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Chapter

1.

Introducing

the

IBM

xSeries

235

Type

8671

server

The

IBM

®

Eserver

xSeries

®

235

Type

8671

is

a

high-performance

server.

It

can

be

upgraded

to

a

symmetric

multiprocessing

(SMP)

server

through

a

microprocessor

upgrade.

It

is

ideally

suited

for

networking

environments

that

require

superior

microprocessor

performance,

efficient

memory

management,

flexibility,

and

large

amounts

of

reliable

data

storage.

Performance,

ease

of

use,

reliability,

and

expansion

capabilities

were

key

considerations

in

the

design

of

your

server.

These

design

features

make

it

possible

for

you

to

customize

the

system

hardware

to

meet

your

needs

today

and

provide

flexible

expansion

capabilities

for

the

future.

Your

server

contains

IBM

Enterprise

X-Architecture

technologies,

which

help

increase

performance

and

reliability.

For

more

information,

see

“What

your

server

offers”

on

page

4

and

“Reliability,

availability,

and

serviceability”

on

page

5.

You

can

obtain

up-to-date

information

about

your

server

and

other

IBM

server

products

at

http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/

on

the

World

Wide

Web.

Your

server

serial

number

and

model

number

are

located

on

labels

on

the

bottom

of

the

server

and

on

the

front,

visible

through

the

bezel.

You

will

need

these

numbers

when

you

register

your

server

with

IBM.

The

information

label

containing

the

serial

number,

machine

type,

model

number,

and

agency

marks

for

your

server

is

located

as

follows:

v

Tower

Model:

On

the

bottom

of

the

server

v

Rack

Configuration:

On

the

side

of

the

server

Note:

The

illustrations

in

this

document

might

differ

slightly

from

your

hardware.

Related

Publications

This

User’s

Guide

provides

general

information

about

your

server,

including

information

about

features,

how

to

configure

your

server,

how

to

use

the

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD,

and

how

to

get

help.

In

addition

to

this

User’s

Guide,

the

following

xSeries

235

Type

8671

documentation

is

provided

with

your

server:

v

Installation

Guide

This

printed

publication

contains

setup

and

installation

instructions.

v

Rack

Installation

Instructions

This

publication

is

provided

in

Portable

Document

Format

(PDF)

on

the

IBM

xSeries

Documentation

CD.

It

contains

the

instructions

to

install

your

server

in

a

rack.

v

Safety

Information

Book

This

multilingual

publication

is

provided

in

PDF

on

the

IBM

xSeries

Documentation

CD.

It

contains

translated

versions

of

the

caution

and

danger

statements

that

appear

in

the

documentation

for

your

server.

Each

caution

and

danger

statement

has

an

assigned

number,

which

you

can

use

to

locate

the

corresponding

statement

in

your

native

language.

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2005

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