IBM eServer 135 xSeries User Reference Manual

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IBM xSeries 135

User’s Reference

Note Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in

“Appendix A. Product warranties and notices,” on page 109.

First Edition (December 2000)

US Government Users Restrict ed Righ ts – Use, dupli ca ti on or dis cl osu re restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

Contents

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Chapter 1.Introducing the xSeries 135

appliance server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Notices used in this book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What your IBM xSeries 135 appliance server offers. . . . 3

Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . 4

Setting up the hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Server controls and indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Rear view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 2.Arranging your workspace . . . . 9

Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 3. Configuring your se rver . . . . . 11

Using the Configuration/S etup Utility program . . . . . 12

Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program 12 Choices available from th e Configuration/Setup main

menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using the SCSISelect Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Starting the SCSISelect utility program . . . . . . . . . . 17

Choices available from the SCSISelect menu . . . . . 18

Using the PXE boot agent utility program. . . . . . . . 19

Starting the PX E boot agent utility program . . . 19 Choices available from the PXE boot agent utility .

Using Appliance System Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility . . . . 20

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent

The IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility

console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Discovering appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using families and groups in the tree view . . . . 23

Creating a Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Removing appliances from families . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using the Adopt by First Matching Family function

Setting the initial Internet protocol (IP) address. . . . . . 27

Setting the initial IP address using Appliance System

Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the initial IP address in a command line . . . 28 Setting the initial IP address using the I BM Advanced

Appliance Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Setting the initial IP address using a diskette . . . . . 29

Changing default passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 4.Using the Recovery and

Supplementary CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the recovery enablemen t disk ette a nd Re cover y CD 31

Using the Supplementary CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Chapter 5.Installing options. . . . . . . . . . . 33

Major components of the IBM xSeries 135 appliance

server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

System board options connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System reliability considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Working inside a server with power on . . . . . . . . . . 38

Handling static-sensitive devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Safety information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Removing the cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Working with adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Adapter considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Pre installation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installing or replacing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . 49

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Microprocessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Fan assembly replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Installing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

I/O connector locations and ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Vi ewi ng o r changing the serial-port assignments 58

Serial-port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Universal Serial Bus ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

USB cables and hubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

USB-port connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Console ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

C2T device breakout cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Keyboard connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Video connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Auxiliary-device (point ing device) connector . . 60

Ethernet ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configuring the Ethernet controllers. . . . . . . . . . 61

Failover for redundant Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

High-performance Ethernet modes . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Ethernet port connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Working with cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Connecting the IBM xSeries 135 appliance server to the

network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Cable management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Chapter 6.Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . 65

Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

POST beep code descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

POST beep codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Event/error logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Small computer system interface (SCSI) messages. . . . 78

Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Starting the diagnostic programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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Diagnostic error message tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Recovering BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Identifying problems using status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Troubleshooting charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Troubleshooting an Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . 94

Network connection problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Ethernet controller troubleshooting chart. . . . . . 95

Ethernet controller messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Getting help, service, and information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Service support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Before you call for service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Getting customer support and service . . . . . . . . . . 102

Using the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Using electronic support services. . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Getting information by fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Getting help online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Getting help by telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Getting help around the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Enhanced PC support line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

900-number oper ating system and hardware

support line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Network and server support line. . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Ordering support line services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Warranty and repair services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Ordering publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Appendix A. Product warranties and

notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Warranty Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

IBM Statement of Limited Warranty for United States,

Puerto Rico, and Canada (Part 1 - General Terms) 109 IBM Statement of Warranty Worldwide except Canada, Puerto Rico, Turkey, United States (Part 1 –

General Terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2

Part 2 - Worldwide Country-Unique Terms. . . . . . 114

License Agreement for Warranted Programs . . . . . . . 118

International License Agreement for Non-Warranted

Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Part 1 — General Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Transfer of Rights and Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . 119

Part 2 - Country-unique Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Edition Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Processing date data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Industry Canada Class A emission compliance

statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Australia and New Zealand Class A statement. . . 126

United Kingdom telecommunications safety

requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

European Union EMC Directive conformance

statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Taiwan electrical emission statement . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference

(VCCI) statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Safety Information

Before installing this product, read the Safety Information book .

Antes de instalar este produto, leia o Manual de Informações sobre Segurança.

Læs hæftet med sikkerhedsforskrifter, før du installerer dette produkt.

Lue Safety Information -kirjanen, ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen.

Avant de procéder à l'installation de ce produit, lisez le manuel Safety Information.

Vor Beginn der Installation die Broschüre mit Sicherheitshinweisen lesen.

Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere l'opuscolo contenente le informazioni sulla sicurezza.

Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.

Przed zainstalowaniem tego produktu należy przeczytać broszurę Informacje Dotyczące Bezpieczeństwa.

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Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst het boekje met veiligheidsvoorschriften.

Les heftet om sikkerhetsinformasjon (Safety Information) før du installerer dette produktet.

Antes de instalar este produto, leia o folheto Informações sobr e Segurança.

Antes de instalar este producto, lea la Información de Segu ridad.

Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten.

Перед установкой продукта прочтите брошюру по технике безопасности (Safety Information).

Pred inštaláciou tohto produktu si pre ítajte Informa nú brožúrku o bezpe nosti.

Preden namestite ta izdelek, preberite knjižico Varnostne informacije.

Installálás el tt olvassa el a Biztonsági el írások kézikönyvét !

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Statement 1

DANGER

Statement 2 CAUTION:

To connect:

1. Turn everything OFF.

2. First, attach all cables to devices.

3. Attach signal cables to connectors.

4. Attach power cords to outlet.

5. Turn device ON.

To disconnect:

1. Turn everything OFF.

2. First, remove power cords from outlet.

3. Remove signal cables from connectors.

4. Remove all cables from devic es.

Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard:

• Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.

• Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet.

• Connect to properly wire d outlets any equipment that will be attached to this product.

• When possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal cables.

• Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or structural damage.

• Disconnect the attached power cords, telecommunications systems, networks, and modems bef ore you open th e dev ice cove rs, unless instruc ted otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures.

• Connect and disconnect cables as described in the following table when installing, moving, or opening covers on this product or attached devices.

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made by the same manufacturer. The battery contains lithium and can explode if not properly used, handled, or disposed of.

Do not:

• Throw or immerse into water.

• Heat to more than 100 C (212 F)

• Repair or disassemble

Dispose of the battery as required by local ordinances or regulations. Statement 3

CAUTION:

When laser products (such as CD-ROMs, DVD drives, fiber optic devices, or transmitters) are installed, note the following:

• Do not remove the covers. Removing the covers of the laser product could result in exposure to hazardous laser radiation. There are no serviceable parts inside the device.

• Use of controls or adjustments or performance of proce dures ot her than thos e specified herein might result in hazardous radiation exposure.

DANGER

Some laser products co ntain an em bedded Class 3A or Class 3B laser diode. N ote the following. Laser radiation when open. Do not stare into the beam, do not view directly with optical instruments, and avoid direct exposure to the beam.

Safety Information ix

Statement 4

CAUTION:

Use safe pr actices when lifting. Statement 5

CAUTION:

The power control button on the devi ce and the po w er swit ch o n the p ower supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device. The device also might have more than one power cord. To remove all electrical current from the device, ensure that all power cords are disconnected from the power source.

≥18 kg (39.7 lbs) ≥32 kg (70.5 lbs) ≥55 kg (121.2 lbs)

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Statement 6

CAUTION:

If you install a strain-relief bracket option over the end of the power cord that is connected to the device, you must connect the other end of the power cord to an easily accessible power source.

Chapter 1. Introducing the xSeries 135 applian ce server

Your IBM

xSeries 135 appliance server is a one-U-high

rack model server for high-volume network transaction processing. This high-performance server is ideally suited for networking environments that require superior microprocessor performance, efficient memory management, flexibility, and reliable data storage.

If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can obtain up-to-date information about your appliance server and other IBM server products at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries on the World Wide Web.

