahme5 ahme4 ahme6 ahme7 ahme0 afa0 aqa0 aqa3 ael0 ael15 ahme1 NP0 Quad 10 100Base T Ethernet NP1 ATM NP1 Quad 10 100Base T Ethernet ahme9 ahme8 ahme10 ahme11 NP2 Quad 10 100Base T Ethernet 0 1 2 3 LED 0 1 2 3 LED 0 1 2 3 LED ...

Page 27: ... fiber cables with SC type connectors or UTP category 5 cables with RJ 45 connectors If your site uses ST type connectors you need ST to SC converters FDDI FDDI connectors use 50 125 micron multimode category 5 cables with standard FDDI MIC connectors or category 5 STP or UTP cables with RJ 45 connectors Recommendation Auspex recommends using cables with EIA TIA 568B wiring Table 8 lists the cable...

Page 28: ... PDU at the back of the cabinet see Figure 17 In raised floor environments cables can be routed through the floor panel of the server Contact your authorized Auspex service representative for assistance 4 For NS 7000 150 and NS 7000 250 Series NetServers open the back door and route each end of the network cables to the cardcage Figure 17 Routing cables to the NetServer 5 Attach each network cable...

Page 29: ...res up to two SP V boards in the cardcage The SP V has six parallel SCSI channels for disk tape and CD ROM drives and an optional Write Accelerator board to enhance NFS write operations Each SP supports up to 42 drives Note If you need to connect an expansion cabinet to the base cabinet contact your authorized Auspex service representative For general unpacking instructions refer to your hardware ...

Page 30: ... 060 expansion cabinet subassemblies front System chassis Side panel Lower front door panel Upper front door panel Disk drive in carrier Drive rack Power supplies AC OK DC OK ALM VOLT ADJ 5V 12V 5VD 12VD AC OK DC OK ALM VOLT ADJ 5V 12V 5VD 12VD AC OK DC OK ALM VOLT ADJ 5V 12V 5VD 12VD ...

Page 31: ...etServer Expansion Cabinet 27 PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Figure 19 NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet subassemblies back Back door panel PDU Drive rack Main power switch Access panel Power supply enclosure ...

Page 32: ...the server and permits adequate air circulation around the equipment You must allow enough space at the installation site including three feet of clearance on all sides for the base cabinet and expansion cabinets to stand side by side approximately two inches apart Table 10 lists the dimensions of the NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet The weight shown is for a fully configured cabinet Table 9 NS 7000 ...

Page 33: ...NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet Caution The NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet only accepts a nominal input voltage range of 200 to 240 VAC Caution For proper air flow and EMI reduction operate the NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet with the doors closed and all access panels in place Table 11 NS 7000 060 electrical power requirements Expansion cabinet 84 drives 2 250 W 2 250 KVA 7 700 BTUs Hour Table 12 NS 7...

Page 34: ... bottom of the expansion cabinet Set this switch to OFF O see Figure 20 Caution Use the main power switch on the PDU only The switch at the top of each power supply located at the front of the cabinet should always be turned to ON Figure 20 Locating the power switch on the NS 7000 060 2 Locate the power cable which is coiled on top of the panel covering the power supply 3 Cut the red tie wraps to ...

Page 35: ...S 7000 060 expansion cabinet connected to an NS 7000 700 base cabinet To connect the SCSI cables to the base cabinet 1 Locate the SCSI drive cables tie wrapped to the left side of the expansion cabinet inside the back door 2 Cut the red tie wraps securing the cables 3 Route the free end of each SCSI cable through the open side of the expansion cabinet and into the open side of the base cabinet 4 G...

Page 36: ...s First expansion cabinet Second expansion cabinet Drive rack no SP V or SP IV connector SP1 and SP2 are located in slots 13 and 14 respectively Drive rack no SP V or SP IV connector SP3 and SP4 are located in slots 3 and 4 respectively 1 SP1 J1 1 SP3 J1 2 SP1 J2 2 SP3 J2 3 SP1 J3 3 SP3 J3 4 SP1 J4 4 SP3 J4 5 SP1 J5 5 SP3 J5 6 SP1 J6 6 SP3 J6 7 SP2 J1 7 SP4 J1 8 SP2 J2 8 SP4 J2 9 SP2 J3 9 SP4 J3 1...

Page 37: ...NetServer Expansion Cabinet 33 PRELIMINARY AND CONFIDENTIAL Figure 21 NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet connected to an NS 7000 700 base cabinet ...

Page 38: ...sion cabinet supports up to 84 drives For information on installing and removing drives in the NetServer refer to Appendix A in your hardware manual Figure 23 shows slot and drive rack numbering for an NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet J5 J4 J3 J2 J1 J6 SP0 SP1 SP2 NS 7000 700 base cabinet front Base cabinet back NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet front NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet back Rack 5 Rack 6 Rack...

Page 39: ...number 54 plus the total number of slots in the first expansion cabinet 84 plus the last slot number in the NS 7000 700 base cabinet 41 The drive is in slot 179 54 84 41 Slot 7 Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1 Slot 14 Slot 13 Slot 12 Slot 11 Slot 10 Slot 9 Slot 8 Slot 21 Slot 20 Slot 19 Slot 18 Slot 17 Slot 16 Slot 15 Slot 28 Slot 27 Slot 26 Slot 25 Slot 24 Slot 23 Slot 22 Slot 49 Slot 48...

