IBM System x3250 M4 Installation & User Manual

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Contents

IBM System x3250 M4 Installation & User Manual Manual pdf 6 page image

Setup utility menu choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Using the Boot Manager program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Starting the backup server firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 58ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide . . . . . . . 60Using the integrated management module II (IMM2) . . . . . . . . . . . 60Using IPMItool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Managing tools and utilities with IMM2 and IBM System x Server Firmware 60Using IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Using IBM Flash utilities and update utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Resetting the IMM2 with the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61LAN over USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Potential conflicts with the LAN over USB interface . . . . . . . . . . 63Resolving conflicts with the IMM2 LAN over USB interface . . . . . . . . 63Configuring the LAN over USB interface manually . . . . . . . . . . . 63Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Enabling the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Enabling and configuring Serial over LAN (SOL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 65UEFI update and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Using the LSI Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Formatting a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Creating a RAID array of hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Creating a software RAID array of hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . 68Disable a software RAID array of hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 69IBM Advanced Settings Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Updating IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 73Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . 74How to send Dynamic System Analysis data to IBM . . . . . . . . . . . 74Creating a personalized support web page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Important notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Particulate contamination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Documentation format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Telecommunication regulatory statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement . . . . . . . . . 80Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement . . . . . . . . 80Avis de conformité à la réglementation d'Industrie Canada . . . . . . . . 80Australia and New Zealand Class A statement . . . . . . . . . . . . 80European Union EMC Directive conformance statement . . . . . . . . . 81Germany Class A statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81iv IBM System x3250 M4 Type 2583: Installation and User’s Guide