Table Of Contents - IBM 206m - eServer xSeries - 8485 User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. The xSeries 206m server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Update Xpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Server components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the two-piece bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing a hot-swap power supply
Installing a security rope clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Connecting external devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing the server in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 3. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
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Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System-board switches and jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System-board and PCI-X expansion card option connectors . . . . . . . 17
PCI-X expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a drive in bay 2 or 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . . . . . 31
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . 33
Installing a non-hot-swap SATA hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . 35
Power and signal cables for internal drives
Reinstalling the two-piece bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reinstalling the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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