NEC Solutions (America), Inc.NR550Express5800/320Ma:Technical Reference Guide

Prefacex Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide

ftServer Drivers and Services 1-1Chapter 1ftServer Drivers and Services1-This chapter provides technical reference information about ftServer driver

ftServer drivers1-2 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide For information about the drivers for EMC Fibre Channel (FC) storage systems, see th

ftServer services ftServer Drivers and Services 1-3VTM Dump Driver The sravtmdp.sys driver, the VTM dump driver, controls the process of getting a du

ftServer services1-4 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide – Collects information about the system and generates state change information – Co

Express5800/320Ma System Features 2-1Chapter 2Express5800/320Ma System Features2-This chapter provides technical reference information for the follo

Administering an ftGateway Group Manually2-2 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide To create a new ftGateway group1. Access the system that is

Managing MTBF Statistics Express5800/320Ma System Features 2-3To remove an ftGateway group1. Access the Express5800/320Ma gateway system. Start ftSMC

Managing MTBF Statistics2-4 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide device to test itself. If the device fails the test, the error is a hard err

Managing MTBF Statistics Express5800/320Ma System Features 2-5MTBF Calculation The calculation of the new the MTBF is as follows:For the MTBF to be b

Manual Name: Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference GuidePart Number: NR550Express5800/320Ma Software Release Number: 4.1.0Publication Date: January 2

Managing MTBF Statistics2-6 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Changing the MTBF ThresholdThe MTBF threshold is expressed in seconds. If a

ftServer Manager Event Handling Express5800/320Ma System Features 2-7ftServer Manager Event Handling As shown in Figure 2-1, when a hardware device f

ASN Connection Retry Cycle2-8 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide can adjust the parameters described in Table 2-3 to increase the time bet

ASN Connection Retry Cycle Express5800/320Ma System Features 2-9If an additional alarm condition occurs during one of the Medium Idle Time Between Re

ASN Connection Retry Cycle2-10 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide

ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-1Chapter 3ftSMC Component Properties andActions3-This chapter describes a number of the properties and acti

ftSMC Component Properties3-2 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide AutoBurnEnabled If enabled for a CPU element, matches a new CPU element’s

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-3Chipset: Mhz66Capable[1] Indicates whether the PCI bus operates at 66 MHz (True)

ftSMC Component Properties3-4 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Current Count The current MTBF value for a device. A 0 or Unknown value me

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-5Diag Status: FailingTestNumberrIf diagnostic test(s) failed, the number of the d

Contents iiiContentsPreface vii1. ftServer Drivers and Services 1-1ftServer drivers 1-1Board Instance Driver 1-1Fibre Channel Drivers 1-1SCSI Port

ftSMC Component Properties3-6 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide DumpQuickEnabled Controls the operation of a system crash dump. All of the

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-7EccMinutesToComplete Sets the time, in minutes, to complete a single check (read

ftSMC Component Properties3-8 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide FwVersion The version of the firmware running on an VTM.GlobalRdrPlexLoadB

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-9IDPROM: ModelName This type of PROM, located on boards manufactured by NEC Solut

ftSMC Component Properties3-10 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Limit of Event Log Entries The maximum number of event log entries to in

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-11LunFlushInterval Interval, in minutes, between flushes of the disk write cache.

ftSMC Component Properties3-12 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide ModelDescription or ModelDescThe VTM board description. ModelName The Exp

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-13NegativeGoingHysteris A value added to a reading to determine if a threshold ev

ftSMC Component Properties3-14 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Notify SNPP Port The port number used by the Simple Network Paging Protoc

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-15Op State: Reason Bringup FailedThe driver did not bring the element online.Op S

Contentsiv Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Device State and Threshold Alarms 4-3ftGateway Alarm Messages 4-10Miscellaneous Alarms 4-105

ftSMC Component Properties3-16 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Op State: StateEmptyThe component slot does not have a component present,

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-17OsBootTime Specifies the maximum time that OS boot process processing can take

ftSMC Component Properties3-18 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide PlexEpochValid Specifies the maximum number of minutes you can keep a dis

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-19PwrDownBrokenCpuEnabled When a CPU element transitions to the Broken state, the

ftSMC Component Properties3-20 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Site Heartbeat Next Due The coordinated universal time (UTC) at which to

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-21Startup Time Number of seconds that the Policy Service waits for the system to

ftSMC Component Properties3-22 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide System: IDPROM: ECOLevel The engineering change level of a board. Board i

ftSMC Component Properties ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-23Type of MTBF Defines how a threshold value is used when a device breaks. Usual

ftSMC Component Actions3-24 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide ftSMC Component ActionsTable 3-2 describes the actions, or commands, associ

ftSMC Component Actions ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-25Initiate BringUp Powers the component on and brings it into service (online). The

v Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide FiguresFigure 2-1. ftServer Manager Event Handling 2-7Figure 5-1. ftServer Setup Menu Bar 5-3Figure 5-

ftSMC Component Actions3-26 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Resynchronize This Physical Disk From RDR Virtual DiskResynchronizes a disk

ftSMC Component Actions ftSMC Component Properties and Actions 3-27Set Rdr Lun Load Balancing Sets read load balancing for RDR virtual disks to on or

ftSMC Component Actions3-28 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide

System Alarm Messages 4-1Chapter 4System Alarm Messages4-The alarm messages for the various devices in Express5800/320Ma 3.2 GHz, 3.6 GHz, and Dual-

System Alarm Messages4-2 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide • Fibre channel port • ftGateway • I/O board (enclosure) • I2C bridge • I2C bus

