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IBM xSeries 346 T ype 8840 User ’ s Guide ER s e r v e r [...]

Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general 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, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedu[...]

Contents Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 346 T ype 8840 . . . . . . . . .1 Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

SCSISelect Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 6 Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . .3 7 Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 7 Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 7 Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . .[...]

Safety Before installing this product, read the Safety Information. Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações de Segurança. Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prír ucku bezpecnostních instr ukcí. Læs sikkerhedsforskrifterne, før du installerer dette produkt. Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoors[...]

Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten. Important: All caution and danger statements in this documentation begin with a number . This number is used to cross reference an English caution or danger statement with translated versions of the caution or danger statement in the IBM Safety Information book. For example, if a[...]

Statement 2 CAUTION: When replacing the lithium battery , use only IBM Part Number 33F8354 or an equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer . If your system has a module containing a lithium battery , replace it only with the same module type made by the same manufacturer . The battery contains lithium and can explode if not properly u[...]

Statement 4 ≥ 18 kg (39.7 lb) ≥ 32 kg (70.5 lb) ≥ 55 kg (121.2 lb) CAUTION: Use safe practices when lifting. Statement 5 CAUTION: The power-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 elec[...]

Statement 12 CAUTION: The following label indicates a hot surface nearby . 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 the branch circuit protection requirements. Refer to the informat[...]

Statement 16 CAUTION: Some accessory or option board outputs exceed Class 2 or limited power source limits and must be installed with appropriate interconnecting cabling in accordance with the national electric code. Statement 17 CAUTION: The following label indicates moving parts nearby . W ARNING: Handling the cord on this product or cords associ[...]

Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 346 T ype 8840 The IBM ® Eserv er ™ xSeries ® 346 T ype 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 ser[...]

Depending on the server model, additional documentation might be included on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD. The server might have features that are not described in the documentation that you received with the server . The documentation might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or technical updates might be avail[...]

Features and specifications The following information is a summary of the features and specifications of the server . Depending on the server model, some features might not be available, or some specifications might not apply . Racks are marked in vertical increments of 1.75 inches. Each increment is referred to as a unit, or “U.” A 1-U-high de[...]

What your server offers The server uses the following features and technologies: v Baseboard management controller The baseboard management controller provides environmental monitoring for the server . If environmental conditions exceed thresholds or if system components fail, the baseboard management controller lights LEDs to help you diagnose the[...]

v Light path diagnostics Light path diagnostics provides LEDs to help you diagnose problems. For more information, see the section about light path diagnostics in the Installation Guide . v Redundant connection The addition of an optional network interface card (NIC) provides a failover capability to a redundant Ethernet connection. If a problem oc[...]

v Parity checking on the small computer system interface (SCSI) bus and PCI buses v Power management: Compliance with Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) v Power-on self-test (POST) v Predictive Failure Analysis ® (PF A) alerts v Redundant Ethernet capabilities with failover support v Redundant hot-swap power supplies and redundant h[...]

v Reduced downtime v Increased productivity of IT personnel and users v Reduced service and support costs For more information about IBM Director , see the IBM Director CD that comes with the server , the IBM Director documentation on the CD, and the IBM xSeries Systems Management Web page at http://www .ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_mana[...]

USB connector System-error LED Information LED System-locator LED SCSI activity LED P ow er-control button P ow er-on LED Release latch The following controls, LEDs, and connectors are on the operator information panel: v Release latch: Slide this latch to the left to access the light path diagnostics panel. v System-error LED: When this LED is lit[...]

Rear view The following illustration shows the connectors and LEDs on the rear of the server . TX/RX TX/RX LINK LINK Ethernet 2 Ethernet 1 Mouse Universal Serial Bus (USB) Serial Video K eyboard Remote Supervisor Adapter II Ethernet SlimLine ASM SCSI System-locator LED Ethernet link status LEDs Ethernet activity LEDs P ow er cords AC po wer LED DC [...]

Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine Ethernet connector: Use this connector to connect the server to a network for systems-management information control. This connector is active only if you have installed a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine. USB connectors: Connect USB devices to these connectors. Ethernet 1 connector: Use this connector to [...]

