Table Of Contents - IBM 8836 - Eserver xSeries 306 Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual
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Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What the xSeries 306 server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Configuring the xSeries 306 server . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using the SCSISelect utility program (SCSI models only) . . . . . . . . . 14
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
General checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power-on self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Error charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Error LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Updating BIOS code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing CMOS memory) . . . . . . . 25
Updating the UUID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Major components of the xSeries 306 Type 1878, 8489 and 8836 . . . . . . 28
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
HostRAID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using the SCSISelect Utility program (for SCSI HostRAID) . . . . . . . . 13
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POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Downloading the diagnostic program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting the diagnostic programs and viewing the test log . . . . . . . . 21
Diagnostic error message tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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