IBM 8863 - eServer xSeries 366, Installation Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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 366 Type 8863 server . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing additional memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing a ServeRAID-8i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a hot-plug adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3. Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . 25
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing and using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . 32
Enabling and configuring SOL using the OSA SMBridge management utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program . . . . . . . . 41
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . . . . . 43
Using the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the ServeRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 5. Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
POST error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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