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SmartServer 370

User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for SMARTSERVER 370

Page 1: ...SmartServer 370 User s Guide ...

Page 3: ...ition 27 Typical operating system installation 27 Setting up or updating multiple servers 28 Installing your operating system without ServerGuide 29 Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller 29 Using the Extensible Firmware Interface boot manager 29 Using the integrated system management firmware update utility program 30 Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program 31 Starting the LSI Logi...

Page 4: ...Configuring scalable partitions 58 Creating a scalable partition 59 Deleting a scalable partition 60 iv User s Guide ...

Page 5: ... product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information Avant d installer ce produit lisez les consignes de sécurité Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen Prima di installare questo prodotto leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen Safety Information før du installer...

Page 6: ...ly to connect or disconnect signal cables v Never turn on any equipment 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 instructed otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures v Connect and disconnect cables as described in the following table when i...

Page 7: ...ns Statement 3 CAUTION When laser products such as CD ROMs DVD drives fiber optic devices or transmitters are installed note the following v Do not remove the covers Removing the covers of the laser product could result in exposure to hazardous laser radiation There are no serviceable parts inside the device v Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified h...

Page 8: ...er control button 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 current from the device ensure that all power cords are disconnected from the power source 1 2 viii User s Guide ...

Page 9: ...f these parts contact a service technician Statement 10 CAUTION Do not place any object weighing more than 82 kg 180 lb on top of rack mounted devices 82 kg 180 lb 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 electrical requirements do not exceed branch circuit protection req...

Page 10: ...ctive harm Wash hands after 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 químico que en el estado de California de los Estados Unidos está considerado como un causante de cancer y de defectos congénitos además de otros riesgos reproductivos Lávese las manos después de usar el pr...

Page 11: ... http www sec co kr server Your SmartServer 370 contains several Enterprise X Architecture technologies that help increase performance and reliability The Enterprise X Architecture technologies provided in your server model include the most recent advancements in X Architecture features For more information see What your server offers on page 5 and Reliability availability and serviceability featu...

Page 12: ...language in the Safety Information book v Rack Installation Instructions This printed publication contains instructions for installing your server in a rack cabinet v Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide This publication is in PDF on the Documentation CD It contains information to help you solve problems yourself and it contains information for service technicians Depending on you...

Page 13: ...inconvenient or problem situations v Attention These notices indicate possible damage to programs devices or data An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which damage could occur v Caution These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous to you A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially hazardous procedure step...

Page 14: ...ller v Remote Supervisor Adapter service processor ASM interconnect peer to peer port Ethernet port Management port v IDE controller v RXE Management Port v Three USB connectors v Keyboard connector v SCSI connector v Mouse connector v Symmetrical multiprocessing SMP Expansion Ports up to six ports depending on your configuration v Two remote I O expansion enclosure RXE Expansion Ports Acoustical ...

Page 15: ...hertz MHz 3 3 V 168 pin registered double data rate DDR synchronous dynamic random access memory SDRAM dual inline memory modules DIMMs Memory ProteXion The Memory ProteXion feature provides the equivalent of a hot spare drive in a RAID array It is based in the memory controller and it enables the server to sense when a chip on a DIMM has failed and to route the data around the failed chip XceL4 S...

Page 16: ...without user intervention v Redundant cooling and power capabilities The redundant cooling of the fans in your server enable continued operation if one of the fans fails Your server comes with two 550 watt hot swap power supplies which provide redundant power for many server configurations If the average load on your server is less than 550 watts and a problem occurs with one of the power supplies...

Page 17: ...t output system BIOS code v Diagnostic support of Ethernet controllers v Error codes and messages v Error correcting code ECC protection on the L3 and XceL4 cache v Failover Ethernet support v Front side buses FSBs parity protected v Hot add memory v Hot replace memory v Hot swap cooling with fan speed sensing capability v Hot swap hard disk drives v Light Path Diagnostics v Memory mirroring v Mic...

Page 18: ...oring you must install identical dual inline memory modules DIMMs in memory port 1 and memory port 2 For more information see the section about installing memory modules in the Option Installation Guide on the Documentation CD To enable memory mirroring through the Configuration Setup Utility program select Advanced Setup from the main menu and select Memory Settings For more information about usi...