For service, assistance, or additional information on IBM Server Start Up Support and the World Wide Web, see “Getting help, service, and information” on page 100.

Your server serial number and model number are located on the ID label located on the right edge of the bezel on the server as shown in the illustration below. You will need these numbers when you register your server with IBM.

1. Racks are marked in vertical increments of 1.75 inches each. Each increment is referred to as a unit, or a "U". A one-U-high device is

1.75 inches tall.

ID label

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Features and specifications

The following table provides a summary of the fea tures and specifications for your IBM xSeries 135 appliance server.

Microprocessor:

• Intel

Pentium® III microprocessor with MMX™ technology and SIMD extensions

• 2 56 KB level-2 cache

Memory:

• Standard: 256 MB

• Type: 133 MHz, ECC,

SDRAM, registered DIMMs

• Slots: 4 dual in-line

Drives standard:

• Diskette: 1.44 MB

• CD-ROM: 24X IDE

• SCSI hard disk drive

PCI slots:

• Two 33 MHz, 64-bit

Power supply:

One 200 watt (115-230 V ac)

Video:

• S3 video controller (integrated on system board)

• Compatible with SVGA

• 8 MB SDRAM video memory

Size

• Height 43.69 mm (1.72 in.)

• Depth: 653.29 mm (25.72 in.)

• Width: 439.93 mm ( 17.32 in.)

• Weight: approximately 12.7 kg

(28 lb) when fully configured

Integrated functions:

• One Ultra160 SCSI controller

• Two 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX

Intel Ethernet controllers

• Two Universal Serial Bu s (USB) ports

• One serial port

• Two console ports (one in, one

out)

Acoustical noise emissions:

• Sound power, idling: 6.1 bel maximum

• Sound power, operating: 6 .2 bel maximum

Environment:

• Air temperature: — Server on: 10

to 35° C (50.0°

to 95.0° F). Altitude: 0 to 914 m (2998.7 ft.)

— Server on: 10° to 32° C (50.0°

to 89.6º F). Altitude: 914 m (2998.7 ft.) to 2133 m (6998.0 ft.)

— Server off: 10° to 43° C (50.0°

to 109.4° F). Maximum altitude: 2133 m (6998.0 ft.)

• Humidity: — Server on: 8% to 80% — Server off: 8% to 80%

Heat output:

Approximate heat output in British thermal units (Btu) per hour

• Minimum configuration: 273 Btu (80 watts)

• Ma ximum configuration: 751 Btu (220 watts)

Electrical input:

• Sine-wave input (50-60 Hz) required

• Input volta ge low range: — Minimum: 100 V ac — Maximum: 127 V ac

• Input voltage high range: — Minimum: 200 V ac — Maximum: 240 V ac

• Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA)

approximately:

— Minimum: 0.08 kVA — Maximum: 0.22 kVA

Table 1. Features and Specifications

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Notices used in this book

This information product contains notices that relate to a specific topic. The Caution and Danger notices also a ppear in the multilingual safety information provided on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD that came with your product. Each safety notice is numbered for easy refer ence to the co rr esponding notices in the safety information on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD.

The following is a list of the notices and their definitions as used in this book:

• Notes: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.

• Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you

avoid inconvenient or problem situations.

• Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or

data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which damage could occur.

• Caution: These notices indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous to

you. A caution notice is placed just before the description of a potentially hazardous procedure step or situation.

• Danger: These notices indicate situation s that can be potentially lethal or

extremely hazardous to you. A danger notice is placed just before the description of potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or situation.

What your IBM xSeries 135 appliance server offers

The design of your appliance server takes advantage of advancements in data storage and memory management. Your server combines:

• Impressive performance

Your server comes with one microprocessor installed.

• Large system memory

The memory controller provides error correctin g code (ECC) support for up to four industry standard PC133, 3.3 V, 168-pin, 8-byte, registered, synchronousdynamic-random access memory (SDRAM) dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs).

• Integrated network environment support

Your server comes with two Ethernet controllers on the system board. Each Ethernet controller has an interface for connecting to 1 0- Mbps or 100-Mbps networks. The server automatically selects between 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX. Each controller provides full-duplex (FDX) capability, which en ables simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN).

• IBM Recovery CD

The IBM Recovery CD that is included with your server provides programs to help you recover the network operating system (NOS) and preinstalled application programs. The Recovery program restores the preinstalled application programs in the original configuration. For more information about the Recovery CD, see “Chapter 4. Using the Recovery and Supplementary CDs,” on page 31.

• IBM Supplementary CD

The IBM Supplementary CD contains additional programs that you can install on the appliance server. It also contains the program that is required to create a

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recovery enablement diskette in case you need to recover preins talled application programs.

• IBM Documentation CD

The IBM Documentation CD contains documentation with information about the IBM xSeries 135 appliance server.

Reliability, availability, and serviceability features

Three of the most important features in server design are reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS). These factors help to ensure the integrity of the data stored on your server, that your server is available when you want to use it, and that should a failure occur, yo u can easily diagnose and repair the failure with minimal inconvenience.

The following is an abbreviated list of the RAS features that your server supports.

• Menu-driven setup, system configura tion, RAID configuration, and diagnostic programs

• Power-on self-test (POST)

• Predictive Failure Alerts (PFA)

• Remote system problem-analysis support

• Power and temperature monitoring

• Hot-swap drive bays

• Error codes and messages

• System error logging

• Upgradable BIOS and diagnostics

• Automatic restart after a power failure

• Parity checking on the PCI buses

• CRC checking on the SCSI bus

• Error checking and correcting (ECC) memory

• Redundant Ethernet capabilities

• Vital product data (VPD) on system board, and SCSI backplane

• Customer support center 24 hours per day 7 days a week

Setting up the hardware

To set up the hardware, mount the appliance server in your rack, connect the appliance to your network, and then turn on the power to the appliance. For instructions to mount the server in your rack, see the IBM xSeries 135 Appliance Server Quick Setup Guide.

Server control s a nd indicators

This section identifies the controls and indicators on the front and the back of your server.

2.Service availability will vary by country. Response time will vary depending on the number and nature of incoming calls.

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Front view

Power control button: Press this button to manually turn the server on or off. Power-on light: This green LED lights and stays on when you turn on your server

and blinks when the server is in standby m ode . Reset button: Press this button to reset the server and run the power-on self-test

(POST). You might need to use a pen or the end of a straightened paper clip to press the button.

Select button/indicator: The green LED on this but ton ligh ts when th e monito r, keyboard, and mouse are logically connected to this server.

System error light:This amber LED lights when a system error occurs. Diskette drive activity light: When this LED is on, it indicates that the diskette drive

is in use. Push this button to release a diskette from the drive. Hard disk drive status light: E ach of the hot -swap dri ves has a har d disk drive stat us

light. When this amber LED is on contin uously, the drive has failed. Hard disk drive activity light: Each of the hot-swap drives has a hard disk activity

light. When this green LED is flashing, the controller is accessing the drive.

CD-eject button: Push this button to release a CD from the drive. CD-ROM drive activity light: When this light is on, it indicates that the CD-ROM

drive is in use.

Power control button

Power-on light (green)

Select button/indicator (green)

Reset button

System error light (amber)

Diskette drive activity light (green)

Diskette eject button

Hard disk drive status light (amber)

Hard disk drive activity light (green)

CD eject buttonCD activity

light (green)

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Rear view

Ethernet 1 speed indicator: This green LED lkights when the speed of the Ethernet LAN that is connected to the Ethernet port 1 is 100Mbps.

Ethernet 1 link indicator: This green LED lights when there is an active link connection on the 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX interface for Ethernet port 1.

Select light: This green LED lights when the monitor, keyboard, and mouse are logically connected to this server. This light duplicates the Select button LED on the front of the server.

Console Out port: This port is used to connect the server to a keyboard, monitor, and pointing device. It is also used to connect multiple servers together to share a single keyboard, monitor, and pointing device.

Serial port: Signal cables for modems or other serial devices connect here to the 9-pin serial port connector.

Console In port: This port is used to connect multiple servers together to share a single keyboard, monitor, and pointing device.

