Table Of Contents - IBM 8676 - Eserver xSeries 335 Installation Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements used in this book
Major components of the xSeries 335 Type 8676 server . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Removing the cover and bezel
Working with adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Working with a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing memory modules
Installing a microprocessor
Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cabling the server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, connectors, and power. . . . . . . . 25
Front view
Operator information panel
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Updating the integrated system management firmware . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
POST beep codes
POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ServerGuide problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Troubleshooting chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 6. Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing a non-hot-swap hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing the cover and bezel
Input/output ports and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using ServeRAID Manager in startable-CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing your configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Getting assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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