Page 19: ... users v Reduced service and support costs For more information about IBM Director see the IBM Director CD that comes with your server the IBM Director publications on the CD Systems Management IBM Director Package http www sec co kr server This Web page includes links to software downloads and publications for the latest release of IBM Director The UpdateXpress program The UpdateXpress program is...

Page 20: ...y flashing one flash per second status LED indicates that the drive is being rebuilt When the LED is flashing rapidly three flashes per second it indicates that the controller is identifying the drive USB port This is an automatically configured port that you can use to connect one or more USB devices to the front of the server using Plug and Play technology System error LED When this amber LED is...

Page 21: ...utton Press this button to release a diskette from the diskette drive Diskette drive activity LED When this LED is on it indicates that the diskette drive is in use Power supply latch This latch is used to secure the power supply in place Reset button Press this button to reset the server and run the power on self test POST You might have to use a pen or the end of a straightened paper clip to pre...

Page 22: ...nformation and control v External power connector This connector is not supported on this server System power connector 1 System power connector 2 RXE Expansion Port B Keyboard connector Mouse connector Remote Supervisor Adapter connectors and LEDs Upper Ethernet status LED Lower Ethernet status LED Gigabit Ethernet connector Gigabit Ethernet connector RXE Expansion Port A Video connector USB 2 US...

Page 23: ... link and activity status for the lower Gigabit Ethernet port When the LED is green the link is active When the LED blinks green and amber there is activity on the Ethernet LAN RXE Expansion Port A Use this port to connect the server to a remote I O enclosure when only one SMP Expansion Module is installed Video port The signal cable for a monitor connects to the video port USB 2 This is an automa...

Page 24: ...ins at least one server with an optional Remote Supervisor Adapter installed the server can be turned on from the Remote Supervisor Adapter user interface If your operating system supports the system management software for an optional Remote Supervisor Adapter the system management software can turn on the server If your operating system supports the Wake on LAN feature the Wake on LAN feature ca...

Page 25: ...er will be turned off automatically v You can press the power control button to start an orderly shutdown of the operating system and turn off the server if your operating system supports this feature v If the operating system stops functioning you can press and hold the power control button for more than 4 seconds to turn off the server v If the server is connected to an Advanced System Managemen...

Page 26: ...servers do not turn off when either power control button is pressed see the Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide on the Documentation CD 16 User s Guide ...

Page 27: ...erver see the software documentation provided with your software for configuration information v Ethernet controller configuration For information about configuring the Ethernet controller see Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller on page 29 v Extensible Firmware Interface EFI boot manager The EFI boot manager provides a choice of startup options when you start the server Use it to start the...

Page 28: ... the date and time v Set passwords and security settings Starting the Configuration Setup Utility program Complete the following steps to start the Configuration Setup Utility program 1 Turn on the server Note In a 16 way configuration some options or settings are defined through the primary server while others must be defined on the individual server Ensure that options or settings on the seconda...

Page 29: ...isable the integrated SCSI controller and no SCSI adapter is installed the server will have no SCSI capability If you disable the integrated Ethernet controller and no Ethernet adapter is installed the server will have no Ethernet capability Select this choice to configure and enable the remote console redirection feature on the server This feature allows the user to view POST execution change sys...

Page 30: ...or a PCI SCSI adapter has boot precedence If you enable the boot fail count the BIOS default settings will be restored after three consecutive failures to find a boot record You can enable a virus detection test that checks for changes in the boot record when the server starts This choice is on the full Configuration Setup Utility menu only v Advanced Setup Select this choice to change settings fo...

Page 31: ...cation Scalable Partition Settings Select this choice to view a summary of current scalable partition settings and to configure or delete partition settings Notes 1 Partition settings are called partition descriptors in some IBM documentation 2 See Configuring scalable partitions on page 58 for more information on creating deleting and configuring scalable partitions v Error Logs Select this choic...

Page 32: ... Information Select this choice to view the properties of adapters installed in PCI slots v Administrator Password Select this choice to set or change the administrator password v Remote Control Security Settings Select this choice to set a remote control password When you set a remote control password you can also set the number of times the wrong remote control password can be entered before the...

Page 33: ... and I O Ports choice use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys and to select Remote Console Redirection then press Enter The Remote Console Redirection window opens 3 In the Remote Console Redirection window Enable the remote console redirection and enter the necessary settings for the server to work with a remote console Note The remote console settings must match those in the Remote Console Redirect...

