IBM 8688 manual Contents

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

Chapter 1. General information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notices and statements in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What your IBM xSeries 450 offers . . .	. . . .	. . . .	. . . .	.	.	.	4
Server controls and indicators	. . . .	. . . .	. . . .	.	.	.	4
Front view	. . . .	. . . .	. . . .	.	.	.	5
Rear view	. . . .	. . . .	. . . .	.	.	.	6

Server power features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Turning on the server	.	8
Turning off the server	.	8
Chapter 2. Configuring the server	.	11
Using the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Boot Manager	.	11
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program	.	12
Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program	.	12
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices	.	12
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program	.	15
Setting up the Remote Supervisor Adapter	.	16
Remote Supervisor Adapter features	.	16

Setup requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cabling and configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter. . . .	.	.	. .	.	18
Using the ASM interconnect network	.	.	. .	.	26
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller	.	.	. .	.	31
Chapter 3. Diagnostics	.	.	. .	.	33

General checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

POST error codes and messages .	. .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	.	35
System-error logs	. .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	.	36
Light Path Diagnostics feature . .	. .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	.	36
The diagnostics panel . . . .	. .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	.	37
LEDs on the top of the server .	. .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	.	37
LEDs on the system boards . .	. .	. . . . . . . . .	. .	. .	.	.	37

Diagnostic display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Diagnostic programs, error codes, and messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Starting the AMIDiag program .	. . . . . . .	. . . .	.	.	. . .	.	38
AMIDiag menus	. . . . . . .	. . . .	.	.	. . .	.	40

System diagnostic tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Memory diagnostic tests . . . .	. .	. . . . .	. .	. .	. .	. .	.	44
IDE device diagnostic tests . . .	. .	. . . . .	. .	. .	. .	. .	.	44
SCSI diagnostic tests	. .	. . . . .	. .	. .	. .	. .	.	46
Video diagnostic tests	. .	. . . . .	. .	. .	. .	. .	.	51

USB diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Miscellaneous diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Ethernet diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Diagnostic error code tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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