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NEC PH133 manual

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  • Page 1

    Return to ProServa PH Page 1 Server Description The NEC ProServa ™ PH133 series of high performance Pentium ® 133 MHz servers incorporate a modular scaleable architecture that integrates a 64 - bit bus interface with a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) PeerBus and an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus. The architecture supp[...]

  • Page 2

    Figure 1 - 1. ProServa PH Server, Semi - exploded View A ¾ 3 1/2 - inch diskette drive B ¾ 5 1/4 - inch peripheral bays C ¾ SCSI 3 1/2 - inch hard disk drive D ¾ SCSI Hot - docking bays E ¾ PCI disk array controller board (high availability servers only) F ¾ CPU module G ¾ ECC memory module H ¾ System board I ¾ Power Supply Table 1-1. ProS[...]

  • Page 3

    Standard Server Features Table 1-2 describes the server's standard features. Table 1-2. Standard Server Features ProServa PH SMP-2/133 High Availability System Intel Pentium 133-MHz 2-way SMP processor 32-MB system memory 1 MB synchronous secondary cache per processor Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B Adapter LAN board Two, 2-GB Fast/Wide SCSI-2 har[...]

  • Page 4

    Interrupt and Control ASIC (INCA) Onboard Interrupt and Control ASIC (INCA) provides PCI interrupt control. An integrated automatic APIC sensor is capable of full dual-Pentium and quad-Pentium processor symmetric multi-processing support. An INCA component provides support for PCI arbitration, interrupt steering, and a second I/O APIC. It also driv[...]

  • Page 5

    Additional details are given in Appendix C, "Technical Reference." Chassis The server system ’ s electro - galvanized metal chassis minimizes EMI/RFI. The chassis contains: auto - ranging 525 watt power supply/fan unit that automatically switches between 110 Vac and 220 Vac two variable - speed hot - swap fans for interior cooling, with[...]

  • Page 6

    Figure 1 - 2. Server, Side View A ¾ Power supply with integrated fan B ¾ 3 1/2 - inch diskette drive and vertical peripheral bay C ¾ Four, 5 1/4 - inch external horizontal peripheral bays D ¾ Front panel board E ¾ Fan 1 F ¾ Six, hot - docking vertical peripheral bays G ¾ SCSI hot - docking backplane H ¾ Fan 2 and card guide support panel I [...]

  • Page 7

    power on or off. Reset push - button switch: when pressed, resets the system and causes the power - on self test (POST) to run. Front panel status lights: Top light (power on/off): when lit, indicates the presence of DC power in the system. The light goes out when the power is turned off or the power source is disrupted. Second light from top: when[...]

  • Page 8

    Figure 1 - 3. Server Controls and Lights A ¾ Diskette drive ejector button B ¾ Diskette drive activity light C ¾ DC power switch D ¾ Reset switch E ¾ Front panel status lights F ¾ LCD display G ¾ Hot - docking bay status lights Server Security The server system comes with a security key lock mounted in the upper front door panel. The keys to[...]

  • Page 9

    disable writing to the diskette drive. If you set the user password, but not the administrative password, the BIOS requires you to enter the user password before you can boot the server or run the SCU. If you set both passwords, entering either one lets you boot the server or enable the keyboard and mouse. Only the administrative password lets you [...]

  • Page 10

    Power Supply The auto - ranging 525 watt power supply, designed to minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI), provides sufficient power for the system. The power supply automatically switches between these input voltage ranges: 100 - 120 VAC at 50/60 Hz; 12 A maximum current 200 - 240 VAC at 50/60 Hz; 7 A ma[...]

  • Page 11

    add-in boards and software in your server. PCI Expansion Slots The four PCI bus slots on the system board provide for expansion and performance enhancement. One slot is in line with a processor module slot; if you install a processor module in this slot, you cannot use the PCI slot. Two slots share a common chassis I/O expansion slot with two EISA [...]

  • Page 12

    By increasing the buffer size of the onboard video memory from 512 KB to 1 MB (with one, 40-pin 256 K x 16, 70 ns fast-page DRAM), the controller can support 132- column text modes and high resolution graphics with a maximum of 1024 x 768 x 64 K colors. It also provides hardware accelerated bit block transfers (BitBLT) of data. SCSI Controller The [...]

  • Page 13

    memory module. The two modules provide up to 768 MB of high-speed memory. Each module has three memory banks. Each bank consists of four SIMM sockets. Each socket can hold an 8, 16, or 32 MB approved fast-page parity SIMM. You can install any size SIMM in any bank but all four SIMMs in a bank must be the same size . SIMM height must not exceed one [...]

  • Page 14

    cache for each processor. Contact your NEC sales representative or dealer for a list of CPU modules available for your server. EtherExpress PCI PRO 100B LAN Adapter Board The Intel EtherExpress PCI PRO 100B local area network (LAN) Adapter board (standard on all configurations except base) connects to your local network via unshielded twisted pair [...]

  • Page 15

    and negative, on server behavior. You can track such parameters as CPU use, disk reads, and cache buffers. You can also monitor server physical parameters (temperature, power supply voltage) and receive information about server status, even when the server or network is down. If you add a PCMCIA modem to the serial port of the server monitor module[...]

  • Page 16

     LANDesk Server Control. Both applications require loading on your system's hard disk, and can only be used with Novell NetWare 3.1x or 4.x. See the application's documentation for complete installation and operation procedures. Each application is briefly described in the following paragraphs. LANDesk Management Suite All server confi[...]

  • Page 17

    Suite documentation. LANDesk Server Control All server configurations come with the Intel LANDesk Server Control application (for use with Novell NetWare 3.1x or 4.x only), ready for installation on your system. The Server Control application software operates as a background task that continuously monitors the system until an error event occurs. T[...]

  • Page 18

    Mylex Disk Array RAID Controller (standard on dual and quad processor high availability configurations). Descriptions of the adapter board, monitor module, and RAID controller are included earlier in this chapter. Memory Expansion All servers except the quad-processor configurations come standard with one memory module containing 32 MB (four 8-MB S[...]

  • Page 19

    See Chapter 3, "Using System Utilities," for additional information on using the SCU, recovering the BIOS, and updating the BIOS. Feature Description Error detection During initialization, system emits beep codes (before video initialization) and displays messages to identify problem. Critical event logging Provides information for applic[...]