Table Of Contents - IBM 8836 - Eserver xSeries 306 Installation Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM xSeries Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major components of the xSeries 306 Type 8836 server . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the SCSISelect utility program (SCSI models only) . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 5. Updating IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
POST beep code descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ServerGuide problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing a simple-swap Serial ATA hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing a SCSI hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs (for Serial ATA
HostRAID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the SCSISelect Utility program (for SCSI HostRAID) . . . . . . . . 23
CD-ROM drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Diskette drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Expansion enclosure problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Hard disk drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Intermittent problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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