IBM 88625RX, Installation Manual

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Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM xSeries Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major components of the xSeries 365 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Working inside a server with power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Removing the cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing a PCI or PCI-X adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing the cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Light path diagnostics LED panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Updating the Remote Supervisor Adapter II and integrated service processor 41
Chapter 5. Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ServerGuide problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CD-ROM drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Diskette drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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