Magma PCI Expansion System PE6R4 manual

PCI Expansion System User's Manual 6 Slot PCI Express ® to PCI-X Model: PE6R4 Model: PE6RR[...]

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MA G MA Table of Contents i Table of Contents PREFACE ............................................................................................. III Advisori es .............................................................................................. iii Safety Inst ructi ons..................................................................[...]

MA G MA ii Table of Contents Support for 3 rd Party PCI Cards .......................................................... 27 Windows Error Codes ......................................................................... 28 CHAPTER 7 HOW TO GE T MORE HELP ....................................... 30 Frequently Asked Q uestions (F AQ) ...................[...]

MA G MA Preface iii Preface Advisories Five types of advisories ar e used throughout this manual to provi de helpful information, or to alert y ou to the pot ential for hardware damage or personal inj ury. They are Note , Important , Caution , Warning , and Danger . The following is an example of eac h type of advisor y. NOTE Used to amplify or exp[...]

MA G MA iv Preface Safe ty In structio ns Always use caution when servicing any el ectrical component. Before handling the Magma PCI- X Expansion c hassis, read the following instructions and safet y guidelines to prev ent damage to the product and to ensure yo ur o wn personal s afet y. Refer to the “ Advisories ” section for advisory conventi[...]

MA G MA Preface v In addition, take note of these safe ty guidelines when appro priate: ♦ To help avoi d possible dam age to systems bo ards, wait five seconds after turning off the computer before removing a component, removin g a system bo ard, or disconnectin g a peripheral device from the computer. ♦ When you d isconnect a c able, pull on i[...]

MA G MA vi Preface ♦ Handle all sensitive comp onent s at an ESD workstation. If possible, use anti-static floor pads an d workbench pads. ♦ Handle components a nd boards with care. Don’t touch the components or contacts on a boar d. Hold a board by its edges or by its metal mounting bracket.[...]

MA G MA Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Introduction General Specifications The Magma 6 Slot PCI Express® to PCI- X Expansion System (Mode l PE6R4) is a general- purpose PCI bus expans ion chassis. The expansion chassis is fully complia nt with the PCI Local Bus Specification. Because PCI-X is backward compatible with PCI, both card types can b[...]

MA G MA 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Pre-Installati on Information Before using the Magma expansion ch assis you should perform the following steps: • Inventory the ship pin g carton cont ents for all of the required parts • Gather all of the necessary tools required for installation • Read this manual Parts List The follo wing parts are provid e[...]

MA G MA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 3 Chapter 2 Hardware Inst allation The follo wing steps will guide yo u throu gh the installation of your Magma expansion system. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Warning All PCI cards are susceptible to electrostatic discharge. When moving PCI cards, it is best to carry the cards in anti-static packaging. If yo[...]

MA G MA 4 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation Before you Begin The 400W AC power supply is auto-sw itching. This means that it will automatically switch to match what ever source po wer you are us ing. Since all produ cts ship with a US/Canadian Standar d 125V power cord, you will nee d to use a locall y available po w er cord for non- US Standard pow[...]

MA G MA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 5 The PCIe host card is a “half- height” x4 PC Ie card mounted to a “full- height” bracket for conv enient mounting i n most desktop c omputer systems. It is also shipped with a low profile card bracket to allo w mounting on low profile comp uter s ystems. For low profile case applic ations, you may n[...]

MA G MA 6 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation Connect cables to the chassis. Connect cables to the host card. When proper ly installed, eac h cable will ha ve matching labels at b oth ends (x1 to x1 and x3 to x3). CA UT IO N All cables attached to the expansion chassis must be securely fastened. When you hear a “click,” it is properl y secured. If[...]

MA G MA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 7 Applying Power Corr ectly Starting Up: You must apply power to the Magma expan sion chassis BEFORE y ou power up your computer. T his will allo w the higher numbered PCI buse s in the PCI bus hier archy to be at a st able state when the host system issues its master po wer-on bu s reset. In systems that per[...]

