IBM System x3250 User Manual

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There is one keyboard connector on the back of the server. Use this connector toconnect the server to a keyboard or optional console switch. You can also connecta USB keyboard to the server by using one of the USB connectors. After you installa USB keyboard, you might have to use the Configuration/Setup Utility program toenable keyboardless operation and prevent the POST error message 301 frombeing displayed during startup. For information about how to connect a USBkeyboard to the server, see the documentation that comes with the keyboard. If theserver cables and connector panel have color-coded connectors, match the color ofeach cable end with the color of the connector. For example, match a blue cableend to a blue connector on the panel, a red cable end to a red connector, and soon.Updating the server configurationWhen you start the server for the first time after you add or remove an internaloptional device or external SAS device, you might receive a message that theconfiguration has changed. The Configuration/Setup Utility program startsautomatically so that you can save the new configuration settings. For moreinformation, see Chapter 3, “Configuring the server,” on page 35.Some optional devices have device drivers that you must install. For informationabout installing device drivers, see the documentation that comes with each device.If the server has a RAID configuration that uses the SAS/SATA controller withintegrated RAID (hot-swap SATA or SAS models only) and you have installed orremoved a hard disk drive, you might have to reconfigure the disk arrays.If the server has an optional RAID adapter and you have installed or removed ahard disk drive, see the documentation that comes with the RAID adapter forinformation about reconfiguring the disk arrays.For information about configuring an integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller, see“Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers” on page 47.34 IBM System x3250 Types 4364 and 4365: User’s Guide