SGI Origin 200 Documentation
SGI Origin 200 Documentation describes the Silicon Graphics manuals for the SGI Origin 200 that are hosted here, with the PDF of each. Both are SGI's own electronic editions with searchable text, taken from the mirror of SGI's TechPubs library.[1]
Origin200 Owner's Guide (007-3415-003)
[edit | edit source]SGI's owner's guide for the Origin 200 tower and rackmount server, document number 007-3415-003, copyright 1996-1998, 288 pages.[2]
Contents: 1 overview (configurations Table 1-1, logic carrier, module system controller, PCI, memory, drives and SCSI channels, ports, power supply Table 1-4 on p. 21, air flow and fans pp. 22-24, specifications Table 1-7 on p. 25); 2 setting up (grounding of two-module systems pp. 30-31, drives, console, connecting two modules, first power-on); 3 rackmounting; 4 operating (front panel, master and front power switches, terminal settings Table 4-2, AUX port and module system controller commands pp. 98-107, hardware graph); 5 covers, door and feet; 6 memory; 7 PCI boards; 8 drives and serial devices; 9 troubleshooting and maintenance (status LED Table 9-1 on p. 192, Ethernet LEDs, cleaning); 10 removing and replacing internal components (SCSI backplane, fans, logic carrier, power supply, system controller); appendices A connector pinouts, B serial and AUX cables, C supported terminals.[2]
The guide stops at field-replaceable units. It has no schematics and no component list for the logic carrier, power supply or system controller. Its chapter 9 calls the power supply not customer-replaceable, while chapter 10 gives the replacement procedure.
Download: SGI Origin200 Owner's Guide (007-3415-003).pdf
Origin 200 and Origin 200 GIGAchannel Maintenance Guide (007-3709-002)
[edit | edit source]SGI's maintenance guide for the Origin 200 and the GIGAchannel expansion cabinet, document number 007-3709-002, copyright 1998-1999, 154 pages.[3]
Contents: 1 preparing the system for servicing (shutdown, rack removal, covers, wrist strap); 2 PCI and XIO boards; 3 memory; 4 troubleshooting and maintenance (CPU module status LED Table 4-1 on pp. 58-59, GIGAchannel status and diagnostic LEDs Tables 4-2 and 4-3, Crosstown XIO LEDs, Ethernet LEDs, cleaning, XIO compression connector care pp. 68-71); 5 removing and replacing internal components (tools and fasteners p. 74, SCSI backplane, fans, logic carrier, power supply pp. 90-92, module system controller and NIC pp. 93-98, GIGAchannel blower, power supply, PCI backplane, midplane, Crosstown board and fuses pp. 99-126); glossary.[3]
Like the owner's guide, it has no component-level information. It adds the redundant power supply, which needs module system controller firmware 3.3S or later.
Download: SGI Origin200 and Origin200 GIGAchannel Maintenance Guide (007-3709-002).pdf
Other SGI documents
[edit | edit source]The same TechPubs mirror holds the Origin200 and Origin200 GIGAchannel Owner's Guide (007-3708-002), a later edition of the owner's guide that adds the GIGAchannel cabinet, the Origin200 and Origin Vault Rackmount Kit Installation Guide (007-3575-001) and the Origin Vault Owner's Guide (007-3455-002) for the matching disk enclosure.[1]
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- SGI Origin 200
- SGI Origin 200 General Maintenance
- SGI Origin 200 Troubleshooting Guide
- SGI Origin 200 Capacitor Replacement Guide
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SGI TechPubs library mirror, hardware manuals index, techpubs.jurassic.nl/manuals/hdwr/ (retrieved 21 October 2026).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silicon Graphics, Origin200 Owner's Guide, 007-3415-003, title page and contents, pp. v-xi.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silicon Graphics, Origin 200 and Origin 200 GIGAchannel Maintenance Guide, 007-3709-002, title page and contents, pp. v-vii.