IBM 8837 - eServer xSeries 336, User Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introducing the xSeries 336 Type 8837 server . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Active Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Memory ProteXion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Memory mirroring and sparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Update Xpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Boot menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starting the backup BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setup 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 controller utility programs . . . . . . . 35
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the LSI Logic setup utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting up the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . 39
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cabling the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine firmware . . . . . . 40
Completing the setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 43
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 44
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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