IBM 8500R - Netfinity - 8681, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Netfinity 8500R - Type 8681
General checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Power-on self-test (POST) . . . . . . . . . 8
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System-monitoring messages . . . . . . . . 9
Diagnostic error messages . . . . . . . . . 10
Software-Generated error messages . . . . . 10
POST error log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System error log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Option diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Running the diagnostic programs . . . . . . 11
Starting the diagnostic programs . . . . . . . 12
Using the Online Manual . . . . . . . . . . 13
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Accessing server programs . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . 20
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu . 21
System summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Product data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System card data . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Devices and I/O ports . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the power-on password menu . . . 25
Using the administrator password menu . 27
Start options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Advanced setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Processor serial number access . . . . . 29
Modify front panel text . . . . . . . . . . 29
PCI slot/device information . . . . . . . . 30
Cache control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Processor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MPS version control . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Error logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
POST error log . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
System error log . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Save settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Restore settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Load default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Exit setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the System Partition . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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