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Management

 

tools

 

v

   

What

 

management

 

tools

 

are

 

available

 

for

 

the

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360?

 

The

 

following

 

tools

 

have

 

been

 

tested

 

and

 

approved

 

for

 

use

 

with

 

the

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360:

 

   

Avocent

 

5300

 

   

IPMItool

 

(available

 

at

 

http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/)

 

   

Extreme

 

Cluster

 

Administration

 

Toolkit

 

(XCAT)

 

(available

 

at

 

http://xcat.sourceforge.net/)

v

   

Is

 

there

 

a

 

utility

 

program

 

that

 

I

 

can

 

use

 

to

 

set

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

configuration

 

parameters

 

for

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

dx360

 

servers

 

in

 

my

 

iDataPlex

 

rack?

 

As

 

of

 

the

 

date

 

of

 

this

 

publication,

 

the

 

only

 

utilities

 

that

 

are

 

available

 

to

 

set

 

all

 

of

 

the

 

configuration

 

parameters

 

are

 

the

 

Intel

 

sysconfig

 

utilities.

 

The

 

sysconfig

 

utilities

 

are

 

provided

 

and

 

supported

 

by

 

Intel,

 

and

 

you

 

can

 

download

 

the

 

utilities

 

from

 

the

 

following

 

sites:

 

   

Save

 

and

 

Restore

 

System

 

Configuration

 

Utility

 

for

 

Linux:

 

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&inst=yes
&productid=2859&dwnldid=16919&stross=all&osfullname=all%20operating
%20systems&lang=eng

 

   

Save

 

and

 

Restore

 

System

 

Configuration

 

Utility

 

for

 

the

 

EFI

 

Shell:

 

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&inst=yes
&productid=2859&dwnldid=16923&stross=all&osfullname=all%20operating
%20systems&lang=eng

Memory

 

v

   

Are

 

memory

 

upgrades

 

available

 

for

 

the

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360?

 

Memory

 

upgrades

 

are

 

not

 

available

 

for

 

the

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360

 

servers.

 

To

 

avoid

 

potential

 

problems,

 

do

 

not

 

attempt

 

to

 

upgrade

 

the

 

number

 

or

 

type

 

of

 

DIMMs

 

in

 

an

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360

 

system-board

 

tray.

 

v

   

What

 

type

 

of

 

memory

 

is

 

available

 

for

 

the

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360?

 

The

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360

 

system

 

board

 

has

 

16

 

DIMM

 

connectors

 

and

 

supports

 

fully

 

buffered

 

double-data

 

rate

 

(DDR2)

 

667

 

MHz

 

DIMMs

 

with

 

AMB+

 

or

 

DDR2

 

800

 

MHz

 

DIMMs

 

with

 

AMB+.

 

As

 

of

 

the

 

date

 

of

 

this

 

publication,

 

the

 

dx360

 

supports

 

the

 

following

 

2

 

GB

 

and

 

4

 

GB

 

DIMMs

 

with

 

up

 

to

 

64

 

GB

 

of

 

total

 

memory

 

in

 

each

 

system-board

 

tray.

 

   

2

 

GB

 

DIMM,

 

DDR2–667

 

PC2-5300

 

555

 

fully

 

buffered

 

DIMM

 

with

 

AMB+

 

   

4

 

GB

 

DIMM,

 

DDR2–667

 

PC2-5300

 

555

 

fully

 

buffered

 

DIMM

 

with

 

AMB+

 

   

2

 

GB

 

DIMM,

 

DDR2–800

 

PC2-6400

 

666

 

fully

 

buffered

 

DIMM

 

with

 

AMB+

 

   

4

 

GB

 

DIMM,

 

DDR2–800

 

PC2-6400

 

666

 

fully

 

buffered

 

DIMM

 

with

 

AMB+

 

Notes:

  

1.

   

The

 

667

 

MHz

 

DIMMs

 

operate

 

with

 

all

 

supported

 

microprocessors.

 

(See

 

“Microprocessors”

 

on

 

page

 

9

 

for

 

the

 

list

 

of

 

supported

 

microprocessors.)

 

2.

