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== General Information ==
 
Einstein is the primary server, and hosts services for [[LDAP]], NFS for [[Automount|home directories]], [[E-mail]], [[Elog]].
 
 
 
== Hardware Information ==
 
[[Image:H8SMU_spec.jpg |right| SuperMicro H8SMU Motherboard ]]
 
* Motherboard: [http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron1000/MCP55/H8SMU.cfm SuperMicro H8SMU] [http://nuclear.unh.edu/wiki/images/7/72/MNL-H8SMU_10a.pdf User Manual]
 
** nVidia MCP55-Pro chipset
 
** SAS Backplane: SAS825TQ
 
* Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MV88SX6081 8-port SATA II PCI-X
 
 
 
== Network Configuration ==
 
Currently has ethernet cable to switch for local (farm) connection, and an ethernet cable to the wall for unh connection.
 
<pre>
 
eth0
 
  Hostname: einstein.farm.physics.unh.edu     
 
  HWaddr 00:30:48:63:BB:40 
 
  IP:10.0.0.248
 
eth1
 
  Hostname: einstein.unh.edu     
 
  HWaddr 00:30:48:63:BB:41
 
  IP:132.177.88.52
 
</pre>
 
 
 
== UPS Configuration ==
 
Einstein is connected to the APC SmartUPS 2200XL.
 
First install the apcupsd package using yum.  Then start it the package and check the status
 
  sudo yum install apcupsd
 
  sudo /sbin/service apcupsd start
 
  sudo /sbin/service apcupsd status
 
The official Site and Manual
 
  [http://apcupsd.org/ Official Site]
 
  [http://nuclear.unh.edu/wiki/images/7/72/apcupsd-manual.pdf User Manual]
 
 
 
== Hot Swap Information ==
 
* Interesting thread to get sata-nv to hotswap: ([http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/sata-hotplug-hotswap-howto-570811])
 
** There are drivers available for the MB sata, we could try them: [ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/driver/SATA/nVidia/MCP55/Linux/Non_RAID/Redhat/1.23/ Super Micro MB H8SMU drivers], BUT these appear to be standard Nvidia sata_nv driver.
 
* SAS Backplane: SAS825TQ
 
* SAT2-MV8 8-port SATA controller. Uses the sata-mv module which is NOT HOTPLUG CAPABLE. (see http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html#matrix). THE ONLY WAY TO "HOT PLUG" with this driver is to dismount ALL the drives, then "modprobe -r sata-mv" (make sure it is really gone: lsmod | grep sata) then do the swap, then "modeprobe sata-mv" again.
 
 
 
== Special Considerations for Einstein (Historical) ==
 
This information no longer applies and is here for historical reasons. We no longer use amavisd, and so these instructions are not useful.
 
 
 
 
 
Einstein is our mail server. That means it runs '''"amavisd"''' (a virus scanner) and '''"spamassasin"''' a spam filter. Both these codes have some issues with leaving junk around, slowly causing the "/" file system to fill up. When that happens, einstein stops functioning.
 
 
 
Some cleanup can be done as follows:
 
* stop amavisd and spamassasin:
 
service amavisd stop
 
service spamassasin stop
 
* clean out some of their junk:
 
rm /var/amavis/.razor/razor-agent.log
 
touch /var/amavis/.razor/razor-agent.log
 
chown amavis:amavis /var/amavis/.razor/razor-agent.log
 
chmod o-r /var/amavis/.razor/razor-agent.log
 
rm -f /var/virusmails/*  # (Sometimes there are so many, you have to delete in "chunks")
 
rm -rf /tmp
 
* start up the mail stuff again.
 
service amavisd start
 
service spamassasin start
 
 
 
There may be other areas that can be clean up, as in all the archived mail from "mailman"? But at least this list will let einstein function again.
 

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