Chapter
1.
Introduction
This
Installation
Guide
contains
instructions
for
setting
up
your
IBM
™
Eserver
™
xSeries
®
336
Type
8837
server
and
basic
instructions
for
installing
some
options.
More
detailed
instructions
for
installing
options
are
in
the
IBM
xSeries
336
Type
8837
Option
Installation
Guide
on
the
IBM
xSeries
Documentation
CD,
which
comes
with
the
server.
This
document
contains
information
about:
v
Setting
up
and
cabling
the
server
v
Starting
and
configuring
the
server
v
Installing
some
options
v
Solving
problems
The
server
might
have
features
that
are
not
described
in
the
documentation
that
you
received
with
the
server.
The
documentation
might
be
updated
occasionally
to
include
information
about
those
features,
or
technical
updates
might
be
available
to
provide
additional
information
that
is
not
included
in
the
server
documentation.
These
updates
are
available
from
the
IBM
Web
site.
Complete
the
following
steps
to
check
for
updated
documentation
and
technical
updates:
1.
Go
to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
2.
In
the
Learn
section,
click
Online
publications
.
3.
On
the
“Online
publications”
page,
in
the
Brand
field,
select
Servers
.
4.
In
the
Family
field,
select
xSeries
336
.
5.
Click
Continue
.
The
server
comes
with
an
IBM
ServerGuide
™
Setup
and
Installation
CD
to
help
you
configure
the
hardware,
install
device
drivers,
and
install
the
operating
system.
The
server
comes
with
a
limited
warranty.
You
can
obtain
up-to-date
information
about
the
server
and
other
IBM
server
products
at
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/.
Racks
are
marked
in
vertical
increments
of
1.75
inches.
Each
increment
is
referred
to
as
a
unit,
or
“U.”
The
xSeries
336
Type
8837
server
is
a
1-U
device.
Record
information
about
the
server
in
the
following
table.
You
will
need
this
information
when
you
register
the
server
with
IBM.
Product
name
IBM
Eserver
xSeries
336
server
Machine
type
8837
Model
number
_____________________________________________
Serial
number
_____________________________________________
The
model
number
and
serial
number
are
on
the
ID
label,
which
is
on
the
front
of
the
server
to
the
left
of
the
operator
information
panel,
as
shown
in
the
following
illustration.
Note:
This
illustration
shows
a
2.5-inch
SCSI
hot-swap
hard
disk
drive
model.
There
is
also
a
3.5-inch
hard
disk
drive
model
that
is
available
with
either
a
SCSI
hot-swap
or
SATA
non-hot-swap
(simple
swap)
configuration.
This
illustration
might
differ
slightly
from
your
hardware.
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2004
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