SNMP Traps System Alarm Messages 4-3SNMP TrapsMost alarms can also generate SNMP traps. Device state alarms generate an SNMP trap whenever a device s

Device State and Threshold Alarms4-4 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide 12 30111 30161 30211 30261 30311 30361 30411 13 30112 30162

Device State and Threshold Alarms System Alarm Messages 4-5Table 4-3. Alarm IDs (30750 - 31155)Alarm Message Number in Table 4-8Device Name (dev in T

Device State and Threshold Alarms4-6 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide 11 31910 32010 32060 32160 32210 32260 12 31911 32011 32061

Device State and Threshold Alarms System Alarm Messages 4-7Table 4-6. Alarm IDs (32350 - 32663)Alarm Message Number in Table 4-8Device Name (dev in T

Tables viTablesTable 2-1. ftSMC System Inventory Component Actions 2-1Table 2-2. Example MTBF Calculation 2-5Table 2-3. Default Settings for Alarm

Device State and Threshold Alarms4-8 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Table 4-8 lists the messages and default destinations for the vari

Device State and Threshold Alarms System Alarm Messages 4-94 dev '%1' broken: diagnostics failed. Yes P,E5 dev '%1' broken: hardw

ftGateway Alarm Messages4-10 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide ftGateway Alarm MessagesTable 4-9 presents the ftGateway alarm messages. M

Miscellaneous Alarms System Alarm Messages 4-11Unknown state/reason based alarm. Device: %1Class: %2State: %3Reason: %430015 Yes P,E No Include devic

Miscellaneous Alarms4-12 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide The disk %1 reported errors (logical unit not ready, initializing command requi

BIOS Setup 5-1Chapter 5BIOS Setup5-The ftServer Setup utility is the BIOS setup utility for your Express5800/320Ma 3.2 GHz, 3.6 GHz, or Dual-Core sy

Starting the ftServer Setup Utility5-2 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Starting the ftServer Setup UtilityThis section describes how to

Navigating and Using the ftServer Setup BIOS Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-3Menu Bar The menu bar (shown in Figure 5-1) appears on the Main menu and lists

Help5-4 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide HelpThe Item Specific Help window and the General Help window provide information about how to u

Restoring Default Values Feature BIOS Setup 5-5Restoring Default Values FeatureDuring system boot, ftServer Setup tries to load the values saved in C

Preface viiPrefacePurpose of This ManualThe Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide provides technical reference information for Express5800/32

ftServer Setup Menus5-6 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Main Menu Figure 5-2 shows the Main menu, the first menu ftServer Setup displays

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-7Table 5-3 describes the features available from the Main menu. Table 5-3. Main Menu Features Feature Options Des

ftServer Setup Menus5-8 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Advanced Menu Select Advanced from the Main menu to display the Advanced menu, w

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-9Figure 5-3. Advanced Menu Advanced Processor Configuration SubmenuSelect Advanced Processor Configuration from the

ftServer Setup Menus5-10 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Figure 5-4. Advanced Processor Configuration Submenu Table 5-4 describes the A

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-11Figure 5-5. I/O Device Configuration SubmenuTable 5-5 describes the I/O Device Configuration submenu features.Ta

ftServer Setup Menus5-12 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Base I/O address 3F8 IRQ 42F8 IRQ 33E8 IRQ 42E8 IRQ 3Sets the base I/O address

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-13PCI Configuration SubmenuSelect PCI Configuration from the Advanced menu to display the PCI Configuration submenu

ftServer Setup Menus5-14 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Console Redirection SubmenuSelect Console Redirection from the Advanced menu to

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-15Monitoring Configuration SubmenuSelect Monitoring Configuration from the Advanced menu to display the Monitoring

Prefaceviii Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide • The bold font emphasizes words in text or indicates text that you type, the name of a scre

ftServer Setup Menus5-16 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Figure 5-8. Monitoring Configuration SubmenuTable 5-8 describes the Monitoring

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-17Security Menu Select Security from the Main menu to display the Security menu, which is shown in Figure 5-9. Use

ftServer Setup Menus5-18 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Figure 5-9. Security Menu ftServer Setup Main Advanced Security Boot ExitSuperv

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-19Table 5-9 describes the Security menu features. Boot MenuSelect Boot from the Main menu to display the Boot menu

ftServer Setup Menus5-20 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Figure 5-10. Boot MenuThe Boot menu allows you to configure the BIOS search ord

ftServer Setup Menus BIOS Setup 5-21CAUTION!Be sure to list the hard drive first in the Boot menu, so that your system’s boot order is set to boot fr

ftServer Setup Menus5-22 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Table 5-1 0 describes the Exit menu features. Summary ScreenIf enabled on the M

Index-1IndexIndex-AactionsAdd Physical Disk to RDR Virtual Disk, 3-24Clear MTBF, 3-24Configure the ASN, 3-24Create ftGateway Group, 2-1, 3-24Delete

IndexIndex-2 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Ccalculating MTBF, 2-5Capacity, 3-2Caption, 3-2cautions before changing BIOS, 5-1Chipset, 3

Index Index-3Initiate BringUp, 3-25Initiate Diagnostics, 3-25Initiate Jump Switch, 3-25Internet Call-in Poll Interval, 3-9Internet Tunnel Server Addr

Preface Preface ixNotices• All regulatory notices are provided in the site planning guide for your system. • Although this guide documents modem func

IndexIndex-4 Express5800/320Ma: Technical Reference Guide Reset Device Properties, 3-25Reset Driver Properties, 3-25restoring default BIOS settings,