IBM 71455DU - Manuals

Statement 1: DANGER Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: v Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. v Connect all power cords to a ...

Statement 2: CAUTION: When replacing the lithium battery, use only IBM Part Number 33F8354 or an equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. If your system has a module containing a lithium battery, replace it only with the same module type made by the same manufacturer. The battery con...

Statement 4: ≥ 18 kg (39.7 lb) ≥ 32 kg (70.5 lb) ≥ 55 kg (121.2 lb) CAUTION: Use safe practices when lifting. Statement 5: CAUTION: The power control button on the device and the power switch on the power supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device. The device also might hav...

What your server offers The server uses the following features and technologies: v Active PCI-X (hot-plug) adapter capabilities The server has six hot-plug slots for peripheral component interconnect (PCI-X) adapters. With operating-system support, you can replace a failing hot-plug PCI-X adapter wi...

IBM Director With IBM Director, a network administrator can perform the following tasks: v View the hardware configuration of remote systems, in detail v Monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as microprocessors, disks, and memory v Centrally manage individual or large groups...

Chapter 2. Installing options This chapter provides detailed instructions for installing optional hardware devices in the server. Server components The following illustration shows the major components in the server. The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware. FR ONT...

I/O board internal connectors and jumpers The following illustration shows the internal connectors and jumpers on the I/O board. Light path diagnostic Front USBBattery Power-on passwordoverride Boot recovery Wake-on-LANbypass Media backplane Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine SAS 1 SAS 2 SP seria...

SAS-backplane connectors The following illustration shows the connectors on the SAS backplane. Front of SAS backplane Back of SAS backplane SAS hard disk drive connectors SAS signal cable 2 SAS signal cable 1 SAS power 2 20 IBM System x3950 Type 8878 and System x3950 E Type 8879: User’s Guide

Installation guidelines Before you install options, read the following information: v Read the safety information that begins on page v, the guidelines in “Working inside the server with the power on” on page 22, and “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 23. This information will help you work...

Bezel Top cover Cover releaselatch 4. Lift the cover-release latch. The cover slides to the rear approximately 13 mm (0.5 inch). Lift the cover off the server. Attention: For proper cooling and airflow, replace the top cover before turning on the server. Operating the server for more than 2 minutes ...

CAUTION: Never remove the cover on a power supply or any part that has the following label attached. Hazardous voltage, current, and energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached. There are no serviceable parts inside these components. If you suspect a problem with one ...

3. If you are adding a power supply to an empty power-supply bay, remove the cover from the ac power connector opening on the rear of the server. 4. If you are replacing a failed power supply, remove the failed power supply from the bay: a. Disconnect the power cord from the connector on the back of...

c. Remove the expansion-slot cover. d. Touch the static-protective package that contains the adapter to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server; then, grasp the adapter by the top edge or upper corners of the adapter and remove it from the package. e. Carefully grasp the adapter by its to...

Memory module The following notes describe the types of dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) that the server supports and other information that you must consider when installing DIMMs: v The server supports 333 MHz, 1.8V, 240 pin, PC2-3200 single-ranked double data-rate (DDR) II, registered synchrono...

Table 4. Alternate memory card installation sequence (continued) Memory card order Memory card DIMM pair Fourth 4 1 and 3 2 and 4 Table 5. Memory card installation sequence for memory-mirrored configuration Memory card order Memory card DIMM pair First 1 1 and 3 3 1 and 3 Second 2 1 and 3 4 1 and 3 ...

When a recoverable error is found by memory scrubbing, the Memory ProteXion feature writes the data that was to be stored in the damaged memory locations to spare memory locations within the same DIMM. Adding and replacing a memory card At least one memory card with one pair of DIMMs must be install...

4. Prepare the new memory card: a. Touch the static-protective package that contains the memory card to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server; then, remove the memory card from the package. b. Place the memory card on a flat, static-protected surface with the DIMM connectors facing up. ...

DIMM Retainingclip 8. Insert the DIMM into the connector by aligning the edges of the DIMM with the slots at the ends of the DIMM connector. 9. Firmly press one end of the DIMM into the connector; then, press the other end into the connector. The retaining clips snap into the locked position when th...

AC DC 10. Open the memory card retention levers on the top of the memory card. 11. Insert the memory card into the memory card connector. 12. Press the memory card into the connector and close the small retention lever. 13. Wait two seconds and close the large retention lever. If you have other opti...

v Read the documentation that comes with the microprocessor to determine whether you must update the basic input/output system (BIOS) code in the server. To download the most current level of BIOS code for your server, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/xseries/index.html. v Obtain an SM...

a. Make sure that the microprocessor-tray release latch is open; then, push the microprocessor tray into the server. b. Close the tray levers and make sure that they are securely latched. c. Press the microprocessor-tray release latch down. d. Reinstall the fans and memory cards in the server. If yo...

Connecting the cables You must turn off the server (see “Server power features” on page 12) before connecting any cables to or disconnecting any cables from the server. See the documentation that comes with optional devices for additional cabling instructions. It might be easier for you to route cab...

Updating the server configuration When you start the server for the first time after you add or remove an internal option or external SAS or SCSI device, you might receive a message that the configuration has changed. The Configuration/Setup Utility program starts automatically so that you can save ...

Select this choice to exit from the Configuration/Setup Utility program. If you have not saved the changes you have made in the settings, you are asked whether you want to save the changes or exit without saving them. Passwords From the System Security choice, you can set, change, and delete a power...

Light path diagnostic Front USBBattery Power-on passwordoverride Boot recovery Wake-on-LANbypass Media backplane Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine SAS 1 SAS 2 SP serial (COM 2) System serial (COM 1) 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Default jumperposition While the server is turned off, move the jumper on J9 fr...

j. Make sure that Yes, exit the Setup Utility is selected; then, press Enter. Configuring Linux For SOL operation on the server, you must configure the Linux operating system to expose the Linux initialization (booting) process. This enables users to log in to the Linux console through an SOL sessio...

Modified /etc/lilo.conf contents prompt timeout=50 default=linux-Monitor boot=/dev/hda #map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b #message=/boot/message linear # This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp label=linux-Monitor initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.i...

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp ro root=/dev/hda6 console=tty1 console=ttyS1,19200 initrd /initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img Note: The entry that begins with kernel /vmlinuz is shown with a line break after console=tty1 . In your file, the entire entry must all be on one line. The following examples show the o...

Modified /boot/grub/grub.conf contents #grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-versi...

The installation program prompts you for a TCP/IP port number and an IP address. Specify an IP address, if you want to limit the connection requests that will be accepted by the utility program. To accept connections from any server, type INADDR_ANY as the IP address. Also specify the port number th...

9. In the navigation pane, click Control Partition and follow the instructions on the Control Scalable Partition page to manage the scalable partition. Use the Control Scalable Partition page to replace a current scalable partition with a new scalable partition. You can also start or stop a scalable...

Chapter 4. Updating IBM Director If you plan to use IBM Director to manage the server, you must check for the latest applicable IBM Director updates and interim fixes. To install the IBM Director updates and any other applicable updates and interim fixes, complete the following steps. Note: Changes ...

Appendix. Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in other countries. Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available...

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Index A Active Memory 5, 33 PCI-X 5, 26 Active Memory 5, 33 adapter hot-plug 26 installing 26 ServeRAID-8i 27 PCI 26 PCI-X 26 ServeRAID-8i 27 adding memory card 35 administrator password 63 attention notices 2 Automatic BIOS recovery 7 availability 7 B baseboard management controller utility program...