Table Of Contents - IBM 8840 - eServer xSeries 346 User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 346 Type 8840
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The UpdateXpress program
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the SCSISelect Utility program for Adaptec HostRAID configuration . . . 20
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Configuring the Ethernet controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the baseboard management controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the SCSISelect Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ServerGuide features
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 20
Enabling the SCSI HostRAID feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the SCSI HostRAID feature to perform a RAID level-0 configuration
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the SCSI HostRAID feature to perform a RAID level-1 configuration
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the SCSI HostRAID feature to perform a RAID level-10 configuration
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enabling and configuring SOL using the OSA SMBridge management utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
BIOS update and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Linux configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Edition configuration . . . . . . . . 31
Installing the OSA SMBridge management utility program . . . . . . . . 32
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs . . . . . . . 34
Using the baseboard management controller configuration utility program
Using the baseboard management controller firmware update utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the OSA SMBridge management utility program . . . . . . . . 34
Starting the SCSISelect Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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