Table Of Contents - IBM 8485E2U Installation Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM xSeries Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Major components of the xSeries 206m Types 8485 and 8490 . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Removing the two-piece bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front view
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4. Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program (hot-swap SAS/SATA models
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuring the Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Working inside the server with the power on
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing a drive in bay 2 or 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . . . . . 19
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . 21
Installing a non-hot-swap SATA hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . . . . 23
Power and signal cables for internal drives
Reinstalling the two-piece bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Reinstalling the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Updating the server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs (for Serial ATA RAID)
Using the SAS/SATA Utility program (for SAS/SATA HostRAID) . . . . . . 44
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Viewing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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