IBM 8682 manual Contents

Contents

About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

General checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Checkout procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Server features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Start the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Information LED panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

POST	.	. . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	11
POST beep codes	.	. . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	12

POST error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Event/error logs	. .	. . .	. .	.	12
Small computer system interface messages	. .	. . .	. .	.	12

ServerGuide error symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Starting the diagnostic programs	. . .	.	. . . . . . . . .	.	. .	.	14
Viewing the test log	. . .	.	. . . . . . . . .	.	. .	.	15
Diagnostic error message tables	. . .	.	. . . . . . . . .	.	. .	.	15
Light path diagnostics	. . .	.	. . . . . . . . .	.	. .	.	16

Power supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Diagnostic panel LEDs . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . 18
Light Path Diagnostics				. . . 19
Power checkout	. . . . . . . . . . . . .			. . . 20
Recovering BIOS			. . . . . . .		.	.	20
Replacing the battery	. . . . .	. .	. . . . . . .		.	.	21

Temperature checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Diagnosing errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Troubleshooting the Ethernet controller	.	.	23
Network connection problems	.	.	23
Ethernet controller troubleshooting chart	.	.	24
Ethernet controller messages	.	.	25
Novell NetWare or IntraNetWare server ODI driver messages. . . . . . 25
Network driver interface specification 2.01 (OS/2) driver messages. .	.	.	28
NDIS 4.0 (Windows NT) driver messages	.	.	29
UNIX messages	.	.	30
Configuring the server	.	.	33
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program	.	.	33
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program	.	.	33
Choices available from the Configuration/Setup main menu	.	.	34

Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Administrator password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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