IBM 8688 manual Contents

Contents
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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