IBM 8670 - Eserver xSeries 345, User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 345 Type 8670 . . . . . . . . . 1
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Update
Xpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Configuring your server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Additional Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . 12
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Starting the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . 14
Formatting a SCSI hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting up or updating multiple servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using express configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using custom configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring the Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Updating the integrated system management firmware . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 23
Software service and support
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Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Appendix A. Warranty information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Problem determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Running diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Checking software
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Warranty service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
International Warranty Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-06 8/2000 . . . . . . . . . 28
Part 1 - General Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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