Operating Manual
BX2560 M1
Contents
6
Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.1
Control and display elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2
Switching the Server Blade on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.3
Configuring the Server Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.3.1
Preparing for local installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.3.2
Preparation for remote installation to use Advanced Video
Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.3.3
Configuring the onboard SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.3.4
Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.3.5
Configuring the onboard CNA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.3.6
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.3.7
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.4
Cleaning the Server Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
7
Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7.1
BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
8
Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8.1
Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8.2
Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8.3
Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
8.4
No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.5
Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.6
System will not boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.7
Hard disk drive error messages at system boot . . . . . . . 68
8.8
Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8.9
Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
