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User’s Guide

xSeries 205

Type 8480

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Page 4: ...ormation in Appendix B Warranty information on page 29 Second Edition September 2002 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2002 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Right...

Page 5: ...w 21 System Partition 22 Typical operating system installation 22 Setting up or updating multiple servers 23 Installing your operating system without ServerGuide 23 Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet co...

Page 6: ...Industry Canada Class B emission compliance statement 44 Avis de conformit la r glementation d Industrie Canada 44 European Union EMC Directive conformance statement 44 Japanese Voluntary Control Cou...

Page 7: ...nnen 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 dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise le...

Page 8: ...Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation maintenance or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded elec...

Page 9: ...ION When laser products such as CD ROMs DVD drives fiber optic devices or transmitters are installed note the following Do not remove the covers Removing the covers of the laser product could result i...

Page 10: ...ton on the 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 cu...

Page 11: ...any part that has the following label attached Hazardous voltage current and energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached There are no serviceable parts inside these com...

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Page 13: ...vailability The X Architecture technologies provided in your server include the recent advancements in X Architecture features For more information about the X Architecture features see What your xSer...

Page 14: ...tion for service technicians Depending on your server model additional publications might be included on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD Notices and statements used in this book The caution and dange...

Page 15: ...on the system board with RJ 45 Ethernet port Two serial ports One parallel port Two USB ports Keyboard port Mouse port Audio ports Line out Line in Mic Dual channel bus mastering IDE controller Suppor...

Page 16: ...ee Chapter 2 Configuring your server on page 11 for more information If you have a Remote Supervisor adapter installed on your Advanced System Management ASM interconnected network you can view the sy...

Page 17: ...after a power failure Power on self test POST Hot swap hard disk drives Upgradeable basic input output system BIOS diagnostics and POST Error correction code ECC synchronous dynamic random access memo...

Page 18: ...utton Press this button to release a diskette from the diskette drive Diskette drive activity LED When this LED is lit it indicates that the diskette drive is in use Hard disk drive activity LED When...

Page 19: ...this connector USB 2 connector Connect a USB device to this connector Ethernet connector Use this connector to connect the server to a network Mic connector pink Connect a microphone to this connector...

Page 20: ...your operating system supports the Wake on LAN feature the Wake on LAN feature can turn on the server Turning off the server Some operating systems require an orderly shutdown before you turn off the...

Page 21: ...service processor is shut down The power on LED flashes to indicate that the server is in Standby mode The server can respond to requests from the service processor such as a remote request to turn o...

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Page 23: ...twork operating system NOS installation See Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD on page 20 for more information Ethernet controller configuration process To configure the Ethernet controll...

Page 24: ...enu choices provide information only Some menu choices show fields that you can change These fields are enclosed by square brackets You can change the settings in these fields by using Left Arrow and...

Page 25: ...iskette drive controller IDE Controller Select this choice to enable the primary IDE controller the secondary IDE controller or both IDE controllers System Board Ethernet Select this choice to set the...

Page 26: ...oller does not function properly or causes other IDE devices attached to the same controller to function improperly set this field to Compatible Start Options You can select keyboard operating charact...

Page 27: ...moved You must replace the system board The administrator password provides access to all choices on the Configuration Setup Utility main menu You can set change or delete both the administrator and u...

Page 28: ...ols the Advanced Power Management APM support to your operating system Enable this setting when your operating system supports APM enabled servers Select Enabled to reduce power consumption or Disable...

Page 29: ...if you have set Wake Up on Alarm to Time or Date Time Set the time of the day for the server to wake up ACPI Sleep State Select which power level your server uses in Standby mode If S1 is selected po...

Page 30: ...assword field changes to Present 6 Press Esc until you return to the main menu 7 Select Save Settings and Press Enter After you have set an administrator password you can then set a user password to a...

Page 31: ...s then remove the cover See the Option Installation Guide for instructions 3 Move the jumper from pins 1 and 2 to pins 2 and 3 This clears the power on password for one boot cycle You can now start th...

Page 32: ...iding updated device drivers and in some cases installing them automatically If a later version of the ServerGuide program is available you can download a free image of the ServerGuide Setup and Insta...

Page 33: ...e ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD you do not need setup diskettes You can use the CD to configure any supported IBM server model The ServerGuide program checks your system BIOS service processor...

