SGI Origin 300 Documentation
SGI Origin 300 Documentation describes the Silicon Graphics manuals for the SGI Origin 300 hosted here, with the PDF of each. Both are SGI's own electronic editions with searchable text, from the mirror of SGI's TechPubs library.[1] Neither goes below the customer-replaceable units: there are no schematics or component lists for the motherboard, I/O-8 assembly or power supply.
SGI Origin 300 User's Guide (007-4365-002)
[edit | edit source]SGI's user's guide for the stand-alone server, document number 007-4365-002, revision 002 of April 2002 (the first edition was August 2001), 102 pages. Revision 002 dropped the appendix of L1 controller commands and refers to the separate SGI L1 and L2 Controller Software User's Guide (007-3938) instead.[2]
Contents: 1 overview (physical and environmental specifications Table 1-1 p. 5, front controls and indicators pp. 6-7, rear ports, IP45 motherboard, DIMMs, I/O-8 assembly, SCSI backplane, power supply and cooling p. 13, feature summary Table 1-2); 2 installation on a table top or in an SGI rack, with slide rails and clipnuts; 3 setting up and operating (power connection, system console settings pp. 34-35, powering on and off pp. 36-37, joining two servers p. 38, status LEDs and buttons pp. 39-40, L1 controller p. 41); 4 customer-replaceable units (safety instructions pp. 43-44, PCI cards, disk drives, DIMMs); appendix A technical specifications and power requirements (Table A-2 p. 65); appendix B connector pinouts; appendix C regulatory notices.[2]
Download: SGI Origin 300 User's Guide (007-4365-002).pdf
SGI Origin 300 System with NUMAlink Module User's Guide (007-4498-002)
[edit | edit source]SGI's guide to rack systems built from several Origin 300 base modules joined through a NUMAlink router module, document number 007-4498-002, revision 002 of May 2002, 264 pages. Revision 002 added clustering, the AC-powered NUMAlink module and connector pinouts.[3]
Contents: 1 system components (rack, base modules, NUMAlink module, USB hub, power components, PCI expansion modules, storage, tape, Myrinet switch); 2 installation and safety; 3 system operation (console, PCI cards, disks and DIMMs pp. 58-75, moving a base module in the rack pp. 76-79, powering on and off pp. 80-90, Embedded Support Partner); 4 system configurations; 5 troubleshooting (chart Table 5-1 pp. 106-107, L1 messages Table 5-2 pp. 108-109, SGI Electronic Support); appendix A technical specifications for each module, including the base module's internal components (Figure A-6 p. 124); appendix B connector pinouts; appendix C the L1 and L2 controller command sets (pp. 177-220), with example env output on p. 184.[3]
Download: SGI Origin 300 System with NUMAlink Module User's Guide (007-4498-002).pdf
Other documents
[edit | edit source]The TechPubs mirror also holds SGI's Site Planning Guide for SGI Origin 300 and SGI Onyx 300 Rack Systems (007-4431-002).[1] The SGI L1 and L2 Controller Software User's Guide that the user's guide refers to is listed there under 007-3938; its latest revision, 007-3938-006, covers Altix systems only and refers readers with older systems to earlier versions.[4]
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- SGI Origin 300
- SGI Origin 300 General Maintenance
- SGI Origin 300 Troubleshooting Guide
- SGI Origin 300 Capacitor Replacement Guide
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SGI TechPubs library mirror, hardware manuals index, techpubs.jurassic.nl/manuals/hdwr/ (retrieved 22 October 2026).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silicon Graphics, SGI Origin 300 User's Guide, 007-4365-002, record of revision and contents, pp. iii-vii.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silicon Graphics, SGI Origin 300 System with NUMAlink Module User's Guide, 007-4498-002, record of revision and contents.
- ↑ Silicon Graphics, SGI L1 and L2 Controller Software User's Guide, 007-3938-006, "New Features in This Guide", p. iii.