Turning On The Power To The Expansion Cabinets; Turning On The Power To The Primary Cabinet - IBM eserver Cluster 1350 Installation And Service Manual

6. Make sure that all internal power distribution units are turned on by viewing the

Turning on the power to the expansion cabinets

Complete the following steps to turn on the expansion cabinets:
1. Turn on the cluster nodes using their power switches.
2. Make sure that every Remote Supervisor Adapter has power. A green LED on
3. After an expansion cabinet is turned on, make sure that all front panel LEDs on
Repeat the procedure for every expansion cabinet unit in the cluster before
powering on the primary cabinet.

Turning on the power to the primary cabinet

Complete the following steps to turn on the primary cabinet:
1. Storage expansion units - on the back of each storage expansion unit turn on
2. Storage controllers - on the back of each storage controller turn on the circuit
3. On the front of each management node, turn on the power switch. Make sure
4. Turn on cluster node 1 and make sure that the node passes POST with no
5. On the front of each storage node, turn on the power switch. During the startup
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a. Connect the power cable to the power distribution unit.
b. Draw the power cable through the opening at the base of the cabinet.
c. Connect the power cable to the electrical outlet.
d. Turn on the power breaker switch for the source power.
e. Make sure that the power distribution unit circuit breakers are turned to the
On position.
power-on LEDs on the power distribution unit connected components.
v When power is applied, servers display a flashing green LED on the front
panel.
v The following devices have no power switch and turn on automatically when
the power distribution units are turned on. Make sure that the following
components have power applied:
– KVM switch
– Cisco 10/100 switch
– Cisco Gigabit switch
– In-Reach LX-4000 (32-port, 48-port) terminal server
All rack-mounted devices are powered by the internal PDU.
the board is lit to indicate that the adapter has power.
the cluster nodes are lit, otherwise, not all the nodes will be shown in the
configuration.
the circuit breakers.
breakers.
that the node passes POST with no errors. During the startup process make
sure that the PXE boot agent utility program attempts to run. If it does not,
press F1 to start the Configuration/Setup utility program and add Network as a
third boot option. After the node has started, the No operating system icon is
displayed correct. If any yellow warning LEDs on the management node are lit,
fix the underlying condition before continuing.
errors. During the startup process make sure that the PXE boot agent utility
program attempts to run. If it does not, press F1 to start the Configuration/Setup
utility program and add Network as a third boot option. After the node has
started, the No operating system icon is displayed correct. If any yellow
warning LEDs on the management node are lit, fix the underlying condition
before continuing.
process make sure that the PXE boot agent utility program attempts to run. If it