IBM eServer xSeries 236, User Manual

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Page 4: ...ral information in Appendix B Notices on page 43 First Edition October 2004 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use dup...

Page 5: ...view 23 Typical operating system installation 24 Installing your operating system without ServerGuide 24 Using the SCSISelect Utility program for Adaptec HostRAID configuration 24 Enabling the SCSI Ho...

Page 6: ...stralia and New Zealand Class A statement 47 United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement 47 European Union EMC Directive conformance statement 47 Taiwanese Class A warning statement 47 Chines...

Page 7: ...alleert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften Ennen kuin asennat t m n tuotteen lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information Avant d installer ce produit lisez les consignes de s curit Vor der Installation...

Page 8: ...ated versions of the caution or danger statement in the IBM Safety Information book For example if a caution statement begins with a number 1 translations for that caution statement appear in the IBM...

Page 9: ...quipment when there is evidence of fire water or structural damage v Disconnect the attached power cords telecommunications systems networks and modems before you open the device covers unless instruc...

Page 10: ...s Statement 3 CAUTION When laser products such as CD ROMs DVD drives fiber optic devices or transmitters are installed note the following v Do not remove the covers Removing the covers of the laser pr...

Page 11: ...power control button on the device and the power switch on the power supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device The device also might have more than one power cord To remove...

Page 12: ...label attached Hazardous voltage current and energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached There are no serviceable parts inside these components If you suspect a proble...

Page 13: ...ical assistance on page 41 Related documentation This User s Guide provides general information about the server including information about features how to configure the server and how to get help In...

Page 14: ...on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD Each statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in the Safety Information document The following types of notices and statements are used in...

Page 15: ...serial connectors v One parallel connector v Support for one external and one optional external or internal Ultra320 SCSI connector dual channel SCSI controller with RAID capabilities v Three Univers...

Page 16: ...oring improves the reliability of memory by writing information to the main memory and redundant locations in a mirrored pair of DIMMs For more information see Memory mirroring on page 7 v Online spar...

Page 17: ...user intervention v Redundant power and cooling capabilities The server supports up to two 670 watt hot swap power supplies If the server comes with only one power supply you can install an additiona...

Page 18: ...agnostics LED panels v Integrated service processor subsystem for remote system management v Key lock support for physical security v Availability of microcode and diagnostic levels v Parity checking...

Page 19: ...memory DIMM pair to replace the failed pair Before you can enable this feature you must install one additional pair of DIMMs The online spare memory DIMM pair must be the same speed and type and the s...

Page 20: ...v Ease of use training and setup IBM Director also provides an extensible platform that supports advanced server tools that are designed to reduce the total cost of managing and supporting networked s...

Page 21: ...reen Diskette drive activity LED Diskette eject button USB 3 connector Hard disk drive status LED amber Reset button Power control button Power control button shield if installed Cover release latch M...

Page 22: ...se IBM Director to light this LED remotely v Ethernet transmit receive activity LED Tx Rx 1 or Tx Rx 2 When these two green LEDs are lit they indicate that there is activity between the server and the...

Page 23: ...CD eject button Press this button to release a CD from the CD ROM drive Chapter 1 Introducing the IBM xSeries 236 Type 8841 server 11...

Page 24: ...lel device to this connector Serial 1 connector Connect a 9 pin serial device to this connector USB 1 connector Connect a USB device to this connector Ethernet link 1 status LED This LED is on the Eth...

Page 25: ...shut down however the server can respond to requests from the service processor also called the baseboard management controller such as a remote request to turn on the server The power on LED flashes...

Page 26: ...can be turned off in any of the following ways v You can turn off the server from the operating system if your operating system supports this feature After an orderly shutdown of the operating system...

Page 27: ...v You can turn off the server through a request from the service processor Chapter 1 Introducing the IBM xSeries 236 Type 8841 server 15...

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Page 29: ...ServeRAID Manager on page 26 v SCSISelect Utility program for Adaptec HostRAID configuration Use the SCSI HostRAID feature of the SCSISelect Utility program to configure the SCSI controller with inte...

Page 30: ...to view information about your server When you make changes through other options in the Configuration Setup Utility program some of those changes are reflected in the system information you cannot c...

Page 31: ...more information Remote Control Password Select this choice to set or change a remote control password See Remote control password on page 22 for more information This choice is on the Configuration...

Page 32: ...ices and to configure the master latency timer value for the server Integrated System Management Processor Settings Select this choice to enable or disable the Reboot on System NMI option on the menu...

