Configuring the server - System x3200 M2 Types 4367 and User s Guide

Thefollowingconfigurationprogramsareavailabletoconfiguretheserver:

Configuration/SetupUtilityprogram

TheConfiguration/SetupUtilityprogramispartofthebasicinput/outputsystem (BIOS)code.Youcanusethis programto configureserialportassignments, changeinterruptrequest(IRQ)settings,changethedevicestartupsequence,set thedateandtime,andsetpasswords.Forinformationabout usingthis program, see“UsingtheConfiguration/SetupUtilityprogram”onpage58.

v IBMServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD

TheServerGuideprogramprovidessoftware-setuptoolsandinstallationtools thataredesignedfor theserver.UsethisCDduringtheinstallationoftheserver toconfigurebasichardwarefeatures,suchasaServeRAIDadapter,andto simplifytheinstallationof theoperating system.For informationaboutusingthis CD,see“UsingtheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD”onpage63.

v Mini-baseboardmanagement controllerutilityprograms

Usetheseprogramsto configurethemini-baseboardmanagement controller,to updatethefirmware andsensordatarecord/fieldreplaceableunit(SDR/FRU) data,andto remotelymanageanetwork.Forinformationabout usingthese programs,see“Using themini-baseboardmanagement controllerutility programs”onpage65.

v BootMenuprogram

TheBootMenu programispartof theBIOScode.Useit tooverridethestartup sequencethatissetintheConfiguration/SetupUtilityprogramandtemporarily assignadevice tobefirstinthestartupsequence.Forinformationabout using thisprogram,see“UsingtheBootMenuprogram”onpage68.

BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitEthernetBootAgent

TheBroadcomNetXtremeGigabit EthernetBootAgentispartoftheBIOS.You canuseit toconfigurethenetwork asastartabledevice, andyoucancustomize wherethenetwork startupoptionaldevicesoccurinthestartupsequence.Enable anddisabletheBroadcomNetXtremeGigabitEthernetBootAgentfromthe Configuration/SetupUtilityprogram.Forinformation,see“EnablingtheBroadcom NetXtremeGigabit EthernetBootAgent”onpage68.

v BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitEthernetcontrollerconfiguration

ToconfiguretheintegratedGigabitEthernetcontroller,see“Configuringthe BroadcomNetXtremeGigabitEthernetcontroller”onpage68.

v LSIConfigurationUtilityprogram

UsetheLSI ConfigurationUtilityprogramtoconfiguretheintegratedSAS/SATA controllerwithRAIDcapabilitiesandthedevicesthatareattachedto it.For informationaboutusingthisprogram,see“LSI ConfigurationUtilityprogram”on page69.

Thefollowingtableliststhedifferentserverconfigurationsandtheapplications thatareavailablefor configuringandmanagingRAIDarrays.

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v RemoteSupervisorAdapterIISlimLine configuration

Forinformationabout settingupandcabling aRemote SupervisorAdapter II SlimLinefor useinanAdvancedSystemManagement(ASM)network,see

“SettingupaRemote SupervisorAdapter IISlimLine” onpage71.

Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program

This sectionprovidesinstructionsfor startingtheConfiguration/SetupUtilityprogram anddescriptionsof themenuchoicesthatareavailable.

Starting the Configuration/Setup Utility program

TostarttheConfiguration/SetupUtilityprogram,completethefollowing steps:

1. Turn ontheserver.Iftheserverisalreadyonwhenyoustartthisprocedure, you mustshutdowntheoperatingsystem,turnoff theserver,waitafew secondsuntil allin-useLEDsareturned off,andrestart theserver.

2. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup, Press F12 for Boot Menuisdisplayed,pressF1.(Thispromptisdisplayedonthescreenforonly a few seconds.You mustpressF1quickly.)Ifyouhave setbothapower-on passwordandanadministrator password,youmusttypetheadministrator passwordto accessthefullConfiguration/Setup Utilitymenu.Ifyoudonottype theadministrator password,alimitedConfiguration/Setup Utilitymenu is available.

