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Chapter

 

1.

 

Introducing

 

the

 

IBM

 

xSeries

 

346

 

Type

 

8840

 

The

 

IBM

®

 

Eserver

 

xSeries

®

 

346

 

Type

 

8840

 

server

 

is

 

a

 

2-U

1

 

-high

 

server

 

that

 

can

 

be

 

upgraded

 

to

 

a

 

symmetric

 

multiprocessing

 

(SMP)

 

server

 

through

 

a

 

microprocessor

 

upgrade.

 

Performance,

 

ease

 

of

 

use,

 

reliability,

 

and

 

expansion

 

capabilities

 

were

 

key

 

considerations

 

in

 

the

 

design

 

of

 

your

 

server.

 

These

 

design

 

features

 

make

 

it

 

possible

 

for

 

you

 

to

 

customize

 

the

 

system

 

hardware

 

to

 

meet

 

your

 

needs

 

today

 

and

 

provide

 

flexible

 

expansion

 

capabilities

 

for

 

the

 

future.

 

The

 

server

 

comes

 

with

 

a

 

limited

 

warranty.

 

For

 

more

 

information

 

about

 

the

 

terms

 

of

 

the

 

warranty,

 

see

 

the

 

warranty

 

appendix

 

in

 

the

 

Installation

 

Guide

.

 

The

 

server

 

contains

 

IBM

 

Enterprise

 

X-Architecture

 

technologies,

 

which

 

help

 

increase

 

performance

 

and

 

reliability.

 

For

 

more

 

information,

 

see

 

“What

 

your

 

server

 

offers”

 

on

 

page

 

4

 

and

 

“Reliability,

 

availability,

 

and

 

serviceability”

 

on

 

page

 

5.

 

You

 

can

 

obtain

 

up-to-date

 

information

 

about

 

the

 

server

 

and

 

other

 

IBM

 

server

 

products

 

at

 

http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/.

 

For

 

service

 

or

 

assistance

 

information,

 

see

 

Appendix

 

A,

 

“Getting

 

help

 

and

 

technical

 

assistance,”

 

on

 

page

 

37.

 

Related

 

documentation

 

This

 

User’s

 

Guide

 

provides

 

general

 

information

 

about

 

the

 

server,

 

including

 

information

 

about

 

features,

 

how

 

to

 

configure

 

the

 

server,

 

and

 

how

 

to

 

get

 

help.

 

In

 

addition

 

to

 

this

 

User’s

 

Guide

,

 

the

 

following

 

documentation

 

comes

 

with

 

the

 

server:

 

v

   

Installation

 

Guide

 

This

 

printed

 

document

 

contains

 

instructions

 

for

 

setting

 

up

 

the

 

server

 

and

 

basic

 

instructions

 

for

 

installing

 

some

 

options.

 

v

   

Option

 

Installation

 

Guide

 

This

 

document

 

is

 

in

 

Portable

 

Document

 

Format

 

(PDF)

 

on

 

the

 

IBM

 

xSeries

 

Documentation

 

CD.

 

It

 

contains

 

detailed

 

instructions

 

for

 

installing,

 

removing,

 

and

 

connecting

 

optional

 

devices

 

that

 

the

 

server

 

supports.

 

v

   

Safety

 

Information

 

This

 

document

 

is

 

in

 

PDF

 

on

 

the

 

IBM

 

xSeries

 

Documentation

 

CD.

 

It

 

contains

 

translated

 

caution

 

and

 

danger

 

statements.

 

Each

 

caution

 

and

 

danger

 

statement

 

that

 

appears

 

in

 

the

 

documentation

 

has

 

a

 

number

 

that

 

you

 

can

 

use

 

to

 

locate

 

the

 

corresponding

 

statement

 

in

 

your

 

language

 

in

 

the

 

Safety

 

Information

 

document.

 

v

   

Rack

 

Installation

 

Instructions

 

This

 

printed

 

document

 

contains

 

instructions

 

for

 

installing

 

your

 

server

 

in

 

a

 

rack.

 

v

   

Hardware

 

Maintenance

 

Manual

 

and

 

Troubleshooting

 

Guide

 

This

 

document

 

is

 

in

 

PDF

 

on

 

the

 

IBM

 

xSeries

 

Documentation

 

CD.

 

It

 

contains

 

information

 

to

 

help

 

you

 

solve

 

problems

 

yourself,

 

and

 

it

 

contains

 

information

 

for

 

service

 

technicians.

1. Racks

 

are

 

measured

 

in

 

vertical

 

increments

 

of

 

1.75

 

inches

 

each.