Page 33: ...an administrator password The System Security choice is on the full Configuration Setup menu only If you set only a power on password you must type the power on password to complete the system startu...

Page 34: ...cess to the full Configuration Setup Utility menu You can use any combination of up to seven characters A Z a z and 0 9 for the password The Administrator Password choice is on the Configuration Setup...

Page 35: ...with an enabled startable bootable CD ROM drive In addition to the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD you must have your operating system CD to install your operating system The ServerGuide progra...

Page 36: ...e ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating system CD and restart the server At this point the installation program for the operating system takes control to complete the installation I...

Page 37: ...n method described in the instructions that come with that adapter to view or change SCSI settings for attached devices See the documentation on the ServeRAID 7e Adaptec HostRAID Support CD for additi...

Page 38: ...ngs erasing all data from the disk v View the RAID configuration and associated devices v Monitor operation of the RAID controllers The ServeRAID Manager program operates in two ways v Startable CD mo...

Page 39: ...roller lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem and also records the error in the System Event Error log The baseboard management controller also provides the following remote server management ca...

Page 40: ...Emulation ANSI v Remote Console Keyboard Emulation ANSI v Remote Console Active After Boot Enabled v Remote Console Flow Control Hardware d Press Esc twice to exit the Remote Console Redirection and D...

Page 41: ...respawn sbin agetty h ttyS0 19200 vt102 2 Add the following line at the bottom of the etc securetty file to enable a user to log in as the root user through the SOL console ttyS1 LILO configuration I...

Page 42: ...all boot boot b message boot message linear image boot vmlinuz 2 4 9 e 12smp label linux initrd boot initrd 2 4 9 e 12smp img read only root dev hda6 image boot vmlinuz 2 4 9 e 12 label linux up initr...

Page 43: ...Linux operating system starts a LILO boot prompt is displayed instead of the graphical user interface Press Tab at this prompt to install all of the boot options that are listed To load the operating...

Page 44: ...by anaconda Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file NOTICE You have a boot partition This means that all kernel and initrd paths are relative to boot eg root hd0 0 ke...

Page 45: ...itrd initrd 2 4 9 e 12 img You must restart the Linux operating system after completing these procedures for the changes to take effect and to enable SOL SUSE SLES 8 0 configuration Note This procedur...

Page 46: ...r white blue black light gray default 0 timeout 8 title linux kernel hd0 1 boot vmlinuz root dev hda2 acpi oldboot vga 791 1 initrd hd0 1 boot initrd title floppy root chainloader 1 title failsafe ker...

Page 47: ...ompt then press Enter to display the current boot options for your server b In the Boot Entries section locate the boot entry ID for the section with an OS friendly name of Windows Server 2003 Standar...

Page 48: ...0 disk 0 rdisk 0 partition 1 WINDOWS OS Load Options fastdetect redirect You must restart the Windows 2003 operating system after completing this procedure for the changes to take effect and to enabl...

Page 49: ...rver running a Linux operating system You must be logged in as a root user to perform these procedures 1 Go to http www ibm com pc support and download the utility program and create the OSA BMC Manag...

Page 50: ...tructions on the screen Using the baseboard management controller firmware update utility program Use the baseboard management controller firmware update utility program to download a baseboard manage...

Page 51: ...use SOL to remotely view and change the server BIOS settings At a command prompt type telenet localhost 623 to access the SOL network Type help at the smbridge prompt for more information Use the fol...

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Page 53: ...nce by following the troubleshooting procedures that IBM provides in the online help or in the publications that are provided with your system and software The information that comes with your system...

Page 54: ...information about which products are supported by Support Line in your country or region go to http www ibm com services sl products For more information about Support Line and other IBM services go...

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Page 57: ...ilable and may not include user manuals or all program functionality Product recycling and disposal This unit contains materials such as circuit boards cables electromagnetic compatibility gaskets and...

Page 58: ...instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be requ...

Page 59: ...EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting fro...

Page 60: ...llel blade grounding type attachment plug rated 15 amperes 125 volts For units intended to be operated at 230 volts U S use Use a UL listed and CSA certified cord set consisting of a minimum 18 AWG Ty...

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Page 63: ...n 10 drives 5 E electrical input 3 electronic emission Class A notice 46 enabling the SCSI HostRAID feature 25 environment 3 Ethernet 5 Ethernet activity LED 13 Ethernet connectors 1 and 2 12 Ethernet...

Page 64: ...lity using to configure the SCSI controller 24 serial 1 connector 12 serial 2 connector 12 serial over LAN commands connect 39 identify 39 power 39 reboot 39 sel get 39 serial over LAN continued comma...

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