Note: Connecting multiple servers together to share input/output devices is not

supported.

USB port 1 and USB port 2 : Signal cables for Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2 devices are connected to the USB connector.

Note: The addition of USB devices is not supported. Ethernet 2 link indicator: This green LED lights when there is an active link

connection on the 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX interface for Ethernet port 2. Ethernet 2 speed indicator: This green LED lights when the speed of the Ethernet

LAN that is connected to the Ethernet port 2 is 100Mbps.

Ethernet 1 speed indicator (green)

Ethernet 2 speed indicator (green)

Ethernet 1 link indicator (green)

Ethernet 2 link indicator (green)

Power-on light (green)

Select light (green)

System error light (amber)

Serial port

USB 1

USB 2

Console In port

Console Out port

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Turning on the server

Complete the following steps to turn on the server:

1. Plug the power cord of your server into the power source.

Note: Plugging the power cord into a power source might cause the server to

start automatically. This is an acceptable a c tion.

2. Wait 30 se conds, and then press the power-control button on the front of the server.

Turning off the server

Complete the following steps to turn off the server:

Statement 5

CAUTION:

1. Refer to your operating system documentation for the proper procedure to shut down the operating system.

Note: Each operating system is different. Some will allow an immediate shut

down; others require an orderly pocedure.

2. Press the power control button on the front of the server. This puts the server in standby mode.

3. Disconnect the server from the power source. Note: After you turn off the server, wait at least 5 seconds before you turn on

the server again.

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Chapter 2. Arranging your workspace

To get the most from your server, arrange both the equipment you use and your work area to suit your needs and the kind of work you do. Your comfort is of foremost importance, but light sources, air circulation, and the location of electrical outlets also can affect the way you arrange your workspace.

Comfort

Although no single working position is ideal for everyone, here are a few guidelines to help you find a position tha t suits you best.

Sitting in the same position for a long time can cause fatigue. A good chair can make a big difference. The backrest and seat should adjust independently and provide good support. The seat should have a curved front to relieve pressure on the thighs. Adjust the seat so that your thighs are parallel to the floor and your feet are either flat on the floor or on a footrest.

When using the keyboard, keep your for earms parallel to the floor and your wrists in a neutral, comfortable position. Try to keep a light touch on the keyboard and your hands and fingers relaxed. You can change the angle of the keyboard for maximum comfort by adjusting the position of the keyboard f e et.

Adjust the monitor so the top of the screen is at, or slightly below, eye level. Place the monitor at a comfortable viewing distance, usually 51 to 61 cm (20 to 24 in.), and position it so you can view it without having to twist your body. Also p osition oth e r equipment you use regularly, such as the telephone or a mouse, within easy reach.

Glare and lighting

Position the monitor to minimize glare and reflections from overhe ad li ght s, windows, and other light sources. E v en reflected lig ht f rom shin y surfaces can cause annoying reflections on your monitor screen. Place the monitor at right angles to windows and other light sources, when possi ble. Red uce overhead lighting, if necessary, by turning off lights or using lower wattage bulbs. If you install the monitor near a window, use curtains or blinds to block the sunlight. You might have to adjust the Brightness and Contrast controls on the mon itor as the room lighting changes throughout the day.

Where it is impossible to avoid reflections or to adjust the lighting, an antiglare filter placed over the screen might be helpful. However, these filters might affect the clarity of the image on the screen; try them only after you have tried all other methods of reducing glare.

Dust buildup compounds problems that are associated with glare. Remember to clean your monitor screen periodically using a soft cloth that is moistened with a nonabrasive liquid glass cleaner.

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Air circulation

Your server and monitor produce heat. Your server has one or more fans that pull in fresh air and force out hot air. The monitor lets hot air escape through vents. Blocking the air vents can cause overheating, which might result in a malfunction or dama ge. Place the server and monitor so that nothing blocks the air vents; usually, 15 cm (6 inches) of air space is sufficient. Also, make sure that the vented air is not blowing on someone else.

Electrical outlets and cable lengths

The location of electrical outlets and the length of power cords and cables that connect to the monitor, printer, and other devices might determine the final placement of your server.

When arranging your workspace:

• Avoid the use of extension cords. When possible, plug the server power cords directly into electrical outlets.

• Keep power cords and cables neatly routed away from walkways and other areas where they might get kicked accidentally.

For more information about power cords, refer to the power cord information in this on-line publication.

Chapter 3. Configuring your server

The following configuration programs are provided with your server:

• Configuration/Setup Utility pr ogram

The Configuration/Setup Utility program is part of the basic input/output system (BIOS) code that comes with your server. You can use this program to configure serial port assignments, change interrupt request (IRQ) set tings, change the drive startup sequence, set the date and time, and set passwords.

• SCSISelect Utility

With the built-in SCSISelect Utility program, you can configure the devices that are attached to the integrated SCSI controller. Use this program to change default values, resolve configuration conflicts, and perform a low-level format on a SCSI hard disk drive.

• PXE Boot Agent Utility

The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) Boot Agent Utility program is part of the basic input/output system (BIOS) code that comes with your server. You can use this program to change network boot protocols and boot order, to select operating-system wake-up support, and to set menu wait times.

• Appliance System Manager

Appliance System Manager enables the creation of a common set of software administrative services that enables the delivery of solutions in a remotely managed, unattended, closed hardware server. The main functions of this software are as follows:

— The ability to remotely manage the appliance through the World Wide Web — Web server — Encryption software for use by the Web server (for HTTP-S sessions) — DHCP-like services for discovering and configuring new appliances (IBM

Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility)

• IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility

The IBM Advanced Appliance Configurat ion Utility aids in setting up and reconfiguring the network configuration o n your appliance server. The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent, which is preinstalled on your IBM xSeries appliance, works with the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console to automatically detect th e presence of appliances on the network. When the appliance server is detected by the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console, use the Advanced Applia nce Configuration Utility to set up and manage the network configuration of the appliance, including assigning the IP address, default gateway, network mask, and domain name sytem (DNS) server to be used by the appliance.

• IBM Supplementary CD

The Supplementary CD include s software setup and installation tools that are specifically designed for IBM servers. You can use this CD during the initial installation of your server to configure the server hardware and simplify your network operating system installation. The IBM Supplementary CD con t a ins a collection of application programs, which you can install after your server is up and running. See “Chapter 4. Using the Recovery and Supplementary CDs,” on page 31 for more detailed information.

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Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program

This section provides the instructions needed to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program and descriptions of the available menu choices.

Note: Features of the Configuration/Setup Utility program are not accessible

through the network.You must attach a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the xSeries appliance server using a C2T device breakout cable (see “C2T device breakout cable” on page 59) to use features of the Configuration/Setup Utility program.

Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program

To start the Configuration/Setup Utility program:

1. Turn on the server and watch the monitor screen.

2. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1.

Note: If you have set both levels of passwords (user an d ad ministrator), you

must type the administrator password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility program menu.

3. Follow the instructions that appear on the scre en.

Choices available from the Configuration/Setup main menu

From the Configuration/Setup Utility program ma in menu, you can select settings that you want to change. The Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu is similar to the following:

Notes:

1. You can press F1 to display Help information for a selected menu item.

2. The choices on some menus might differ slightly, depending on the BIOS version in your server.

<F1> Help < > < > Move <Esc> Exit <Enter> Select

↑↓

•

System Summary System Information Devices and I/O Ports Date and Time System Security Start Options Advanced Setup Error Logs

Save Settings Restore Settings Load Default Settings

Exit Setup

Configuration/Setup Utility

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The following choices available from the main menu:

• System Summary

Select this choice to display configuration information. This includes the type and speed of the microprocessors and the amount of memory that is installed.

Changes that you make to configuration settings appear on this summary screen. You cannot edit the fields.

This choice appears on both the full and limited Configuration/Setup Utility program menus.

• System Information

Select this choice to display informat ion about your server. Changes that you make on other menus might appear on this summary screen. You cannot edit any fields. The System Information choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu.

