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Trademarks

 

The

 

following

 

terms

 

are

 

trademarks

 

of

 

International

 

Business

 

Machines

 

Corporation

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States,

 

other

 

countries,

 

or

 

both:

 

 

Active

 

Memory

 

IBM

 

(logo)

 

Tivoli

 

Active

 

PCI

 

IntelliStation

 

Tivoli

 

Enterprise

 

Active

 

PCI-X

 

NetBAY

 

Update

 

Connector

 

Alert

 

on

 

LAN

 

Netfinity

 

Wake

 

on

 

LAN

 

BladeCenter

 

Predictive

 

Failure

 

Analysis

 

XA-32

 

Chipkill

 

ServeRAID

 

XA-64

 

e-business

 

logo

 

ServerGuide

 

X-Architecture

 

Eserver

 

ServerProven

 

XpandOnDemand

 

FlashCopy

 

TechConnect

 

xSeries

 

IBM

 

  

Intel,

 

Intel

 

Xeon,

 

Itanium,

 

and

 

Pentium

 

are

 

trademarks

 

or

 

registered

 

trademarks

 

of

 

Intel

 

Corporation

 

or

 

its

 

subsidiaries

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States

 

and

 

other

 

countries.

 

Microsoft,

 

Windows,

 

and

 

Windows

 

NT

 

are

 

trademarks

 

of

 

Microsoft

 

Corporation

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

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

 

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

 

Torvalds

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States,

 

other

 

countries,

 

or

 

both.

 

Red

 

Hat,

 

the

 

Red

 

Hat

 

“Shadow

 

Man”

 

logo,

 

and

 

all

 

Red

 

Hat-based

 

trademarks

 

and

 

logos

 

are

 

trademarks

 

or

 

registered

 

trademarks

 

of

 

Red

 

Hat,

 

Inc.,

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States

 

and

 

other

 

countries.

 

Other

 

company,

 

product,

 

or

 

service

 

names

 

may

 

be

 

trademarks

 

or

 

service

 

marks

 

of

 

others.

 

Important

 

notes

 

Processor

 

speeds

 

indicate

 

the

 

internal

 

clock

 

speed

 

of

 

the

 

microprocessor;

 

other

 

factors

 

also

 

affect

 

application

 

performance.

 

CD

 

drive

 

speeds

 

list

 

the

 

variable

 

read

 

rate.

 

Actual

 

speeds

 

vary

 

and

 

are

 

often

 

less

 

than

 

the

 

maximum

 

possible.

 

When

 

referring

 

to

 

processor

 

storage,

 

real

 

and

 

virtual

 

storage,

 

or

 

channel

 

volume,

 

KB

 

stands

 

for

 

approximately

 

1000

 

bytes,

 

MB

 

stands

 

for

 

approximately

 

1

 

000

 

000

 

bytes,

 

and

 

GB

 

stands

 

for

 

approximately

 

1

 

000

 

000

 

000

 

bytes.

 

 

40

 

IBM

 

xSeries

 

346

 

Type

 

8840:

 

User’s

 

Guide

Summary of Contents for 8840 - eServer xSeries 346

Page 1: ...IBM xSeries 346 Type 8840 User s Guide ERserver...

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Page 3: ...IBM xSeries 346 Type 8840 User s Guide ERserver...

Page 4: ...ral information in Appendix B Notices on page 39 Fifth Edition October 2005 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use dup...

Page 5: ...the SCSI HostRAID feature 20 Using the SCSI HostRAID feature to perform a RAID level 0 configuration 20 Configuring the controller 20 Using the SCSI HostRAID feature to perform a RAID level 1 configur...

Page 6: ...ling and disposal 41 Battery return program 42 Electronic emission notices 43 Federal Communications Commission FCC statement 43 Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement 43 Australia and...

Page 7: ...schriften Ennen kuin asennat t m n tuotteen lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information Avant d installer ce produit lisez les consignes de s curit Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheits...

Page 8: ...ion maintenance or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm v Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet v Connect to properly wired outlets any equip...

Page 9: ...es or regulations 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...

Page 10: ...remove all electrical current from the device ensure that all power cords are disconnected from the power source 1 2 Statement 8 CAUTION Never remove the cover on a power supply or any part that has...

Page 11: ...do not exceed the branch circuit protection requirements Refer to the information that is provided with your IBM device for electrical specifications Statement 14 CAUTION Hazardous voltage current and...

Page 12: ...his 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 ca...

Page 13: ...he 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 T...

Page 14: ...are also in 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...

Page 15: ...SCSI port dual channel controller with integrated RAID v Three Universal Serial Bus USB v1 1 or v2 0 ports Note The baseboard management controller is also known as the service processor Video contro...

Page 16: ...a failed pair of DIMMs from the system configuration and activates a pair of online spare memory DIMMs For more information see the section about installing DIMMs in the Installation Guide Large syst...

