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Summary of Contents for QS22 - BladeCenter - 0793

Page 1: ...and profile your blade server on the IBM Support Web site Before installing the BladeCenter QS22 in a BladeCenter unit complete the following procedures Install and configure the rack according to the...

Page 2: ...blem View support telephone numbers at http www ibm com planetwide View information about IBM Support Line at or view support telephone numbers at http www ibm com services sl products http www ibm co...

Page 3: ...BladeCenter QS22 Type 0793 Installation and User s Guide...

Page 4: ...e 85 and the Warranty and Support Information document for your blade server type on the Documentation CD Fourth Edition October 2008 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2006 2008 US...

Page 5: ...g the blade server 15 Installation guidelines 15 Installing the blade server 16 Chapter 4 Installing and removing replaceable units 19 Installation guidelines 19 System reliability guidelines 20 Handl...

Page 6: ...mware update steps 52 Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration 52 Finishing the configuration 53 Chapter 6 Installing the operating system 55 Preparing a boot device 55 Using a boot device on the...

Page 7: ...y return program 88 Electronic emission notices 90 Federal Communications Commission FCC statement 90 Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement 90 Avis de conformit la r glementation d Ind...

Page 8: ...vi BladeCenter QS22 Type 0793 Installation and User s Guide...

Page 9: ...ert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften Ennen kuin asennat t m n tuotteen lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information Avant d installer ce produit lisez les consignes de s curit Vor der Installation die...

Page 10: ...of the caution or danger statement in the IBM Safety Information book For example if a caution statement begins with a number 1 translations for that caution statement appear in the IBM Safety Inform...

Page 11: ...quipment when there is evidence of fire water or structural damage v Disconnect the attached power cords telecommunications systems networks and modems before you open the device covers unless instruc...

Page 12: ...a lithium battery replace it only with the same module type made by the same manufacturer The battery contains lithium and can explode if not properly used handled or disposed of Do not v Throw or imm...

Page 13: ...he device v Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein might result in hazardous radiation exposure DANGER Some laser products contain an embedded Cl...

Page 14: ...e device and the power switch on the power supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device The device also might have more than one power cord To remove all electrical current fro...

Page 15: ...ct a service technician Statement 13 DANGER Overloading a branch circuit is potentially a fire hazard and a shock hazard under certain conditions To avoid these hazards ensure that your system electri...

Page 16: ...fter handling ADVERTENCIA El contacto con el cable de este producto o con cables de accesorios que se venden junto con este producto pueden exponerle al plomo un elemento qu mico que en el estado de C...

Page 17: ...types of blade servers in the same BladeCenter unit Note In this document unless otherwise stated references to the BladeCenter unit apply to the IBM BladeCenter H unit the IBM BladeCenter HT unit an...

Page 18: ...ntroller BCM5704S v Onboard USB controller NEC uPD720101 v 1 BladeCenter PCI X expansion card connector v 1 BladeCenter High Speed connector for 2 times x8 PCIe buses v 2 DIMM slots 1 slot per IBM Pow...

Page 19: ...e expansion card on the blade server you need one or two IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Modules in the rear of the BladeCenter unit and various options to attach IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System to...

Page 20: ...RAS features v Transparent CPU Hardware error recovery v ECC DDR2 memory v Predictive failure analysis PFA for correctable errors CEs on the IBM PowerXCell 8i companion chip attached I O Buffer DDR2 D...

Page 21: ...de server with IBM You can register the blade server at http www ibm com support mysupport Product name BladeCenter QS22 Machine type 0793 Model number _____________________________________________ Se...

Page 22: ...n or at the BladeCenter information center The BladeCenter information center is available in the IBM Systems information center at http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems Related documentation...

Page 23: ...P Windows 2000 or Red Hat Linux v 100 MHz microprocessor v 32 MB of RAM v Adobe Acrobat Reader 3 0 or later or xpdf which comes with Linux operating systems Note Acrobat Reader software is included on...

Page 24: ...ok to view the selected book or books in Acrobat Reader or xpdf If you selected more than one book all the selected books are opened in Acrobat Reader or xpdf To search all the books type a word or wo...

Page 25: ...ing the power control button Providing local power control is enabled you can press the power control button see Figure 3 which is behind the control panel door on the front of the blade server Local...

Page 26: ...er This starts an orderly shutdown of the operating system if it has not been shut down already providing your operating system supports this feature before turning off the blade server If the operati...

Page 27: ...ownership of the media tray has been transferred to the blade server It can take approximately 20 seconds for the operating system on the blade server to recognize the media tray Power on LED This gr...

