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System x3950 M2 Type 7141

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. Summary of changes
  2. Overview
  3. Comparing the x3850 M2 with the x3850
  4. Comparing the x3950 M2 with the x3950
  5. IBM ScaleXpander Option Kit
  6. Multinode configurations
  7. Front and rear layouts
  8. Current models
  9. IBM XA-64e fourth-generation chipset
  10. Processors
  11. XceL4v Dynamic Server Cache
  12. SAS disk subsystem
  13. PCI subsystem
  14. Broadcom dual Gigabit Ethernet controller
  15. Light path diagnostics
  16. Baseboard Management service processor
  17. Remote Supervisor Adapter II
  18. Trusted Platform Module
  19. The team that wrote this IBM Redpaper
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System x3950 M2 Type 7141

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
System x3950 M2 Type 7141 first page preview

System x3950 M2 Type 7141

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. installation guide
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. Table Of Contents
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction
  5. The IBM System x Documentation CD
  6. Notices and statements in this document
  7. Features and specifications
  8. Major components of the server
  9. Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
  10. System reliability guidelines
  11. Handling static-sensitive devices
  12. Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
  13. Installing additional DIMMs
  14. Installing a DIMM
  15. Installing a memory card
  16. Installing an additional microprocessor
  17. Installing a ServeRAID-MR10k SAS controller
  18. Installing an adapter
  19. Completing the installation
  20. Connecting the cables
  21. Chapter 3. Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power
  22. Rear view
  23. Server power features
  24. Turning off the server
  25. Chapter 4. Configuring the server
  26. Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program
  27. Chapter 5. Updating IBM Director
  28. Chapter 6. Solving problems
  29. POST beep codes
  30. Troubleshooting tables
  31. General problems
  32. Intermittent problems
  33. Memory problems
  34. Microprocessor problems
  35. Optional-device problems
  36. Power problems
  37. Serial-device problems
  38. ServerGuide problems
  39. Light path diagnostics
  40. Diagnosing problems using light path diagnostics
  41. Remind button
  42. Appendix. Getting help and technical assistance
  43. Software service and support
  44. Notices
  45. Important notes
  46. Product recycling and disposal
  47. Battery return program
  48. Electronic emission notices
  49. Taiwanese Class A warning statement
  50. korean class a warning statement
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System x3950 M2 Type 7141

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. Table Of Contents
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. Chapter 1. The System x3850 M2 and System x3950 M2 server
  4. Notices and statements in this document
  5. Features and specifications
  6. What your server offers
  7. Reliability, availability, and serviceability
  8. IBM Director
  9. The UpdateXpress program
  10. Server controls, connectors, LEDs, and power
  11. Rear view
  12. Server power features
  13. turning off the server
  14. Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
  15. Memory-card DIMM connectors
  16. Microprocessor-board connectors
  17. Microprocessor-board LEDs
  18. Microprocessor-board jumpers
  19. I/O board connectors
  20. I/O-board jumpers
  21. SAS-backplane connectors
  22. Installation guidelines
  23. System reliability guidelines
  24. Handling static-sensitive devices
  25. Installing a ServeRAID-MR10k SAS controller
  26. Installing an adapter
  27. Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
  28. Installing an internal removable flash drive
  29. Active Memory
  30. Adding and replacing a memory card
  31. Installing DIMMs
  32. Installing a microprocessor
  33. Completing the installation
  34. Connecting the cables
  35. Updating the server configuration
  36. Chapter 3. Configuring the server
  37. Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices
  38. Passwords
  39. administrator password
  40. Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
  41. Typical operating-system installation
  42. Using the Boot Menu program
  43. Using the firmware update utility program
  44. Using the management utility program
  45. Using the RAID configuration programs
  46. Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program
  47. Using the LSI Logic MegaRAID Storage Manager program
  48. Chapter 4. Updating IBM Director
  49. Appendix. Notices
  50. Important notes
  51. Product recycling and disposal
  52. Battery return program
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System x3950 M2 Type 7141

