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  • Page 1 ERserver 326 Type 8848 User’s Guide...
  • Page 3 ERserver 326 Type 8848 User’s Guide...
  • Page 4 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix B, “Notices,” on page 27. First Edition (September 2004) © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Taiwanese Class A warning statement ....31 Chinese Class A warning statement ....31 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004...
  • Page 6 Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement . . . 31 Power cords ......32 Index .

  • Page 7: Safety

    Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen. Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza. Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette produktet. Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações sobre Segurança. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004...
  • Page 8 Antes de instalar este producto, lea la información de seguridad. Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten. 326 Type 8848: User’s Guide...
  • Page 9 IBM Safety Information book. For example, if a caution statement begins with a number 1, translations for that caution statement appear in the IBM Safety Information book under statement 1. Be sure to read all caution and danger statements in this documentation before performing the instructions.
  • Page 10 Statement 2: CAUTION: When replacing the lithium battery, use only IBM Part Number 33F8354 or an equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. If your system has a module containing a lithium battery, replace it only with the same module type made by the same manufacturer.
  • Page 11 Statement 3: CAUTION: When laser products (such as CD-ROMs, DVD drives, fiber optic devices, or transmitters) are installed, note the following: v Do not remove the covers. Removing the covers of the laser product could result in exposure to hazardous laser radiation. There are no serviceable parts inside the device.
  • Page 12 Statement 4: ≥ 18 kg (39.7 lb) ≥ 32 kg (70.5 lb) ≥ 55 kg (121.2 lb) CAUTION: Use safe practices when lifting. Statement 5: CAUTION: The power control button on the device and the power switch on the power supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device.
  • Page 13 Statement 8: CAUTION: Never remove the cover on a power supply or any part that has the following label attached. Hazardous voltage, current, and energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached. There are no serviceable parts inside these components.
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  • Page 15: Chapter 1. Introducing The Eserver 326 Type 8848 Server

    Safety Information This document is in PDF on the IBM Eserver Documentation CD. It contains translated caution and danger statements. Each caution and danger statement that appears in the documentation has a number that you can use to locate the corresponding statement in your language in the Safety Information document.

  • Page 16: Notices And Statements Used In This Document

    These updates are available from the IBM Web site. Complete the following steps to check for updated documentation and technical updates: 1.
  • Page 17 Table 1. Features and specifications Microprocessor: Video controller: Heat output: ™ v AMD Opteron processor v ATI RageXL video controller on Approximate heat output in British v 1024 KB Level-2 cache system board thermal units (Btu) per hour for dual v Compatible with SVGA Note: Use the Configuration/Setup multiprocessor configurations:...

  • Page 18: What Your Server Offers

    The baseboard management controller is also known as the service processor. v IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD Your server comes with an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD, which you can use to diagnose problems. v IBM Director IBM Director is a workgroup-hardware-management tool that you can use to centrally manage your servers.

  • Page 19: Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability

    Remote Supervisor Adapter II, contact your IBM marketing representative or authorized reseller. Note: IBM intends to support the Remote Supervisor Adapter II on this server in the future. To determine the availability of this feature, go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/.

  • Page 20: Server Controls, Leds, And Power

    ® v Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) feature on hard disk drives v Read-only memory (ROM) checksums v Remote system problem-analysis support v Status LEDs on the system board v System error logging v Upgradeable BIOS code and baseboard management controller firmware v Vital product data (VPD), including serial-number information and replacement part numbers, stored in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) memory, for easier remote maintenance...
  • Page 21 System-locator LED: Use this blue LED to visually locate the server if it is in a location with numerous other servers. If your server supports IBM Director, you can use IBM Director to light this LED remotely.

  • Page 22: Rear View

    ™ v When the drive is connected to an optional ServeRAID controller, a slowly flashing (one flash per second) status LED indicates that the drive is being rebuilt. When the LED is flashing rapidly (three flashes per second), it indicates that the controller is identifying the drive.

  • Page 23: Server Power Features

    Serial connector: Connect a 9-pin serial device to this connector. If you have an optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II (system-management adapter) installed (when available) in PCI-X slot 2, your server has additional connectors and LEDs. See the documentation that comes with the adapter for more information about these connectors and LEDs.

  • Page 24: Turning Off The Server

    Turning off the server When you turn off the server and leave it connected to ac power, the server can respond to requests from the service processor, such as a remote request to turn on the server. To remove all power from the server, you must disconnect it from the power source.

  • Page 25: Chapter 2. Configuring The Server

    Configuration Utility program” on page 21. – ServeRAID Manager ServeRAID Manager is available as a stand-alone program and as an IBM Director extension. If a ServeRAID adapter is installed in your server or if you are using the RAID capabilities of the SCSI controller, use ServeRAID Manager to define and configure your disk-array subsystem before you install the operating system.

  • Page 26: Starting The Configuration/Setup Utility Program

    v Change interrupt request (IRQ) settings v Enable USB keyboard and mouse support (default) Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program Complete the following steps to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program: 1. Turn on the server. 2. When the prompt Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1. If you have set both a user (power-on) password and a supervisor (administrator) password, you must type the supervisor password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
  • Page 27 Select this choice to set or change a user password. See “User password” on page 15 for more information. – Supervisor Password This choice is on the Configuration/Setup Utility menu only if an optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II is installed. Select this choice to set or change a supervisor password. A supervisor password is intended to be used by a system administrator;...
  • Page 28 – Power Management Select this choice to view, set, and change the following power-management features for the server: - Resume On Modem Ring - Wake up by LAN - Resume On Time - Resume Date - Resume Time - After Power Failure To use some of these features, such as Wake up by LAN, the server must contain Wake on LAN hardware and software, and your operating system must support Wake on LAN functions.

