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Page 1: ...IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837 User s Guide ERserver ...

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Page 4: ...ral information in Appendix B Notices on page 45 Second Edition October 2004 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp ...

Page 5: ...p and configuration overview 22 Typical operating system installation 23 Installing your operating system without ServerGuide 23 Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller 23 Using the baseboard management controller 24 Enabling and configuring SOL using the OSA SMBridge management utility program 24 Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program 33 Using the baseboard management controll...

Page 6: ...stry Canada Class A emission compliance statement 48 Australia and New Zealand Class A statement 49 United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement 49 European Union EMC Directive conformance statement 49 Taiwanese Class A warning statement 49 Chinese Class A warning statement 50 Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI statement 50 Power cords 50 Index 53 iv IBM xSeries 336 T...

Page 7: ...talleert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information Avant d installer ce produit lisez les consignes de sécurité Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen Prima di installare questo prodotto leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen Safety Information før du installerer dette pro...

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 Safety Information book under statement 1 Be sure to read all caution and danger statements in this documentation before performing the instructions Read any additional safety information that comes w...

Page 9: ...equipment 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 instructed otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures v Connect and disconnect cables as described in the following table when installing moving or opening covers on this product or attached...

Page 10: ...ns 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 product could result in exposure to hazardous laser radiation There are no serviceable parts inside the device v Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified h...

Page 11: ... do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device The device also might have more than one power cord To remove all electrical current from the device ensure that all power cords are disconnected from the power source 1 2 Statement 6 CAUTION Do not place any objects on top of a rack mounted device unless that rack mounted device is intended for use as a shelf Statement 8 Safety ix ...

Page 12: ...th accessories sold with this product will expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm Wash hands after handling ADVERTENCIA El contacto con el cable de este producto o con cables de accesorios que se venden junto con este producto pueden exponerle al plomo un elemento químico que en el estado de California de los Esta...

Page 13: ...3 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 addition to this User s Guide the following documentation comes with the server v Installation Guide This printed document contains instructions for setting up the server and basic instructions for installing some options v ...

Page 14: ... the multilingual Safety Information document which is on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD Each statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in the Safety Information document The following notices and statements are used in this document v Notes These notices provide important tips guidance or advice v Important These notices provide information or advice that might help you...

Page 15: ...1E capability v Two Broadcom 10 100 1000 Ethernet controllers with Wake on LAN feature and Alert Standard Format support v Three Universal Serial Bus USB ports v One serial port v Keyboard port v Mouse port v Video port Acoustical noise emissions v Sound power idling 6 9 bel maximum v Sound power operating 6 9 bel maximum Environment v Air temperature Server on 10 to 35 C 50 0 to 95 0 F altitude 0...

Page 16: ...emory mirroring stores data in two pairs of DIMMs simultaneously Online spare memory disables a failed pair of DIMMs from the system configuration and activates a pair of online spare DIMMs For more information see the section about installing DIMMs in the IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837 Installation Guide Large system memory capacity The memory bus supports up to 16 GB of system memory The memory contr...

Page 17: ...the fans fails The server comes with one 585 watt hot swap power supply You can order a second optional power supply which provides redundant power for many server configurations v ServeRAID support The server supports ServeRAID adapters to create redundant array of independent disks RAID configurations v Symmetric multiprocessing SMP The server supports up to two Intel microprocessors If the serv...

Page 18: ...blem determination support v Standby voltage for system management features and monitoring v Startup boot from LAN through remote initial program load RIPL or dynamic host configuration protocol boot protocol DHCP BOOTP v System auto configuring from the configuration menu v System error logging POST and BMC v System management monitoring through the Intra Integrated Circuit I2 C bus v Upgradeable...

Page 19: ...sage and performance of critical components such as microprocessors disks and memory v Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non IBM Intel based servers desktop computers workstations and mobile computers on a variety of platforms IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry level workgroup hardware manager It includes the following key features v Advanced self management capabilit...

Page 20: ...load the program or purchase the CD go to http www ibm com pc ww eserver xseries serverguide xpress html Server controls LEDs and power This section describes the controls and light emitting diodes LEDs and how to turn the server on and off Front view The following illustration shows the controls LEDs and connectors on the front of the server There are three different front views v 2 5 inch SCSI h...

Page 21: ...ive has an activity LED and when this LED is flashing it indicates that the drive is in use v Hot swap hard disk drive status LED This LED is used on SCSI hard disk drives When this LED is lit it indicates that the drive has failed If an optional IBM ServeRAID controller is installed in the server when this LED is flashing slowly one flash per second it indicates that the drive is being rebuilt Wh...

Page 22: ... in two places on the hard disk drive itself and also on the hard disk drive activity LED on the operator information panel There is no hard disk drive activity LED for the SATA drive The only place the SATA drive indicates hard disk drive activity is on the operator information panel v Location LED Use this blue LED to visually locate the server if it is in a location with numerous other servers ...