3. Follow theinstructionsonthescreen.

Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices

ThefollowingchoicesareontheConfiguration/SetupUtilitymainmenu.Depending ontheversionof theBIOScode,somemenu choicesmightdifferslightlyfrom thesedescriptions.

Note: Whenyouusetheserverforthefirsttime,you mightwanttousethe Configuration/Setup Utilitymenu choiceLoadDefaultSettingsto resetthe

Configuration/Setup Utilitymenu choicesto thefactorydefaultsettings,incasethey were changedbefore youreceivedtheserver.Otherwise,somechoicesmightnot bedisplayedinthemenu.

v SystemSummary

Selectthis choicetoviewconfigurationinformation,includingtheamountof installedmemory.Whenyoumakeconfigurationchangesthroughotherchoices intheConfiguration/Setup Utilityprogram,thechangesarereflectedinthe systemsummary;youcannotchangesettingsdirectlyinthesystem summary.

ThischoiceisonthefullandlimitedConfiguration/SetupUtilitymenu.

Selectthis choicetoviewtheprocessorinformation,includingthetype,speed, andcachesizeof themicroprocessor.

v SystemInformation

Selectthis choicetoviewinformationabout theserver.When youmakechanges throughotherchoicesintheConfiguration/SetupUtilityprogram,someof those changesarereflectedinthesysteminformation;you cannotchange settings directlyinthesysteminformation.

ThischoiceisonthefullConfiguration/SetupUtilitymenuonly.

DevicesandI/OPorts

Selectthis choicetoviewor changedeviceassignmentsandinput/output(I/O) ports.Selectthischoiceto enableordisabletheintegratedSAS/SATAcontroller andEthernetcontroller,andstandardconnectors (suchasserialandparallel).

Enableisthedefaultsettingfor allcontrollers.Ifyoudisable adevice, itcannot beconfigured, andtheoperating systemwillnotbeableto detectit(thisis equivalentto disconnectingthedevice).If youdisabletheSAS/SATAcontroller andnoSAS/SATAadapterisinstalled,theserverwillhave noSAS/SATA capability.If youdisabletheintegratedEthernetcontrollerandnoEthernet adapterisinstalled,theserverwillhavenoEthernetcapability.

ThischoiceisonthefullConfiguration/SetupUtilitymenuonly.

– SerialPort1

Selectthis choicetosetupserialport1.

– SerialPort2

Selectthis choicetosetupserialport2.

– ParallelPortSetup

Selectthis choicetosetuptheparallelportandtoadjusttheparallelport resourcesandfeatures.

– RemoteConsoleRedirection

Selectthis choicetoenableandconfigureserialremotevideoandkeyboard redirection.

– InternalFloppySupport

Selectthis choicetodisable orenablethediskettedrive.

– SATAProgrammingInterface

Selectthis choicetodisable,enable,orconfiguretheSerialATA.

Tocomply withthe4690OSrequirement,thisoptionprovidesaLegacyOnly (4690)modethatyoucanselect fromthemenu.WhenyouselecttheLegacy Only(4690)mode,thisenablestheSATA0 throughSATA3 portsforthe 4690OS.

– PlanarEthernet

Selectthis choicetodisable orenabletheEthernetonthesystemboard.

– USBSupport

Selectthis choicetoenableordisable theUSBsupport.

– Video

Selectthis choicetoviewthevideoinformation.

– SystemMACAddresses

Selectthis choicetoviewtheMACaddressesfor networkdevicesthatare installedintheserver.

v DateandTime

Selectthis choicetosetthedateandtimeintheserver,in24-hourformat (hour:minute:second).

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ThischoiceisontheConfiguration/SetupUtilitymenu only.

v SystemSecurity

Selectthis choicetosetpassword. See“Usingpasswords”onpage62for more informationaboutpasswords.