Page 17: ...ional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine This option when used with the integrated baseboard management controller that comes with the server enables you to manage the functions of the server l...

Page 18: ...etail v Monitor the usage 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 c...

Page 19: ...e front of the server Hard disk drive activity LED green Hard disk drive status LED amber DVD ROM drive activity LED green Diskette drive activity LED green DVD ROM eject button Diskette eject button...

Page 20: ...ver on and off manually A power control button shield comes installed on the server to prevent the server from being turned off accidentally v Power on LED When this LED is lit and not flashing it ind...

Page 21: ...n these four slots Power cord connectors Connect the power cords to these connectors AC power LED On some server models each hot swap power supply has an ac power LED and a dc power LED During typical...

Page 22: ...t turned on Turning on the server Approximately 5 seconds after the server is connected to ac power the power control button becomes active and you can turn on the server and start the operating syste...

Page 23: ...the following ways v You can turn off the server from the operating system if your operating system supports this feature After an orderly shutdown of the operating system the server will be turned of...

Page 24: ...12 IBM xSeries 346 Type 8840 User s Guide...

Page 25: ...ot Menu program The Boot Menu program is part of the BIOS code in your server Use it to temporarily assign a device to be first in the startup sequence overriding the startup sequence that is set in t...

Page 26: ...u v System Information Select this choice to view information about your server When you make changes through other options in the Configuration Setup Utility program some of those changes are reflect...

Page 27: ...whether the server starts with the keyboard number lock on or off You can enable the server to run without a diskette drive monitor or keyboard The startup sequence specifies the order in which the se...

Page 28: ...or clear error logs POST Error Log Select this choice to view the three most recent error codes and messages that were generated during POST Select Clear error logs to clear the POST error log System...

Page 29: ...up will not be completed until you type the power on password You can use any combination of up to seven characters A Z a z and 0 9 for the password When a power on password is set you can enable the...

Page 30: ...ou can purchase the CD To download the image go to the IBM ServerGuide Web page at http www ibm com pc qtechinfo MIGR 4ZKPPT html To purchase the latest ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD go to the...

Page 31: ...and country v View the overview to learn about ServerGuide features v View the readme file to review installation tips for your operating system and adapter v Start the operating system installation...

Page 32: ...ith your server you can download it from http www ibm com support Enabling the SCSI HostRAID feature Complete the following steps to enable the SCSI HostRAID feature 1 Turn on the server 2 When the pr...

Page 33: ...he documentation on the ServeRAID 7e Adaptec HostRAID Support CD for additional information about how to use the SCSI HostRAID feature Configuring the controller Complete the following steps to use th...

Page 34: ...can use the SCSISelect Utility program to view information about the SCSI controller From the list of available arrays select an array and press Enter Press Esc to exit the utility Using the Boot Menu...

Page 35: ...rol the server power view system information 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 SO...

Page 36: ...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 P...

Page 37: ...tion 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 Co...

Page 38: ...all 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 initr...

Page 39: ...Linux 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...

Page 40: ...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 ke...

Page 41: ...itrd 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 procedur...

Page 42: ...r 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 ker...

Page 43: ...ompt 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 Standar...

Page 44: ...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...

Page 45: ...ver 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 support and download the utility program and create the OSA BMC Managemen...

Page 46: ...tructions 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 manage...

Page 47: ...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...

Page 48: ...onfigure SCSI Device Configuration Select this choice to configure SCSI device parameters You must know the SCSI ID of the device that you want to configure The sync transfer rate is the transfer rate...

Page 49: ...mit a request for information You can solve many problems without outside assistance by following the troubleshooting procedures that IBM provides in the online help or in the documentation that is pr...

Page 50: ...ns and appliances For information about which products are supported by Support Line in your country or region see http www ibm com services sl products For more information about Support Line and oth...

Page 51: ...TY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON INFRINGEMENT MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow disclaimer...

Page 52: ...based trademarks and logos are 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 o...

Page 53: ...differ from its retail version if available and may not include user manuals or all program functionality Product recycling and disposal This unit must be recycled or discarded according to applicabl...

Page 54: ...tial effects of EEE on the environment and human health due to the potential presence of hazardous substances in EEE For proper collection and treatment contact your local IBM representative Battery r...

Page 55: ...t cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement Thi...

Page 56: ...unication equipment Attention This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Taiwanese C...

Page 57: ...l input 3 electrical safety information viii 11 electronic emission Class A notice 43 enabling the SCSI HostRAID feature 20 environment 3 Ethernet activity LED 9 Ethernet connector 10 Ethernet link st...

Page 58: ...I controller 20 serial connector 10 serial over LAN commands connect 35 identify 35 power 35 reboot 35 sel get 35 sol 35 sysinfo 35 ServeRAID 5 ServerGuide features 18 NOS installation 19 using 18 Ser...

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