— Product Data

Select this choice to view system information, such as the machine type and model, the server serial number, and the revision level or issue date of the BIOS stored in the flash electronically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM).

— System Card Data

Select this choice to view vital product data (VPD) for some server components.

• Devices and I/O Ports

Select this choice to view or change the assignments for devices and input/output ports. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu.

You can use this choice to enable or disable the integrated SCSI and Ethernet controllers.

— The default setting is Enable for all the controllers. If you select Disable, the

system will not configure the disabled device and the operating system will not detect the device. (This is equivalent to unplugging the device.)

— If the on-board SCSI controll er is disabled and no other storage-device

controller is installed, operating system startup cannot occur.

• Date and Time

Select this choice to set the system date and time when the server is started. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu.

The system time is in a 24-hour format: hour:minute:second.

• System Security

Select this choice t o set passwords or a system owner’s name. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu.

You can implement two levels of password protection: — Power-on Password

Select this choice to set or change a power-on password. See “Using passwords” on page 15 for more information.

— Administrator Password

Select this choice to set or change an administrator password. Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot

be overridden or removed. You must replace the system board.

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The administrator password provides access to all choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu. You can set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a poweron password to be changed by the user.

See “Using passwords” on page 15 for more information.

• Start Options

Select this choice to view or change the start options. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/S etup Utility program main menu. Start options take effect when you start your server.

The server uses a startup sequence to determine the device from which the operating system loads. For example, you can defin e a star tup sequence that checks for a startable diskette in the diskette drive, then checks the hard disk drive in bay 1, and then checks a network adapter.

If the Boot Fail Count choice is enabled, you must restart the system three times to restore the system BIOS default settings. If this choice is disabled, the system BIOS defaults can be restored only from the Configuration/S e tup Utility program main menu.

You can enable a virus-detection test that checks for changes in the master boot record at startup .

• Advanced Setup

Select this choice to change values for advanced hardware features, such as cache control and PCI configuration. This choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu.

A warning message appears above the choices on this menu to alert you that the system might malfunction if these options ar e configured incorr ectly. Follow the instructions on the screen carefully.

— Processor Serial Number Access

Select this choice to identify if the microprocessor serial number in the microprocessor is readable.

— System Partition Visibility

Select this choice to identify if the System Partition is visible. To make the System Partition visible, set this value to Visible. To make the System Partition invisible, set this value to Hidden.

— Core Chipset Control

Select this choice to modify settings that control features of the core chip set on the system board.

Attention: Do not make changes here unless directed to do so by an IBM authorized service representative.

— Cache Control

Select this choice to enable or disable the microprocessor cache. In addition, you can set the microprocessor cache mode to write-back (WB) or writethrough (WT). Selecting write-back mode will provide the maximum system performance.

— PCI Slot/Device Information

Select this choice to view and identify system resources that are used by PCI devices. PCI devices automatically communicate with the server configuration information. This usually results in automatic configuration of a PCI device.

Attention: You must use the menu selections to save custom settings for the PCI Slot/Device Information choice. The Save Settings, Restore Settings,

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and Load Default Settings choices on the main menu of the Configuration/Setup Utility program do not sa ve the PCI Slot/Device Information settings .

You can use PCI Device Cont rol to enable or disable the PCI slots from this menu.

The default setting is Enable for all the PCI slots. If you select Disable, the system will not configure the disabled device, and the operating system will not detect the device. (This is equivalent to unplugging the device.)

— Memory Settings

Select this choice to manually disable or enable a bank of memory. If a memory error is detected during POST or memory configuration, the

server can automatically disable the fa iling memory bank and continue operating with reduced memory capacity. If this occurs, you must manually enable the memory bank after the problem is corrected. Select Memory Settings from the Advanced Setup menu, use the arrow keys to highlight the bank that you want to enable; then, use the arrow keys to select Enable.

• Error Logs

Select this choice to view or clear error logs. — Select POST Error Log to view the three most recent error codes and

messages that the system generated during POST. Select Clear Err or Log s fr om the POST Error Log menu to clear the error log.

— Select System Event/Error Log to view the system event/error log. The

system event/error log contains all the system error and warning messages that the system has generated. You can use the arrow keys to move between pages in the system event/error log.

Select Clear Error Logs from the System Event/Error Log menu to clear the error or event log.

• Save Settings

Select this choice to save your customized settings.

• Restore Settings

Select this choice to delete your changes and restore the previous settings.

• Load Default Settins

Select this choice to cancel your changes and restore the factory settings.

• Exit Setup

If you have made any changes, the program will prompt you to save the changes or exit without saving the changes.

Using passwords

The System Security choice appears only on the full Configuration/Setup Utility program menu. After you select this choice, you can implement two levels of password protection: power-on password and administrator password.

Power-on password

After you set a power-on password, you can enable the unattended-start mode. This locks the keyboard and mouse, but allows the sys tem to start the operating system. The keyboard and mouse remain locked until you type the correct password.

Note: You must attach a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the xSeries appliance

server using a C2T device breakout cable (see “C2T device breakout cable” on

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page 59) to use features of the Configuration/Setup Utility pr ogram. Features of the Configuration/Setup Utility program are not accessible through the network.

You can use any combination of up to seven characters (A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and blanks) for your power-on password. Keep a record of your password in a secure place. If you forget the power-on password, you can regain access to the server through one of the following methods:

• If an administrator password is set, type the administrator password at the power-on prompt. Start the Configuration/Setup Utility program and change the power-on password.

• Change the position of the password override jumper as described in “Setting the password override switch”.

• Remove the battery and then install the battery.

Setting the password override switch: Th e following illustration shows the location of the password override switch, switch 8 of switch block 1, on the system board.

To set the password override switch:

1. Review the information in “Safety information” on page 39.

2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect all external cables and power cords; then, remove the cover. See “Removing the cover” on page 44.

3. Toggle s witch 8 on switch block 1 on the system board. This clears the power-on password for one boot cycle.

Note: This means that you can now start or power-up the server one time

without having to use the power-on password. But if you do not use the Configuration/Setup Utility program to change or delete the password, the next time you start the server the original power-on password will be reinstated.

4. Connect the server to a power source, keyboard, monitor, and mouse.

5. Start the server.

Note: You can now start the Configuration/Setup Utility program and either delete

the old or set a new power-on password.

Switch block (SW1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

OFF

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Administrator password

Select this choice to set an administrator password. 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 power-on password to be changed by the user.

Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be overridden or removed. You must replace the system board.

The following table provides a summary of the password features.

Using the SCSISelect Utility program

SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use to:

• View the default SCSI IDs

• Locate and correct configuration conflicts

• Perform a low-level format on a SCSI hard disk

The following sections provide the instructions needed to star t the S C SISelect Utility and descriptions of the available menu choices.

Starting the SCSISelect utility program

To start the SCSISelect utility program:

1. Turn on the server.

2. When the <<< Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect™ Utility! >>> prompt appears, press Ctrl+A.

Table 2. Power-on and administrator password features

Type of password Results

Power-on password • Type the password to complete the system startup.

• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility

program main menu.

Administrator password

• No password is required to start the system.

• Type the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility

program.

• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu.

Administrator and power-on password

• You can type e ither passwor d to co mplete the syste m startu p.

• The administrator password provides ac ce ss to al l choic es on

the Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu. You can set, change, or delete both the administrator and poweron passwords, an d allow a powe r-on passw ord to be changed by the user.

• The power-on password provides access to a limited set of choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility program main menu. This limited access might include c hanging or delet ing the power-on password.

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Note: If an administrator password has been set, a prompt appears asking you

to type the password to start the SCSISelect Utility program.

3. Use the arrow keys to select a choice from the menu.

• Press Esc to return to the previous menu.

• Press F5 to switch between color and monochrome modes (if your monitor

permits).

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items; then, press Enter.

Choices available from the SCSISelect menu

The following choices appear on the SC SISe lect Utility menu:

• Configure/View Host Adapter Settings

Select this choice to view or change the SCSI controller settings. T o r eset the SCSI controller to its default values, press F6; then, follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

You can view or change the following controller settings: — Host Adapter SCSI ID

Select this choice to view the SCSI controller ID, normally 7.

