IBM 884015U 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/support.

The

following

configuration

programs

and

capabilities

come

with

the

server:

v

Configuration/Setup

Utility

The

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program

is

part

of

the

basic

input/output

system

(BIOS)

code

in

your

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

your

server.

Use

this

CD

during

the

installation

of

your

server

to

configure

basic

hardware

features,

such

as

an

integrated

SCSI

controller

with

RAID

capabilities,

and

to

simplify

the

installation

of

your

operating

system.

v

SCSISelect

Utility

program

for

Adaptec

®

HostRAID

™

configuration

Use

the

SCSI

HostRAID

feature

of

the

SCSISelect

Utility

program

to

configure

the

SCSI

controller

with

integrated

RAID

and

the

devices

that

are

attached

to

it.

v

Ethernet

controller

configuration

Use

the

Ethernet

controller

configuration

program

to

configure

the

integrated

Ethernet

controllers.

v

Baseboard

management

controller

utility

programs

Use

the

baseboard

management

controller

utility

programs

to

configure

the

baseboard

management

controller.

The

programs

also

provide

the

capability

to

update

the

firmware

and

sensor

data

record/field

replaceable

unit

(SDR/FRU)

data

and

remotely

manage

a

network.

v

SCSISelect

Utility

program

Use

the

SCSISelect

Utility

program

to

configure

devices

that

are

attached

to

the

SCSI

controller.

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2005,

2007

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