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PCI Expansion System User's Manual 6 Slot PCI Express® to PCI-X Model: PE6R4 Model: PE6RR.
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MA GMA Table of Contents i Table of Contents PREFACE ............................................................................................. III Advisories .........................................................................................
MA GMA ii Table of Contents Support for 3 rd Party PCI Ca rds .......................................................... 27 Windows Error Codes ......................................................................... 28 CHAPTER 7 HOW TO GET MORE HELP .
MA GMA Preface iii Preface Advisories Five types of advisories are used throughout this manual to provide helpful information, or to alert you to the potential for hardware dama ge or personal injur y. They are Note , Important , Caution , Warning , and Danger .
MA GMA iv Preface Safety Instructions Always use caution when servicing any elec trical component. Before handling the Magma PCI-X Exp ansion chassis, read the foll owing instructions and safety gui delines to prevent damage to the product and to ensure your o wn personal s afety.
MA GMA Preface v In addition, take note of these safe ty guidelines when appropriate: ♦ To help avoid possible damage to systems boards, wait five seconds after turning off the computer before removing a component, removing a s ystem board, or disco nnecting a peripheral device from the computer.
MA GMA vi Preface ♦ Handle al l sensitive component s at an ESD workstation. If possible, use anti-static floor pads and workbench pads. ♦ Han dle components and 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 GMA Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Introduction General Specifications The Magma 6 Slot PCI E xpress® to PCI-X Expansio n System (Model PE6R4) is a general- purpose PCI bus expansion chassis. T he expansion chassis is fully compliant wit h the PCI Local Bus Specification.
MA GMA 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Pre-Installation Inf ormation Before using the Magma expansion chass is you should perform the following steps: • Inventory the shipping carton cont ents for all of t.
MA GMA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 3 Chapter 2 Hardware Inst alla tion The following steps will guide you through the installation of your Magma expansion system. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Warning All PCI cards are susceptible to electrostatic discharge.
MA GMA 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Before you Begin The 400W AC power supply is auto-sw itching. This means that it will automatically switch to match what ev er source power yo u are using.
MA GMA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 5 The PCIe host card is a “ half-height” x4 PCIe card mount ed to a “full- height” bracket for conven ient mounting in most deskt op computer systems. It is also shipped with a low profile card bracket to allow mounting on low profile computer s ystems.
MA GMA 6 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Connect cables to the chassis. Connect cables to the host card. When properl y installed, each cable will have matching l abels at both ends (x1 to x1 and x3 to x3). CA UTION All cables attached to the expansion chassis must be securely fastened.
MA GMA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 7 Applying Power Correctl y Starting Up: You must apply po wer to the Magma e xpansion chass is BEFORE you power up your computer. This will allow the higher numb ered PCI buses in the PCI bus hierarch y to be at a stabl e state when the host s ystem issues its master power-on bu s reset.
MA GMA 8 Chapter 2 Hardware 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.
MA GMA Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 9 Rack Installations Installing the Magma PE6R 4 into an equi pment rack has never been easier. Simply attach one of Magma's opti onal Rack-mount slide kits.
MA GMA 10 Chapter 3 Verify Installation CHAPTER 3 V erify Inst alla tion Windows To verify a successful i nstallation on Wind ows, find the ‘ My Computer ’ icon and “right-click” on it. Then select ‘ Manage ’ from the pop-up menu. Next, click on ‘ Device Manager ’ i n the leftmost Computer Mana gement window.
MA GMA Chapter 3 Verify Installation 11 If everything is OK, then the Magma ex pansio n s ystem installation is complete. You can now proce ed to Chapter 4 and install your 3 rd Party PCI Cards and/or up to eight (8) hard drives.
MA GMA 12 Chapter 3 Verify Installation Any PCI Cards you install in the expansi on chassis will appear behi nd the pci-bridge device. Mac OS 10.4.x If any of these devices are not displayed as sho wn.