— SCSI Parity Checking

Select this choice to view the assigned value of Enabled

— Host Adapter SCSI Termination

Select this choice to view the assigned value of Enabled.

— Boot Device Options

Select this choice to configure startable device parameters. Before you can make updates, you must know the ID of the device whose parameters you want to configure.

— SCSI Device Configuration

Select this choice to configure SCSI device parameters. Before you can make updates, you must know the ID of the device whose parameters you want to configure.

Note: The Maximum Sync Transfer Rate represents the transfer rate for

Ultra SCSI devices.

– The transfer rate for Ultra3 SCSI LVD devices is 160.0 – The transfer rate for Ultra2 SCSI LVD devices is 80.0 – The transfer rate for Fast SCSI devices is 20.0

— Advanced Configuration Options

Select this choice to view or change the settings for advanced configuration options.

• SCSI Disk Utilities

Select this choice to view the SCSI IDs that are assigned to each device or to format a SCSI device.

To use the utility program, select a drive from the list. Read the screens carefully before making a selection.

Note: If you press Ctrl+A before the selected drives are ready, an Unexpected

SCSI Command Failure screen might appear. Restart the server and

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watch the SCSISelect messages as each drive spins up. After the drive that you want to view or format starts up, press Ctrl+A.

Using the PXE boot agent utility program

The PXE boot agent is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use to:

• Change network startup (boot) protocols

• Change startup (boot) order

• Select whether to display a setup prompt

• Set menu wait time

• Select operating-system wake up support

Starting the PXE boot agent utility program

The following sections provide the instructions to start the PXE Boot Agent Utility and descriptions of the available menu choices.

To start the PXE Bo ot A gent Utility program:

1. Turn on the server.

2. When the Initializing Intel (R) Boot Agent Version X.X.XX PXE 2.0 Build XXX (WfM 2.0) prompt appears, press Ctrl+S.

Note: By default you will have two seconds after the prompt appears on the

screen to press Ctrl+S.

3. Use the arrow keys or press Enter to select a choice from the menu.

• Press Esc to return to the previous menu.

• Press F4 to exit.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the settings of the selected items; then, press Enter.

Choices available from the PXE boot agent utility

The following choi c es appear on the PXE boot agent utility menu:

• Network Boot Pr otocol

PXE is the default value for this menu item. Note: Do not change this value. There are no other supported network boot

protocols.

• Boot Order

Select this choice to change the order in which startup devices are queried:

— Try local drives first, then network (default) — Try network only — Try local drives only — Try network first, then local drives

• Show setup prompt

Select this choice to either display the PXE setup prompt or disable it. Disable is the default setting.

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When this choice is enabled, the message Press Ctrl+S to enter the setup menu appears on the screen under the initializing prompt.

• Setup time wait menu

Select this choice and select one of the following options to set the amount of time (in seconds) that the system pauses during initialization for a Ctrl+S input:

— 2 seconds (default) — 3 seconds — 5 seconds — 8 seconds

• Legacy OS wake up support

Select this choice select one of the following options to allow/disallow a nonWindows operating system to use the adapter remote wake-up capability.

— Disabled (default) — Enabled

Using Appliance System Manager

Appliance System Manager is a program that you can use to configure and manage the resources of the IBM xSeries 135 appliance server . For more information about this application program, see the Appliance System Manager Administration Guide.

Appliance System Manager is accessed through a Web browser on a computer that has network access to the appliance server. Appliance System Manager enables the system administrator to change system settings and other configuration settings for the appliance.

To access Appliance System Manager, do the following:

1. Open a browser on a computer that has network access to the appliance server.

2. Go to https://appliance_IP_address:1999 where appliance_IP_adress is the IP address of the appliance. The appliance main page appears.

3. Click Appliance Administration.

4. Accept the new site certificate when prompted.

5. When prompted, type administrator for the user name and password for the password. In the ASM Main Page, you can perform configuration tasks. See the Appliance System Mana ger Administration Guide for more information about configuring the appliance.

IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility

The IBM Advanced Appliance Configurat ion Utility aids in setting up and reconfiguring the network configuration on yo ur IBM xSeries 135 appliance servers. The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent, which is preinstalled on your IBM xSeries 135 appliance server, works with the Advanced Appliance Configuration

Utility console, a Java

™

-based application that is installed on a network-attached system that will be used as a systems management console that enables automatic detection of IBM xSeries appliance servers on the network. When the appliance server is detected by the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console, use the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility to set up and manage the network configuration of the appliance, including a ssigning the IP address, default gateway, network mask, and DNS server to be used by the appliance. You can also use the Advanced Appliance Configuration U tility to start Appliance System Manager, enabling you to perform more advanced system s-management tasks.

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Notes:

1. The Advanced Appliance Configuratio n Utility configures and reports the TCP/IP settings of the first adapter on each appliance server only. The first adapter is typically the built-in Ethernet controller. Be sure to connect the built-in Ethernet connector to the same physical network as your systems management console.

2. The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility must be running to configure newly installed appliance servers automatically.

3. The system that is running the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console automatically maintains a copy of its database (ServerConfiguration.dat) in the Advanced Appliance Configuration Station installation directory. To remove previous configuration data, close the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility , delete this file, and then restart the utility. This deletes all previously configured families. However, the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility will discover connected appliance servers and their network settings.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent

When your appliance is connected to your network, the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent automatically reports the MAC address for the appliance (of the first NIC only), serial num be r, type of appliance, and whether DHCP in use by the appliance. Furthermore, it will report the host name, primary IP address, subnet mask, primary DNS address, and primary gateway addres s if these ar e configur ed on the system.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent is preinstalled on your IBM xSeries appliance server.

Note: The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent periodically broadcasts

the appliance server IP settings. To prevent the service from broadcasting this data periodically, stop the Advan c ed Applia nce Configuration Utility service.

The IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console is a Java application that you install on one system in your network that will be used as a systems-management console. For information on how to install the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console, see “Using the Supplementary CD” on page 32.

Note: Do not install the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console on more

than one systems-management console.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console enables you to:

• Automatically discover appliance servers that run the Adva nced Appliance Configuration Utility agent and are attached to the same physical subnet as the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console.

When you start the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console, it automatically detects all applian c e servers on yo ur physical subnet that are running the Advanced Appliance Configurati on Utility agent.

• Use a simple, GUI-based application to configure the network settings of the appliance servers.

Use the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility to assign IP addresses, DNS and gateway server addresses, subnet masks, host names, and more.

• Automatically group discovered appliances into funct ion-specific families.

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Appliances are added to a Family based on the appliance type. Appliances running different operating systems but performing the same function appear in the same family.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console is divided into two panes:

• The Tree View pane The Tree View pane on the left side of the Advanced Appliance Configuration

Utility console window presents a list of a ll d iscovered appliances and includes any families that you have previously defined. The Tree View pane also includes groups for appliances that do not fit any of the defined families, that were not configured using the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility, or that have IP addresses that conflict with other devices on your network. When you click any item in the Tree View, information about that item (and any that are nested below that item in the tree view), appears in the Information pane.

• The Information p ane The Information pane at the right side of the Advanced Appliance

Configuration Utility console window displays information about the item that is currently selected in the Tree View pane. The information that appears in the Information pane varies depending on the item that is selected . For example, if you select the All Appliances item from the Tree View pane, the Information pane displays configuration information (IP settings, host name, serial number, and so on) about all of the xSeries appliances that have been discovered by the Advanced Appliance Configuration U tility console. However, if you select a family, the Information pa ne displays information about the family settings for the selected family.

The Advanced Applian ce Conf igurat ion Ut ilit y consol e als o has the fo llowi ng men us:

• File Use the selections available from the File menu to import or export the

Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console configuration data, to rescan the network, or to exit from the program.

• Family Use the selections available from the Family menu to add or delete Families, or

to move families up or down in the Tree View pane.

