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IBM 8837 - eServer xSeries 336 User Manual

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  • Page 1 ERserver IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837 User’s Guide...
  • Page 3 ERserver IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837 User’s Guide...
  • Page 4 Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix B, “Notices,” on page 45. Second Edition (October 2004) © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Memory mirroring and sparing ....7 IBM Director ......7 The UpdateXpress program .
  • Page 6 Power cords ......50 Index ......53 IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 7: Safety

    Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen. Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza. Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette produktet. Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações sobre Segurança. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2004...
  • Page 8 Safety Information book. For example, if a caution statement begins with a number 1, translations for that caution statement appear in the IBM Safety Information book under statement 1. Be sure to read all caution and danger statements in this documentation before performing the instructions.
  • Page 9 Statement 1: DANGER Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: v Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. v Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet.
  • Page 10 Statement 2: CAUTION: When replacing the lithium battery, use only IBM Part Number 33F8354 or an equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. If your system has a module containing a lithium battery, replace it only with the same module type made by the same manufacturer.
  • Page 11 Statement 4: ≥ 18 kg (39.7 lb.) ≥ 32 kg (70.5 lb.) ≥ 55 kg (121.2 lb.) CAUTION: Use safe practices when lifting. Statement 5: CAUTION: The power control button on the device and the power switch on the power supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device.
  • Page 12 California de los Estados Unidos está considerado como un causante de cancer y de defectos congénitos, además de otros riesgos reproductivos. Lávese las manos después de usar el producto. IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 13: Chapter 1. Introducing The Xseries 336 Type 8837 Server

    Safety Information This document is in PDF on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD. It contains translated caution and danger statements. Each caution and danger statement that appears in the documentation has a number that you can use to locate the corresponding statement in your language in the Safety Information document.

  • Page 14: Notices And Statements Used In This Document

    These updates are available from the IBM Web site. Complete the following steps to check for updated documentation and technical updates: 1.

  • Page 15: Features And Specifications

    Features and specifications The following information is a summary of the features and specifications of the server. Depending on the server model, some features might not be available, or some specifications might not apply. Table 1. Features and specifications Microprocessor: Size: Heat output: ™...

  • Page 16: What Your Server Offers

    LEDs to help you diagnose the problem. Critical errors are also included in the error log. v IBM Director IBM Director is a workgroup-hardware-management tool that you can use to centrally manage xSeries servers. For more information, see the IBM Director documentation on the IBM Director CD.

  • Page 17: Reliability, Availability, And Serviceability

    v Integrated network support The server comes with an integrated Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller, which supports connection to a 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1000-Mbps network. For more information, see “Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller” on page 23. v Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability The server supports up to four 2.5-inch or two 25.4-mm (1-inch) slim-high, 3.5 inch SCSI hot-swap hard disk drives in the hot-swap bays.

  • Page 18: Active Memory

    SCSI (hot-swap-drive) backplane, and power backplane v Wake on LAN feature capability Active Memory ™ Active Memory is an IBM feature that improves the reliability of memory through ™ memory mirroring and the Memory ProteXion feature. Memory ProteXion If a detected error is recoverable, the Memory ProteXion feature corrects the error and rewrites the data to another memory location on the same DIMM.

  • Page 19: Memory Mirroring And Sparing

    Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Linux, SUSE LINUX, and Novell NetWare. For a complete list of operating systems that support IBM Director, see the IBM Director Compatibility Document. This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) at http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/ systems_management/nfdir/agent.html.

  • Page 20: The Updatexpress Program

    3.5-inch SATA non-hot-swap (simple swap) hard disk drive Note: Both 3.5-inch configurations support an optional DVD-ROM drive. The following illustration shows the front view of an IBM xSeries 336 server with a 2.5-inch SCSI hot-swap hard disk drive configuration.

  • Page 21: Operator Information Panel

    The following illustration shows the front view of an IBM xSeries 336 server with a 3.5-inch SCSI hot-swap hard disk drive configuration, with the optional DVD-ROM drive. Hard disk drive status LED Hard disk drive activity LED DVD-ROM activity LED...
  • Page 22 Location LED: Use this blue LED to visually locate the server if it is in a location with numerous other servers. You can use IBM Director to light this LED remotely. This LED is controlled by the BMC.
  • Page 23 Path Diagnostics panel, followed by a description of the buttons and each LED. v Remind button: This button places the system-error LED on the front panel into remind mode. In remind mode, the system error LED flashes rapidly until the problem is corrected, the system is restarted, or a new problem occurs.