MA GMA Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives 13 Chapter 4 Inst all Card s and Drives This chapter provides inform ation on ho w to install 3 rd Party PCI cards or hard drives into your Magma expa nsion chassis. More details on the installation of individu al cards are prov ided by the card’s manufacturer.
MA GMA 14 Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives Slide the enclosure cover backward to disengage it from the guides at the front of the enclosure by firml y grasping the edges of the cover lip and pulling the cover backward about 1” until it clears the front hold-do wn, and then lift the cover off.
MA GMA Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives 15 400W, 100-240V/6.3A, 50-60HZ Power Suppl y Drive bay – used to mount up t o seven (7) 3.5” internal ha rd drives using 1 or 2 optional Disk Drive Cages.
MA GMA 16 Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives Installing Hard Drives Installing up to eight (8) har d drives into your chassis is simple using o ne or two optiona l Drive Cages (PN: RDRIVECAGE), availabl e from MAGMA. Each cage can hold up to four (4) 3.
MA GMA Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives 17 If you discover that any of your 3 rd Party PCI cards contain s a (exclamation) you hav e a pro blem with that card.
MA GMA 18 Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance Like all computer systems, you will nee d to perform some routine maintenance tasks. Some of these inc lude making sure that the ai r vents in the chassis are clear of obs tructions an d that the cooling air from the fans flows freely.
MA GMA Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance 19 Next, use a can of compres sed air fr om your local computer store to blow out any dust that may have accumulated in the chass is fans. Be sure to keep the can of compressed air about si x inches from the parts being sprayed with air.
MA GMA 20 Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance “Hot-Swappabl e” Power Suppl y In spite of regular pe rformance of routine ma intenance tasks, some computer systems can exper ience hardware failures. F ortunately, your investment in a PE6RR pr ovides you with the abilit y to easily repl ace the power supply in the event of po wer supply failure.
MA GMA Chapter 5 Chassis Maintenance 21 Cleaning the Air Filter The chassis is equipped with an air f ilter that is eas y to remove and clean. To keep your chassis r unning at its coolest, you should cle an this filter regularly.
MA GMA 22 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Locate the Problem If you are having trouble with the Magma expansion s ystem, verify that all cards are seated properl y and all cables ar e conn ected properly. Be sure you followed the instructions in ea rli er sections of this User Guide.
MA GMA Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 23 My Computer Can’t Find the PCI Expansion Sy stem If the expansion system is not visible i n your Windows Device Manager or your Apple System Profiler at a ll, you.
MA GMA 24 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting When Nothing Works The following troubleshooti ng steps will help yo u when the computer or chassis won’t turn on or “nothing seems to work” correctly: NOTE R.
MA GMA Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 25 My Computer Hangs Duri ng Po w er Up If your computer “hangs” while being turned on and you can’t even start, follow these simple steps to try to fix this problem: 1. Shut off the computer (first ) and the n the Magma expansio n system and verify that all cards and ca bles are installed correctly.
MA GMA 26 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting ii. If it still hangs up, try a di fferent card – this one is probably bad (or has driver pro blems). If the se cond cards works, troubleshoot th e first card. If the second card also fails, call Technical Support.
MA GMA Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 27 Windows 5. Ne xt, open the Device Mana ger (View by Connection selection). If the is gone, the problem is with the 3 rd Part y PCI card or the card drivers. You s hould go to the Windo ws Error Codes section of this chapter to learn ho w to troubleshoot using error codes.
MA GMA 28 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Windows Error Codes If you are having a problem with one of your devices, and the Devic e status box shows a Windo ws Error Code, refer to the follo wing list of error codes for guidance: Error Code Description/Action 10 This code indicates t hat there is a problem w ith the 3 rd Party PCI Card driver.
MA GMA 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.
MA GMA 30 Chapter 7 How to Get Mo re Help Chapter 7 How to Get More Help Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) You can visit the Magma Technical Sup port FAQ pages on the Internet at: www.magma.com/support/ Contacting Technical Support Our support department can be reached by fax at (858) 530-2733 or by phone at (858) 530- 2511.