 

Each

 

increment

 

is

 

called

 

a

 

U.

 

A

 

1-U-high

 

device

 

is

 

1.75

 

inches

 

tall.

 

 

©

 

Copyright

 

IBM

 

Corp.

 

2005

 

1

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Страница 3: ...IBM xSeries 346 Type 8840 User s Guide ERserver...

Страница 4: ...ral information in Appendix B Notices on page 39 Fifth Edition October 2005 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use dup...

Страница 5: ...the SCSI HostRAID feature 20 Using the SCSI HostRAID feature to perform a RAID level 0 configuration 20 Configuring the controller 20 Using the SCSI HostRAID feature to perform a RAID level 1 configur...

Страница 6: ...ling and disposal 41 Battery return program 42 Electronic emission notices 43 Federal Communications Commission FCC statement 43 Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement 43 Australia and...

Страница 7: ...schriften 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 dieses Produkts die Sicherheits...

Страница 8: ...ion maintenance or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm v Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet v Connect to properly wired outlets any equip...

Страница 9: ...es or regulations 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...

Страница 10: ...remove all electrical current from the device ensure that all power cords are disconnected from the power source 1 2 Statement 8 CAUTION Never remove the cover on a power supply or any part that has...

Страница 11: ...do not exceed the branch circuit protection requirements Refer to the information that is provided with your IBM device for electrical specifications Statement 14 CAUTION Hazardous voltage current and...

Страница 12: ...his product will expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm Wash hands after handling ADVERTENCIA El contacto con el ca...

Страница 13: ...he server including information about features how to configure the server and how to get help In addition to this User s Guide the following documentation comes with the server v Installation Guide T...

Страница 14: ...are also in the multilingual Safety Information document which is on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD Each statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in the Safety Information...

Страница 15: ...SCSI port dual channel controller with integrated RAID v Three Universal Serial Bus USB v1 1 or v2 0 ports Note The baseboard management controller is also known as the service processor Video contro...

Страница 16: ...a failed pair of DIMMs from the system configuration and activates a pair of online spare memory DIMMs For more information see the section about installing DIMMs in the Installation Guide Large syst...

Страница 17: ...ional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine This option when used with the integrated baseboard management controller that comes with the server enables you to manage the functions of the server l...

Страница 18: ...etail v Monitor the usage and performance of critical components such as microprocessors disks and memory v Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non IBM Intel based servers desktop c...

Страница 19: ...e front of the server Hard disk drive activity LED green Hard disk drive status LED amber DVD ROM drive activity LED green Diskette drive activity LED green DVD ROM eject button Diskette eject button...

Страница 20: ...ver on and off manually A power control button shield comes installed on the server to prevent the server from being turned off accidentally v Power on LED When this LED is lit and not flashing it ind...

Страница 21: ...n these four slots Power cord connectors Connect the power cords to these connectors AC power LED On some server models each hot swap power supply has an ac power LED and a dc power LED During typical...

Страница 22: ...t turned on Turning on the server Approximately 5 seconds after the server is connected to ac power the power control button becomes active and you can turn on the server and start the operating syste...

Страница 23: ...the following ways v You can turn off the server from the operating system if your operating system supports this feature After an orderly shutdown of the operating system the server will be turned of...

Страница 24: ...12 IBM xSeries 346 Type 8840 User s Guide...

Страница 25: ...ot Menu program The Boot Menu program is part of the BIOS code in your server Use it to temporarily assign a device to be first in the startup sequence overriding the startup sequence that is set in t...

Страница 26: ...u v System Information Select this choice to view information about your server When you make changes through other options in the Configuration Setup Utility program some of those changes are reflect...

Страница 27: ...whether the server starts with the keyboard number lock on or off You can enable the server to run without a diskette drive monitor or keyboard The startup sequence specifies the order in which the se...

Страница 28: ...or clear error logs POST Error Log Select this choice to view the three most recent error codes and messages that were generated during POST Select Clear error logs to clear the POST error log System...

Страница 29: ...up will not be completed until you type the power on password You can use any combination of up to seven characters A Z a z and 0 9 for the password When a power on password is set you can enable the...

Страница 30: ...ou can purchase the CD To download the image go to the IBM ServerGuide Web page at http www ibm com pc qtechinfo MIGR 4ZKPPT html To purchase the latest ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD go to the...

Страница 31: ...and country v View the overview to learn about ServerGuide features v View the readme file to review installation tips for your operating system and adapter v Start the operating system installation...

