Typical Operating-System Installation; Installing Your Operating System Without Serverguide; Using The Scsiselect Utility Program For Adaptec Hostraid Configuration - IBM xSeries 236 User Manual

v Select your keyboard layout and country.
v View the overview to learn about ServerGuide features.
v View the readme file to review installation tips for your operating system and
v Start the operating-system installation. You will need your operating-system CD.

Typical operating-system installation

You can use the ServerGuide program to shorten your installation time. The
ServerGuide program provides the device drivers that are required for your
hardware and for the operating system that you are installing. This section
describes a typical ServerGuide operating-system installation.
Note: Features and functions can vary slightly with different versions of the
ServerGuide program.
1. After you have completed the setup process, the operating-system installation
2. The ServerGuide program stores information about the server model, service
3. The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that are
4. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD and

Installing your operating system without ServerGuide

If you have already configured the server hardware and you decide not to use the
ServerGuide program to install your operating system, complete the following steps
to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the IBM
Support Web page:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
2. In the Download section, click Downloads & drivers.
3. On the "Downloads and drivers" page, in the Brand field, select Servers.
4. In the Family field, select xSeries 236.
5. Click Continue.
6. In the View by document type field, select OS installation.
7. Select the instructions for your operating system.
Using the SCSISelect Utility program for Adaptec HostRAID
configuration
Use the SCSISelect Utility program to add RAID level-0 and level-1 functionality
with the option of a hot-spare drive to the SCSI controller with integrated RAID.
Installing a ServeRAID-7k enables the SCSI controller to provide additional RAID
levels. This utility is part of the BIOS code in the server.
The SCSI RAID feature comes disabled by default. You must enable it and install
the device drivers before you can use it. SCSI RAID configuration utilities, device
drivers, and information are available on the ServeRAID-7e (Adaptec HostRAID)
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adapter.
program starts. (You will need your operating-system CD to complete the
installation.)
processor, hard disk drive controllers, and network adapters. Then, the program
checks the CD for newer device drivers. This information is stored and then
passed to the operating-system installation program.
based on your operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives.
restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system
takes control to complete the installation.