MA GMA Chapter 7 How to Get More Help 31 Magma Debug Utility Occasionally, Technical S upport may request Wi ndows users to produce and email a Magm a debug log file to help them resolv e your problem. This file should be i ncluded as an attachment when submitting a Technical Support request at www.
MA GMA 32 Chapter 7 How to Get Mo re Help PCIScope Software Utility PCIScope is a pow erful tool fo r Windows users. It w as designed by a Germany company called APSoft. This software utility is a valuable resource to explore, e xamine and debug the PCI subs ystem of you r computer.
MA GMA Chapter 7 How to Get More Help 33 You should save this data as a file o n your computer. Please include your name and date as part of the f ile name with an extension of “.bpd.” This file should be included as a n attachment when submittin g a Technical Support request at www.
MA GMA 34 Chapter 7 How to Get Mo re Help Returning Merchandi se to MAGMA If factory service is required, a Service Represe ntative will give you a Return Merchandise Authoriz ation (RMA) number. Put this number and your return address on the shipping labe l when you retu rn the item(s) for service.
MA GMA Appendix A Bus Hierarchy 35 Appendix A Bus Hierarchy Bus Hier archy The following figure is r epresentative of the Magma PE6R4. This figure pictorially conve ys the overall PCI bus topology of the system. 6 Slot PCIe to PCI Topol ogy In general, we do not kno w what the actual Bus num bers are.
MA GMA 36 Appendix B Need More Slots? Appendix B Need More Slot s? Multiple PCI Expansion System Configurations The PCI Local Bus S pecification defines the PCI bus as a hier archical bus , where PCI to PCI Bridges (PPBs) may be used to ad d "levels" to the PCI bus hierarchy.
MA GMA Appendix B Need More Slots? 37 2. The 4 and 7 Sl ot Magma Expansi on Systems eac h add t wo (2) PCI to PCI Bridges to the PCI Local Bus. The 13 Slot a dds three (3) PCI to PCI Bridges to the PCI Local Bus. The PE6R4t adds one (1) bridge. T hese bridges are the comm unication paths between the PCI cards and th e computer resources.
MA GMA 38 Appendix B Need More Slots? Fan-Out For reasons described in bu llet #3 above, we recomm end using a fan- out configuration when you need to add successive PCI expansio n systems to the host computer.
MA GMA Appendix B Need More Slots? 39 Verify your configuration Before you start installi ng your PCI cards (refer to Chapter 4 Install Cards and Drives for more infor mation) , you should confirm that everything is in proper working order.
MA GMA 40 Appendix B Need More Slots? Daisy-Chaini ng Recognizing the t ypical insignificance of the performa nce variance between the “Fan-Out” and “Dais y-Chain ing” configuratio ns, the primary reason for using this one would be limitatio ns on physical spac e.
MA GMA Appendix B Need More Slots? 41 Combination Configurations Depending on your business requirement s, and your ph ysical space limitations, you can ad d additional Expa nsion System in multiple configurations, such as thes e. These com binati ons are only limited by the available slot types: PCIe or PCI.
MA GMA 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 reorganizing the cards on the motherboard. Moving the cards aroun d can change the order in which the cards ar e configured by the system du ring po wer-on.
MA GMA Appendix B Need More Slots? 43 Problems with 3 rd Party cards might only be trackable once you hav e identified the expansio n system containing the pr oblem card.
MA GMA 44 Appendix B Need More Slots? Finding the Problem Card Windows If you need help to determine which PCI card, or which expansion chassis, has the problem, you can “right-click” on the c ard with the and check the information contained in the “L ocation:” field.
MA GMA Appendix C Compliance 45 APPENDIX C Compliance FCC NOTE: This equipment has bee n tested and found t o comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
MA GMA 46 Appendix C Compliance.
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