MA G MA 8 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation PCIe to PCI HIF card LEDs IMPORTANT If any LED is not solid green, power off the system and check that the cables are connected proper ly before powering up again. NOTE The expansion chassis can function using only the x1 (1 lane) connection. The second cable provides the additional x3 (3 lane) connection.[...]

MA G MA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 9 Rack Installations Installing the Magma PE 6R4 into an equipment rack has never been easier. Simply attach one of Magma's optional Rack-mount slid e kits (PN: RSLIDES-XX) to allo w you to mou nt the chassis in a com puter rack and then simply slide the chassis in an d out whenever you need to do work o[...]

MA G MA 10 Chapter 3 Verify Ins tallation CHAPTER 3 V erify Inst allation Windows To verify a succ essful installation on W indows, find the ‘ My Computer ’ icon and “right-click” on it. Then select ‘ Man age ’ from the pop-up menu. Next, click on ‘ Device Manager ’ in the leftmost Computer Management window. Finally, click on the V[...]

MA G MA Chapter 3 Verify Installation 11 If everything is OK, then the Magma ex pa nsion system installation is complete. You can no w proc e ed to Chapter 4 and install yo ur 3 rd Party PCI Cards and/or up to eight (8) hard dr ives. If, however, the installation was uns uccessful, you may not see the PCI to PCI Bridge, or it will have a small yell[...]

MA G MA 12 Chapter 3 Verify Ins tallation Any PCI Cards you install in the e xpansion chassis will appear behind the pci-bridge device. Mac OS 10.4.x If any of these devices are not displa yed as shown above, you sho uld shut down your s ystem (computer first, then the expans ion chassis) and reconnect the cables an d the PCIe e xpansi on host card[...]

MA G MA Chapter 4 Install Cards and Dri ves 13 Chapter 4 Inst all Card s and Drives This chapter provid es information on ho w to install 3 rd Party PCI cards or hard drives into your Magm a expa nsion chassis. More details o n the installation of indivi dual cards are provided b y the card’s manufacturer. This chapter is provid ed as a simple gu[...]

MA G MA 14 Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives Slide the enclosure c over back ward to disengage it from the guides at the front of the enclosure b y firmly grasping the edges of the co ver lip and pul ling the cover backward about 1” u ntil it clears the front hold-do wn, and then lift the cover off. Be careful to store the cover to avoid damage [...]

MA G MA Chapter 4 Install Cards and Dri ves 15 400W, 100-240V/6.3A, 50-60 HZ Power Supply Drive bay – used to mount up to seven (7) 3.5 ” internal hard drives using 1 or 2 optional Disk Drive Cages (PN: RDRIVECAGE) 5V load resistor – to be removed if optional hard drives are installed Installing 3 rd Party PCI Cards Slot ordering in PE6R4 sho[...]

MA G MA 16 Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives Installing Hard Drives Installing up to eight (8) har d drives into yo ur chassis is simple using one or t wo optional Drive Cages (PN: RDRIVECAGE), availab le from MAGMA. Each cage can hold up to four (4) 3.5” hard drives. T he cages mount into the hard drive area in the c hassis identified by a in t[...]

MA G MA Chapter 4 Install Cards and Dri ves 17 If you discover that any of your 3 rd Part y PCI cards contain s a (exclamation) you hav e a problem with that card. Refer to Chapter 6 Troubleshootin g for further guidance. Finishing Touches After your system is working properly , replac e any empty slots with slot covers, and repl ace the host compu[...]

MA G MA 18 Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance Like all computer systems, you will need to perform some routine maintenance tasks. Some of these include making sur e that the air vents in the chassis are cle ar of obs tructions and that the cooling ai r from the fans flows freely. You will also ne ed to check the foam filter[...]

MA G MA Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance 19 Next, use a can of compr essed air fr om your local com puter store to blow out any dust that may have accumulated in the c hassis fans. Be sure to keep the can of compressed ai r about six inches from the parts being sprayed with air. Pa y particular attentio n to the fans in the chassis and power supply be[...]

MA G MA 20 Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance “Hot-Sw appable” Power Suppl y In spite of regular pe rformance of routine ma intenance tasks, some computer systems can e xperience hard ware failures. Fortunate ly, your investment in a PE6RR pr ovides yo u with the a bility to e asily replac e the power supply in the event of po wer supply failure. Th[...]

