Table Of Contents - IBM xSeries 206 8482 Installation Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM xSeries Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Major components of the xSeries 206 Type 8482 server . . . . . . . . . . 7
System-board option connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System-board internal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System-board external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Removing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Removing and installing the support bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cabling an optional SCSI adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing a security rope clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing a drive in bay 2 or 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive in bay 5, 6, or 7
SCSI IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing a non-hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive in bay 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . . 27
Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive in bay 5, 6, or 7 . . . . 30
Power and signal cables for internal drives
Replacing the bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Updating your server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs (for Serial ATA RAID)
Using the SCSISelect Utility program (for SCSI RAID) . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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