– AdministratorPassword

Thischoiceisonthefull Configuration/SetupUtilitymenu only.

Selectthis choicetosetorchange anadministrator password.An

administratorpasswordisintendedto beused byasystemadministrator;it limitsaccessto thefullConfiguration/SetupUtilitymenu.Ifanadministrator passwordisset,thefull Configuration/SetupUtilitymenu isavailableonlyif youtypetheadministratorpasswordat thepasswordprompt.

– Power-onPassword

Selectthis choicetoset,change, ordeleteapower-onpassword.

v StartOptions

Selectthis choicetoviewor changethestartoptions.Changesinthestart optionstakeeffect whenyou restarttheserver.

Youcanenableordisable theharddiskdrive self-monitoring,analysis,and reportingtechnology(SMART)function.

Youcansetkeyboardoperatingcharacteristics,suchasthekeyboardspeed,and youcanspecifywhethertheserverstartswiththekeyboardnumberlockonor off.

Youcanenableavirus-detecting testthatchecksfor changesinthebootrecord whentheserverstarts.

– StartupSequenceOptions

Selectthis choicetoviewtheStartupSequenceOptionsmenu.Thestartup sequencespecifiestheorderinwhichtheserverchecksdevicestofind aboot record.Theserverstartsfromthefirstbootrecordthatit finds.

v AdvancedSetup

Selectthis choicetochange valuesforadvancedhardwarefeatures, suchas CPUoptions andPCIconfiguration.

Important:Theservermightmalfunctionif thesesettingsareincorrectly configured.Followtheinstructionsonthescreencarefully.

ThischoiceisonthefullConfiguration/SetupUtilitymenuonly.

– CPUOptions

Selectthis choicetovieworchange theoptions thatcontrolthebehavior of themicroprocessor.

– PCIBusControl

Selectthis choicetovieworchange thesystem resourcesthatareusedby theinstalledPCIor PCI-Expressdevices.

– RSAIISettings

Thischoiceisdisplayedonly whena RemoteSupervisorAdapterIISlimLine isinstalledintheserver.

Selectthis choicetoviewtheDHCPIPaddressandsettingsandtheRemote SupervisorAdapter IISlimLineMAC address;to viewor changetheDHCP control,staticIPaddress,operating-systemUSBselections;andto savethe valuesandreboottheRemoteSupervisorAdapter IISlimLine.

– BaseboardManagement Controller(BMC)Setting

- IPMISpecificationVersion

Thisnonselectable itemdisplaystheIPMIspecificationversion.

- BMCFirmwareVersion

Thisnonselectable itemdisplaysthemini-BMCfirmware version.

- BMCBuild Date

Thisnonselectable itemdisplaysthedatethatthemini-BMCcode wasbuilt.

- BMCBuild Level

Thisnonselectable itemdisplaystheversionofthemini-BMCcode.

- ExistingEventLognumber

Thisnonselectable itemdisplaysthenumberofentriesinthesystem-event log.

- BMCPOSTWatchdog

Thisoptionenables ordisablesthePOSTwatchdog.Disabled isthe defaultsetting.

- BMCPOSTWatchdogTimeout

Thisoptionenables ordisablesthemini-BMCPOSTwatchdogtimer.

- System-BMCSerialPortSharing

Selectthischoiceto specifywhethertheserialportthatthemini-BMCuses issharedwiththeothersystem componentsorisdedicatedtothe

mini-BMC.Whenthisoptionisenabled,themini-BMCcontrolstheserial portbywayof remotecommands. Ifthisoptionisdisabled,theserialport isassignedtothemini-BMC,unlesstheBMCSerialPortAccessMode optionisdisabled.

- BMCSerialPortAccess Mode

Selectthischoiceto setthemini-BMCaccessmodefor thesystem serial port.Sharedisthedefaultsetting.Youcan choosefromthefollowing accessmodes:

Shared

Theserialportisavailablefor usebyPOSTandtheoperating system;however,themini-BMCcanstillmonitortheserialdatafor atake-controlsequence.

