Intel SGI Altix 450 manual Vii

Contents

2.Operation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

	Precautions	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	47
	ESD Precaution	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	47
	Safety Precautions	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	48
	System Controller Network	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	49
	Console Connections	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	50
	Connecting to the System Controller	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	50
	Communicating with the System Controller . . .	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	51
	Powering the System On and Off	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	51
	Preparing to Power On	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	52
	Powering On and Off at the Console . . . .	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	54
	Powering On and Off from the L1 . . . .	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	54
	Powering-On and Off From the L2 . . .	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	56
	Using Embedded Support Partner (ESP) . . . .	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	56
	Monitoring Your Server	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	57
	2D Graphics Video Interface	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	58
	Installing Optional Components	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	59
	I/O Blade Overview	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	60
	Adding or Removing Disk Drives	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	61
	Reconfigure the System Disk Drive(s) for RAID 1	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	61
3.	System Overview	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	67
	System Models	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	68
	System Architecture	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	70
	System Features	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	72
	Modularity and Scalability	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	72
	Distributed Shared Memory (DSM) . . . .	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	72
	Distributed Shared I/O	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	73
	ccNUMA Architecture	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	73
	Cache Coherency	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	73
	Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) . .	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	74
	Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)	.	. . . . . .	. .	. . .	.	74

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