Page 28: ...LEDs and the diagnostics switch Pressing the light path diagnostics switch lights the appropriate LED to indicate where an error has occurred System board internal and expansion card connectors The f...

Page 29: ...connector PCI X expansion connectors 1 DIMM 1 slot IOBUF 1 DIMM slot Battery Control panel connector IOBUF 2 DIMM slot DIMM 2 slot DIMM 3 slot DIMM 4 slot DIMM 8 slot Figure 6 Locations of the expansi...

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Page 31: ...equences such as incorrect reconfiguration of the blade server Some blade server configuration information and update options are established according to bay number If you reinstall the blade server...

Page 32: ...6 Slide the blade server into the bay until it stops The spring loaded doors further back in the bay that cover the bay opening move out of the way as you insert the blade server 7 Push the release le...

Page 33: ...required updates the blade server is ready for use If you have not already done so turn on the blade server see Turning on the blade server on page 9 The power on LED on the blade server changes from...

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Page 35: ...le blade server from the BladeCenter unit you must shut down the operating system on it by typing the shutdown h now command or choosing the shut down option from your GUI See Turning off the blade se...

Page 36: ...d printed circuitry v Do not leave the device where others can handle and damage it v While the device is still in its static protective package touch it to an unpainted metal part of the BladeCenter...

Page 37: ...lade server is operating the power on LED is lit continuously steady Before you remove a blade server from the BladeCenter unit you must shut down the operating system on it by typing the shutdown h n...

Page 38: ...e on each side of the blade server and lift the outer cover open see Figure 9 5 If you want to remove the cover carefully lift it from the cover pins and set it aside see Figure 9 Statement 21 CAUTION...

Page 39: ...he blade server and lift the expansion unit see Figure 10 4 To remove the expansion unit carefully lift it from the cover pins and set it aside Removing the blade server front bezel assembly Before yo...

Page 40: ...e place Installing the optional modular flash drive The modular flash drive connects to the flash drive connector on the system board and provides non volatile memory This may be used for example for...

Page 41: ...rotective surface For diagrams see Installing an optional high speed expansion card 5 Locate the connector on the back of the modular flash drive 6 Carefully align the modular flash drive with the ret...

Page 42: ...sh drive do this before you proceed with installing the high speed expansion card See Installing the optional modular flash drive on page 24 5 Locate the high speed connector on the system board 6 Rem...

Page 43: ...ment of components Avoid removing the card once it is in position If you have other options to install do so now Otherwise go to Finishing the installation on page 35 Adding or changing system memory...

Page 44: ...GB 4 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2...

Page 45: ...at both ends of the DIMM slot are in the open position b Place the DIMM in the slot contact side down Check the orientation of the module The locating pin in the slot must match the corresponding cut...

Page 46: ...2 You must install a 1 GB DIMM for both IBM PowerXCell 8i companion chips 5 Remove the DIMM fillers from the slots Retain the DIMM fillers They are an important part of the blade server cooling system...

Page 47: ...de server from the BladeCenter unit See Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit on page 20 3 Open the blade server cover See Opening and removing the blade server cover on page 21 4 Locate...

Page 48: ...ling the BladeCenter PCI Express I O Expansion Unit Important v A BladeCenter QS22 with the BladeCenter PCI Express I O Expansion Unit installed takes up two contiguous slots in the BladeCenter chassi...

Page 49: ...d possible danger If you replace the battery you must adhere to the following instructions Note In the U S call 1 800 IBM 4333 for information about battery disposal If you replace the original lithiu...

Page 50: ...sposal Complete the following steps to replace the battery 1 Read the safety information beginning on page vii and Installation guidelines on page 19 2 Follow any special handling and installation ins...

Page 51: ...n on the blade server see Turning on the blade server on page 9 10 Reset the system date and time through the operating system that you installed For additional information see your operating system d...

Page 52: ...e front bezel assembly Figure 25 shows how to install the front bezel assembly on the blade server Complete the following steps to install the blade server front bezel assembly 1 Read the safety infor...

Page 53: ...ng the front bezel assembly on page 36 for instructions 3 Lower the cover so that the slots at the rear slide down onto the pins at the rear of the blade server as shown in Figure 26 Before closing th...

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Page 55: ...Management Module The Web based management and configuration program This is your main access method to the blade server The command line interface See Using the command line interface on page 40 for...

Page 56: ...he letter O in PASSW0RD 3 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen Be sure to set the timeout value that you want for your Web session The BladeCenter management and configuration window open...

Page 57: ...e BladeCenter unit and the blade servers However another utility is provided which in some cases can give more information than that displayed in the Advanced Management Module This is the System Mana...