Pre-Boot

Themini-BMChas controlof theserialportpriorbefore the operatingsystem isbooted;however,aftertheoperatingsystem is booted,themini-BMCwillnothaveaccesstotheserialportuntil youturnofftheserverorresetthesettings.

Dedicated

Themini-BMChas completecontrolof theserialport.POSTand theoperatingsystem willnotbeallowedto usetheserialport.

Disabled

Themini-BMChas accessto theserialport.

- RebootSystemonNMI

Thisoptionsets themini-BMCtimerto automaticallyreboottheserverafter anNMIoccurs.Enabled isthedefaultsetting.

- UserAccountSettings

Selectthischoiceto viewtheuseraccount settingsfor themini-BMC.

- BMCNetworkConfiguration

Selectthischoiceto configurespecificnetworksettingsforthemini-BMC.

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- BMCSystemEventLog

Selectthischoiceto viewthemini-BMCsystem-eventlog,whichcontains allsystem-errormessagesthathave beengenerated.Usethearrowkeys to moveamongpagesinthelog.Run thediagnostic programstogetmore informationabout theerrorcodes.SeetheProblemDeterminationand ServiceGuideontheIBMSystemxDocumentationCDforinstructionsfor solvingtheproblems.SelectClearBMCSystemEventLog toclear the mini-BMCsystem-eventlogs.

Event/ErrorLogs

Selectthis choicetoviewor clearerrorlogs.

– SystemEvent/ErrorLog

Selectthis choicetoviewthesystem-eventanderrormessages thatthe systemgeneratedduringPOSTandruntime,bytheSMIhandlerandbythe serviceprocessor.Themostrecenteventorerrorisdisplayedfirst.Usethe DownArrowkeyto viewtheolderentries,andusetheUpArrowkeyto view thenewerentries.SelectClearsystemlogsandpressEntertoerase the systemevent/errorlog.

v SaveSettings

Selectthis choicetosavethechangesthatyouhave madeinthesettings.

v RestoreSettings

Selectthis choicetocancel thechangesthatyouhave madeinthesettingsand restoretheprevioussettings.

v LoadDefaultSettings

Selectthis choicetocancel thechangesthatyouhave madeinthesettingsand restorethefactorysettings.

v ExitSetup

Selectthis choicetoexit fromtheConfiguration/Setup Utilityprogram.Ifyou have notsavedthechangesthatyouhavemade inthesettings,youareasked

whetheryouwanttosavethechangesor exitwithoutsavingthem.

Using passwords

You canuseanycombinationofuptosevencharacters(A-Z,a -z,and0 -9)for thepower-on (user)passwordortheadministratorpassword.

If yousetbothapower-on passwordandanadministrator password,youcantype either passwordatthepasswordpromptthatisdisplayed asyou starttheserver.

However, ifyouwanttochange thesettingsintheConfiguration/Setup Utility program,youmust typetheadministratorpasswordto accessthefull

Configuration/Setup Utilitymenu.Ifyoutype thepower-on password,youhave accesstoonly thelimitedConfiguration/SetupUtilitymenu.

Keepa recordof thepasswordsina secureplace.Ifyouforgetthepower-on passwordor administratorpassword,you canregainaccesstotheserverthrough oneof thefollowingmethods:

v Ifyouhave forgottenthepower-onpasswordandanadministratorpasswordis set,typetheadministrator passwordatthepower-onpasswordprompt.Startthe Configuration/SetupUtilityprogramandchangethepower-on password.

v Removethebatteryandtheninstallthebattery.

Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD

TheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDcontainsasetupandinstallation programthatisdesignedforyourserver.TheServerGuideprogramdetectsthe servermodelandoptionalhardwaredevicesthatareinstalledandusesthat informationduringsetuptoconfigurethehardware.TheServerGuideprogram simplifiesoperating-systeminstallationsbyprovidingupdateddevice driversand,in somecases,installingthem automatically.

