IBM 206 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Introducing the xSeries 206 Type 8482 server . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What your server offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Update Xpress program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Server controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Configuring your server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Typical operating system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs (for Serial ATA RAID) 23
Using the SCSISelect Utility program (for SCSI RAID) . . . . . . . . . 24
Using ServeRAID Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring the Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the SCSISelect Utility program (some models) . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Starting the SCSISelect Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SCSISelect Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 31
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 32
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Edition notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Product recycling and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Battery return program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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