MA G MA Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance 21 Cleaning the Air Filter The chassis is equipped with an air f ilter that is easy to remove and clean. To keep your chass is running at its co olest, you shou ld clean this filter regularly. Ho w often the fi lter requires cl eaning depen ds on environmental cond itions where yo ur M agma Expans ion chassis i[...]

MA G MA 22 Chapter 6 Troubles hooting Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Locate the Probl em If you are having trouble with the Magma expans ion system, verify that all cards are seated proper ly and all cabl es ar e connected proper ly. Be sure you follo wed the instructions in e a rlier sections of this User Guide. Always remember to power On and Off cor[...]

MA G MA Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 23 My Computer Can’t Find the PCI Expa nsion System If the expansion s ystem is not visible in your W indows Device Manager or your Apple System Profiler at a ll, you will need to turn off your computer (first) and then the Magma e xpansion chassis (second) an d test all cords and c ables to ensure you have ever [...]

MA G MA 24 Chapter 6 Troubles hooting When Nothing Works The follo wing troublesh ooti ng steps will help you when the computer or chassis won’t turn on or “nothing seems to work” correctly: NOTE Review Chapters 3 (Verify Installation) and 4 (Install Cards and Drives) as necessary to verify that you have a valid installation of the Magma expa[...]

MA G MA Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 25 My Computer Hangs Duri ng Power Up If your computer “hangs” while being turne d on and you ca n’t even start, follow these simple steps to try to fix this problem: 1. Shut off the computer (first ) an d then the Magma e xpansion system and verify that all cards an d cables are installe d correctly. Reapply[...]

MA G MA 26 Chapter 6 Troubles hooting ii. If it still hangs up, try a di fferent card – this on e is probably bad (or has dri ver problems). If the second cards works, troubleshoot th e first card. If the second card also fails, call Technical Supp ort. My PCI Card Doesn’t Work Follow these simple troubles hooting steps to resolve t ypical 3 rd[...]

MA G MA Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 27 Windows 5. Next, open the Device Mana ger (View by Conne ction selection). If the is gone, the pro blem is with the 3 rd Party PCI card or the card driver s. You should go to the Windows Error Codes section of this chapter to learn ho w to troubleshoot using error codes. If the is still vi sible, the prob lem ma[...]

MA G MA 28 Chapter 6 Troubles hooting Windows Error Codes If you are having a problem with on e of your devices, an d the Device status box shows a Wind ows Error Code, refer to the fo llowing list of error codes for guidance: Error Code Description/ Action 10 This code indic ates that there is a pro blem with the 3 rd Party PCI Card dri ver. If ne[...]

MA G MA Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 29 Error Code Description/ Action 28 (PCI Card) The driver for the PCI Card is not installed on your system. Reinstall the PCI Card driver following the manufacturer’s instructions. If that fails to fix the problem, call the card manufacturer for new drivers. 1 The PCI host card or expansion chassis are not worki[...]

MA G MA 30 Chapter 7 How to Get More Help Chapter 7 How to Get More Help Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) You can visit the Magma Technic al Support FAQ pages on the Internet at: www.magma.com/support/ Contacting Technical Support Our support department c an be reached by fax at (858) 530-2733 or by phone at (858) 530-2511. Su pport is available M [...]

MA G MA Chapter 7 How to Get More Help 31 Magma Debug Utility Occasionally, T echnical Support ma y request Windo ws users to produce and email a Magm a debug log fil e to help them resolve your problem. This file shou ld be included as an attachment when su bmittin g a Technical Support request a t www.magma.com/ s upport . 1. Locate a file called[...]

MA G MA 32 Chapter 7 How to Get More Help PCIScope Soft w are Utility PCIScope is a pow erful tool for Window s users. It was desi gned by a Germany company called APSoft. This softwa re utility is a valuable resource to explor e, examine and debu g the PCI subsyst em of your computer. It was made to fit the requirements of the most deman ding user[...]

