IBM Type 1881, Type 8677 manual

BladeCenterEType8677and1881

Hardware Maintenance Manual and

Troubleshooting Guide

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Contents

Main Page Page Page Contents iv Page Page About this manual Important safety information Page Chapter 1. General information 2 The IBM Documentation CD Hardware and software requirements Using the Documentation Browser Related publications 4 Notices and statements used in this book Features and specifications 6 Page Page Page Page BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators Starting the BladeCenter unit Shutting down the BladeCenter unit 12 BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs Front view Rear view This section identifies the components and indicators on the rear of your BladeCenter unit. 14 AC DC 16 System LED panel Setting up the BladeCenter unit 18 Connecting to the default IP address on a new BladeCenter Registering and profiling the BladeCenter products Page Chapter 2. Configuring your BladeCenter unit BladeCenter unit power requirement BladeCenter power configuration 22 Firmware updates Configuring the BladeCenter unit Configuring the management module Communicating with the IBM Director software Configuring I/O modules Configuring blade servers 24 Using IBM Director About the wizard Starting the wizard Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.1 or later BladeCenter networking guidelines 26 Page 28 Chapter 3. Diagnostics Diagnostic tools overview Identifying problems using the Light Path Diagnostics feature 30 Chapter 4. Installing options Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack Installation guidelines System reliability considerations Handling static-sensitive devices 32 Installing and removing modules The BladeCenter modules Management module I/O (switch) modules 34 Page Power modules Blower modules 36 Installing a module Removing a module 38 Page Installing and removing the acoustic module option Installing the acoustic module option 40 Removing the acoustic module option Installing and removing blade servers Blade server expansion options I/O expansion option Storage-expansion option 42 Installing a blade server 44 Removing a blade server Completing the installation Input/output connectors 46 Chapter 5. Service replaceable units Replacing a blower module Media tray Removing the media tray 48 Removing the media-tray cover Optical or diskette drive Installing SuSE to a SCSI drive Customer interface card and USB connector 50 CD interposer board Switch, power, and cooling (SPC) chassis 52 Media-cable tray Page Midplane System LED panel Page Rear system-LED panel Page Chapter 6. Symptom-to-FRU index Error symptoms 60 Page 62 Page 64 Page 66 Page 68 Page 70 Light Path Diagnostics table Temperature error messages Blower error messages 72 Power error messages Blade server error messages KVM error message 74 I/O module error messages Management-module error messages Bus error messages 76 Undetermined problems Problem determination tips 78 Chapter 7. Parts listing, BladeCenter Type 8677 and 1881 Front view 80 Rear view 82 Page 84 Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance Before you call Using the documentation Getting help and information from the World Wide Web Software service and support Hardware service and support 86 IBM Taiwan product service Appendix B. Related service information Safety information General safety Electrical safety 88 Safety inspection guide Handling electrostatic discharge-sensitive devices 90 Grounding requirements Safety notices (multi-lingual translations) 92 Page 94 Page 96 Page 98 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 108 Page 110 Page 112 Page 114 Page 116 Page 118 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 126 Page 128 Page Page Appendix C. Notices Trademarks Important notes 132 Electronic emission notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement Avis de conformit la rglementation d'Industrie Canada Australia and New Zealand Class A statement United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement Page Power cords 136 Index A B C D E M N 138 O P