Document Outline

• Notices
  • FCC notice
  • Laser compliance statement
• Important safety information
  • Intended application uses
  • Checking the power cords
  • Precautionary reminders
  • Equipment rack precautions
• Important safety instructions
• 1 System tour
  • Features overview
  • Altos G900 physical specifications
  • External and internal structure
    • Access covers
    • Main chassis components
    • Electronics bay components
    • Front control panel
    • Rear panel
    • Peripheral device bay
  • Server board set features
    • Mainboard layout
  • System cables
  • System features
    • Processors
    • Memory
    • SCSI controller
    • Onboard video
    • Network interface controllers
    • Hot-swap hard drive bays
    • Power supply
    • System fan
    • ACPI
• 2 System setup
  • Getting started
    • Checking for damage to the packaging
    • Selecting a site
    • Checking the package contents
  • Setting up your system
    • Setup reminders
    • Pre-setup safety steps
    • Hardware setup
    • Turning on the server and running the Power-On Self Test (POST)
    • Software setup
    • Network teaming features
• 3 Hardware configuration
  • Installation precautions
    • ESD precautions
    • Preinstallation instructions
    • Post-installation instructions
  • Tools and supplies needed
  • System access panels
    • Before removing the access panels
    • Rear access panel
    • Front access panel
  • Front subchassis and rear electronics bay
    • Opening the front subchassis and rear electronics bay
    • Removing the front subchassis and rear electronics bay
    • Closing the front subchassis and rear electronics bay
  • Accessing the system boards
    • Access cover to the system boards
    • Memory board
    • Processor board air baffle
    • Processor board
    • Mainboard
  • Memory
    • DIMM sequence
  • Processors
    • Processor sequence
  • PCI add-in boards
    • PCI add-in board locations
    • Operating system support for hot-plug add-in boards
    • Checking the status indicators for a hot-plug add-in board
    • Installing and removing a hot-plug PCI add-in board
    • Installing and removing a PCI add-in board in a non-hot-plug slot
  • Hot-swap SCSI drives
    • Checking a hot-swap SCSI drive status indicator
    • Installing and removing a hot-swap drive in a carrier
    • Removing and installing hot-swap disk drives
  • DC power supplies
    • Checking the power supply LED status indicators
    • Removing and installing a power supply module
  • Cooling system fans
    • Checking a fan status indicator
    • Removing and installing a fan module
  • Backup battery
    • Replacing the battery
  • Front panel board
    • Installing the front panel board
  • Diskette drive
    • Replacing the diskette drive
  • 5.25-inch peripheral drives
    • Preliminary considerations
    • Removing and installing a 5.25-inch peripheral drive
  • Hot-swap drive bays
    • Removing and installing a hot-swap drive bay
  • Power distribution board
    • Replacing the power distribution board
  • Fan distribution board
    • Replacing the fan distribution board
  • Foam fan baffle
    • Removing and installing the foam fan baffle
  • Hot-plug indicator board
    • Replacing the hot-plug indicator board
• 4 BIOS setup
  • BIOS setup
    • Recording BIOS settings
    • Clearing CMOS memory
    • Using BIOS setup
  • Main
    • Primary IDE Master/Slave
    • Processor Settings
  • Advanced
    • Memory Configuration
    • PCI Configuration
    • I/O Device Configuration
    • Advanced Chipset Control
  • Security
  • Server
    • System Management
    • Console Redirection
  • Boot
  • Exit
• Appendix A: System rack installation
  • System rack installation
    • Rack-mount kit contents
    • Tools and supplies needed
    • Equipment rack precautions
  • Rack conversion procedures
    • Removing the bottom panel
    • Removing the left panel
    • Removing the original tower bezel
    • Removing the feet
    • Installing the rack bezel
    • Installing the bushings on the chassis
    • Installing the handles and rails
• Appendix B: System management
  • Software and utilities
  • Integrated hardware system management
    • Baseboard management controller
    • Field replaceable units and sensor data records
    • System event log
    • Platform event management
    • Emergency management port
  • System Setup Utility
    • Creating SSU diskettes
    • Running the SSU
    • Working with the GUI
    • Customizing the SSU interface
    • Setting boot device priority
    • Setting passwords and security options
    • Viewing the system event log
    • Viewing FRU information
    • Viewing Sensor Data Records
    • Updating system firmware and BIOS
    • Saving and restoring the system configuration
    • Alerting for platform events
    • Managing the server remotely
    • Exiting the SSU
  • FRU/SDR load utility
    • When to run the FRU/SDR load utility
    • Running the FRU/SDR load utility
  • SCSISelect
    • Running SCSISelect
  • Software updates
    • Software update packages
    • Individual updates
• Appendix C: Equipment log and configuration worksheets
  • Equipment log
  • Calculating power consumption
    • Calculating DC power usage
    • Calculating the total combined power used by the system
• Appendix D: Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting
    • Resetting the system
    • Initial system startup
    • Running new application software
    • After the system has been running correctly
    • Monitoring POST
    • Verifying proper operation of key system lights
    • Confirming loading of an operating system
  • Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
• Appendix E: Codes and error messages
  • Standard BIOS post codes
  • Recovery BIOS POST codes
  • BMC beep codes
  • POST error messages and codes
• Index