• Appliance Use the selections available from the Appliance menu to remove a previously

discovered appliance from a family or group, and to add an appliance to the first matching family in the tree view.

• Help Use the Help menu to display product information.

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Discovering appliances

Any appliance server that is running and is connected to the same subnet as the system running the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console is automatically discovered when you start the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console. Discovered appliances appear in the Advanc ed Appl iance Configuration Utility console Tree View pane (the left pane of the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console window). Each appliance appears in two locations in the tree view:

• In the tree view under All Appliances.

• In one of the following portions of the tree view: — In a family

If the discovered appliance fits the requirements of a family, it automatically appears as part of a family.

Note: If a discovered appliance fits the requirements of more than one

family, it is automatically added to the first appropriate family that is listed in the tree view, starting from the top of the tree. For information on how to move appliances between families, see

“Using families and groups in the tree view”.

— In the Orphaned Appliances group

If the discovered appliance does not fit a previously configured Family, it is placed in the Orphaned Appliances group.

— In the Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances gro up

Appliances that are running the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent but have a network configuration tha t was not set by the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agen t or console will appear in the Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances group. If an appliance is contained in the Orphaned Externally Con figured Appliances group, you can use the Adopt By First Matching Family f unction to add it to a previously defined family. For more information, see “Using the Adopt by First Matching Family function” on page 26.

Using families and groups in the tree view

Families are important elements of the Advanced Appl iance Configuration Utility. They specify the parameters that the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility uses to automatically categorize discovered appliances and to configure them with the appropriate network settings. Family rules are defined solely by appliance type or purpose. Each family can contain only one type of appliance. The only way to automatically apply predetermined network settings to newly installed and discovered appliance servers is to create and use families.

Appliance servers that match the rules criteria for a family group can be automatically configured to use predefined network settings. A family can be defined to automatically assign IP settings (such as primary gateway and DNS server addresses, assigning an IP address from a specified IP address range, and specifying a subnet mask). Host names for disco v ered appliances can also be defined so that they are allocated using either a prefix or serial number.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility is not the only way to configure network settings. For example, network settings can be configured using Appliance System Manager or by attaching a keyboa rd and mouse to the appliance and using Appliance System Manager on the server. If the appliance network settings have been configured by a method other than using the Advanced Applia nce Configuration Utility, the appliance will be discovered by the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility and it will be added to an appropriate family, if one exists. Appliances that

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have been configured using a method other than the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility and for which no appropriate family exists will appear in the Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances group .

The Tree View pane contains the following items:

• All Appliances

Every discovered appliance is listed in the tree view under All Appliances.

• Families The Families group in the Tree View pane shows all families that have been

defined, with appliance servers that have already been assigned to each family nested beneath the family name in the tree view. Families are defined by appliance purpose so all appliances that appear in a given family are of the same type. If you select a family from the Tree View pane, a description of the family and the rules that are used to define the selected family are displayed in the Information pane. If you select an appliance server from a family in the Tree View pane, the selected appliance network settings are displayed in the Information pane.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration U tility automatically assigns one IP address per appliance server, using available addresses within the range that is defined in the family rules. When a Family IP address range has been exhausted, the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility automatically searches for other families that have rules matching the appliance server that is being con figured. If a matching family with an availa ble ad d ress is found, the server will automatically be assigned to the family that has available IP addresses. This enables you to define multiple families, each of which uses a range of noncontiguous IP add ress ranges.

When an appliance is discovered on the network, the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility automatically searches all previously defined families, starting with the first family listed in the families tree view and moving downward. Appliances are automatically added to the first defined family that matches the appliance purpose. Therefore, the order in which families appear is important. To adjust this search order, right-click a family and then click Move Up or Move Down to adjust its position within the families list.

• Orphaned Appliances Any discovered appliance servers that have been configured using the

Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility but do not meet the rules for any existing family are automatically added to the Orphaned Appliances group.

• Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances Any discovered appliance server that has been configured without the

Advanced Appliance Configuration U tility tool and does not meet the rules for any existing family is automa tically added to the Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances group. Appliance servers that are configured without the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility and that meet the rules for any existing family are automatically added to the matching fami ly. To add an orphaned externally configured appliance to an appropriate family that was created after the orphaned appliance was discovered, right-click th e orphaned appliance and click Adopt by First Matching Family. For more information, see “Using the Adopt by First Matching Family function” on page 26.

Note: The Advanced Appliance Configuration U tility will not change

manually configured network setti ngs of discovered appliance servers. If the manually configured IP and subnet addresses fit an existing family, the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility will place that appliance server into that family but wi ll not change any other settings (such as host name or DNS or gateway addresses).

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• Conflicting Network Addresses Any discovered appliance server that has the same IP address as a previously

discovered appliance server will be listed in the Conflicting Network Addresses group.

Creating a Family

To create a Family:

1. Click Create Family from the fami ly menu.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility Family Setup window appears.

2. Select the Appliance Family Rules. The Appliance Family Rules determine what purpose an appliance must serve to

be included in the family. You can select one of the following values:

• IBM xSeries 150

• IBM xSeries 130 and 135

3. Specify a family name. In the Family Name field, type a name that will be used for the family.

4. Specify network resources to be used by members of the family. You can use the Adv an c ed Appliance Configuration Utility to assign network

resources for members of the Family, or you can use a DHCP server to assign network resources.

• To use the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility to assign network

resources, clear the Use DHCP check box and complete the following fields:

Min IP Address

The lowest IP address in a range of IP addresses that can be assigned to an appliance that is a member of the family

Max IP Address

The highest IP address in a range of IP addresses that can be assigned to an appliance that is a member of the family

Subnet Mask The subnet mask value that will be used by appliances that

are members of the family

Default Gateway

The IP address of the default gateway that will be used by appliances that are members of this Family (optional)

DNS The IP address of the Domain Name Server that will be used by

appliances that are members of the family (optional)

• To use a DHCP server to assign network resources, select the Use DHCP

check box. This will enable a DHCP server on your network to assign an IP address and subnet mask and to specify the default gateway address and address of the Domain Name System (DNS) Server that will be used by appliances that are members of this family.

5. Select a host name allocation type. The host name allocation type enables you to automatically specify a specific host

name that members of this family will use. You can select one of the following host name allocation types:

No Allocation

No preconfigured host name format will be assigned to appliances that are members of this family.

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Use Serial Number

The serial number of the discovered appliance will be used as a host name for the appliance.

Use Prefix Name

A user-specified prefix, along with an incremental number for each appliance, will be used for the host name of each appliance that is a member of this family. Type the desired prefix in the Host Name Prefix field.

6. Click OK to save the family.

Removing appliances from families

Use the Remove Appliance choice to delete an appliance from the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console database. Removing an appliance that is no longer in use enables the IP address that was assigned to the appliance to be allocated to another appliance. Y ou can also remove an appliance from a family and then rescan the network to add it to an appropriate family that appears higher in the Tree View pane.

T o r emove an appliance, right-click the appliance; then, click Remove Appliance from the pop-up menu.

• If the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility is unable to communicate with the selected appliance (because, for example, it has been removed from the network or has failed), the appliance is removed imme d iately.

• If the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility is able to communicate with the selected appliance, you will be asked to co nf irm remo val of the appliance before the appliance-removal task is completed. This helps prevent accidental removal of an active and functional appliance.

Using the Adopt by First Matching Family function

Use the Adopt by First Matching Family function to:

• Add an Orphaned Externally Configured Appliance to an appropriate family. Appliances that have been configured without using the Advanced Appliance

Configuration Utility and that do not meet the rules for any existing family are automatically added to the Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances group. If, after the orphaned appliance is discovered, you create a family that is appropriate for the orphaned appliance, right-click the orphaned appliance and click Adopt by First Matching Family to move the appliance from the Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances group to the newly created family .