  • Page 29: Passwords

    From the System Security choice, you can set, change, and delete a user (power-on) password and a supervisor (administrator) password. The supervisor password is available only if the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II is installed in your server. The System Security choice is on the full Configuration/Setup menu only.

  • Page 30: Supervisor Password

    Remove the server battery and then reinstall it. See the Option Installation Guide on the IBM Eserver Documentation CD for instructions for removing the battery. v Change the position of the clear CMOS (password override) jumper (JBAT1) on the system board to bypass the user password check.

  • Page 31: Updating The Bios Code

    BIOS code on your server through one of the following methods: v Downloading the latest BIOS code from this IBM Web site, creating an update diskette, and using a USB diskette drive to install the BIOS code.

  • Page 32: Using The Serverguide Setup And Installation Cd

    Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD The ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD includes an easy-to-use setup and installation program that is designed for your IBM server. The ServerGuide program detects the server model and hardware options that are installed and uses that information during setup to configure the hardware.

  • Page 33: Setup And Configuration Overview

    When you use the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, you do not need setup diskettes. You can use the CD to configure any supported IBM server model. The setup program provides a list of tasks that are required to set up your server model.

  • Page 34: Using The Raid Configuration Programs

    You must make sure that the primary drive has the lower SCSI ID (for example, v To update the firmware and BIOS codes for an optional ServeRAID controller, you must use the IBM ServeRAID Support CD that comes with the controller. 326 Type 8848: User’s Guide...

  • Page 35: Using The Lsi Logic Configuration Utility Program

    v If you install a different type of RAID controller, see the documentation that comes with the controller for information about viewing and changing SCSI settings for attached devices. Important: If you use the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to configure a RAID level-1 (mirrored) array after you install the operating system, you will lose access to any data or applications that were previously stored on the secondary physical drive of the mirrored pair.

  • Page 36: Using Serveraid Manager

    With a RAID adapter, you can use multiple physical SCSI hard disk drives as logical drives, operating as a disk array. If you are using an IBM ServeRAID adapter, the adapter comes with a CD containing the ServeRAID Manager program and the ServeRAID mini-configuration program, which you can use to configure the ServeRAID controller.

  • Page 37: Configuring The Baseboard Management Controller Lan Connection

    Complete the following steps to download the latest baseboard management controller firmware update: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. 2. In the Download section, click Downloads and drivers. 3. On the “Downloads and drivers” page, in the Brand field, select Servers.
  • Page 38 Note: You must run the LAN configuration utility (lancfg.exe) in a DOS command-line session after you start the server from the startable baseboard management controller firmware update diskette. Do not run the utility from a DOS window. 1. After the baseboard management controller firmware update is completed, a command prompt is displayed.

  • Page 39: Appendix A. Getting Help And Technical Assistance

    If you need help, service, or technical assistance or just want more information about IBM products, you will find a wide variety of sources available from IBM to assist you. This appendix contains information about where to go for additional information about IBM and IBM products, what to do if you experience a problem ®...

  • Page 40: Getting Help And Information From The World Wide Web

    Getting help and information from the World Wide Web On the World Wide Web, the IBM Web site has up-to-date information about IBM xSeries and IntelliStation products, services, and support. The address for IBM xSeries information is http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/. The address for IBM IntelliStation information is http://www.ibm.com/pc/intellistation/.

  • Page 41: Appendix B. Notices

    Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product, and use of those Web sites is at your own risk. IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you.

  • Page 42: Trademarks

    Chipkill ThinkPad EtherJet Tivoli e-business logo Tivoli Enterprise Eserver Update Connector FlashCopy Wake on LAN XA-32 IBM (logo) XA-64 IntelliStation X-Architecture NetBAY XceL4 Netfinity XpandOnDemand NetView xSeries OS/2 WARP Intel, MMX, and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

  • Page 43: Product Recycling And Disposal

    IBM makes no representations or warranties with respect to non-IBM products. Support (if any) for the non-IBM products is provided by the third party, not IBM. Some software may differ from its retail version (if available), and may not include user manuals or all program functionality.

  • Page 44: Electronic Emission Notices

    Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits. IBM is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment.

  • Page 45: European Union Emc Directive Conformance Statement

    IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a nonrecommended modification of the product, including the fitting of non-IBM option cards. This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22/European Standard EN 55022.

  • Page 46: Power Cords

    Power cords For your safety, IBM provides a power cord with a grounded attachment plug to use with this IBM product. To avoid electrical shock, always use the power cord and plug with a properly grounded outlet. IBM power cords used in the United States and Canada are listed by Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) and certified by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).
  • Page 47 IBM power cord part number Used in these countries and regions 14F0033 Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Channel Islands, China (Hong Kong S.A.R.), Cyprus, Dominica, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, Oman,...
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  • Page 49 LED 6, 7 about 14 status LED 7 configuring 17 heat output specifications 3 controls front 6 operator information panel 7 IBM Director 4 IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD 4 important notices 2 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004...
  • Page 50 information LED 7 input/output connectors 6, 8 password integrated functions 3 clear CMOS jumper 16 override 16 supervisor (administrator) 16 user (power-on) 15 jumper, clear CMOS (password override) 16 power control button 6 cord connector 8 LED 6, 8 LEDs supply, specifications 3 activity 8 power cords 32...
  • Page 51 BIOS code 17 updating the firmware 22 user password 15 utility program baseboard management controller firmware update 22 Configuration/Setup 12 LSI Logic Configuration 21 video connector 8 controller specifications 3 Web site IBM server products 1 IBM support 17 ServerGuide 18 Index...
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  • Page 54 Part Number: 25K8177 Printed in USA (1P) P/N: 25K8177...

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