IBM eServer 130 xSeries, User Reference Manual

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IBM xSeries 130: User’s Reference
Notices and statements used in this book
The Caution statements and the Danger statements also appear in the multilingual
safety information book provided on the
Documentation CD . Each statement is
numbered for easy reference to the corresponding statement in the safety book.
The notice and statement definitions are as follows:
• Notes: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
• Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or problem situations.
• Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which
damage could occur.
• Caution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous
to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially
hazardous procedure step or situation.
• Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the
description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or
situation.
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
Three of the features in the appliance server design are reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS). These factors help to ensure the integrity of the data that is
stored on your appliance server; that your server is available when you want to use it;
and that should a failure occur, you can easily diagnose and repair the failure with
minimal inconvenience.
The following is an abbreviated list of the RAS features that your appliance server
supports.
• Menu-driven setup, system configuration, and diagnostic programs
• Power-on self-test (POST)
• Integrated advanced system management processor (model 8654 only)
• Predictive Failure Analysis
®
(PFA)
• Remote system problem-analysis support
• Power and temperature monitoring
• Error codes and messages
• System error logging
• Automatic restart after a power failure
• CRC checking on the SCSI buses (model 8654 only)
• Error checking and correcting (ECC) memory
• Redundant Ethernet capabilities
• Light Path Diagnostics™ panel feature on the system board (model 8654 only)
• Vital product data (VPD) on the system board and SCSI backplane (model 8654
only)
• Customer support center 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
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1.Service availability will vary by country. Response time will vary depending on the number and nature of incoming calls.