Page 34: ...pes the power on password has access to only the limited Configuration Setup Utility menu the user can set change and delete the power on password if the system administrator has given the user that authority Power on password If a power on password is set when you turn on the server the system startup will not be completed until you type the power on password You can use any combination of up to ...

Page 35: ... them automatically Note If your server model came with an operating system such as Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server or VMware ESX server see the software documentation provided with your software for configuration information If a later version of the ServerGuide program is available you can download a free image of the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD or you can purchase the CD To d...

Page 36: ...e Setup and Installation CD you do not need setup diskettes You can use the CD to configure any supported SAMSUNG server model The ServerGuide program checks your system BIOS service processors and other system hardware to determine if system updates are available The setup program provides a list of tasks that are required to set up your server model On a server with a ServeRAID adapter or integr...

Page 37: ...e The System Partition contains server specific utility programs such as service processor disk operating system DOS utilities system diagnostics flash BIOS updates and other programs Programs in the System Partition vary by server model and not all server models run utility programs from the System Partition To determine which ones do start the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD and view the o...

Page 38: ...g PCI support Memory hot add support Hyper threading support Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 0 Enterprise Edition No 4 GB Single SMP Expansion module only 2 way with Intel Xeon DP microprocessors 4 way with Intel Xeon MP microprocessors No No No Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Yes 4 GB 4 way Yes No No Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Yes 8 GB 8 way Yes No No Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Ser...

Page 39: ...ps network and provides full duplex FDX capability which enables simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the network If the Ethernet ports in your server support auto negotiation the controller detects the data transfer rate 10BASE T 100BASE TX or 1000BASE T and duplex mode full duplex or half duplex of the network and automatically operates at that rate and mode You do not need to set ...

Page 40: ...cold reset of the server A cold reset typically is a full platform reset v Exit Select this choice to return to the EFI boot manager startup options and display a list of the active startup devices Using the integrated system management firmware update utility program To update the integrated system management firmware for the integrated system management processor ISMP download the Integrated Sys...

Page 41: ...ave set an administrator password you are prompted to type the password 3 Use the arrow keys to select a controller channel from the list of adapters then press Enter 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items then press Enter If you select Device Properties or Mirroring Properties additional screens are displayed When you have finished changing settings p...

Page 42: ...rk so that you can manage the server from a remote location For more detailed information see the Remote Supervisor Adapter User s Guide on the Documentation CD Remote Supervisor Adapter features The Remote Supervisor Adapter has the following features v Continuous health monitoring and control v Advanced Predictive Failure Analysis PFA v Configurable notification and alerts v Event logs that are ...

Page 43: ...lp for instructions about enabling its JavaScript support Support of HTTP version 1 0 or later Minimum display resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and 256 colors Note The ASM Web interface and the ASM text based interface do not support the double byte character set DBCS languages Using the documentation The documentation for the Remote Supervisor Adapter includes the following publications on the Docu...

Page 44: ... want to use to perform remote management then perform the indicated cabling procedure If you plan to set up an ASM interconnect network before you begin cabling the server see Using the ASM interconnect network on page 43 for instructions about cabling the ASM interconnect port and setting up the network You might want to review the information in ASM interconnect network configuration examples o...

Page 45: ...nt COM port connect a modem or null modem cable to the management port on the Remote Supervisor Adapter Continue with Configuring the adapter Configuring the adapter This section describes how to enable remote access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter and install ASM device drivers These procedures assume that you have an operational keyboard and pointing device attached to the server Enabling remot...

Page 46: ...t mask and DNS server IP address are set automatically You do not need to perform further configuration tasks to enable the Ethernet connection because the default value for the DHCP Setting field is Enabled If you need to configure the management port go to Configuring the management port for text based remote access on page 38 otherwise go to Installing Advanced System Management device drivers ...

Page 47: ...o Disabled The default value is Enabled 6 Press F6 to apply the change 7 Press Esc After the Warning window opens press Enter to restart the Remote Supervisor Adapter 8 Press Esc to return to the Configuration Settings window If you need to configure the management port go to Configuring the management port for text based remote access on page 38 9 Press Esc to return to the Utility program main w...