Page 58: ...the universal unique ID Complete the following steps to see this information 1 Start SMS by completing the steps in Starting SMS on page 41 The SMS menu appears PowerPC Firmware Version QD0123000 SLO...

Page 59: ...The user and operating system interfaces of the system firmware are based on the Open Firmware standard Detailed system information is provided through the Open Firmware device tree You can use the cl...

Page 60: ...ware on page 45 for further information 5 Power on the blade server This boots it with the new BMC firmware 6 Update the system firmware image See Installing the system firmware on page 47 for further...

Page 61: ...the readme file which comes with the firmware image Updating the BMC firmware You can update the BMC firmware from the Linux prompt using the update package or from the Advanced Management Module Usi...

Page 62: ...owse to the firmware image file 7 Click on Update 8 The validity of the image is checked then the following screen appears Click Continue 9 The next screen shows the firmware update progress 46 BladeC...

Page 63: ...the IBM Director CD for further information v Using the update package available from http www ibm com support us en See Updating the system firmware automatically on page 49 for further information...

Page 64: ...CD and UpdateXpress System Pack Installer Using the package The package consists of an file with a sh extension that runs from the Linux prompt It has a number of options To see what options are avai...

Page 65: ...teps to install the firmware manually 1 Download the update package from http www ibm com support us en 2 Extract the system firmware image package At the command prompt enter update package x target...

Page 66: ...om the Linux prompt issue the following command echo 0 proc rtas manage_flash For more information on booting from the TEMP or PERM images see Recovering the system firmware code on page 66 Updating t...

Page 67: ...tall the firmware update The update package consists of four files v A file containing the change history for the QS22 Ethernet Controller firmware This has a chg extension v A file containing the upd...

Page 68: ...essful Updating 001A640E030C using file 16A8ipmi bin Update successful Error Firmware not detected on device 001A640E030D Warning No Broadcom NetXtreme II adapters found ADAPTER MAC BOOT IPMI ASF PXE...

Page 69: ...I O expansion card on the blade server you can verify which controller port on an expansion card is routed to which I O bay by performing the same test using a controller on the expansion card and a c...

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Page 71: ...nd very large number of nodes For more information on DIM see http www alphaworks ibm com tech dim Note IBM may add support for later versions of the operating systems or other operating systems You c...

Page 72: ...SAS connectivity module and the SAS storage system for further information The QS22 blade server supports the IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System as SAS attached storage You must configure storage on yo...

Page 73: ...orming a discovery 3 Assign a name to the BladeCenter Boot Disk System 4 Make the storage system accessible to the blade server by configuring host access for the blade server If two SAS connectivity...

Page 74: ...er You are now ready to install the operating system Note A remote SAS storage must boot before the blade server attempts to boot the operating system from it Configuring the IBM BladeCenter S unit lo...

Page 75: ...on the media tray or from an ISO image Installing over the network To install over the network the installation packages must be copied to a server that the QS22 blade server can access through the ne...

Page 76: ...ckages Some options have device drivers that you must install See the documentation that comes with the options for information about installing any required device drivers If your operating system do...

Page 77: ...ervicing check that v The BladeCenter QS22 is inserted correctly into the BladeCenter unit v All components are connected correctly v The BladeCenter QS22 has the latest firmware updates These should...

Page 78: ...ice Guide for your BladeCenter unit for more information If you have problems with an Ethernet switch module I O adapter or other optional device that can be installed in the BladeCenter unit see the...

Page 79: ...further information about troubleshooting networks see Network connection problems on page 64 Power on LED Flashing rapidly The service processor on the blade server is communicating with the BladeCe...

Page 80: ...rks you may need to have a trained service technician replace the system blade assembly Power throttling Be aware that the BladeCenter unit automatically reduces the BladeCenter QS22 processor speed i...

Page 81: ...f the blade server was not turned off press the power control button behind the blade server control panel door to turn off the server 3 Remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit 4 Wait 30 sec...

Page 82: ...3 Turn on the blade server Note If the temp side is corrupted the boot times out and an automatic reboot occurs after switching to the PERM side If the blade server does not restart you must replace...

Page 83: ...t representative There are cases where a message that is informational only is displayed on the serial console Wxxx This is a warning message The firmware allows the startup process to continue but in...

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Page 85: ...DIMMs DIMM1 4096MB DIMM2 4096MB DIMM3 4096MB DIMM4 4096MB CPU0 timings 800 MHz CL 6 tRCD 6 tRP 6 Press F1 to enter the SMS menu The SMS utility menu Select SMS tasks from the SMS utility main menu Cho...

