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SGI Octane Documentation

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SGI Octane Documentation describes the Silicon Graphics manuals and fliers hosted here for the SGI Octane, with the PDF of each. All are SGI's own electronic editions from its Technical Publications Library, with searchable text; none is a scan.

Octane Workstation Owner's Guide (007-3435-004)

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SGI's owner's guide, document number 007-3435-004, written by Charmaine Moyer, copyright 1997 to 2002; 382 pages in the PDF.[1]

Contents: 1 getting started (front and back views p. 5-6, lifting p. 8, setup, shutdown); 2 CPU and memory (system module removal p. 42, CPU p. 48, memory rules and DIMM labels pp. 54-55); 3 power supply (pp. 71-80); 4 PCI boards and module (pp. 83-127, power limit p. 85); 5 XIO graphics and option boards (pp. 131-178); 6 external SCSI, serial and audio devices; 7 internal drives, light module (p. 235), frontplane and system identification module (p. 237), system fan (p. 245), plastics (p. 250); 8 troubleshooting: lightbar charts (pp. 262-264), NMI button (p. 265), diagnostics (p. 268), system recovery, password jumper (p. 273), system will not power off (p. 277); appendices A graphics board identification, B care and cleaning of compression connectors (pp. 287-290), C technical specifications and pinouts (Table C-17 p. 311, PCI power p. 314), D creating a system disk from the PROM monitor, E regulatory information.[1]

The guide works at module level only. It has no schematics, no component lists and no power supply output specifications, and its troubleshooting charts end with an instruction to call SGI service.

Download: SGI Octane Workstation Owner's Guide (007-3435-004).pdf

Octane_ide Reference Guide (108-0217-002)

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SGI's reference for its field diagnostic environment, document number 108-0217-002, 57 pages, describing Octane_ide version 6.5 for the Octane and Octane2. The cover marks it SGI confidential; SGI later placed it in the service section of its public library.[2]

Contents: 1 introduction and installation (Octane_ide came on SGI's Internal Support Tools CD and boots from /stand); 2 control commands (hinv, printenv, setenv, list, xtalk_nic_probe, mg_setport); 3 IP30 tests (NIC, HEART, BRIDGE, XBOW, memory, RAD, IOC3, RTC, DUART) with the module to replace for each; 4 processor module tests; 5 frontplane tests; 6 Racer diagnostic; 7 graphics tests; 8 texture RAM; 9 PCI shoebox; appendix A sample error output.[2]

The graphics test covers the IMPACT-class boards only; SGI's VPro diagnostic is a separate IRIX program. The software itself is not included.[2]

Download: SGI Octane ide Reference Guide (108-0217-002).pdf

Octane Workstation VPro Graphics Power Supply Upgrade Instructions (007-4208-001)

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Document number 007-4208-001, copyright 2000; 20 pages in the PDF, 14 numbered. Removing the PCI module and the old supply, fitting the supply VPro needs, and checking with hinv -m that it reports PWR.SPPLY.ER 060-0035-001 or later (p. 14).[3] It does not say what the old supply's part number was or what differs inside the new one.

Download: SGI Octane VPro Graphics Power Supply Upgrade Instructions (007-4208-001).pdf

Octane/Octane2 VPro Graphics Upgrade Kit Installation Guide (007-4210-003)

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Document number 007-4210-003, 2003; 42 pages in the PDF. Checking the frontplane Xbow (1.4 or later for V10 and V12, p. 2), the power supply and IRIX level on Octanes with an XIO Quad-Module (p. 4), upgrading IRIX and flashing the PROM (p. 6), removing the old XIO module and fitting the XIO Tri-Module, installing option boards, and VPro port pinouts.[4]

Download: SGI Octane and Octane2 VPro Graphics Upgrade Kit Installation Guide (007-4210-003).pdf

Short fliers

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Site Preparation for SGI 2000-Series, Origin Family, Onyx2, Octane, and O2 (007-3452-004)

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SGI's site planning guide, document number 007-3452-004; 176 pages in the PDF. Chapter 4 (pp. 33-39) covers the Octane: siting, airflow (Figure 4-3), physical specifications (Table 4-1, p. 37) and power and cooling (Table 4-2, p. 38). Appendix B covers branch circuits and power cables.[9] Its operating temperature range for the Octane (10 to 35 °C) is wider than the owner's guide's (13 to 35 °C), and its cooling figure (2,899 Btu/h maximum) is higher than the owner's guide's 2,400 Btu/h.[9][1]

Download: SGI Site Preparation for SGI 2000-Series, Origin, Onyx2, Octane and O2 (007-3452-004).pdf

Pages that cite these documents

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Silicon Graphics, Octane Workstation Owner's Guide, 007-3435-004, 2002, contents pp. iii-ix and appendix C (File:SGI Octane Workstation Owner's Guide (007-3435-004).pdf).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Silicon Graphics, Octane_ide Reference Guide, 108-0217-002, contents and sections 1.1-1.3 and 7 (File:SGI Octane ide Reference Guide (108-0217-002).pdf).
  3. ↑ Silicon Graphics, 007-4208-001, 2000 (File:SGI Octane VPro Graphics Power Supply Upgrade Instructions (007-4208-001).pdf).
  4. ↑ Silicon Graphics, 007-4210-003, 2003, contents and pp. 1-6 (File:SGI Octane and Octane2 VPro Graphics Upgrade Kit Installation Guide (007-4210-003).pdf).
  5. ↑ Silicon Graphics, 007-4560-001, 2002 (File:SGI Octane and Octane2 System Module Replacement (007-4560-001).pdf).
  6. ↑ Silicon Graphics, 007-3583-001, 1998 (File:SGI Octane Air Intake Vent Maintenance (007-3583-001).pdf).
  7. ↑ Silicon Graphics, 007-3718-001, 1998 (File:SGI Octane Frontplane Upgrade Information (007-3718-001).pdf).
  8. ↑ Silicon Graphics, 007-3852-001, 1998 (File:SGI Octane Graphics Board Hardware and Software Designations (007-3852-001).pdf).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Silicon Graphics, Site Preparation for SGI 2000-Series, Origin Family, Onyx2, Octane, and O2, 007-3452-004, contents and pp. 33-39 (File:SGI Site Preparation for SGI 2000-Series, Origin, Onyx2, Octane and O2 (007-3452-004).pdf).


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