• Move an appliance from one Family to another appropriate F am ily that occurs higher in the list of previously defined Families. If there is more than one appropriate Family for a newly discovered appliance, it automatically appears in the first appropriate Family in the list of Families. If you want to move a discovered appliance from one appropriate Family to another appropriate Family:

1. Right-click the family to which you want the appliance moved.

2. Click Move Up in List to move the selected family up in the list of f amilies.

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the family that you want to add the appliance to appears above the family that currently contains the appliance.

4. Right-click the appliance that you want to move to another family, and then click Adopt by First Matching Family.

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Setting the initia l Int e rnet protocol (IP) address

You must set the initial IP address for the appliance server before you can perform any other configuration procedure for the appliance. Be sure that you set the initial IP address for only one appliance at a time on the physica l network.

Note: Before you logon, you need to have a valid IP address, netmask, host name,

domain name, gateway, and primary DNS server address for the appliance to use in your IP network. If you do not have this information, contact your network administrator.

There are four methods that you can use to set the initial IP address. These methods are:

• Using Appliance System Manager. See “Setting the initial IP address using Appliance System Manager” for instructions.

• Using the command line if a locally attached brows e r is no t available. See “Setting the initial IP address in a command line” on page 28 for instructions.

• Using the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility. See “Setting the

initial IP address using the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility” on page 28 for instructions.

• Using a diskette. See “Setting the initial IP address using a diskette” on page 29 for instructions.

Setting the initial IP address using Appliance System Manager

To set the initial IP address for the appliance, do the following:

1. Open a browser on a computer that is attached to the same physical network as the appliance.

2. Disable the proxy settings for the browser.

3. Go to http://appliance_IP_address:3939 where appliance_IP_address is the IP address that you want to assign the appliance.

4. Type administrator for the user ID and password fo r the password.

Notes:

a. The User Name and Password fields are case sensitive. b. The user name and password are different from the root user.

5. Click Next. The ASM Configuration window appears, allowing you to change the password for the root user.

6. Change the password for the root user.

a. Type a new password. b. Type the password again.

c. Click Next. The ASM Configuration-Set Networking Parameters window

appears. Type the info rma tio n fo r the foll owi n g re qu ir e d fi eld s and the n cl ick Next:

• Host Name

• Domain Name

• Gateway

• IP Address (the IP address is already displayed, but you can change it to

a different address)

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• Netmask

• Primary DNS Server (optional)

d. Click Next to make the changes take effect. A Machine rebooting message

appears. If the page does not load by itself in five minutes, click Refresh.

7. When prompted, type administrator for the user name and password for the password. In the ASM Main Page, you can perform additional configuration tasks.

See the Appliance System Manager Administration Guide for information about additional configuration tasks.

Setting the initial IP address in a command line

A command line script is provided if a locally attached browser is not accessible. To use this method of assigning the in itial IP address, do the following:

1. Turn off the appliance server.

2. Attach a C2T device breakout cable to the appliance server Out connector. See “C2T device breakout cable” on page 59 for details.

3. Attach a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the C2T device breakout cable to the C2T device breakout cable, or attach a serial terminal (VT100) to the serial port.

4. Turn on the appliance server.

5. Log in to the appliance server as the user root with the password of password.

6. Type /opt/CSM/scripts/setup.pl an d press .

7. Respond to the questions as prompted.

8. Type Y and press Enter to restart the appliance when prompted.

Setting the initial IP address using the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility

To set the initial IP address using the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility , do the following:

1. Configure the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility with a scope that includes the newly deployed appliance.

2. Start the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility with the configuration and deploy the new appliance in the same subnet (the IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility does not work outside of the subnet of the appliance).

3. Select the appliance in the left pane and click Start Web Management. An initial configuration page opens.

4. Complete the initial configuration of the appliance using the wizard. The appliance restarts.

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Setting the initial IP address using a diskette

To set the initial IP address using a diskette, do the following:

1. Format a diskette using computer runnin g DOS or Windows, or create a DOS file system on the diskette if you are using some other computer.

2. Create a file in the root directory of the diskette called initsys.ini with an initial configuration file containing the new IP address of the appliance.

The diskette can contain the following information:

• Initial IP address

• Host name of the appliance

• IP address of gateway device (default route)

• Network mask

• IP address of primary DNS name server

• System password

The following is an example configuration file:

IPaddress=10.1.1.1 Subnet=255.255.255.0 GatewayAddress=9.27.67.1

The configuration file contains only 7-bit standard ASCII characters. Lines beginning with # are treated as comments. All blank spaces are ignored. Keywords can appear in any order, and the keyword names are case-sensitive.

The following keywords are available:

Notes:

a. The only required parameter in the initial configuration file is the initial IP

address. The system password paramete r default is password.

b. If any parameters other than the initial IP address are not specified, the

administrator must use the initial con figuration wizard that is provided by the Appliance System Manager to complete the initial configuration of the appliance. Any values that are supplied in the file are automatically filled in when using the wizard, so that you do not have to type them again.

3. Insert the diskette into the appliance and turn on the appliance. Note: The diskette must be in the appliance when the appliance is started for

the contents of the diskette to be read.

Keyword Purpose Default value

IPaddress Initial IP address NetworkMask Network mask HostName Fully-qualified host name GatewayAddress IP address of gateway device NameServerAddress IP address of primary DNS

name server

Password System password existing system password

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Changing default passwords

Passwords on new appliances are set to password. To change the passwords, do the following:

• If the root password has not been changed in the initial configuration page, click

Security/System Password in Appliance System Manager, and change the password.

• The default user is webroot with a pass wor d of password. Click Security/Manage Users in Appliance System Manager, and change the default user password.

• The default Appl iance Sy stem Manage r adminis trator I D is administrator with a password of password. Click Security/Manage Administrators/Edit Administrator in Appliance System Manager, and change the administrator user password.

For greater security, create an Appliance System Manager administrator with a different user ID and password. Then delete the original administrator user ID.

Do not delete the original administrator ID until yo u have created a new administrator ID that is valid.

Important

Chapter 4. Using the Recovery and Supplementary CDs

This chapter describes the applications that are included on the IBM xSeries 135 Supplementary and Recovery CDs and information about how and when you should

use them.

Using the recovery enablement diskette and Recovery CD

The Recovery CD is a startable CD that is used to recover the preinstalled programs on your xSeries 135 appliance server. You must start your server using a recovery enablement diskette to use the Recovery CD. You can create a recovery enablement diskette using a utility on the Supplementary CD.

To create a recovery enablement diskette, do the following:

1. Insert the Supplementary CD into the CD-ROM drive of a remote computer running Microsoft Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000.

2. Run \Recovery_Enablement_Disk\DiskCreator.exe.

3. Select either Reload or Reformat. The Reload option restores the original factoryinstalled programs and leaves the data partition (/home) unchanged. The Reformat option erases all data on the hard disk of the appliance and ma kes no attempt to save any informatio n in any partition of the disk.

4. Select either to use a new diskette or an existing diskette. A warning message appears. Click Yes or No.

5. Click Agree at the license agreement.

The software can be reinstalled using the Recovery CD. The Recovery CD must be accompanied by a recovery enablementdiskette.

To recover the preinstalled programs on your server:

1. Insert the recovery enablement diskette into the diskette drive and the Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive, and restart the server. The recovery process begins automatically and the preinstalled programs are restored with the original settings and configuration. After the preinstalled programs are restored, the system restarts automatically and all final operating system configuration changes are performed.

2. After the software has been reinstalled, the Recovery CD is ejected and the appliance is restarted with the initial software and configuration.

3. Perform the initial setup procedures that are required to setup the the appliance server. See “Setting the initial Internet protocol (IP) address” on page 27.

The recovery enablement diskette enables the IBM xSeries 135 appliance server to start from the CD-ROM drive. You will not be able to restore the preinstalled programs from the Recovery CD without restarting the server using a recovery enablement diskette.

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4. Finish restoring the software using the Applica tion System Manager administrative interfaces to do any of the following tasks:

• Install any required software upgrades.

• Restore the appliance configuration using backed up configuration

information.

• Perform any other desired configuration and ad ministrative actions to fully

restore the appliance.

• Restore the appliance application data, if required.