Page 23: ...the small circle with the R inside v Light Path diagnostic LEDs You can slide out the operator information panel and drop it down for easy viewing without opening the top server cover The LEDs are on the top of the operator information panel The following table lists the LEDs and the problems that they indicate LED Error None An error that is not reflected in the Light Path diagnostics panel OVER ...

Page 24: ...des dc power to the server is the primary power supply v Power LED This is the top LED and it indicates that ac power is present on the server v Location LED This middle blue LED assists you in visually locating the server when it is among other servers v System error LED This is the bottom LED and it indicates that a system error occurred v Video connector Connect a monitor to this connector v Se...

Page 25: ...uests from the service processor such as a remote request to turn on the server The power on LED flashes to indicate that the server is connected to ac power but is not turned on Turning on the server When you connect the server to ac power the power supply fans turn on immediately Pressing the power control button lets you turn on the server and start the operating system The server can also be t...

Page 26: ...he power control button to start an orderly shutdown of the operating system and turn off the server if your operating system supports this feature v If the operating system stops functioning you can press and hold the power control button for more than 4 seconds to turn off the server v If you installed the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine option in the server the server can be turned off fr...

Page 27: ...pdate the firmware and sensor data record field replacable unit SDR FRU data and to configure a network for remote server management For information about using the baseboard management controller utility programs see Using the baseboard management controller on page 24 v RAID configuration programs LSI Logic Configuration Utility program Use the LSI Logic Configuration Utility to configure the in...

Page 28: ...the server some menu choices might differ slightly from these descriptions v System Summary Select this choice to view configuration information including the type speed and cache sizes of the microprocessors and the amount of installed memory When you make configuration changes through other options in the Configuration Setup Utility program the changes are reflected in the system summary you can...

Page 29: ...his choice to set or change an administrator password An administrator password is intended to be used by a system administrator it limits access to the full Configuration Setup Utility menu If an administrator password is set the full Configuration Setup Utility menu is available only if you type the administrator password at the password prompt See Administrator password on page 20 for more info...

Page 30: ...e a section of failing memory during system operation This mode also reduces the amount of memory available to the system The mirroring and sparing configuration requires that the memory be placed in multiple memory sockets CPU Options Select this choice to disable the microprocessor cache or to set it to use the write back or write through method Write back caching generally provides better syste...

Page 31: ...complete the system startup and to have access to the full Configuration Setup Utility menu An administrator password is intended to be used by a system administrator it limits access to the full Configuration Setup Utility menu If you set only an administrator password you do not have to type a password to complete the system startup but you must type the administrator password to access the Conf...

Page 32: ...s 2 and 3 see previous illustration for jumper location You can then start the Configuration Setup Utility program and reset the power on password You do not have to return the jumper to the previous position The power on password override jumper does not affect the administrator password Administrator password If an administrator password is set you must type the administrator password for access...

Page 33: ...g the backup BIOS The system board contains a backup copy area for the BIOS code This is a secondary copy of BIOS that you update only during the process of flashing the system If the primary copy of the BIOS code becomes damaged use this backup copy BIOS boot backup J21 Password reset J22 Force update BMC J48 To force the server to start from the backup copy turn off the server then place the J21...

Page 34: ...ram requires a supported IBM server 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 program has the following features v Sets system date and time v Detects the SCSI RAID adapter controller or integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities and runs the...

Page 35: ... ServerGuide program presents operating system partition options that are based on your operating system selection and the installed hard disk drives 4 The 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 Installing your operating system without Server...

Page 36: ...nformation and identify the server You can also save one or more commands as a text file and run the file as a script v Serial over LAN Establish a Serial over LAN SOL connection to manage servers from a remote location You can remotely view and change the BIOS settings restart the server identify the server and perform other management functions Any standard Telenet client application can access ...

Page 37: ...elect Start Options then set Planar Ethernet PXE DHCP to one of the following settings v Disabled v Planar Ethernet 2 If you set Planar Ethernet PXE DHCP to Planar Ethernet 2 you must also set Run PXE only on selected Planar NIC to Enabled f Press Esc to exit the Start Options section of the Configuration Setup Utility program g Select Save Settings then press Enter h Press Enter to confirm i Sele...

Page 38: ...on If you are using LILO complete the following steps 1 Complete the following steps to modify the etc lilo conf file a Add the following text to the end of the first default linux line Monitor b Comment out the map boot map line by adding a at the beginning of this line c Comment out the message boot message line by adding a at the beginning of this line d Add the following line before the first ...

Page 39: ...install 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 initrd boot initrd 2 4 9 e 12 img read only root dev hda6 Chapter 2 Configuring the server 27 ...

Page 40: ...inux 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 system in interactive mode type linux Interact and then press Enter GRUB configuration If you are using GRUB complete the following steps to modify the boot grub grub conf file 1 Comment out the splash...

Page 41: ...ted 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 kernel vmlinuz version ro root dev hda6 initrd initrd version img boot dev hda default 0 timeout 10 splashimage hd0 0 grub splash xpm gz title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2 4 9 e 12smp root hd0 0 ke...

