Acer G530 Series manual

Acer Altos G530 Series

User’s Guide

Contents

Main Page iii Notices FCC notice Class A equipment Class B equipment Laser compliance statement v Important safety instructions vi Contents 1 System tour 1 2 System setup 23 3 System upgrade 33 4 BIOS setup 77 5 Troubleshooting 121 Appendix A: System management utility 143 Appendix B: Acer Altos G530 rack installation guide 151 Appendix C: SATA RAID configuration 167 Appendix D: SCSI RAID configuration 173 Page Page Page Features summary Processor Chipset Memory Media storage Page Graphic interface I/O ports Operating system and software Power supply Page Front panel Page Front panel LED indicators Hot-plug HDD LED indicators Rear panel Page 12 Rear panel LED indicators Below table lists the LED states on the LAN port. Internal components Page Page Page Jumper settings J17 jumper J38 jumper 18 The following below lists the pin-out of the J38 header. Backplane board layout SCSI backplane board layout Page SATA backplane board layout Page Page Page Setting up the system Pre-installation requirements Selecting a site Checking the package contents Page Page Page Power-on problems Configuring the system OS Server setup Turning off the system Page Page Installation precautions ESD precautions Pre-installation instructions Post-installation instructions Opening the server Removing the left-side panel Page Page Configuring the four-bay HDD cage Installing the four-bay HDD cage Page Page Page To install the easy-swap SCSI HDD cage: Page Page Page Page To install the easy-swap SATA HDD cage: Page Page Removing the four-bay HDD cage Page Page Page Page Installing 5.25-inch drives To install a 5.25-inch tape drive: Page Upgrading the processor Installing the CPU Page Removing the HSF assembly Page Page Upgrading the system memory Memory module installation guidelines Page Page Removing a DIMM Installing a DIMM Page Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: Page Upgrading the power supply Installing a redundant power supply module Page Page Installing a non-redundant power supply module Page Page Page BIOS setup Entering BIOS setup Page Main Page Advanced Processor Configuration Page Page 88 IDE Configuration Page Page Mixed P-ATA / S-ATA Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave Page Page Floppy Configuration 96 Super I/O Configuration 97 USB Configuration The USB Configuration submenu lets you specify settings for USB devices. 98 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration 99 PCI Configuration Page Memory Configuration Page Page 104 Boot Settings Configuration The Boot Settings Configuration submenu lets you specify the preferred settings for system bootup. Page Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Page Page 110 Security Setting the Administrator/User password: Removing the User password 113 Server The Server menu allows you to configure appropriate settings for monitoring the server. 114 System Management 115 Serial Console Features The Serial Console Features submenu allows you to configure the serial port settings. Page Event Log Configuration Page Exit Page Page Page Resetting the system Page First steps checklist Hardware diagnostic testing Verifying proper operation of key system lights Confirming loading of the OS Specific problems and corrective actions Power indicator does not light. FDD activity indicator does not light. HDD activity indicator does not light. CD drive activity indicator does not light. CD tray cannot be ejected. CD drive cannot read a CD. New memory modules installed are not detected. Page No characters appear on the screen. 132 BIOS error messages Page Page Page Page 137 POST error messages Page Page Page POST beep codes 142 Troubleshooting BIOS beep codes Page Page Page ASM System requirements ASM Agent ASM Console System setup Installing ASM Agent Installing ASM Console Page RAID configuration SCSI RAID configuration utility SATA RAID configuration utility Page Page Page Setting up the system rack Equipment rack precautions Page Page Vertical mounting hole pattern Screw types used Installing the system into the rack To install the system into a four-post rack Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Configuring the SATA RAID Enabling the onboard SATA RAID function Using the SATA RAID configuration utility Loading the SATA RAID default setting. Creating a RAID 1 volume Initializing a RAID volume Page Page Page Page Configuring the SCSI/SCSI RAID HBA Using the SCSI HBA setup utility Loading the HBA default settings Using the SCSI RAID HBA setup utility Creating a RAID 1 volume with a hot spare disk Using the MegaRAID configuration utility Loading the RAID card default setting Creating a RAID 1 volume Assigning a hot spare disk Initializing a RAID volume Page Index A B C D S T