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IBM eServer 150 xSeries Installation Manual

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    Ibm ibm ® xseries 150 installation guide.

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    Ibm ibm ® xseries 150 installation guide.

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    Note before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the general information in “appendix b. Product warranties and notices,” on page 39. First edition (october 2000) © copyright international business machines corporation 2000. All rights reserved. Us government users res...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 iii safety before installing this product, read the safety information book. Antes de instalar este produto, leia o manual de informações sobre segurança. Læs hæftet med sikkerhedsforskrifter, før du installerer dette produkt. Lue safety information -kirjanen, ennen kuin a...

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    Iv ibm® xseries 150: installation guide lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst het boekje met veiligheidsvoorschriften. Les heftet om sikkerhetsinformasjon (safety information) før du installerer dette produktet. Antes de instalar este produto, leia o folheto informações sobre segurança. Antes...

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    V statement 1 danger electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: • do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. • connect all power cords to a...

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    Vi ibm® xseries 150: installation guide statement 2 caution: when replacing the lithium battery, use only ibm part number 33f8354 or an equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. If your system has a module containing a lithium battery, replace it only with the same module type made by...

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    Vii statement 4 ˜18 kg (37 lbs) ˜32 kg (70.5 lbs) ˜55 kg (121.2 lbs) caution: use safe practices when lifting. Statement 5 caution: the power control button on the device and the power switch on the power supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device. The device also might hav...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 ix contents safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iii chapter 1.Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 notices used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 1 chapter 1. Introduction thank you for purchasing an ibm ® xseries150 server. This installation guide provides the information that is needed to: • set up and cable your server • start and configure your server • connect to and manage your server packaged with the install...

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    2 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide features and specifications table 1 provides a summary of the features and specifications for your xseries 150 server. Table 1. Features and specifications microprocessor: • 1 or 2 intel® pentium® iii microprocessors with mmx™ technology and simd extensions, de...

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    Chapter 1. Introduction 3 notices used in this book this information product contains notices that relate to a specific topic. The caution and danger notices also appear in the multilingual safety booklet that came with your xseries product. Each notice is numbered for easy reference to the correspo...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 5 chapter 2. Cabling the server when you cable the server, be sure to route the power cable through the cable- restraint bracket on the rear of the server. Because your xseries 150 is a "headless" server, you will not need to connect a mouse or keyboard cable when cabling ...

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    6 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide additionally, for rack models, be sure to route all the cables through the cable- management assembly on the rack (see the following illustration). Routing cables through cable-management assembly for more information on installing your xseries 150 in a rack, s...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 7 chapter 3. Starting the server after you plug the power cord of your server into the power supply and an electrical outlet, the server can start in several ways: • you can press the power control button on the front of the server to start the server. Note: after you plug...

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    8 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide you can turn off the server as follows: • you can press the power control button on the front of the server. This starts an orderly shutdown of the operating system, if this feature is supported by your operating system, and places the server in standby mode. N...

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    Chapter 3. Starting the server 9 controls and indicators the following illustrations show the controls and indicators on the front of the server. Power control button: press this button to manually turn the server on or off. Tower model rack model hard disk drive activity light (green) hard disk dri...

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    10 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide power control button shield: you can install this circular disk over the power control button to prevent accidental manual power-off. This disk is provided with your server. Reset button: press this button to reset the server and run the power-on self-test (po...

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    Chapter 3. Starting the server 11 information light this amber led lights when the information log contains information about certain conditions in your server that might affect performance. For example, the light will be on if your server has multiple power supplies and does not have redundant powe...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 13 chapter 4. Appliance configuration programs your xseries appliance server comes with programs that can be used to configure, manage, and maintain your appliance server. These configuration programs include: • universal manageability services universal manageability serv...

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    14 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide used to enhance support and to enable systems administrators to effectively maintain ibm systems without requiring them to install additional systems-management software on their administrator console. In addition to point-to-point systems-management support, ...

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    Chapter 4. Appliance configuration programs 15 or, type htp://ibm-xxxxxxx:1411 where xxxxxxx is the ibm serial number of the appliance, and then enter. 2. A user login window appears. Type administrator in the username field, and type password for the password field. You can leave domain blank. Make...

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    16 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide orderly, automated fashion. Even if the customer decides to use dhcp and does not choose to reserve an ip address for the appliance, the advanced appliance configuration utility can still be used to discover appliances and to start um services web-based system...

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    Chapter 4. Appliance configuration programs 17 • automatically group discovered appliances into function-specific families. Appliances are added to a family based on the appliance type. Appliances running different operating systems, but which perform the same function, appear in the same family. • ...