Page 42: ...rd 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 procedure is based on a default installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 8 0 The file names structures and commands might be different for other versions of SUSE LINUX Complete the following steps to c...

Page 43: ...color 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 kernal hd0 1 boot vmlinuz shipped root dev hda2 ide nodma apm off vga normal nosmp 1 disableapic maxcpus 0 3 initrd hd0 1 boot initrd shipped Note 1 The kernel line is shown with a line break In your...

Page 44: ...pt 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 Standard Write down the boot entry ID for use in the next step 2 To enable the Microsoft Windows Emergency Management System EMS at a Windows command prompt type bootcfg EMS ON PORT COM1 BAUD 19200 ID boot_id ...

Page 45: ...ulti 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 enable SOL Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program Complete the following steps to install the OSA SMBridge management utility program on a server running a Windows operating system 1 Go...

Page 46: ...er 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 Management Utility CD 2 Insert the OSA BMC Management Utility CD into the drive 3 Type mount mnt cdrom 4 Locate the directory where the installation RPM package is located and type cd mnt cdrom 5 Type the fo...

Page 47: ... instructions 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 management controller firmware update or a SDR FRU update The firmware update utility program updates the baseboard management controller firmware or SDR FRU data only and does not affect any device dri...

Page 48: ... Type connect ip ip_address u username p password identify Control the system locator LED on the front of the server power Turn the server on and off remotely reboot Force the server to restart sel get Display the System Event Error log sol Configure the SOL function sysinfo Display system information that is related to the server and the globally unique identifier GUID Using the RAID configuratio...

Page 49: ... If you want to use the RAID capabilities make sure that the primary drive has the lower SCSI ID for example 0 Important If you use an integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to configure a RAID level 1 mirrored array after you have installed the operating system you will lose access to any data or applications that were previously stored on the secondary drive of the mirrored pair v To ...

Page 50: ...figuring the controller By running ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode you can configure the controller before you install your operating system The information in this section assumes that you are running ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode To run ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode turn on the server then insert the CD into the DVD ROM drive If ServeRAID Manager detects an unconfigured ...

Page 51: ...en you click an object in the ServeRAID Manager tree information about that object appears in the right pane To display a list of available actions for an object click the object and click Actions Setting up the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine You use the optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine to obtain enhanced system management capabilities above those of the embedded BMC The Remot...

Page 52: ...ine 1 Connect one end of a Category 3 or Category 5 Ethernet cable to the dedicated Ethernet connector for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the network Note The dedicated Ethernet connector for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine is on the far left on the rear of the server Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine Ethernet Installing the Remote S...

Page 53: ...in the package 11 Follow the instructions in Remote Supervisor Adapter II Installation Instructions which is in Portable Document Format PDF in d ibmssp to install the software and firmware 12 Restart the server after installing the device drivers Completing the setup See the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II User s Guide for instructions for completing the configuration including the following pro...

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Page 55: ...ance 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 also describes the diagnostic tests that you can perform Most xSeries and IntelliStation systems operating systems and programs come with information that contains troubleshooting procedures and expl...

Page 56: ...r 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 to http www ibm com services or go to http www ibm com planetwide for support telephone numbers In the U S and Canada call 1 800 IBM SERV 1 800 426 7378 Hardware service and support You can receive h...

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Page 58: ...States other countries or both UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both Adaptec and HostRAID are trademarks of Adaptec Inc in the United States other countries or both Linux is a trademark of Linus...

Page 59: ...ailable 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 connectors which may contain lead and copper beryllium alloys that require special handling and disposal at end of life Before this unit is disposed of these materials must be removed and recycled o...

Page 60: ... 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 required to correct the interference at his own expense Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits IBM is not responsible for any radio or telev...

Page 61: ... EEC 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 from a nonrecommended modification of the product including the fitting of non IBM option cards This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A Information Technology Equip...

Page 62: ...allel 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 Type SVT or SJT three conductor cord a maximum of 15 feet in length and a tandem blade grounding type attachment plug rated 15 amperes 250 volts For units intended to be operated at 230 volts outside t...

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Page 65: ... LED 9 E electrical input 3 electronic emission Class A notice 48 Enterprise X Architecture technology 4 environment 3 Ethernet 5 Ethernet connector 13 expansion slots 3 F fans 5 FCC Class A notice 48 features 3 firmware code updating 35 H hardware support 44 heat output 3 help getting 44 hot swap 9 humidity 3 I IBM Director 4 7 important notices 2 Information LED 10 integrated baseboard managemen...

Page 66: ...installing firmware 40 requirements 39 setting up 39 reset button 11 S Safety Information v 2 serial connector 12 serial over LAN commands connect 36 identify 36 power 36 reboot 36 sel get 36 sol 36 sysinfo 36 server dimensions 3 size 3 weight 3 Server power features 13 ServeRAID 5 ServeRAID Manager 38 ServerGuide features 22 Setup and configuration overview 22 ServerGuide CD 4 serviceability 5 si...

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