Page 34: ...Partition The ServerGuide program creates a 50 MB System Partition on the default drive The System Partition contains server specific utility programs such as service processor disk operating system D...

Page 35: ...m replication diskette which contains information that you need to complete multiple installations Not all operating systems support operating system replication diskettes Installing your operating sy...

Page 36: ...es such as teaming priority packets load balancing fault tolerance and virtual LANs which provide higher performance security and throughput for your server These modes apply to the integrated Etherne...

Page 37: ...the device whose parameters you want to configure Note The Maximum Sync Transfer Rate represents the transfer rate for Ultra SCSI devices The transfer rate for Ultra3 SCSI LVD devices is 160 MBps The...

Page 38: ...use the Boot Menu program to change the startup sequence of your server 1 Turn off the server 2 Restart the server 3 Press F12 4 Select the startup device The next time the server is started it return...

Page 39: ...come with information that contains troubleshooting procedures and explanations of error messages and error codes If you suspect a software problem see the information for the operating system or prog...

Page 40: ...tware problems with xSeries servers IntelliStation workstations and appliances For information about which products are supported by Support Line in your country or region go to http www ibm com servi...

Page 41: ...ed Questions FAQ and links to Product Support Web pages The IBM Statement of Limited Warranty is available from this Web site in 29 languages in Portable Document Format PDF Machine IBM Eserver xSerie...

Page 42: ...stems are designated as customer replaceable units IBM ships CRUs to you for replacement by you CRUs include keyboards monitors memory diskette drives hard disk drives and mice this list is not inclus...

Page 43: ...o determine whether your system is eligible for IWS go to http www ibm com pc support and click Warranty lookup Purchasing additional services During and after the warranty period you can purchase add...

Page 44: ...it to your place of purchase and your money will be refunded Extent of Warranty The warranty does not cover the repair or exchange of a Machine resulting from misuse accident modification unsuitable p...

Page 45: ...under warranty service You also agree to 1 ensure that the Machine is free of any legal obligations or restrictions that prevent its exchange 2 obtain authorization from the owner to have IBM or your...

Page 46: ...of your and IBM s rights duties and obligations arising from or relating in any manner to the subject matter of this Agreement without regard to conflict of law principles Part 2 Country unique Terms...

Page 47: ...shall be in writing and set forth the findings of fact and the conclusions of law All proceedings shall be conducted including all documents presented in such proceedings in the English language The n...

Page 48: ...r of this Agreement without regard to conflict of law principles Any disputes arising from or in connection with this Agreement will first be resolved by friendly negotiations failing which either of...

Page 49: ...pe Verde Central African Republic Chad Congo Djibouti Democratic Republic of Congo Equatorial Guinea France Gabon Gambia Guinea Guinea Bissau Ivory Coast Lebanon Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Senegal...

Page 50: ...mages from IBM IBM is liable for no more than items 1 and 2 unchanged IRELAND Extent of Warranty The following is added to this Section Except as expressly provided in these terms and conditions all s...

Page 51: ...matter of this Statement of Warranty will be limited to the charge paid by you for the individual Machine that is the subject of your claim from IBM UNITED KINGDOM Limitation of Liability The followin...

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Page 53: ...ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON INFRINGEMENT MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some jurisdictions do not allow disclaim...

Page 54: ...ed States other countries or both Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others Important notes Processor speeds...

Page 55: ...nd used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this e...

Page 56: ...ation devices Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCCI statement Power cords For your safety IBM provides a power cord with a grounded attachment plug to use with this IBM product To a...

Page 57: ...ugal Romania Senegal Slovakia Spain Sudan Sweden Syria Togo Tunisia Turkey former USSR Vietnam former Yugoslavia Zaire Zimbabwe 13F9997 Denmark 14F0015 Bangladesh Burma Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka...

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Page 59: ...configuring the server 11 connector audio 7 Ethernet 7 keyboard 7 mouse 7 parallel 7 power cord 7 serial 7 universal serial bus USB 7 D depth 3 Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD 5 diskett...

Page 60: ...ting up multiple servers 23 Setup and Installation CD 20 using 20 setting administrator password 18 password check jumper 19 user password 18 setting up multiple servers 23 setup with ServerGuide 21 s...

Page 61: ...Index 49 X X Architecture features 4 technologies 1...

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Page 64: ...IBM Part Number 02R2937 Printed in the United States of America 2R2937...

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