Table Of Contents - IBM 326m - eServer - 7969 Installation Manual

Contents
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Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM Eserver Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major components of the Eserver 326m Type 7969 server . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Removing the cover and bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the baseboard management controller firmware update program . . . . 37
Using the RAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the ServeRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
POST beep code descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ServerGuide problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing a non-hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Viewing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Diskette drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Expansion enclosure problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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