Table Of Contents - IBM 450 xSeries User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM xSeries 450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements used in this book
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What your IBM xSeries 450 offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Active Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Server controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Server power features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Configuring your server
Using the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting up the Remote Supervisor Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 3. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Memory scrubbing and Memory ProteXion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Memory mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Remote Supervisor Adapter features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setup requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cabling and configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter. . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Ethernet LAN port and serial port
Cabling the Ethernet LAN port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cabling the serial (COM) port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring the adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Enabling remote access to the adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring the Ethernet settings for Web-based remote access . . . . 19
Configuring the serial port for text-based remote access. . . . . . . 21
Setting up point-to-point protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing Advanced System Management device drivers. . . . . . . 24
Configuring the remote control password . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Completing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the ASM interconnect network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Planning and cabling the interconnect network . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Forwarding alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting the ASM Interconnect module to the xSeries 450 . . . . . . 27
ASM interconnect network configuration examples . . . . . . . . . . 28
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