IBM 84885BU Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual - Chapter

Chapter

2.

Configuring

the

server

Detailed

information

about

configuring

the

server

is

in

the

IBM

xSeries

User’s

Guide

on

the

IBM

Documentation

CD.

The

latest

information

about

these

programs

and

the

most

recent

device-driver

files

are

available

at

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support.

The

following

configuration

programs

and

capabilities

come

with

the

server:

v

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program

The

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program

is

part

of

the

basic

input/output

system

(BIOS)

code

in

the

server.

Use

it

to

configure

serial

port

assignments,

change

interrupt

request

(IRQ)

settings,

change

the

startup-device

sequence,

set

the

date

and

time,

and

set

passwords.

v

IBM

ServerGuide

Setup

and

Installation

CD

The

ServerGuide

program

provides

software-setup

tools

and

installation

tools

that

are

designed

for

the

server.

v

Boot

Menu

program

The

Boot

Menu

program

is

part

of

the

BIOS

code

in

the

server.

Use

it

to

temporarily

assign

a

device

to

be

first

in

the

startup

sequence,

overriding

the

startup

sequence

that

is

set

in

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program.

v

Ethernet

controller

configuration

The

Ethernet

controller

is

integrated

on

the

system

board.

You

do

not

need

to

set

any

jumpers

or

configure

the

controller.

However,

you

must

install

a

device

driver.

For

device

drivers

and

information

about

configuring

the

Ethernet

controller,

see

the

Broadcom

NetXtreme

Gigabit

Ethernet

Software

CD

that

comes

with

the

server.

For

updated

information

about

configuring

the

controller,

go

to

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.

v

Adaptec

®

HostRAID

™

configuration

programs

Note:

The

device

drivers

required

to

enable

HostRAID

must

be

downloaded

from

the

IBM

Web

site

at

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support.

–

Adaptec

RAID

Configuration

Utility

programs

(for

Serial

ATA

RAID)

Use

the

Array

Configuration

Utility

within

the

Adaptec

RAID

Configuration

Utility

programs

to

configure

RAID

for

the

integrated

Serial

ATA

(SATA)

controller

and

the

devices

that

are

attached

to

it.

–

SCSISelect

Utility

program

(for

SCSI

RAID)

Use

the

SCSI

HostRAID

feature

of

SCSISelect

Utility

program

to

configure

RAID

for

the

SCSI

controller

and

the

devices

that

are

attached

to

it.

v

ServeRAID

Manager

ServeRAID

Manager

is

available

as

a

stand-alone

program

and

as

an

IBM

Director

extension.

If

a

ServeRAID

adapter

is

installed

in

the

server,

use

ServeRAID

Manager

to

define

and

configure

the

disk-array

subsystem

before

you

install

the

operating

system.

v

SCSISelect

Utility

program

(some

models)

For

general

configuration,

use

the

SCSISelect

Utility

program

to

configure

devices

that

are

attached

to

the

SCSI

controller.

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