Page 40: ...ged that is installed or replaced while the NetServer is running if the system is operating in a redundant configuration Note Contact your authorized Auspex service representative to install or replace power supplies Figure 21 on page 33 shows an NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet connected to an NS 7000 700 base cabinet Each NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet power supply has three LEDs seeFigure 24 on pag...

Page 41: ...le 14 Main power supply status indicators LEDs Power supply status Required action AC and DC LEDs green Fully operational None ALM LED yellow Supply failed Replace supply None Supply not receiving AC power or has a catastrophic failure Check the system power switch or contact your authorized Auspex service representative ...

Page 42: ...route one end of the console cable through the opening in the PDU see Figure 17 on page 24 for the location of the PDU in the NS 6000 base cabinet In raised floor environments the cable can be routed through the floor panel of the server contact your authorized Auspex service representative for assistance For NS 7000 150 and NS 7000 250 Series NetServers open the back door and route one end of the...

Page 43: ...hlighted Note Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to select another line on the screen Use the Right Arrow key to select a submenu Use the Left Arrow key to return to the previous menu 2 Use the Right and Down Arrow keys to select Restore factory defaults and press the Enter key 3 Use the Left Arrow key to return to main menu Select Save settings and press the Enter key 4 Select Exit Setup and press th...

Page 44: ...ed with your system for root For the Delete key to work properly you must include one of the following commands in your nonstandard login file stty dec or stty erase Configuring the PgUp and PgDn Keys for vi editor The PgUp and PgDn keys on the DEC VT510 system console are not configured to work with the vi editor To configure the PgUp and PgDn keys to work with the vi editor 1 Press the Caps Lock...

Page 45: ...tly in UNIX Diacritics are described in the console setup menu under the Define Key Editor as nonspacing accents Some diacritics include tilde dieresis breve and cedilla Setup Parameter Values for System Consoles The setup parameter values vary according to the type of system console Refer to the system console s user manual for more information Note The setup parameter values are preconfigured fo...

Page 46: ...ack test passed SP inquiry cmd to the boot device passed SP test unit ready cmd to the boot device sp found in slot 12 Boot device mvic vme asp 6d 1180 ad 0 0 0 File and args 0x4000 bootblock loaded sp status f0 skipping SP loopback test passed SP inquiry cmd to the boot device passed SP test unit ready cmd to the boot device sp status f0 skipping SP loopback test passed SP inquiry cmd to the boot...

Page 47: ... 8668 MBs ad86 SEAGATE ST19171W 0023 8668 MBs ad87 SEAGATE ST19171W 0023 8668 MBs ad88 Auspex 9GB cyl 8668 alt 1 hd 16 sec 128 ad89 Auspex 9GB cyl 8668 alt 1 hd 16 sec 128 ad90 Auspex 9GB cyl 8668 alt 1 hd 16 sec 128 ad126 SEAGATE ST19171W 0023 8668 MBs ad127 SEAGATE ST19171W 0023 8668 MBs ad128 Auspex 9GB cyl 8668 alt 1 hd 16 sec 128 ad129 SEAGATE ST19171W 0023 8668 MBs ad130 Auspex 9GB cyl 8668 ...

Page 48: ...up Checking SP1 in slot 13 for reset ax_startup SP1 in slot 13 does not need to be reset ax_startup Downloading M16 in IOP3_NP 0 slot 7 ax_startup Downloading M16 complete in IOP3_NP 0 slot 7 ax_startup Downloading M16 in IOP3_NP 1 slot 8 ax_startup Downloading M16 complete in IOP3_NP 1 slot 8 ax_startup Downloading M16 in IOP3_FP 0 slot 7 ax_startup Downloading M16 complete in IOP3_FP 0 slot 7 ax...

Page 49: ... cache is ON ax_write_cache SP2 enabling write cache ax_write_cache SP2 write cache is ON ax_write_cache SP3 enabling write cache ax_write_cache SP3 write cache is ON ax_enable AXdguard enabled ax_enable AXftp enabled ax_enable AXbackup enabled ax_enable AXdrvgrd enabled rc auspex Running from rc boot start virtual partitions checking other filesystems dev rvp0 is clean dev rvp256 is clean dev rvp...

Page 50: ...checking for crash dump starting ServerGuard daemons ax_ftnfsd ax_ftmond ax_ftexecd ax_ftstatd ax_ftfaild ax_ftddd ax_lfsd exportfs av exported usr openwin starting NFS daemons nfsd ax_nfsd mountd starting ServerGuard resynchronization daemon ax_ftsyncd mount vat nfs rarpd interface pid in tmp rarplog rarpd bootparamd statd Mar 3 05 12 44 cypress syslog ax_enable AXNeTsrv licensed Mar 3 05 12 44 c...

Page 51: ... modulated IEC801 4 1988 EFT 2 kv A C cables 1 kv I O cables IEC801 5 Draft 1993 Surge 2 kv diff 4 kv comm NS 7000 700 Series NetServer NS 7000 700 base cabinet NS 7000 060 expansion cabinet EN60950 1992 EN60950 A1 1993 EN60950 At2 1993 DIN VDE 0805 A1 11 91 EN55022 Class A 1985 Ed 1 EN50082 1 Draft 1992 IEC801 2 1991 ESD 8 kv air 4 kv contact IEC801 3 1984 RS 10 v m 1 kHz modulated IEC801 4 1988 ...

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