IBM System Cluster 1350, Installation And Service

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c. Plug the power cable into the wall outlet or other appropriate receptacle.
d. Turn on the breaker switch for the customer’s source power.
e. Ensure the PDU circuit breakers are turned on.
6. Verify that all internal PDUs are powered up by viewing the power-on LEDs
on components that are connected to the PDUs.
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Servers display a blinking green light on the front panel when power is
applied.
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The following devices have no power switch and will power up
automatically when the PDUs are powered up. Verify that these components
have power applied.
– KVM Switch
– Cisco 10/100 Switch
– Cisco Gigabit Switch
– In-Reach Port Server
All rack-mounted devices are powered by the internal PDU.
Power-on the Expansion cabinets
1. Power-on the Cluster Nodes manually with the power switch.
2. Verify that every RSA card has power. A green LED on the card will light up
when the card has power.
3. Once an Expansion Cabinet is powered on, verify all front panel LEDs on the
Cluster Nodes are steady ON, otherwise you will not see all the nodes in the
configuration.
Repeat the procedure for every Expansion cabinet in the cluster before moving on
to the Primary cabinet.
Power-on the Primary cabinet
Power-on the following devices in the order listed.
1. Storage Expansion Units
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Flip the circuit breakers on the back of the device to the ON position.
2. Storage Controllers
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Flip the circuit breakers on the back of the device to the ON position.
3. Management Node
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Turn the power switch on the front of the device to the ON position.
Verify that the system passes POST with no errors. During the boot process
verify that the PXE BOOT attempts to run. If not, press F1 to enter the
SETUP utility to add Network as a third boot option.
Once the system boot has completed the screen will show the
No operating
system icon. If there are any yellow warning lamps on the Management
Node, fix the underlying condition before continuing.
4. Cluster Nodes
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Power-on Cluster Node 1 and verify that the system passes POST with no
errors.
During the boot process verify that the PXE BOOT attempts to run. If not,
press F1 to enter the SETUP utility to add Network as a third boot option.
Once the system boot has completed the monitor screen will show the
No
operating system icon. If there are any yellow warning lamps on the Cluster
Node, fix the underlying condition before continuing.
Repeat the procedure for all Cluster Nodes in the cluster.
5.
Storage Nodes
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Turn the power switch on the front of the device to the ON position.
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