IBM 8490, 8485 manual Contents

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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The IBM xSeries Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Major components of the xSeries 206m Types 8485 and 8490 . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 2. Installing options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 System reliability guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Working inside the server with the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Removing the side cover	. .	. . . . . . .	. .	.	.	10
Removing the two-piece bezel	. .	. . . . . . .	. .	.	.	11
Installing a memory module	. .	. . . . . . .	. .	.	.	13

Installing a drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing a drive in bay 2 or 3	.	.	17
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7	.	.	19
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives	.	.	21
Installing a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . .	.	.	21
Installing a non-hot-swap SATA hard disk drive in bay 4, 5, 6, or 7 . . .	.	.	23
Power and signal cables for internal drives	.	.	24

Installing an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Completing the installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Reinstalling the two-piece bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Reinstalling the side cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Updating the server configuration	. .	. .	.	32
Chapter 3. Server controls, LEDs, and power	. .	. .	.	33
Front view	. .	. .	.	33
Rear view	. .	. .	.	35

Server power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Turning on the server	.	36
Turning off the server	.	36
Chapter 4. Configuring the server	.	39
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD	.	39
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program	.	40
Using the SAS/SATA Configuration Utility program (hot-swap SAS/SATA models
only)	.	40
Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs	.	41
Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs (for Serial ATA RAID)		41
Using the SAS/SATA Utility program (for SAS/SATA HostRAID)	.	44
Using ServeRAID Manager	.	45

Configuring the controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Viewing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Configuring the Ethernet controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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