  • Page 24: Rear View

    The bottom LED is the Ethernet activity LED. When it flashes, it indicates that data is being transmitted or received between the server and a network device. The flashing frequency is proportional to the amount of traffic on the network link. IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 25: Server Power Features

    v Dual GB Ethernet connectors: Use these connectors to connect the server to an Ethernet network. v Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine Ethernet connector: Use this connector to connect the server to a network for system-management information control. This Ethernet connector is active only when you have installed the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine option.
  • Page 26 The baseboard management controller can turn off the server as an automatic response to a critical system failure. v You can turn off the server through a request from the service processor. IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 27: Chapter 2. Configuring The Server

    37. – ServeRAID Manager ServeRAID Manager is available as a stand-alone program and as an IBM Director extension. If a ServeRAID adapter is installed in the server or if you are using the RAID capabilities of the SCSI controller, use ServeRAID Manager to define and configure your disk-array subsystem before you install the operating system.

  • Page 28: Using The Configuration/Setup Utility Program

    Select this choice to view or change assignments for devices and input/output (I/O) ports. Select this choice to enable or disable integrated SCSI and Ethernet controllers and all standard ports (such as serial). Enable is the default setting for all IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...
  • Page 29 See “Administrator password” on page 20 for more information. Note: The Administrator Password choice is on the Configuration/Setup Utility menu only if you installed the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline option. v Start Options Select this choice to view or change the start options.
  • Page 30 BMC OS loader watchdog - Enable the Reboot on NMI option If you enable this option, the server will automatically restart 60 seconds after the BMC issues a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) to the server. If you IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 31: Passwords

    – System Event/Error Log If an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine option is installed, the full text of the error messages is displayed. Run the diagnostic program to get more information about error codes that occur. See the Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD for instructions.

  • Page 32: Using The Boot Menu

    Configuration/Setup Utility menu. You can use any combination of up to seven characters (A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for the password. Note: The Administrator Password choice is on the Configuration/Setup Utility menu only if you installed the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline option. Attention: If you set an administrator password and then forget it, there is no way to change, override, or remove it.

  • Page 33: Starting The Backup Bios

    Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD The ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD includes an easy-to-use setup and installation program that is designed for your IBM server. The ServerGuide program detects the server model and hardware options that are installed and uses that information during setup to configure the hardware.

  • Page 34: Serverguide Features

    When you use the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, you do not need setup diskettes. You can use the CD to configure any supported IBM server model. The setup program provides a list of tasks that are required to set up your server model.

  • Page 35: Typical Operating-System Installation

    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/.

  • Page 36: Using The Baseboard Management Controller

    1. Update the BIOS code: a. Download the latest version of the BIOS code from http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. b. Update the BIOS code, following the instructions that come with the update file that you downloaded. IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 37: Linux Configuration

    2. Configure the BIOS settings: a. Restart the server and press F1 when prompted to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program. b. Select Devices and I/O Ports; then, make sure that the values are set as follows: v Serial Port A: Auto-configure v Serial Port B: Auto-configure c.
  • Page 38 # This will allow you to Interact with the OS boot via SOL image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp label=linux-Interact initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img read-only root=/dev/hda6 append="console=tty1 console=ttyS0,19200n8 " The following examples show the original content of the /etc/lilo.conf file and the content of this file after modification. IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...
  • Page 39 Original /etc/lilo.conf contents prompt timeout=50 default=linux boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b message=/boot/message linear image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img read-only root=/dev/hda6 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12 label=linux-up initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12.img read-only root=/dev/hda6 Chapter 2. Configuring the server...
  • Page 40 5. Add the following five lines between the two title= sections: # This will allow you to Interact with the OS boot via SOL title Red Hat Linux (2.4.9-e.12smp) SOL Interactive root (hd0,0) IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...
  • Page 41 kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp ro root=/dev/hda6 console=tty1 console=ttyS0,19200 initrd /initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img Note: The entry that begins with kernel /vmlinuz is shown with a line break after console=tty1. In your file, the entire entry must all be on one line. The following examples show the original content of the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and the content of this file after modification.
  • Page 42 2. Add the following line after the tty6 line at the bottom of the /etc/securetty file to enable a user to log in as the root user through the SOL console: ttyS1 3. Complete the following steps to modify the /boot/grub/menu.lst file: IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...
  • Page 43 a. Comment out the gfxmenu line by adding a # in front of the word gfxmenu. b. Add the following line before the first title line: # This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL c. Append the following text to the first title line: SOL Monitor d.

  • Page 44: Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Edition Configuration

    In the Boot Entries section, make sure that the OS Load Options: line has /redirect appended to the end of it. The following examples show the original bootcfg program output and the output after modification. IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 45: Installing The Osa Smbridge Management Utility Program

    Complete the following steps to install the OSA SMBridge management utility program on a server running a Windows operating system: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ and download the utility program and create the OSA BMC Management Utility CD. 2. Insert the OSA BMC Management Utility CD into the drive. The InstallShield wizard starts, and a window similar to that shown in the following illustration Chapter 2.
  • Page 46 Linux operating system. You must be logged in as a root user to perform these procedures. 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ and download the utility program and create the OSA BMC Management Utility CD. 2. Insert the OSA BMC Management Utility CD into the drive.