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
Table of contents
  1. front cover
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. Table Of Contents
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. Table Of Contents
  6. Table Of Contents
  7. Chapter 1. Technical overview
  8. IBM eX4-based servers
  9. x3950 M2: scalable hardware components
  10. Model numbers and scalable upgrade options
  11. Finding country-specific model information
  12. x3950 M2 model information
  13. Multinode capabilities
  14. x3950 M2 Windows Datacenter models
  15. IBM Datacenter Unlimited Virtualization offering
  16. Upgrading to Datacenter Edition
  17. Datacenter multinode configurations
  18. Key features of VMware ESXi
  19. VMware ESXi on x3850 M2
  20. Comparing ESXi to other VI3 editions
  21. VMware ESXi V3.5 licensing
  22. Support for applications running on VMware ESX and ESXi
  23. IBM fourth generation XA-64e chipset
  24. Hurricane 4
  25. XceL4v dynamic server cache
  26. Ranks
  27. Processors
  28. Memory subsystem
  29. SAS controller and ports
  30. PCI Express subsystem
  31. Networking
  32. Redundancy features
  33. Systems management features
  34. BMC service processor
  35. Remote Supervisor Adapter II
  36. Active Energy Manager
  37. Chapter 2. Product positioning
  38. Focus market segments and target applications
  39. Positioning the IBM x3950 M2 and x3850 M2
  40. IBM BladeCenter and iDataPlex
  41. Comparing x3850 M2 to x3850
  42. Comparing x3950 M2 to x3950
  43. System scalability
  44. Operating system scalability
  45. Scaling VMware ESX
  46. Scaling Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  47. Scaling Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V
  48. Scaling Linux server operating systems
  49. Application scalability
  50. Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  51. Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  52. Scale-up or scale-out
  53. Scale-out
  54. Chapter 3. Hardware configuration
  55. Processor subsystem
  56. Processor options
  57. Installation of processor options
  58. Processor (CPU) configuration options
  59. Memory options
  60. Memory card
  61. Memory mirroring
  62. Hot-swap memory
  63. Hot-add memory
  64. Memory configuration in BIOS
  65. Internal drive options and RAID controllers
  66. SAS disk drive options
  67. ServeRAID-MR10k RAID controller
  68. ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA II controller
  69. SAS expansion enclosure (unit)
  70. Updating the SAS storage controllers
  71. Configuring RAID volumes
  72. Starting the ServeRAID-MR10k controller WebBIOS
  73. Working with LSI MegaRAID controller WebBIOS
  74. PCI Express options
  75. PCI adapter installation order
  76. PCI Express device-related information in the BIOS
  77. Supported PCI Express adapter options
  78. Chapter 4. Multinode hardware configurations
  79. Introduction and terminology
  81. Understanding scalability
  82. Complex Descriptor contents
  83. Prerequisites to create a multinode complex
  84. Upgrading an x3850 M2 to an x3950 M2
  85. Configuring for a LAN connection
  86. Updating the code levels, firmware
  87. Cabling of multinode configurations
  88. Two-node configuration
  89. Three-node configuration
  90. Four-node configuration
  91. Configuring partitions
  92. First steps in configuring the partition
  93. Creating partitions
  94. Working with partitions
  95. Behaviors of scalability configurations
  96. Observations with scalability configurations
  97. Problems with merging if prerequisites were not met
  98. Known problems
  99. Chapter 5. Installation
  100. Updating firmware and BIOS
  101. Downloading the firmware
  102. system bios
  103. Confirming BIOS settings
  104. Supported operating systems
  105. VMware ESX operating systems
  106. Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems
  107. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems
  108. Solaris operating systems
  109. Installing the operating system
  110. Installing VMware ESXi 3.5 Installable
  111. Installing VMware ESX 3.5 Update 1
  112. Installing Windows Server 2003
  113. Installing Windows Server 2008
  114. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1
  115. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
  116. Chapter 6. Management
  117. BMC configuration options
  118. BMC connectivity
  119. Event Log
  120. User Account Settings menus
  121. BMC monitoring features
  122. BMC firmware update
  123. Installing the BMC device drivers
  124. Ports used by the BMC
  125. RSA II connectivity
  126. Web interface
  127. Remote console and media
  128. Updating firmware
  129. Implementing the RSA II in the operating system
  130. TCP/UDP ports used by the RSA II
  131. MIB files
  132. Use of IBM Director with VMware ESX
  133. Active Energy Manager terminology
  134. Active Energy Manager components
  135. Active Energy Manager tasks
  136. Active Energy Manager 3.1 functions
  137. IBM Director: Implementation of servers
  138. Integrating x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 into IBM Director
  139. Level 0: Implementation by service processors
  140. Level 1: Implementation by the IBM Director Core Services
  141. LSI MegaRAID Provider
  142. Level 2: Implementation by the IBM Director agent
  143. System management with VMware ESXi 3.5
  144. Power management
  145. Power consumption measurement and capping
  146. Key features
  147. Availability and flexibility of Enterprise PDUs
  148. Comparing PDU and intelligent PDU
  149. Assembling of intelligent PDU
  150. Intelligent PDU power management Web interface
  151. DSA Preboot
  152. Updating DSA Preboot
  153. Working with the command line interface
  154. Working with the graphical user interface (GUI)
  155. Scalability partition management
  156. Abbreviations and acronyms
  157. Related publications
  158. Online resources
  159. How to get Redbooks
  160. Index
  161. back cover
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System x3950 M2 Type 7141

Brand: IBM | Category: Server
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