Some operating systems require an orderly shutdown before you turn off the server . See your operating-system documentation for information about shutting down the operating system. Statement 5 CAUTION: The power-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 [...]

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Chapter 2. Configuring the server The following configuration programs and capabilities come with your server: v Configuration/Setup Utility The Configuration/Setup Utility program is part of the basic input/output system (BIOS) code in your server . Use it to configure serial port assignments, change interrupt request (IRQ) settings, change the st[...]

v Set and change settings for advanced hardware features v View and clear error logs Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program Complete the following steps to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program: 1. T urn on the server . 2. When the prompt Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1. If you have set both a power-on password [...]

This choice is on the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu only . v System Security Select this choice to set passwords. See “Passwords” on page 17 for more information about passwords. This choice is on the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu only . – Power-on Password Select this choice to set or change a power-on password. See “Power-[...]

manually enable the memory connectors. Use the arrow keys to highlight the pair of memory connectors that you want to enable, and use the arrow keys to select Enable . Select Memory Configuration to enable memory mirroring or online-spare memory . Yo u can enable either online-spare memory or memory mirroring, but not both at the same time. – CPU[...]

Passwords From the System Security choice, you can set, change, and delete a power-on password and an administrator password. The System Security choice is on the full Configuration/Setup menu only . If you set only a power-on password, you must type the power-on password to complete the system startup, and you have access to the full Configuration[...]

Administrator password If an administrator password is set, you must type the administrator password for access to the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu. Yo u can use any combination of up to seven characters (A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for the password. The administrator password choice is on the Configuration/Setup Utility menu only if an optio[...]

v Detects the SCSI RAID adapter , controller , or integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities and runs the SCSI RAID configuration program (with LSI chip sets for ServeRAID adapters only) v Checks the microcode (firmware) levels of a ServeRAID adapter and determines whether a later level is available from the CD v Detects installed hardware o[...]

Installing your operating system without ServerGuide If you have already configured the server hardware and you decide not to use the ServerGuide program to install your operating system, complete the following steps to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the IBM Support Web page: 1. Go to http://www .ibm.com/support[...]

Note: Yo u must have at least two hard disk drives installed in the server to configure a RAID level-0 array . 1. From the SCSISelect Utility main menu, select Configure/View HostRAID Settings . 2. From the list of ready drives, type C to create an array . 3. Select RAID-0 when asked to select the RAID type. 4. From the list of ready drives, select[...]

configuration method described in the instructions that come with that adapter to view or change SCSI settings for attached devices. See the 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 the SCSI Ho[...]

1000BASE-T) and duplex mode (full-duplex or half-duplex) of the network and automatically operate at that rate and mode. Yo u do not have to set any jumpers or configure the controllers. However , you must install a device driver to enable the operating system to address the controllers. For device drivers and information about configuring the Ethe[...]

a. Restart the server and press F1 when prompted to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program. b. Select Devices and I/O Ports ; then, make sure that the values are set as follows: v Serial Port A : Auto-configure v Serial Port B : Auto-configure c. Select Remote Console Redirection ; then, make sure that the values are set as follows: v Remote[...]

Note: This procedure is based on a default installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1. The file names, structures, and commands might be different for other versions of Red Hat Linux. Complete the following steps to configure the general Linux parameters for SOL operation when using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 operating system. Note: H[...]

Original /etc/lilo.conf contents prompt timeout=50 default=linux boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/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 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12.img read-only root=/d[...]

Modified /etc/lilo.conf contents prompt timeout=50 default=linux-Monitor boot=/dev/hda #map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b #message=/boot/message linear # This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp label=linux-Monitor initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img read-only root=/dev/hda6 append="console=t[...]

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp ro root=/dev/hda6 console=tty1 console=ttyS0,19200 initrd /initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img Note: The entry that begins with kernel /vmlinuz is shown with a line break after console=tty1 . In your file, the entire entry must all be on one line. The following examples show the original content of the /boot/grub/grub.conf file a[...]