MA G MA Chapter 7 How to Get More Help 33 You should save this data a s a file on you r computer. Please includ e your name and date as part of the f ile name with an extension of “.bpd.” This file should be include d as an attachment when submitting a Technical Support request at www.magm a.com/ s upport .[...]

MA G MA 34 Chapter 7 How to Get More Help Returning M erchandise to MAGM A If factory service is required, a Service Re presentative will give you a Return Merchandise Author ization (RMA) n umber. Put this number and your return ad dress on the shippin g label when you return the it em(s) for service. Magma will return any product that is not acco[...]

MA G MA Appendix A Bus Hierarchy 35 Appendix A Bus Hierarchy Bus Hier archy The follo wing figure is represe ntative of the Magma PE6R 4. This figure pictorially conv eys the overall PCI bus topolo g y of the system. 6 Slot PCIe to PCI Top ology In general, we do not kno w what the actual Bus numbers are. We on ly know how they increment starting f[...]

MA G MA 36 Appendix B Need More Slots? Appendix B Need More Slot s? Multiple PCI Expansion System Configur ations The PCI Local Bus S pecification defi nes the PCI bus as a hierarchic al bus , where PCI to PCI Bridges (PPBs) may be used to ad d "levels" to the PCI bus hierarch y. Because hierarch ies are organized systems arranged into di[...]

MA G MA Appendix B Need More Slots? 37 2. The 4 an d 7 Slot Magm a Expansion S ystems each add t wo (2) PCI to PCI Bridges to the PCI Local Bus. T he 13 Slot adds three (3) PCI to PCI Bridges to the PCI Local Bus. The PE6R4t adds one (1) bridge. These bridges ar e the communica tion paths between the PCI card s and the computer resour ces. Most com[...]

MA G MA 38 Appendix B Need More Slots? Fan-Out For reasons described i n bullet #3 a bove, we recommend usin g a fan- out configuration when you need to a dd successive P CI expansion systems to the host computer. This addition to the PCI bus hierarchy is at the "peer" level of other exis ting expansio n buses, thus adding "breadth&q[...]

MA G MA Appendix B Need More Slots? 39 Verify your configuration Before you st art installing your PCI cards (refer to Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives for more information) , you should confirm that everything is in pro per working or der. Refer to Chapter 3 Verif y Installation for guida nce in verifyin g the proper inst allation of yo ur Expan[...]

MA G MA 40 Appendix B Need More Slots? Daisy-Chaini ng Recognizing t he typical insignific ance of the performance varia nce between the “Fan-Out” an d “Daisy-Chain ing” config uratio ns, the primary reason for using this o ne would be lim itations on ph ysical space. T his could be the number of available slot s on the computer motherboard[...]

MA G MA Appendix B Need More Slots? 41 Combination Configurati ons Depending on your business requir ements, and your physical s pace limitations, you can add additional E xpansion System in multiple configurations, such as these. These combinati ons are onl y limited by the available slot types: PCIe or PCI. Wo r k s t a t i o n Fan- O ut D ai sy-[...]

MA G MA 42 Appendix B Need More Slots? PCI Card Conflicts If you determine that one PCI card is interfering with the operation of another card, first try reorganizin g the cards on the motherboard. Moving the cards ar ound can cha nge the order in which the car ds are configured by the s ystem during power-on. This will go a long way toward resolvi[...]

MA G MA Appendix B Need More Slots? 43 Problems with 3 rd Party cards might only b e trackable once you hav e identified the expa nsion system containin g the problem card. Remember, it may be necessar y to i dentify the PCIe/PCI Slot that the Host Interface Card is in before you can prop erly identify the correct expansion chassis and ultimatel y [...]

MA G MA 44 Appendix B Need More Slots? Finding the Problem Card Windows If you need help to determine which PCI card, or which expansio n chassis, has the problem, you can “right-clic k” on the card with th e and check the information containe d in the “Location:” field. Look for the “Error Code” in the box in th e center of the Propert[...]

MA G MA Appendix C Compliance 45 APPENDIX C Compliance FCC NOTE: This equipment has been tested and fou nd to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, purs uant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are des igned to prov ide reasona ble prote ction against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environme[...]

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