Typical operating-system installation

The ServerGuide program can reduce the time it takes to install an operating system. It provides the device drivers that are required for your hardware and for the operating system that you are installing. This section describes a typical ServerGuide operating-system installation.

Note: Features and functions can vary slightly with different versions of the

ServerGuide program.

1.After you have completed the setup process, the operating-system installation program starts. (You will need your operating-system CD to complete the installation.)

2.The ServerGuide program stores information about the server model, service processor, hard disk drive controllers, and network adapters. Then, the program checks the CD for newer device drivers. This information is stored and then passed to the operating-system installation program.

3.The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that are based on your operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives.

4.The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD and restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system takes control to complete the installation.

Installing your operating system without using ServerGuide

If you have already configured the server hardware and you are not using the ServerGuide program to install your operating system, you can download operating-system installation instructions for the server from http:// www.ibm.com/supportportal/.

Using the integrated management module

The integrated management module (IMM) is a second generation of the functions that were formerly provided by the baseboard management controller hardware. It combines service processor functions, video controller, and remote presence function in a single chip.

The IMM supports the following basic systems-management features:

vActive Energy Manager.

vAlerts (in-band and out-of-band alerting, PET traps - IPMI style, SNMP, e-mail).

vAuto Boot Failure Recovery.

vAutomatic Server Restart (ASR) when POST is not complete or the operating system hangs and the operating-system watchdog timer times out. The IMM might be configured to watch for the operating-system watchdog timer and restart the server after a timeout, if the ASR feature is enabled. Otherwise, the IMM allows the administrator to generate an NMI by pressing a nonmaskable interrupt button on the information panel for an operating-system memory dump. ASR is supported by Intelligent Peripheral Management Interface (IPMI).

vBoot sequence manipulation.

vCommand-line interface.

vConfiguration save and restore.

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