Page 48: ...ndow are only examples your settings might be different 4 Verify the following management port values Baud Rate The default is 57600 Make sure that the baud rate matches the baud rate of the device you are connecting to the management port on the Remote Supervisor Adapter Dedicated to ASM The default is Disabled If you are using point to point protocol PPP set this field to Enabled If the value in...

Page 49: ...need to set up point to point protocol go to Setting up point to point protocol 7 Press Esc to return to the Utility program main window 8 Use the arrow keys to select Exit Utility from the menu or press Esc to close the Utility program 9 Remove the diskette from the diskette drive The Remote Supervisor Adapter restarts automatically 10 Continue with Setting up point to point protocol Setting up p...

Page 50: ...settings For detailed information about the PPP settings see the information about configuring PPP access over a management port in the Remote Supervisor Adapter User s Guide on the Documentation CD 5 Press F6 to apply the changes 6 Press Esc After the Warning window opens press Enter to restart the Remote Supervisor Adapter 7 Press Esc to return to the Configuration Settings window If you need to...

Page 51: ...drivers After you install the ASM device drivers go to Configuring the remote control password on page 42 to set the remote control password Installing Windows 2000 ASM device drivers To install the ASM device drivers for Windows 2000 complete the following steps Notes 1 Do not use the Hardware Wizard to install the drivers If the Hardware Wizard starts itself for the installation of any System Ma...

Page 52: ... to Configuring the remote control password Using the interactive method Complete the following steps to use the interactive method 1 Open a Windows NT command prompt then type one of the following commands v If the installation is from a diskette type a NT SETUP where a is the drive letter assigned to the diskette drive Press Enter v If the installation is from a CD type d DD NT SETUP where d is ...

Page 53: ...sing the ASM interconnect network If you do not want to set up an ASM interconnect network Remote Supervisor Adapter configuration is now complete To start managing the server remotely see the Remote Supervisor Adapter User s Guide on the Documentation CD Using the ASM interconnect network This section explains how to configure and connect the server to function within an ASM interconnect network ...

Page 54: ...ring You must connect the servers to the ASM interconnect network in a series with terminated beginning and end points v Make sure that the total combined length of all Ethernet cables connecting the server in the ASM interconnect network does not exceed 91 M 300 ft v Each Remote Supervisor Adapter ASM PCI adapter or ASM processor that is connected to the ASM interconnect network bus counts as one...

Page 55: ... system on the ASM interconnect network that has the communication resources to forward the alert Alerts are typically sent only once per connection type but an alert is forwarded to another interconnect device if the resources exist on other interconnect devices in the network For example on a three ASM processor network where ASM processor 1 generates a modem alert but does not have a modem and ...

Page 56: ...on page 48 Connecting the ASM Interconnect module to the SS370 The ASM Interconnect module connects the Remote Supervisor Adapter to the ASM interconnect network This module must be purchased separately To connect the ASM interconnect module to the Remote Supervisor Adapter complete the following steps Attention To avoid damage to the Ethernet connector do not plug the ASM interconnect module into...

Page 57: ...5 Ethernet cables to the other end of the ASM Interconnect module 3 Continue with ASM interconnect network configuration examples on page 48 Figure 8 Connecting an ASM Interconnect module to an SmartServer 370 Chapter 2 Configuring the server 47 ...

Page 58: ...ard system management data generated by the other SmartServer 370 in the ASM interconnect network bus to the remote system management administrator Remote system management administrator system Note The ASM Interconnect module is connected to the RS485 port on the back panel of the Remote Supervisor Adapter in each server SmartServer 370 Server 1 SmartServer 370 Server 2 SmartServer 370 Server 3 E...

Page 59: ...nect connection in the bus fails all of the servers on the ASM interconnect network have access to a modem to forward system management data to the remote system management administrator Remote system management administrator system ASM Interconnect modules Note A Remote Supervisor Adapter is required in each server Note The ASM Interconnect module is connected to the RS485 port on the back panel ...

Page 60: ...not support this choice Use the Start Options choice in the Configuration Setup Utility program to specify the startup order of devices v Show setup prompt Select this choice to enable or disable the PXE setup prompt Disable is the default setting When the prompt is enabled the prompt Press Ctrl S to enter the setup menu appears under the initializing prompt v Setup time wait menu Select this choi...