Страница 32: ...ith your server you can download it from http www ibm com support Enabling the SCSI HostRAID feature Complete the following steps to enable the SCSI HostRAID feature 1 Turn on the server 2 When the pr...

Страница 33: ...he documentation on the ServeRAID 7e Adaptec HostRAID Support CD for additional information about how to use the SCSI HostRAID feature Configuring the controller Complete the following steps to use th...

Страница 34: ...can use the SCSISelect Utility program to view information about the SCSI controller From the list of available arrays select an array and press Enter Press Esc to exit the utility Using the Boot Menu...

Страница 35: ...rol the server power view system information and identify the server You can also save one or more commands as a text file and run the file as a script v Serial over LAN Establish a Serial over LAN SO...

Страница 36: ...then set Planar Ethernet PXE DHCP to one of the following settings v Disabled v Planar Ethernet 2 If you set Planar Ethernet PXE DHCP to Planar Ethernet 2 you must also set Run PXE only on selected P...

Страница 37: ...tion If you are using LILO complete the following steps 1 Complete the following steps to modify the etc lilo conf file a Add the following text to the end of the first default linux line Monitor b Co...

Страница 38: ...all boot boot b message boot message linear image boot vmlinuz 2 4 9 e 12smp label linux initrd boot initrd 2 4 9 e 12smp img read only root dev hda6 image boot vmlinuz 2 4 9 e 12 label linux up initr...

Страница 39: ...Linux operating system starts a LILO boot prompt is displayed instead of the graphical user interface Press Tab at this prompt to install all of the boot options that are listed To load the operating...

Страница 40: ...by anaconda Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file NOTICE You have a boot partition This means that all kernel and initrd paths are relative to boot eg root hd0 0 ke...

Страница 41: ...itrd initrd 2 4 9 e 12 img You must restart the Linux operating system after completing these procedures for the changes to take effect and to enable SOL SUSE SLES 8 0 configuration Note This procedur...

Страница 42: ...r white blue black light gray default 0 timeout 8 title linux kernel hd0 1 boot vmlinuz root dev hda2 acpi oldboot vga 791 1 initrd hd0 1 boot initrd title floppy root chainloader 1 title failsafe ker...

Страница 43: ...ompt then press Enter to display the current boot options for your server b In the Boot Entries section locate the boot entry ID for the section with an OS friendly name of Windows Server 2003 Standar...

Страница 44: ...disk 0 rdisk 0 partition 1 WINDOWS OS Load Options fastdetect redirect You must restart the Windows 2003 operating system after completing this procedure for the changes to take effect and to enable...

Страница 45: ...ver running a Linux operating system You must be logged in as a root user to perform these procedures 1 Go to http www ibm com support and download the utility program and create the OSA BMC Managemen...

Страница 46: ...tructions on the screen Using the baseboard management controller firmware update utility program Use the baseboard management controller firmware update utility program to download a baseboard manage...

Страница 47: ...identify Control the system locator LED on the front of the server power Turn the server on and off remotely reboot Force the server to restart sel get Display the System Event Error log sol Configure...

Страница 48: ...onfigure SCSI Device Configuration Select this choice to configure SCSI device parameters You must know the SCSI ID of the device that you want to configure The sync transfer rate is the transfer rate...

Страница 49: ...mit a request for information You can solve many problems without outside assistance by following the troubleshooting procedures that IBM provides in the online help or in the documentation that is pr...

Страница 50: ...ns and appliances For information about which products are supported by Support Line in your country or region see http www ibm com services sl products For more information about Support Line and oth...

Страница 51: ...TY OF 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 states do not allow disclaimer...

Страница 52: ...based trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both Adaptec and HostRAID are trademarks of Adaptec Inc in the United States other countries o...

Страница 53: ...differ from its retail version if available and may not include user manuals or all program functionality Product recycling and disposal This unit must be recycled or discarded according to applicabl...

Страница 54: ...tial effects of EEE on the environment and human health due to the potential presence of hazardous substances in EEE For proper collection and treatment contact your local IBM representative Battery r...

Страница 55: ...t cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement Thi...

Страница 56: ...unication equipment Attention This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Taiwanese C...

Страница 57: ...l input 3 electrical safety information viii 11 electronic emission Class A notice 43 enabling the SCSI HostRAID feature 20 environment 3 Ethernet activity LED 9 Ethernet connector 10 Ethernet link st...

Страница 58: ...I controller 20 serial connector 10 serial over LAN commands connect 35 identify 35 power 35 reboot 35 sel get 35 sol 35 sysinfo 35 ServeRAID 5 ServerGuide features 18 NOS installation 19 using 18 Ser...

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