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CHAPTER 2: Setting Up Your Server

Contents

Page Page Contents Page Page Page CHAPTER1 Checking Out Your Gateway Server •Front •Back •Interior Front Back Interior System board Hot-swapbackplanes Page LED information Getting Help CHAPTER2 Setting Up Your Server •Setting up the hardware •Protecting from power source problems •Mounting your server into a cabinet Setting up the hardware Protecting from power source problems Mounting your server into a cabinet Page Page Installing the bezel Removing the server from a cabinet Starting your server Setting up the operating system Initial hardware settings Page CHAPTER3 Maintaining Your Server •Caring for your server •Preparing for system recovery •System administration Caring for your server Cleaning tips Cleaning the keyboard Cleaning the screen Cleaning the tape drive Preparing for system recovery System administration Locking the server Using BIOS security passwords Identifying your server Updating the baseboard management controller firmware Using your Server Companion DVD Booting the Server Companion DVD Page Page CHAPTER4 Installing Components •Preparing to install components •Preventing static electricity discharge •Opening the server case Preparing to install components Preventing static electricity discharge Opening the server case Closing the server case Installing and removing drives Page Removing and installing a hard drive Installing an optional diskette drive Filling empty drive bays Installing memory Mirroring mode: Sparing mode Installing and removing PCI expansion cards Page Replacing system fans Page Replacing or adding a processor Page Page Replacing a power supply module Replacing the power distribution board Replacing the power cage Replacing the hot-swapbackplanes Replacing the ROMB battery pack for the mezzanine RAID card Installing and removing an optional mezzanine board Page Replacing the CMOS battery Replacing the control panel Replacing the system board Page Page CHAPTER5 Using the BIOS Setup Utility •Opening the BIOS Setup utility •Updating the BIOS •Recovering the BIOS Opening the BIOS Setup utility Updating the BIOS Recovering the BIOS Resetting the BIOS Resetting BIOS passwords Updating and recovering the BMC Page Page CHAPTER6 Troubleshooting •Telephone support •Tutoring and training •Safety guidelines Telephone support Telephone numbers Tutoring and training Safety guidelines Error messages Memory messages Boot messages Storage Device messages System configuration messages CMOS messages First steps Beep codes Page Diagnostic LEDs POST code checkpoints Page Bootblock initialization code checkpoints Bootblock recovery code checkpoints DIM code checkpoints ACPI runtime checkpoints Optical drive Expansion cards Hard drive Internet Keyboard Memory Monitor Power Processor APPENDIXA Server Specifications •System specifications •System board specifications •Environmental specifications System specifications System board specifications Environmental specifications Electronic specifications Main power connector (J8) Processor power connector (J6) VGA connector Keyboard and Mouse connectors External USB connectors I2C(SMBus) connector Additional specifications Page APPENDIXB BIOS Settings Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page APPENDIXC Legal Information Important safety information Setting up your system Care during use Replacement parts and accessories Regulatory compliance statements Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Unintentional emitter per FCC Part FCC Part 15 Class A Statement FCC declaration of conformity Laser safety statement Environmental information Notices All Rights Reserved Trademark Acknowledgments Page Index Numerics