Page 61: ...ettings for attached devices See the ServeRAID documentation on the ServeRAID Support CD for additional information about RAID technology and instructions for using ServeRAID Manager to configure your integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities Additional information about ServeRAID Manager is also available from the Help menu For information about a specific object in the ServeRAID Manager ...

Page 62: ...configuration you can select the two physical drives that you want to group into an array and create a hot spare drive Using express configuration Complete the following steps to use express configuration 1 In the ServeRAID Manager tree click the controller 2 Click Express configuration 3 Click Next The Configuration summary window opens 4 Review the information in the Configuration summary window...

Page 63: ... the new configuration The configuration is saved in the controller and in the physical drives 6 Exit from ServeRAID Manager and remove the CD from the DVD ROM drive 7 Restart the server Figure 12 Configuration summary window Chapter 2 Configuring the server 53 ...

Page 64: ...pens 4 From the list of ready drives select the two drives that you want to group into the array 5 Click Add selected drives to add the drives to the array 6 If you want to configure a hot spare drive complete the following steps a Click the Spares tab b Select the physical drive that you want to designate as the hot spare drive and click Add selected drives Figure 13 Create arrays window 54 User ...

Page 65: ...ion click Back 9 Click Apply then click Yes when asked if you want to apply the new configuration The configuration is saved in the controller and in the physical drives 10 Exit from ServeRAID Manager and remove the CD from the DVD ROM drive 11 Restart the server Figure 14 Configuration summary window Chapter 2 Configuring the server 55 ...

Page 66: ...tem such as arrays logical drives hot spare drives and physical drives When you click an object in the ServeRAID Manager tree information about that object appears in the right pane To display a list of available actions for an object click the object and click Actions Figure 15 ServeRAID Manager window 56 User s Guide ...

Page 67: ...rveRAID Assist will open within the ServeRAID Manager interface To learn more about the ServeRAID Manager tree objects and the actions that apply to them select a tree object and click Actions Hints and tips ServeRAID Assist will start and information about the tree object will appear in the right pane of ServeRAID Manager Figure 16 ServeRAID Manager help menu Chapter 2 Configuring the server 57 ...

Page 68: ...you can create or delete a scalable partition the Remote Supervisor Adapters must be connected to a network or to each other with an Ethernet crossover cable This connection is needed so that the Remote Supervisor Adapters can communicate and perform the necessary functions for the two servers to create or delete scalable partitions v When a scalable partition consisting of two servers in a 16 way...

Page 69: ...Primary Scalable Node Port A for the RXE Port destination v Two SMP Expansion Modules If six or 12 PCI X slots are available to port A or port B select Primary Scalable Node Port B for the RXE Port destination If six PCI X slots are available to port A and six PCI X slots are available to port B then select Primary Scalable Node Port A for the RXE Port A destination and Primary Scalable Node Port ...

Page 70: ...g system to install your operating system Deleting a scalable partition Complete the following steps to delete the scalable partition 1 Start the Configuration Setup Utility on the primary server 2 From the main menu select Advanced Setup 3 Select Scalable Partition Settings 4 Select either Delete ALL Scalable Partition or Delete ONLY Local Scalable Partition Note Do not select Write Scalable Part...

Page 71: ... 14 일 이내에 해결해 드립니다 제 품 명 모 델 명 구 입 일 년 월 일 SERIAL NO 구입대리점 판 매 금 액 구입 후 1 년 제품 보증기간 이내에 제품이 고장날 경우에만 무료서비스를 받을 수 있습니다 일반 제품을 영업용도로 전환하여 사용할 경우의 보증기간은 반으로 단축 적용됩니다 보상 내용 소비자 피해유형 보증기간이내 보증기간이후 구입 후 10 일 이내 중요 이상 발생시 교환 또는 환불 구입 후 1 개월 이내에 정상적인 사용상태에서 성능 기능상의 이상 발생시 제품교환 수리 가능 제품 하자로 인한 고장 발생시 무료수리 유료수리 수리용 부품은 있으나 수리 불가능시 부품보유기간 이내 제품교환 또는 환불 정액 감가 상각 후 교환 수리 불가능 수리용 부품이 없어 수리 불가능시 부품보유기간 이내 제품교환 또...

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