  • Page 47: Using The Baseboard Management Controller Utility Programs

    You can also use the utility program to save the configuration to a file for use on multiple servers. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ to download the utility program; then, copy the bmc_cfg.exe file to a configuration utility diskette.

  • Page 48: Using The Raid Configuration Programs

    – Set SCSI protocol parameters on SCSI hard disk drives v Use ServeRAID Manager to: – Configure arrays – View your RAID configuration and associated devices – Monitor operation of your RAID controllers IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 49: Using The Lsi Logic Setup Utility Program

    To update the firmware and BIOS codes for an optional ServeRAID controller, you must use the IBM ServeRAID Support CD that comes with the controller. v If you install a different type of RAID controller, see the documentation that comes with the controller for information about viewing and changing SCSI settings for attached devices.

  • Page 50: Using Serveraid Manager

    Using ServeRAID Manager Use ServeRAID Manager, which is on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD, to: v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array v Restore a SCSI hard disk drive to the factory-default settings, erasing all data from the disk...

  • Page 51: Setting Up The Remote Supervisor Adapter Ii Slimline

    This section describes how to set up, cable, and configure the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine so that you can manage the server remotely. In addition to the information in this section, see the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II User’s Guide for information about how to configure and use the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine to manage the server remotely through the Web-based interface or the text-based interface.

  • Page 52: Cabling The Remote Supervisor Adapter Ii Slimline

    (MIB) on your SNMP manager. v You will need an Internet connection to the client system to download software and firmware from the IBM Support Web site during the installation process. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine firmware and the SNMP MIB are available on the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD, the latest versions are available at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.

  • Page 53: Completing The Setup

    12. Restart the server after installing the device drivers. Completing the setup See the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II User’s Guide for instructions for completing the configuration, including the following procedures: v Configuring the Ethernet ports v Defining login IDs and passwords...
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  • Page 55: Appendix A. Getting Help And Technical Assistance

    If you need help, service, or technical assistance or just want more information about IBM products, you will find a wide variety of sources available from IBM to assist you. This appendix contains information about where to go for additional information about IBM and IBM products, what to do if you experience a problem ®...

  • Page 56: Getting Help And Information From The World Wide Web

    Getting help and information from the World Wide Web On the World Wide Web, the IBM Web site has up-to-date information about IBM xSeries and IntelliStation products, services, and support. The address for IBM xSeries information is http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/. The address for IBM IntelliStation information is http://www.ibm.com/pc/intellistation/.

  • Page 57: Appendix B. Notices

    Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product, and use of those Web sites is at your own risk. IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you.

  • Page 58: Trademarks

    Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Important notes Processor speeds indicate the internal clock speed of the microprocessor; other factors also affect application performance. IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 59: Product Recycling And Disposal

    IBM makes no representations or warranties with respect to non-IBM products. Support (if any) for the non-IBM products is provided by the third party, not IBM. Some software may differ from its retail version (if available), and may not include user manuals or all program functionality.

  • Page 60: Electronic Emission Notices

    In the United States, IBM has established a return process for reuse, recycling, or proper disposal of used IBM sealed lead acid, nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, and battery packs from IBM equipment. For information on proper disposal of these batteries, contact IBM at 1-800-426-4333.

  • Page 61: Australia And New Zealand Class A Statement

    IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a nonrecommended modification of the product, including the fitting of non-IBM option cards. This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22/European Standard EN 55022.

  • Page 62: Chinese Class A Warning Statement

    Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement Power cords For your safety, IBM provides a power cord with a grounded attachment plug to use with this IBM product. To avoid electrical shock, always use the power cord and plug with a properly grounded outlet.
  • Page 63 IBM power cord part number Used in these countries and regions 13F9979 Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Congo (Republic of), Cote D’Ivoire...
  • Page 64 Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Micronesia (Federal States of), Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...

  • Page 65: Index

    10 operator information panel 9 light path diagnostics 5 danger statements 2 link LED 13 Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD 4 link status LED 12 device drivers 8 local area network (LAN) 5 diagnostics CD 4 location LED 10...
  • Page 66 Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine updating the firmware code 35 cabling 40 USB connector 10, 12 installing firmware 40 using requirements 39 baseboard management controller utility setting up 39 programs 35 reset button 11 IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...
  • Page 67 video connector 12 Wake on LAN feature 3, 13, 14 weight, server 3 X-Architecture technology 4 Index...
  • Page 68 IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: User’s Guide...
  • Page 70 Part Number: 25R4614 Printed in USA (1P) P/N: 25R4614...

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