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    18 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide 1. Every discovered appliance is listed in the tree view under all appliances. 2. Each discovered appliance will also appear in one of the following portions of the tree view: • in a family if the discovered appliance fits the requirements of a family, it will...

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    Chapter 4. Appliance configuration programs 19 • families the families group in the tree view pane shows all families that have been defined, with appliance servers that have already been assigned to each family nested beneath the family name in the tree view. Families are defined by appliance purpo...

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    20 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide the advanced appliance configuration utility family setup window appears. 2. Select the appliance family rules. The appliance family rules determine what purpose an appliance must serve to be included in the family. You can select one of the following values: ...

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    Chapter 4. Appliance configuration programs 21 removing appliances from families: use the remove appliance to delete an appliance from the advanced appliance configuration utility console database. Removing an appliance that is no longer in use allows the ip address that was assigned to the applianc...

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    22 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide to use the advanced appliance configuration utility console to start um services on an appliance: 1. Click on the appliance in the advanced appliance configuration utility console tree view pane. When you select the appliance from the tree vie information abou...

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    Chapter 4. Appliance configuration programs 23 6. Connect to the xseries 150 appliance using the terminal services client. 7. In the terminal services client window, type ibm-xxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the serial number located in the lower right corner of the bezel and then click connect. 8. Login to...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 25 chapter 5. Using the recovery and supplementary cds this chapter describes the applications included on the xseries 150 supplementary and recovery cds, and how and when you should use them. Note: the ibm xseries 150 is a preloaded appliance server. Changing the preloade...

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    26 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide note: logical disk 0 will be configured to a 2gb ntfs boot partition. Any other previously configured logical disk drives will be left unchanged. Using the supplementary cd the supplementary cd contains documentation and copies of key software applications tha...

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    Chapter 5. Using the recovery and supplementary cds 27 services for unix 2.0 sfu 2.0 installation files. If you add features that are not preloaded, you will be prompted for this cd. Terminal services client the stand-alone win32 terminal services client application. The nas appliance supports web-b...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 29 chapter 6. Solving problems this section provides basic troubleshooting information to help you resolve some common problems that might occur while setting up your server. If you cannot locate and correct the problem using the information in this section, refer to the "...

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    30 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide • diagnostic programs and error messages the server diagnostic programs are stored in upgradable read-only memory (rom) on the system board. These programs are the primary method of testing the major components of your server. Note: refer to the "solving probl...

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    Chapter 6. Solving problems 31 note: refer to the "solving problems" section in the user’s reference on the ibm xseries documentation cd for more detailed information about post error messages. Table 3. Abbreviated list of post error messages post message failing device or problem found suggested ac...

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    32 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide troubleshooting chart notes: 1. See the "solving problems" section in the user’s reference on the ibm xseries documentation cd for more detailed troubleshooting charts. 2. If you cannot find the problem in the troubleshooting charts, run the diagnostic program...

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    Chapter 6. Solving problems 33 power problems suggested action the server does not power on. Verify that: 1. The power cables are properly connected to the server. 2. The electrical outlet functions properly. 3. The type of memory that is installed is correct. 4. If you just installed an option, rem...

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    34 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide expansion enclosure problems suggested action the scsi expansion enclosure used to work, but does not work now. Verify that: 1. The cables for all external scsi options are connected correctly. 2. The last option in each scsi chain, or the end of the scsi cabl...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 35 appendix a. Rack installation instructions the following reduced-size illustration of the front and the back of the rack mounting template shows where to place the clip nuts or cage nuts when installing your server in a rack. Note to printer: final size 5" x 9” colors: ...

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    36 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide rack mounting instructions • review the documentation that comes with your rack enclosure. • maintain 15 cm (6 in.) of clearance around your server for air circulation. • ensure the room air temperature is below 35°c (95°f). • plan the server installation work...

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    Appendix a. Rack installation instructions 37 use the m6 screws to attach the hinge bracket to the rear of the rack. Then, use the hinge pin to attach the cable-management assembly to the slide rail. (right rear of rack shown here). 4 use the pins on the slide rail to align the slide rail to the rac...

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    38 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide p/n 19k0804 printed in the u.S.A. ® 8 7 a a a a b b press in on the safety latches and slide the server halfway into the rack. Attach the power, keyboard, mouse, and monitor cables (if required) to the server and route them through the cable restraint bracket ...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 39 appendix b. Product warranties and notices this chapter contains warranty and emission notices. It also contains trademarks and general-information notices. Warranty statements the warranty statements consist of two parts: part 1 and part 2. Part 1 varies by country. Pa...

