IBM eServer xSeries 135, User Reference Manual

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2000
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Contents
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1.Introducing the xSeries 135
appliance server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your IBM xSeries 135 appliance server offers. . . . 3
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . 4
Setting up the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Server controls and indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2.Arranging your workspace . . . . 9
Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Electrical outlets and cable lengths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3.Configuring your server . . . . . 11
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . 12
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program 12
Choices available from the Configuration/Setup main
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the SCSISelect Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Starting the SCSISelect utility program . . . . . . . . . . 17
Choices available from the SCSISelect menu . . . . . 18
Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . . . . . 19
Starting the PXE boot agent utility program . . . 19
Choices available from the PXE boot agent utility .
19
Using Appliance System Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility . . . . 20
The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent
21
The IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility
console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Discovering appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using families and groups in the tree view . . . . 23
Creating a Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing appliances from families . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Adopt by First Matching Family function
26
Setting the initial Internet protocol (IP) address. . . . . . 27
Setting the initial IP address using Appliance System
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the initial IP address in a command line . . . 28
Setting the initial IP address using the IBM Advanced
Appliance Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting the initial IP address using a diskette . . . . . 29
Changing default passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4.Using the Recovery and
Supplementary CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the recovery enablement diskette and Recovery CD
31
Using the Supplementary CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 5.Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Major components of the IBM xSeries 135 appliance
server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System board options connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System reliability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Working inside a server with power on . . . . . . . . . . 38
Handling static-sensitive devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing the cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Working with adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adapter considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Pre installation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing or replacing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . 49
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Microprocessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fan assembly replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
I/O connector locations and ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Viewing or changing the serial-port assignments 58
Serial-port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Universal Serial Bus ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
USB cables and hubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
USB-port connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Console ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
C2T device breakout cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Keyboard connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Video connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Auxiliary-device (pointing device) connector . . 60
Ethernet ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Configuring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . . . . . 61
Failover for redundant Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
High-performance Ethernet modes . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ethernet port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Working with cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting the IBM xSeries 135 appliance server to the
network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cable management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 6.Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . 65
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
POST beep code descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Event/error logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Small computer system interface (SCSI) messages. . . . 78
Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting the diagnostic programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81