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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 445 server . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Active Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote Supervisor Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 71
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 72
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Memory scrubbing and Memory ProteXion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring scalable partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Remote console redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Viewing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Identifying the Remote Supervisor Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting up the Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting up the Remote Supervisor Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Starting the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PXE boot agent utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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