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    40 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide during the warranty period ibm or your reseller, if approved by ibm to provide warranty service, will provide repair and exchange service for the machine, without charge, under the type of service designated for the machine and will manage and install engineer...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 41 the item replaced. The replacement assumes the warranty service status of the replaced item. Any feature, conversion, or upgrade ibm or your reseller services must be installed on a machine which is 1) for certain machines, the designated, serial-numbere...

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    42 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide this limit also applies to ibm’s suppliers and your reseller. It is the maximum for which ibm, its suppliers, and your reseller are collectively responsible. Under no circumstances is ibm liable for any of the following: 1) third-party claims against you for d...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 43 extent of warranty the warranty does not cover the repair or exchange of a machine resulting from misuse, accident, modification, unsuitable physical or operating environment, improper maintenance by you, or failure caused by a product for which ibm is n...

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    44 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide you also agree to 1. Ensure that the machine is free of any legal obligations or restrictions that prevent its exchange; 2. Obtain authorization from the owner to have ibm or your reseller service a machine that you do not own; and 3. Where applicable, before ...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 45 of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. Part 2 - worldwide country-unique terms asia pacific australia: the ibm warranty for machines: the following paragraph is added to this section: the warran...

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    46 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide under the consumer guarantees act 1993 or other legislation which cannot be excluded or limited. The consumer guarantees act 1993 will not apply in respect of any goods which ibm provides, if you require the goods for the purposes of a business as defined in t...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 47 germany: the ibm warranty for machines: the following replaces the first sentence of the first paragraph of this section: the warranty for an ibm machine covers the functionality of the machine for its normal use and the machine’s conformity to its speci...

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    48 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide months’ charges apply) for the machine that is the subject of the claim or which otherwise gives rise to the claim. Applicability of suppliers and resellers (unchanged). The following paragraph is added at the end of this section: ibm’s entire liability and yo...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 49 applicability of suppliers and resellers (unchanged). The following is added to the end of this section: ibm’s entire liability and your sole remedy, whether in contract or in tort, in respect of any default will be limited to damages. North america cana...

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    50 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide b. General purpose functionality. The product may contain services and functionality of a general-purpose server. Notwithstanding that software for such services and functionality may be included as part of the product, you agree not to use the following gener...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 51 f. Other licenses. Your use of software applications installed on the xseries 150 may require additional licenses -- please consult the license agreement accompanying such software . G. Reservation of rights. Manufacturer, and ms and its suppliers (inclu...

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    52 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide 12. Export restrictions. You acknowledge that the product is of u.S. Origin. You agree to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to the product, including the u.S. Export administration regulations, as well as end-user, end-use a...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 53 a. Installation -- server software. The product contains "server software" which provides services or functionality on the computer, which is used only as a network attached storage server. You may install, use, access, display and run one (1) of copy of...

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    54 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide 7. Consent to use of data.You agree that manufacturer, ms and/or microsoft corporation (and/or their subsidiaries, affiliates, and agents) may collect and use technical information you provide as a part of support services related to the product. Manufacturer,...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 55 notices references in this publication to ibm products, programs, or services do not imply that ibm intends to make these available in all countries in which ibm operates. Any reference to an ibm product, program, or service is not intended to state or i...

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    56 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide note to u.S. Government users £ documentation related to restricted rights £ use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in gsa adp schedule contract with ibm corp. Year 2000 readiness and instructions this is a year 2000 readiness disc...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 57 lotus and domino are trademarks of lotus development corporation in the united states, other countries, or both. Tivoli and netview are trademarks of tivoli systems inc. In the united states, other countries, or both. Intel, mmx, landesk, pentium, pentiu...

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    58 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet fcc emission limits. Ibm is not responsible for any radio or television int...

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    Appendix b. Product warranties and notices 59 taiwan electrical emission statement japanese voluntary control council for interference (vcci) statement power cords for your safety, ibm provides a power cord with a grounded attachment plug to use with this ibm product. To avoid electrical shock, alwa...

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    60 ibm® xseries 150: installation guide ibm power cord part number used in these countries and regions 13f9940 argentina, australia, china (prc), new zealand, papua new guinea, paraguay, uruguay, western samoa 13f9979 afghanistan, algeria, andorra, angola, austria, belgium, benin, bulgaria, burkina ...

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    © copyright ibm corp. 2000 61 index a acoustical noise emmisions 2 c cable-management arm 6 cabling external 5 rack model 6 routing on back 5 cd-rom drive 2 class a electronic emission notice 57 connectors, external 5 controls and indicators 9 d diskette drive 2 documentation cd 1 e electrical input...

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    Ibm part number: 21p9107 printed in the united states of america on recycled paper containing 10% recovered post-consumer fiber. 21p9107.