5. Restart the appliance using the restored system and configuration. Note: Although data is not affected by recovering the preinstalled programs on

the appliance server when you use the Reload option, the data is not accessible until a backed-up system configuration is restored to redefine the system users who own the data. Store up-to-date configuration backups on a different computer.

Using the Supplementary CD

The Supplementary CD contains copies of key software applications that are preinstalled on your xSeries 135 appliance server. The following table lists the names of the directories on the Supplementary CD and a description of the contents of the directory.

Directory name Contents

IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration

IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration console and agent installation files. The IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration agent is preinstalled as a Windows Powered service on the xSeries 135. To install the Advanced Appliance Configuration console, run setup.exe from the x:\IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration directory, where x is the drive letter assigned to

your CD-ROM drive. License License information for the preinstalled IBM and non-IBM software Recovery_Enablement_Disk DiskCreator.exe and r elated files. See “Using the recovery enablement

diskette and Recovery CD” on page 31 for a description of how to use the

DiskCreator.exe utility to create a recovery enablementdiskette. Sources RPM packages of the source code of the open-source software that is

preinstalled on the xSeries 135 appliance server. readme.txt A text file that desc ribes the contents of the Supplementary CD.

Chapter 5. Installing options

This chapter provides refere nce instructions to help you in case you need to replace parts of your server.

Before you install an optional device in your appliance server, verify that IBM supports that device on your model. You can view the list of supported devices for your model at the following Web site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/compat

These instructions are provided to help you to replace parts if needed. Your IBM xSeries 135 appliance server does not support the installation of additional optional devices.

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Major components of the IBM xSeries 135 appliance server

The following illustration shows the locations of major components in your server.

Microprocessor

Terminator card

Fans

Hard disk drive filler panel

Hard disk drive

Memory module

Air baffle

Light Path Diagnostics

Clear shield

Heat sink

Clip

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System board

The illustrations in the following sections show the components on the system board.

System board options connectors

The following illustration identifies the connectors on the system board.

System board jumper blocks

Any jumper blocks on the system board that are not shown in the illustration are reserved. For typical operation of the system, no jumpers should be installed on any of the jumper blocks. See “Recovering BIOS” on page 88 for information about the Flash ROM page-swap jumper.

Serial port A (J52)

Serial port B (J51)

Management port (J53)

Console (in) port (U38)

Console (out) port (U61)

USB 2 port (J15)

USB 1 port (J13)

Ethernet ports (J1)

PCI slot 1 64 bit 33 MHz (J10)

PCI slot 2 64 bit 33 MHz (J23)

Switch block (SW1)

Battery

Primary IDE (J7)

SCSI signal (J4)

Power (J3)

Power (J6)

Diskette (J11)

SCSI hard disk drive power (J8)

Fan 1 (J12) Fan 2 (J14)

Fan 3 (J22)

Fan 4 (J24)Fan 6 (J38)

Fan 5 (J35)

Microprocessor 1 (U47)

Microprocessor 2 (U79)

DIMM 1 (J32)

DIMM 2 (J34)

DIMM 3 (J41)

DIMM 4 (J47)

Secondary IDE (J2)

CD Power (J17)

BIOS code page jumper (J19)

Operator information panel (J43)

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System board switch block

The switch block contains microswitches 1–8. As pictured in this illustration, switch 1 is at the top of the switch block, and switch 8 is at the bottom. For a more information about this switch block see “Setting the password override switch” on page 16.

The following table describes the function for each switch.

Table 3. Swit ch es 1- 8

Switch number

Switch

description 1Reserved. 2Reserved. 3Reserved. 4Reserved. 5 Reserved. The default setting is Off (disabled). 6 Reserved. The default setting is Off. 7 Reserved. The default setting is Off. 8 Bypass power-on password.

When toggled to the opposite position, bypasses the power-on password,

if one is set. Refer to “Setting the password override switch” on page 16.

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System board LEDs

The following illustration identifies the LEDs on the system board.

Before you begin

Before you begin to install options in your se rver, read the following information:

• Become familiar with the safety and handling guidelines specified under “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 38, and read the safety s tatements in

"Safety information," beginning on page 39. These guidelines will help you work safely while working with your server or options.

• Make sure that you have an adequate number of properly grounded electrical outlets for your server, monitor, and any other options that yo u intend to install.

• Back up all important data before you make changes to disk drives.

• Have a small, flat-blade screwdriver available.

• For a list of supported options for your server, refer to

http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat on the World Wide Web.

• For your convenience during setup and service you might want to have a location separate from the network where you can temporarily connect the server to a power source (using a separate power cord), keyboard, monitor, and mouse (using a separate C2T device breakout cable).

Light Path Diagnostics circuit verification LED

Light Path Diagnostics button

Light Path Diagnostics panel

Fan 1 failure (CR15)

Fan 3 failure (CR31)

Fan 5 failure (CR40)

Fan 4 failure (CR33)

Fan 6 failure (CR48)

Fan 2 failure (CR17)

Microprocessor 1 failure (CR26)

Microprocessor 2 failure (CR53)

DIMM 4 failure (CR 54)

DIMM 3 failure (CR 46)

DIMM 2 failure (CR 39)

DIMM 1 failure (CR 38)

Power-on indicator (CR47)

TEMP

FAN

MEM

CPU

VRM

PCI

Light

Path

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System reliability considerations

To help ensure proper cooling and system reliability, make sure that:

• Each of the drive bays has either a drive or a filler panel installed.

• The cover is in place during operation or is removed for no longer than 30

minutes while the server is operating.

• There is space around the server to enable the server cooling system to work properly. Leave approximately 127 mm (5 in.) of space ar ound the front an d rear of the server.

• Cables for optional adapters are routed according to the instructions that are provided with the adapters.

• A failed fan is replaced within 48 hours.

Working inside a server with power on

Your server is designed to operate safely while turned on with the cover removed. Follow these guidelines when you work inside a server that is turned on:

• Avoid loose-fitting clothing on your forearm s. Button lon g-sleeved shirt s befor e working inside the server; do not wear cuff links while you are working inside the server.

• Do not allow your necktie or scarf to hang inside the server.

• Remove jewelry, such as bracelets, rings, necklaces, and loose-fitting wrist

watches.

• Remove items from your shirt pocket (such as pens or pencils) that could fall into the server as you lean over it.

• Take care to avoid dropping any metallic objects, such as paper clips, hair pins, or screws, into the server.

Handling static-sensitive devices

Attention: Static electricity can damage electronic devices and your system. To avoid damage, keep static-sensitive devices in their static-protective bag until you ar e ready to install them.

To reduce the possibility of electrostatic discharge, observe the following precautions:

• Limit your movement. Movement can cause static electricity to build up around you.

• Handle the device carefully, holding it by its ed ges or its frame.

• Do not touch solder joints, pins, or exposed printed circuitry.

• Do not leave the device where others can handle and possibly damage the

device.

• While the device is still in its static-protective bag, touch it to an unpainted metal part of the system unit for at least two seconds. (This drains static electricity from the package and from your body).

• Remove the device from its package and install it directly into your system unit without setting it down. If it is necessary to set the device down, place it on its static-protective bag. (If your device is an adapter, place it component side up). Do not place the device on your system unit cover or on a metal table.

• Take additional care when handling devices during cold weather because heating reduces indoor humidity and increases static electricity.

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Safety information

Before installing this product, read the Safety Information book .

Antes de instalar este produto, leia o Manual de Informações sobre Segurança.

Læs hæftet med sikkerhedsforskrifter, før du installerer dette produkt.

Lue Safety Information -kirjanen, ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen.

Avant de procéder à l'installation de ce produit, lisez le manuel Safe ty Information.

Vor Beginn der Installation die Broschüre mit Sicherheitshinweisen lesen.

Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere l'opuscolo contenente le informazioni sulla sicurezza.

Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst het boekje met veiligheidsvoorschriften.

Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.

Przed zainstalowaniem tego produktu należy przeczytać broszurę Informacje Dotyczące Bezpieczeństwa.

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