If theServerGuideSetupandInstallationCDdidnotcomewiththeserver,youcan downloada freeimageof theCDorpurchasetheCDfromtheServerGuide fulfillment Websiteat http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/serverguide/

sub.html.Todownloadthefreeimage,clickIBM ServiceandSupport Site.

Note: Changesaremade periodicallytotheIBMWebsite.Theactualprocedure mightvaryslightlyfromthatisdescribedinthisdocument.

TheServerGuideprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:

v Aneasy-to-useinterface v

Diskette-freesetup,andconfigurationprogramsthatarebasedondetected hardware

v ServeRAIDManagerprogram,whichconfiguresyourServeRAIDadapterwith RAIDcapabilities

v LSIConfigurationUtilityprogramthatyouusetosetupandconfigureRAID arrays.

Note: TheLSI ConfigurationUtilityprogramontheServerGuideSetupand InstallationCDprovideslimitedRAIDcapability.UsetheLSI ConfigurationUtility programthatisintegratedintheBIOStogetthefullrangeof RAIDconfiguration capabilities.Starttheserverandwatchthemonitor; attheprompt<<< Press

<CTRL><C> to start LSI Configuration Utility >>> press Ctrl+C.

Devicedriversthatareprovidedfor theservermodelanddetectedhardware v File-systemtype thatisselectable duringsetup

ServerGuide features

Featuresandfunctionscanvary slightlywithdifferentversionsof theServerGuide program.Tolearnmoreabout theversion thatyouhave,starttheServerGuide Setup andInstallationCDandviewtheonlineoverview. Notallfeaturesare supportedonallservermodels.

TheServerGuideprogramrequiresasupportedIBMserverwithanenabled startable (bootable)CDorDVDdrive.In additionto theServerGuideSetupand InstallationCD,youmusthave theoperating-systemCDorDVDtoinstallthe operating system.

TheServerGuideprogramperformsthefollowingtasks:

v Setssystemdateandtime

v DetectsaninstalledServeRAIDadapterandrunstheSAS/SATARAID configurationprogram

v Checksthemicrocode(firmware)levelsof aServeRAIDadapteranddetermines whetheralaterlevelisavailablefromtheCD

v Detectsinstalledoptional hardwaredevicesandprovidesupdated devicedrivers formost adaptersanddevices

v Providesdiskette-freeinstallationfor supportedWindowsoperatingsystems

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v Includesanonlinereadmefilewithlinkstotipsfor yourhardwareandoperating systeminstallation

Setup and configuration overview

When youusetheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,youdonotneed setup diskettes.You canusetheCDto configureanysupportedIBMservermodel.The setupprogramprovidesa listoftasksthatarerequiredtosetuptheservermodel.

Ona serverwithaServeRAIDadapterorintegratedSAS/SATAcontrollerwithRAID capabilities, youcanruntheLSI ConfigurationUtilityprogramsto createlogical drives.

Note: Featuresandfunctionscanvaryslightlywithdifferentversionsof the ServerGuideprogram.

When youstarttheServerGuideSetupandInstallationCD,theprogramprompts you tocompletethefollowingtasks:

v Selectyour language.

v Selectyour keyboardlayoutandcountry.

Viewtheoverviewtolearn aboutServerGuidefeatures.

v Viewthereadmefiletoreviewinstallationtipsfor youroperatingsystem and adapter.

v Starttheoperating-systeminstallation.Youwillneedyouroperating-systemCD.

Typical operating system installation

TheServerGuideprogramcanreducethetimeittakesto installanoperating system.Itprovidesthedevicedriversthatarerequiredfor yourhardwareandfor theoperating systemthatyouareinstalling.Thissectiondescribesa typical ServerGuideoperating-systeminstallation.

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