Table Of Contents - IBM xSeries 445 Installation Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM Eserver Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements used in this publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major components of the xSeries 445 server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Opening the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The SMP Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing the serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 4. Configuring your server
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the ServeRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Remote Supervisor Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Integrated System Management Firmware Update Utility program
Configuring scalable partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Working inside the server with the power on
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Removing an SMP Expansion Module and cover . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing and replacing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reinstalling an SMP Expansion Module and cover . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cabling a ServeRAID adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing the server in the rack cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SCSI cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
USB cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Video cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mouse cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Keyboard cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Gigabit Ethernet cabling
Remote Supervisor Adapter cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Creating a scalable partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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