IBM 867413x - Eserver xSeries 330 8674 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Contents

ContentsAbout this manual . . . . . . . . . . iiiImportant safety information . . . . . . . . iiiOnline support . . . . . . . . . . . . . ivGeneral checkout . . . . . . . . . . 1General information . . . . . . . . . 3Features and specifications. . . . . . . . . . 4What the xSeries 330 / IntelliStation R Pro offers . . 5Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . 5Server controls and indicators . . . . . . . . 6Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Turning on the server . . . . . . . . . . 8Turning off the server . . . . . . . . . . 9Stand-by mode . . . . . . . . . . . 9Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . 11POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . 12Event/error logs. . . . . . . . . . . . 12Small computer system interface messages . . . . 12Identifying problems using status LEDs . . . . . 13Light Path Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . 13Diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . 14Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . 15Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Starting the diagnostic programs . . . . . . 16Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . 16Recovering BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Troubleshooting the Ethernet controller . . . . . 19Network connection problems . . . . . . . 19Ethernet controller troubleshooting chart . . . 19Ethernet controller messages. . . . . . . . . 20NDIS 4.0 (Windows NT) driver messages . . . 20Power checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 25Temperature checkout . . . . . . . . . . . 25Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . 27Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program 27Choices available from the Configuration/Setupmain menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 31Power-on password . . . . . . . . . 31Administrator password . . . . . . . . 32Using the SCSISelect utility program . . . . . . 33Starting the SCSISelect utility program . . . . 33Choices available from the SCSISelect menu . . 34Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . 34Starting the PXE Boot Agent Utility program 35PXE Boot Agent Utility menu choices. . . . 35Advanced System Management . . . . . . . 36Updating the ASM firmware . . . . . . . 36ASM Firmware Update Utility diskette menuchoices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Hardware Status and Information . . . . . 37Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . 37Update System Management Firmware . . . 38Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Configuring the ASM processor . . . . . . 38Installing options . . . . . . . . . . 41Notices and statements used in this book . . . . 41Major components of the xSeries 330 . . . . . . 42Major components of the R Pro computer . . . . 43System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44System board options connectors . . . . . . 44System board LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . 45Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 45System reliability considerations . . . . . . 46Working inside a server/workstation with poweron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Rack installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . 48Working with adapters in the xSeries 330 . . . . 49Adapter considerations . . . . . . . . . 49Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . 50Working with adapters in the R Pro . . . . . . 53Adapter considerations . . . . . . . . . 53Removing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . 54Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . 54The IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter . . . . . . 56Installation prerequisites . . . . . . . . . 56Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . 57Remote Supervisor Adapter features . . . . . 57About your documentation . . . . . . . . 58System requirements . . . . . . . . . 58Starting the IBM Documentation Browser . . 59Using the IBM Documentation Browser . . . 59Unpacking and verifying components . . . . 60Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . 60Remote Supervisor Adapter components . . 62Installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter . . . . 62Connecting the power-supply adapter . . . . . 65Connecting the LAN and serial port cables . . . . 66Cabling the Ethernet LAN port . . . . . . . 67Cabling the serial (COM) port . . . . . . . 68Updating the Remote Supervisor Adapter firmware 68Configuring your system to enable remote access tothe Remote Supervisor Adapter. . . . . . . . 71Configuring the Ethernet settings . . . . . . 71Configuring the serial port . . . . . . . . 73Setting up point-to-point protocol . . . . . . 74Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . 76Planning and cabling your interconnect network . . 77Forwarding alerts . . . . . . . . . . . 77© Copyright IBM Corp. 2001 v