NEC N8800-090F Server User Manual


 
Installing and Using Utilities 5-43
MTBF Information contains the following information:
Note: The MTBF information is displayed only when the [<MTBF Info>] button is pressed.
Item Description
Type Monitoring status of MTBF.
Use Threshold: MTBF is calculated at a fault occurrence. The device is
stopped when the calculated value is lower than the
threshold.
Never Restart: Always stops the device at a fault occurrence.
Always Restart: Always restarts the device at a fault occurrence.
Threshold Threshold of MTBF.
Current Current MTBF value.
Faults Number of faults
Time of last fault Time of the last fault.
When there is none, “--” is displayed.
Firmware contains the following information:
Item
Description
Version Version of the firmware (System BIOS)
Additional Additional information of the firmware (System BIOS)
The version information of the firmware is displayed only when the [<Version>] button is pressed.
The following buttons are displayed for CPU Module:
Item Description
MTBF Info Displays MTBF information
Clear Clears the MTBF information of the CPU module
Up Starts the CPU module. When you also start the PCI module of the same
module, start the PCI module before the CPU module.
Down Stops the CPU module
Version Displays the version of the firmware
Update Updates the firmware (System BIOS)
Switch Switches the board.
Start the IO module and the CPU module of the sopped module
respectively and make modules duplex. Then, stop the other module's
CPU module and IO module respectively.
* Use this function when updating the firmware (BIOS). This function is
available for a module which CPU and PCI (IO) modules are stopped.
Harvest Collects dump.
Before clicking this button, select one of the methods of to collect dump:
x Save memory dump of the stopped module.
x Harvest memory dump of the current system without stopping it.
* Do not start or stop the module while producing a dump.
* (1) The execution of each button may take a few minutes. Wait for a while to update the display
and check the module status.
(2) This system performs diagnostics to both CPU module and PCI module on the same board.
Execute diagnostics from a PCI module.
(3) These operations cannot be performed while collecting dump or updating firmware. Wait
until such processing is finished to perform the operations in the table.