Page 86: ...ware Version QD0123000 SLOF SMS 1 1 c Copyright IBM Corp 2007 All rights reserved Select Language 1 ISO8859 1 English United States Navigation Keys M return to Main Menu N Next page of list ESC key re...

Page 87: ...en similar to the following appears PowerPC Firmware Version QD0123000 SLOF SMS 1 1 c Copyright IBM Corp 2007 All rights reserved Network Parameters NET axon 10000000000 plb5 plb4 pcix 400000460000000...

Page 88: ...to cancel and return to the main menu press Esc Adapter Configuration This allows you to set network parameters for the adapter PowerPC Firmware Version QD0123000 SLOF SMS 1 1 c Copyright IBM Corp 20...

Page 89: ...ping each IP address in turn Advanced Setup DHCP You do not need to use this option unless your network requires a specific block size or filename PowerPC Firmware Version QD0123000 SLOF SMS 1 1 c Co...

Page 90: ...wish to install or boot from the BladeCenter unit media tray you must first allocate it to the blade server using the Advanced Management Module PowerPC Firmware Version QD0123000 SLOF SMS 1 1 c Copyr...

Page 91: ...oot devices in list order until it finds a boot device If it does not an error is generated and placed in the Advanced Management Module You may only list boot devices if they are allocated or availab...

Page 92: ...evice type the number and press Enter To save your selection press M to return to the menu Firmware Boot Side Options Normally the BladeCenter QS22 boots from the Temporary side and you should not cha...

Page 93: ...reating common NVRAM partition C0880 Could not find SAS partition in NVRAM created Adapters on 000001460ec00000 00 0800 D 14e4 16a8 network ethernet 00 0900 D 14e4 16a8 network ethernet Adapters on 00...

Page 94: ...achine type or model and serial number Boot does not continue until the information is provided To enter new FRU information complete the following steps 1 Using a Telnet or SSH client connect to the...

Page 95: ...ng to the instructions on the screen and press Enter to continue 5 You must confirm the model number PowerPC Firmware Version QD0123000 SLOF SMS 1 1 c Copyright IBM Corp 2007 All rights reserved Numbe...

Page 96: ...ered is ABCDEFG Accept number Enter y or Y to accept or n or N to decline Select Navigation key Type y or Y and press Enter to confirm the number SAS Settings Use this option to configure or change th...

Page 97: ...s M return to Main Menu ESC key return to previous screen X eXit System Management Services Type SAS Address in hexadecimal and press Enter or select navigation key When configuring IBM BladeCenter Bo...

Page 98: ...n hexadecimal and press Enter or select navigation key When configuring IBM BladeCenter Boot Disk System as a boot device the LUN Id can be obtained from the Storage System Profile utility See the doc...

Page 99: ...BM product The documentation that comes with BladeCenter systems also describes the diagnostic tests that you can perform Most BladeCenter systems operating systems and programs come with documentatio...

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Page 102: ...oduct or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others Important notes Processor speed indicates the internal clock speed of the microprocessor other factors also affect application perfo...

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Page 104: ...o customers for the return recycling and recovery of WEEE Customer participation is important to minimize any potential effects of EEE on the environment and human health due to the potential presence...

Page 105: ...rebut mais plut t r cup r e en fin de cycle de vie selon cette norme In accordance with the European Directive 2006 66 EC batteries and accumulators are labeled to indicate that they are to be collec...

Page 106: ...to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the followin...

Page 107: ...g mit dem Deutschen EMVG das EG Konformit tszeichen CE zu f hren Verantwortlich f r die Konformit tserkl rung des EMVG ist die IBM Deutschland GmbH 70548 Stuttgart Generelle Informationen Das Ger t er...

Page 108: ...Taiwanese Class A warning statement Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI statement Korean Class A warning statement 92 BladeCenter QS22 Type 0793 Installation and User s Guide...

Page 109: ...52 power 3 Serial over LAN 40 connectors battery 12 I O expansion card 12 input output 37 memory 12 microprocessor 12 system board 12 controller enumeration 52 Ethernet 50 cover closing 32 37 opening...

Page 110: ...4 N network boot device 55 network connection identifying problems 64 NMI reset button 11 notes 5 notes important 86 notices 85 electronic emission 90 FCC Class A 90 notices and statements 5 O operati...

Page 111: ...0 storage local 3 SAS 3 system board connectors 12 LEDs 11 system DDR2 memory modules adding 27 system firmware 43 PERM image 50 recovering 66 startup process errors 67 TEMP image 50 updating 47 updat...

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