Moving The Server To The Installation Site; Completing Inventory For Your Stand-Alone Server; Cabling The Server And Setting Up A Console; Determining Which Console To Use - IBM Power System S814 Installing

v Flat-head screwdriver
2. Ensure that you have one of the following consoles:
v Hardware Management Console (HMC): Ensure that your HMC is at version 8 release 8.4.0 or later.
v Graphic monitor with keyboard and mouse.
v Teletype (tty) monitor with keyboard.

Moving the server to the installation site

Move the stand-alone server to the installation site.
After you have unpacked your stand-alone server and have taken inventory, move the server to the
installation site.

Completing inventory for your stand-alone server

Use this information to complete inventory for your server.
To complete the inventory, complete the following steps:
1. Verify that you received all the boxes you ordered.
2. Unpack the server components as needed.
3. Complete a parts inventory before you install each server component by following these steps:
a. Locate the inventory list for your server.
b. Ensure that you received all the parts that you ordered.
Note: Your order information is included with your product. You can also obtain order
information from your marketing representative or the IBM Business Partner.
If you have incorrect, missing, or damaged parts, consult any of the following resources:
v Your IBM reseller.
v IBM Rochester manufacturing automated information line at 1-800-300-8751 (United States only).
v The Directory of worldwide contacts website http://www.ibm.com/planetwide. Select your
location to view the service and support contact information.

Cabling the server and setting up a console

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.

Determining which console to use

Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.
Go to the instructions for the applicable console, interface, or terminal in the following table.
Table 9. Available console types
Console type Operating system
ASCII terminal AIX, Linux, or VIOS
Hardware AIX, IBM i, Linux, or
Management Console VIOS
(HMC)
Logical partitions Cable required
Yes for VIOS, no for Serial cable equipped
AIX and Linux with a null modem
Yes Ethernet (or
cross-over cable)
Installing the IBM Power System S814 (8286-41A)
Cabling setup
instructions
"Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal" on page 12
"Cabling the server
to the HMC" on page
13.
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