IBM xSeries 342 2RX Maintenance Manual

Contents

ContentsAbout This Manual . . . . . . . . . . vImportant Safety Information . . . . . . . . . vOnline Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . viIBM Online Addresses . . . . . . . . . . viGeneral checkout . . . . . . . . . . 1General information . . . . . . . . . 3Features and specifications. . . . . . . . . . 3Server features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . 6Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 7Powering on the server . . . . . . . . . . 7Powering off the server . . . . . . . . . . 7Operator information panel . . . . . . . . . 9Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . 11Identifying problems using LEDs . . . . . . . 11Power supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . 11Light path diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 11Diagnostics panel . . . . . . . . . . . 11Light path diagnostics table . . . . . . . . 12POST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . 12Error logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Small computer system interface messages (somemodels). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . 13Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Starting the diagnostic programs . . . . . . 14Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . 15Diagnostic error message tables. . . . . . . 16Recovering BIOS code . . . . . . . . . . . 16Troubleshooting the Ethernet controller . . . . . 17Network connection problems . . . . . . . 17Ethernet controller troubleshooting chart . . . 17Power checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 19Temperature checkout . . . . . . . . . . . 21Configuring the server . . . . . . . . 23Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . 23Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program 23Choices available from the Configuration/Setupmain menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 27Power-on password . . . . . . . . . 27Remote-control security settings . . . . . 28Using the SCSISelect utility program . . . . . . 29Starting the SCSISelect utility program . . . . 29Choices available from the SCSISelect menu . . 29Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . 31Installing options . . . . . . . . . . 35Exploded view of the xSeries 342 server . . . . . 35System board layout . . . . . . . . . . . 35System board options connectors . . . . . . 36System board internal cable connectors . . . . 36System board external port connectors . . . . 37System board switches and jumpers . . . . . 38System board LED locations . . . . . . . . 40Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 42System reliability considerations . . . . . . . 42Working inside a server with power on . . . . . 43Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 43Removing the cover and bezel . . . . . . . . 44Working with adapters . . . . . . . . . . 46Adapter considerations . . . . . . . . . 46Adapter installation instructions . . . . . . . 47Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . 49Internal drive bays . . . . . . . . . . . 49SCSI drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Installing a hot-swap drive . . . . . . . . . 51Installing a non-hot-swap drive. . . . . . . . 52Installing memory modules . . . . . . . . . 53Installing a microprocessor . . . . . . . . . 55Installing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . 58Installing an xSeries 3-Pack Ultra 160 Hot-SwapExpansion Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Replacing a hot-swap fan assembly . . . . . . 61Installing the server cover and bezel . . . . . . 62Connecting external options . . . . . . . . . 63Cabling requirements . . . . . . . . . . 63Setting SCSI IDs for external devices . . . . . 63Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . 63Input/Output ports . . . . . . . . . . . 63Video port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Keyboard port . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Auxiliary-device (pointing device) port . . . . 65Ultra 160 SCSI ports . . . . . . . . . . 65SCSI cabling requirements . . . . . . . 66Setting SCSI IDs . . . . . . . . . . . 66SCSI connector pin-number assignments. . . 66Serial ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Viewing or changing the serial-portassignments . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Serial-port connectors . . . . . . . . . 68Universal Serial Bus ports . . . . . . . . 68USB cables and hubs . . . . . . . . . 68USB-port connectors . . . . . . . . . 69Ethernet port . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Configuring the Ethernet controller . . . . 69Failover for redundant Ethernet . . . . . 69Ethernet port connector . . . . . . . . 73Integrated System Management Processor ports 73Cabling the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . 73© Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001 iii