Table Of Contents - IBM Netfinity 4500R User Reference Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1.Introducing the IBM Netfinity
4500R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications and features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Server features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . 4
Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operator information panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2.Arranging your workspace . . . . 9
Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Air circulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3.Configuring your server . . . . . 11
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . 11
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program 11
Choices available from the Configuration/Setup main
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the SCSISelect utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Starting the SCSISelect utility program . . . . . . . . . . 18
Choices available from the SCSISelect menu . . . . . 18
Chapter 4.Using the ServerGuide CDs . . 21
Features at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Network operating system (NOS) installation overview .
24
Setting up multiple servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing your NOS without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 24
Additional programs included with ServerGuide . . . . 25
NOS updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Error symptoms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 5.Using Netfinity Manager . . . . . 27
Managing your IBM Netfinity server with Netfinity
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Netfinity Manager documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Netfinity Manager system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Netfinity Manager for OS/2 system requirements . 28
Netfinity Manager for Windows 95 and Windows 98
system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Netfinity Manager for Windows NT system
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Starting the Netfinity Manager installation program . 30
Netfinity Manager database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
DB2 database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing and configuring the database . . . . . . . 37
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Activating the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Granting and revoking database privileges . . . . 38
Deleting the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lotus Notes database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Browsing the Netfinity Manager Lotus Notes
database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ODBC database support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ODBC database configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Creating the Netfinity Manager tables . . . . . . . . 44
Supported and certified databases . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Starting Netfinity Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Netfinity Manager Service Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Netfinity Manager service descriptions . . . . . . . . . . 48
Advanced System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alert Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alert on LAN configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Capacity Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cluster Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Critical File Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
DMI Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ECC Memory Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Event Scheduler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
File Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power-On Error Detect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Predictive Failure Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Process Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Remote Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote System Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote Workstation Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Screen View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Security Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Serial Connection Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Service Configuration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Software Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Diagnostics Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Information Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Partition Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Update Connector Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Web Manager Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Delaying Netfinity Manager startup on OS/2 systems
53
Getting more information about Netfinity Manager . . 53
Installation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Automated installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Customized installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 6.Installing Options. . . . . . . . . . . 59
Major components of the Netfinity 4500R server . . . . . 59
System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
System board options connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
System board internal cable connectors . . . . . . . . . . 61
System board external port connectors . . . . . . . . . . 62
System board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
System board LED locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
System reliability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66