IBM eServer xSeries 345 Type 8670, Maintenance Manual

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Contents
About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Server controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Server power features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Standby mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Configuring your server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Typical NOS installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting up or updating multiple servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing your NOS without ServerGuide
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using ServeRAID Manager in Startable CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Formatting a SCSI hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Updating the integrated system management firmware . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring the Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
High-performance Ethernet modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
General checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Checkout procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
POST error logs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Viewing error logs from the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . 28
Viewing error logs from diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ServerGuide error symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Small computer system interface messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Starting the diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Diagnostic error message tables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Identifying problems using status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Light Path Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recovering the BIOS code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Troubleshooting the Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Network connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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