Modified /boot/grub/grub.conf contents #grub.conf generated 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) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda6 # initrd /initrd-version.img [...]

a. Comment out the gfxmenu line by adding a # in front of the word gfxmenu . b. Add the following line before the first title line: # This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL c. Append the following text to the first title line: SOL Monitor d. Append the following text to the kernel line of the first title section: console=ttyS1,1920[...]

Modified /boot/grub/menu.lst contents Notes root chainloader +1 title failsafe kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz.shipped root=/dev/hda2 ide=nodma apm=off vga=normal nosmp 1 disableapic maxcpus=0 3 initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.shipped Note 1: The kernel line is shown with a line break. In your file, the entire entry must all be on one line. Yo u must restar[...]

Original bootcfg program output Boot Loader Settings ---------------------------- timeout: 30 default: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS Boot Entries ---------------- Boot entry ID: 1 OS Friendly Name: Windows Server 2003, Standard Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS OS Load Options: /fastdetect Modified bootcfg program outp[...]

3. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. The installation program prompts you for a TCP/IP port number and an IP address. Specify an IP address, if you want to limit the connection requests that will be accepted by the utility program. To accept connections from any server , type INADDR_ANY as the IP address. Also specify the port number[...]

The utility starts automatically when the server is started. Yo u can also locate the /ect/init.d directory to start the utility and use the following commands to manage the utility: smbridge status smbridge start smbridge stop smbridge restart Using the baseboard management controller utility programs Use the baseboard management controller utilit[...]

Use the following commands in CLI mode: – identify Control the system-locator LED on the front of the server . – power T urn the server on and off remotely . – sel Perform operations with the System Event/Error log. – sysinfo Display general system information that is related to the server and the baseboard management controller . v Serial [...]

5. Use the arrow keys to select a choice from the menu. 6. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items, and press Enter . SCSISelect Utility menu choices The following choices are on the SCSISelect Utility menu: v Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings Select this choice to view or change SCSI controller sett[...]

Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance If you need help, service, or technical assistance or just want more information about IBM products, you will find a wide variety of sources available from IBM to assist you. This appendix contains information about where to go for additional information about IBM and IBM products, what to do if you[...]

Getting help and information from the World W ide Web On the World Wide W eb, the IBM Web site has up-to-date information about IBM Eserv er and IntelliStation systems, optional devices, services, and support. The address for IBM xSeries and BladeCenter ® information is http://www .ibm.com/eserver/xseries/. The address for IBM IntelliStation infor[...]

Appendix B. Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in other countries. Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area. Any reference to an IBM product, [...]

T rademarks The following terms are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both: Active Memory IBM (logo) T ivoli Active PCI IntelliStation T ivoli Enterprise Active PCI-X NetBA Y Update Connector Alert on LAN Netfinity W ake on LAN BladeCenter Predictive Failure Analysis XA-32 Chipkill S[...]

When referring to hard disk drive capacity or communications volume, MB stands for 1 000 000 bytes, and GB stands for 1 000 000 000 bytes. T otal user-accessible capacity may vary depending on operating environments. Maximum internal hard disk drive capacities assume the replacement of any standard hard disk drives and population of all hard disk d[...]

Remarque : Cette marque s’applique uniquement aux pays de l’Union Européenne et à la Norvège. L ’etiquette du système respecte la Directive européenne 2002/96/EC en matière de Déchets des Equipements Electriques et Electroniques (DEEE), qui détermine les dispositions de retour et de recyclage applicables aux systèmes utilisés à tra[...]

Electronic emission notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commerc[...]

55022. The limits for Class A equipment were derived for commercial and industrial environments to provide reasonable protection against interference with licensed communication 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[...]

Index A AC power LED 9 acoustical noise emissions 3 Active Memory 4 attention notices 2 availability 5 B baseboard management controller 4 baseboard management controller utility programs 34 C caution statements 2 Class A electronic emission notice 43 command-line interface commands identify 35 power 35 sel 35 sysinfo 35 configuration Configuration[...]

notices electronic emission 43 FCC, Class A 43 notices and statements 2 O online publications 2 operator information panel 7 OSA SMBridge management utility program enabling and configuring 23 installing 32 P PCI expansion slots 3 power supply specifications 3 power-control button 8 power-control-button shield 8 power-cord connector 9 power-on LED [...]

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