   

The

 

800

 

MHz

 

DIMMs

 

operate

 

with

 

only

 

the

 

Intel

 

Xeon

 

E5462

 

2.80

 

GHz/1600

 

MHz

 

quad

 

core

 

and

 

Intel

 

Xeon

 

E5472

 

3.00

 

GHz/1600

 

MHz

 

quad

 

core

 

microprocessors.

 

 

8

 

IBM

 

System

 

x

 

iDataPlex

 

dx360

 

Hints

 

and

 

Tips

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Страница 1: ...System x iDataPlex dx360 FAQ for Types 6313 6316 6385 6390 7831 and 7833 Hints and Tips...

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Страница 3: ...System x iDataPlex dx360 FAQ for Types 6313 6316 6385 6390 7831 and 7833 Hints and Tips...

Страница 4: ...s read the general information in Notices on page 13 First Edition November 2008 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2008 US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or dis...

Страница 5: ...guration 7 IP settings and alerts 7 Management tools 8 Memory 8 Microprocessors 9 Operating systems 9 Passwords and security 9 System error LED 10 Video 10 Chapter 3 Getting help and technical assista...

Страница 6: ...iv IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 Hints and Tips...

Страница 7: ...ex dx360 Types 6313 6316 6385 6390 7831 and 7833 User s Guide This document contains general information about how to use upgrade and configure the 2U chassis the dx360 system board tray and the Syste...

Страница 8: ...rmation and technical updates go to http publib boulder ibm com infocenter systems scope idataplex index jsp The updated iDataPlex documentation also is available from the IBM Support Web site To chec...

Страница 9: ...er with 32 MB DDR2 SDRAM v Dual 10 Mb 100 Mb 1 GB network interface controllers v Wake on LAN support v I O Controller with six Serial ATA SATA ports v Front panel connectors Two Universal Serial Bus...

Страница 10: ...mponents The following illustration shows the major components in the dx360 system board tray Note The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware 4 IBM System x iDataPlex...

Страница 11: ...is as follows 1 Hard disk drive boot 2 Network boot 3 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI boot v How can I change the iDataPlex dx360 boot order You can use the BIOS Setup Utility to change or...

Страница 12: ...de Firmware updates v Can I update just the BIOS The firmware update package contains the BIOS and BMC code When you install the package it automatically updates the BIOS and BMC code simultaneously T...

Страница 13: ...rver consists of a dx360 system board tray with a storage enclosure installed in a 2U chassis The storage enclosure provides four additional 3 5 inch drive bays and enables the server to have up to fo...

Страница 14: ...did 16923 stross all osfullname all 20operating 20systems lang eng Memory v Are memory upgrades available for the iDataPlex dx360 Memory upgrades are not available for the iDataPlex dx360 servers To a...

Страница 15: ...Plex dx360 As of the date of this publication the iDataPlex dx360 servers support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 10 1 For up to date information about the operating...

Страница 16: ...error LED will be lit Also after you complete a repair or correct an error clear the BMC system event log to turn off the system error LED Video Why does the video take so long to appear during startu...

Страница 17: ...ur IBM product The documentation that comes with IBM systems also describes the diagnostic tests that you can perform Most systems operating systems and programs come with documentation that contains...

Страница 18: ...http www ibm com services sl products For more information about Support Line and other IBM services see http www ibm com services or see http www ibm com planetwide for support telephone numbers In t...

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Страница 20: ...stems Incorporated in the United States other countries or both UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries Java and all Java based trademarks are tradema...

Страница 21: ...drive capacities assume the replacement of any standard hard disk drives and population of all hard disk drive bays with the largest currently supported drives that are available from IBM Maximum memo...

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Страница 23: ...orted 7 hardware service and support 12 help getting 11 humidity 3 I IBM Support Line 12 iDataPlex Information Center URL 2 11 illustration system board tray 4 initialization video 10 integrated funct...

Страница 24: ...nfig 8 trademarks 14 U UEFI boot 5 updated documentation 2 upgrades memory 8 microprocessor 9 URL IBM support site 6 iDataPlex Information Center 2 11 IPMItool 8 sysconfig tool 8 XCAT tool 8 V video i...

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