Using Serveraid Manager - IBM 8670M1X User Manual

Attention:
overridden or removed. You must replace the system board.
The following table provides a summary of the password features.
Table 2. Power-on and administrator password features
Type of password
Power-on password
Administrator password
Administrator and power-on
password

Using ServeRAID Manager

You can use the ServeRAID Manager program, provided on the IBM ServeRAID
Support CD, to:
v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
v Restore a SCSI hard disk drive to factory-default settings, erasing all data
v View your RAID configuration and associated devices
v Monitor operation of your RAID controllers
The ServeRAID Manager program operates in two ways:
v Startable CD mode
v As an installed software program
The information in this section provides instructions for running ServeRAID Manager
in Startable CD mode to configure your integrated SCSI controller with RAID
capabilities and perform an initial RAID configuration on your server. See the
ServeRAID documentation on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD for additional
information about RAID technology and instructions for using ServeRAID Manager
to configure your integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities. For information
about installing ServeRAID Manager, see the documentation on the IBM ServeRAID
Support CD.
Notes:
1. The integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities in your server supports
2. If you install a different type of RAID adapter in your server, use the
If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be
Features
v Type the password to complete the system startup.
v All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
v No password is required to complete the system startup.
v Type the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
v All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
v You can type either password to complete the system startup.
v The administrator password provides access to all choices on the
Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete both the
administrator and power-on passwords and allow a user to change a power-on
password.
v The power-on password provides access to a limited set of choices on the
Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. This limited access might include changing
or deleting the power-on password.
only RAID level-1 with a hot spare device. Installing an optional ServeRAID-5i
controller provides additional RAID levels. If a ServeRAID-5i controller is
installed and later removed, you must re-enable the on-board SCSI controller
using the Configuration/Setup Utility program (see "Starting the
Configuration/Setup Utility program" on page 11).
configuration method supplied with the RAID adapter to view or change SCSI
settings for attached devices.
Chapter 2. Configuring your server
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