IBM xSeries 235, Руководство пользователя

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Contents
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Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 235 Type 8671 server . . . . . . . 1
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Update Xpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Server controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2. Configuring your server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Choices available from the Configuration/Setup main menu . . . . . . . 16
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . 22
Formatting a SCSI hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting up or updating multiple servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
High-performance Ethernet modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ethernet port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Updating the integrated system management firmware . . . . . . . . . . 28
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 29
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 29
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Appendix B. Warranty information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warranty period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Problem determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warranty service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
International Warranty Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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