IBM power PS700 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Also see for PS700: Overview Technical overview and introduction Installation and user guide

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Table 38. MAC addressing scheme for physical and logical host Ethernet adapters (continued)Node Name in managementmoduleRelation to the MAC thatis listed on the PS700 label ExampleLogical HEA portMAC +17Same as last MAC addresson the label00:1A:64:44:0ec8 to00:1A:64:44:0ed4For more information about planning, deploying, and managing the use of host Ethernet adapters, see theConfiguring section of the PowerVM Information Roadmap.Configuring a RAID arrayConfiguring a RAID array applies to a blade server in which two SAS hard disk drives are installed.Two SAS disk drives in the PS700 blade server can be used to implement and manage RAID level-0 andRAID level-1 arrays in operating systems that are on the ServerProven list. For the blade server, you mustconfigure the RAID array through "smit sasdam," which is the SAS RAID Disk Array Manager for AIX.The AIX Disk Array Manager is packaged with the Diagnostics utilities on the Diagnostics CD. Use "smitsasdam" to configure the disk drives for use with the SAS controller. For more information, see “Usingthe Disk Array Manager” in the Systems Hardware Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/index.jsp?topic=/arebj/sasusingthesasdiskarraymanager.htm.Important: Depending on your RAID configuration, you might have to create the array before you installthe operating system in the blade server.Before you can create a RAID array, you must reformat the drives so that the sector size of the driveschanges from 512 bytes to 528 bytes. If you later decide to remove the drives, delete the RAID arraybefore you remove the drives. If you decide to delete the RAID array and reuse the drives, you mustreformat the drives so that the sector size of the drives changes from 528 bytes to 512 bytes.Updating IBM DirectorIf you plan to use IBM Director to manage the blade server, you must check for the latest applicable IBMDirector updates and interim fixes.To install the IBM Director updates and any other applicable updates and interim fixes, complete thefollowing steps.Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. The actual procedure might vary slightly fromwhat is described in this procedure.1. Check for the latest version of IBM Director:a. Go to the IBM Director download site at http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html.b. If the drop-down list shows a newer version of IBM Director than the version that comes with theblade server, follow the instructions on the Web page to download the latest version.2. Install IBM Director.3. Download and install any applicable updates or interim fixes for the blade server:a. Go to the IBM Support site at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.b. Under Product support, click BladeCenter.c. Under Popular links, click Software and device drivers.268 Power Systems: Problem Determination and Service Guide for the IBM Power PS700 (8406-70Y)