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3. With some operating-system installations, you can create an operating-system replication diskette for setting up additional servers. This diskette contains the Internet protocol (IP) address, server name, and other selections. 4. The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that are based on your operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives. 5. If you are installing the operating system from diskettes, the ServerGuide program lists the diskettes that you must create and the optional device-driver diskettes (for installed adapters or controllers) that you might want to create. 6. The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD and restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system takes control to complete the installation. Setting up or updating multiple servers You can use the ServerGuide program to create diskettes that help you set up or update multiple servers. You can modify information on the diskettes as you use them to set up or update other servers. Note: Availability and function can vary by server model and by the hardware that is installed. You can create a setup-replication diskette, which contains your hardware configuration selections. Use this diskette to replicate selections to other servers that are of the same model. You can create an operating-system replication diskette, which contains information that you need to complete multiple installations. Not all operating systems support operating-system replication diskettes. Installing your operating system without ServerGuide If you have already configured the server hardware and you decide not to use the ServerGuide program to install your operating system, complete the following steps to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the IBM Support Web page: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. 2. Under Browse, click Servers. 3. From the Family drop-down list, select your server model. 4. If operating-system installation instructions are available for your server model, OS installation is in the list in the upper-left corner of the Web page. Click OS installation and select the instructions for your operating system. Using ServeRAID Manager Use ServeRAID Manager, which is on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD, to: v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) v Restore a SCSI hard disk drive to the factory-default settings, erasing all data from the disk v View your RAID configuration and associated devices v Monitor the operation of your RAID controllers To perform some tasks, you can run ServeRAID Manager as an installed program. However, to configure the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities and perform an initial RAID configuration on your server, you must run ServeRAID 18 IBM xSeries 345 Type 8670: User's Guide

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3.
With some operating-system installations, you can create an operating-system
replication diskette for setting up additional servers. This diskette contains the
Internet protocol (IP) address, server name, and other selections.
4.
The ServerGuide program presents operating-system partition options that are
based on your operating-system selection and the installed hard disk drives.
5.
If you are installing the operating system from diskettes, the ServerGuide
program lists the diskettes that you must create and the optional device-driver
diskettes (for installed adapters or controllers) that you might want to create.
6.
The ServerGuide program prompts you to insert your operating-system CD and
restart the server. At this point, the installation program for the operating system
takes control to complete the installation.
Setting up or updating multiple servers
You can use the ServerGuide program to create diskettes that help you set up or
update multiple servers. You can modify information on the diskettes as you use
them to set up or update other servers.
Note:
Availability and function can vary by server model and by the hardware that
is installed.
You can create a setup-replication diskette, which contains your hardware
configuration selections. Use this diskette to replicate selections to other servers
that are of the same model.
You can create an operating-system replication diskette, which contains information
that you need to complete multiple installations. Not all operating systems support
operating-system replication diskettes.
Installing your operating system without ServerGuide
If you have already configured the server hardware and you decide not to use the
ServerGuide program to install your operating system, complete the following steps
to download the latest operating-system installation instructions from the IBM
Support Web page:
1.
2.
Under
Browse
, click
Servers
.
3.
From the
Family
drop-down list, select your server model.
4.
If operating-system installation instructions are available for your server model,
OS installation
is in the list in the upper-left corner of the Web page. Click
OS
installation
and select the instructions for your operating system.
Using ServeRAID Manager
Use ServeRAID Manager, which is on the
IBM ServeRAID Support
CD, to:
v
Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
v
Restore a SCSI hard disk drive to the factory-default settings, erasing all data
from the disk
v
View your RAID configuration and associated devices
v
Monitor the operation of your RAID controllers
To perform some tasks, you can run ServeRAID Manager as an installed program.
However, to configure the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities and
perform an initial RAID configuration on your server, you must run ServeRAID
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