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Using ServeRAID Manager, Updating the integrated system management firmware, Notes, Important

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Complete the following steps to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program: 1. Turn on the server and watch the monitor screen. 2. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1. If an administrator password has been set, you must type the administrator password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. Using ServeRAID Manager With a RAID adapter, you can configure multiple physical SCSI hard disk drives as logical drives operating as a disk array. The adapter comes with a CD containing the ServeRAID Manager program and the ServeRAID Mini-Configuration program, which you can use to configure the IBM ServeRAID controller. For information about using these programs, see the documentation that comes with the ServeRAID adapter. Notes: 1. The integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities in your server supports RAID level 1 with a hot-spare drive installed. 2. If your server has a ServeRAID controller installed, you can use ServeRAID Manager to configure the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities for other supported RAID levels. 3. You cannot use the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD to configure the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities. 4. To update the firmware and BIOS for an optional ServeRAID controller, you must use the IBM ServeRAID Support CD that comes with the ServeRAID option. 5. You can configure your SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to use RAID level 1 before or after you install your operating system. Important: If you use the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to configure a RAID level 1 (mirrored) array after you install the operating system, you will lose access to any data or applications that were previously stored on the secondary physical drive of the mirrored pair. Updating the integrated system management firmware To update the firmware for the integrated system management processor (ISMP), download the Integrated System Management Firmware Update Utility program for your server from the IBM Support Web site at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. Run the utility program to create a diskette that you can use to update the firmware. The utility program updates the integrated system management firmware only and does not affect any device drivers. Complete the following steps to update the firmware: 1. Turn off the server. 2. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive. 3. Turn on the server. If the server does not start from the diskette, use the Configuration/Setup Utility program to configure the diskette drive as a startup device. (For more information, see the information about Configuration/Setup Utility start options in the User's Guide.) Guide. Then, start again at step 1 of this procedure. 28 IBM xSeries 345 Type 8670: Installation Guide

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Complete the following steps to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program:
1.
Turn on the server and watch the monitor screen.
2.
When the message
Press F1 for Configuration/Setup
appears, press F1. If
an administrator password has been set, you must type the administrator
password to access the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
3.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Using ServeRAID Manager
With a RAID adapter, you can configure multiple physical SCSI hard disk drives as
logical drives operating as a disk array. The adapter comes with a CD containing
the ServeRAID Manager program and the ServeRAID Mini-Configuration program,
which you can use to configure the IBM ServeRAID controller. For information about
using these programs, see the documentation that comes with the ServeRAID
adapter.
Notes:
1.
The integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities in your server supports
RAID level 1 with a hot-spare drive installed.
2.
If your server has a ServeRAID controller installed, you can use ServeRAID
Manager to configure the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities for
other supported RAID levels.
3.
You cannot use the
ServerGuide Setup and Installation
CD to configure the
integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities.
4.
To update the firmware and BIOS for an optional ServeRAID controller, you
must use the
IBM ServeRAID Support
CD that comes with the ServeRAID
option.
5.
You can configure your SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to use RAID level
1 before or after you install your operating system.
Important:
If you use the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities to
configure a RAID level 1 (mirrored) array after you install the operating
system, you will lose access to any data or applications that were
previously stored on the secondary physical drive of the mirrored pair.
Updating the integrated system management firmware
To update the firmware for the integrated system management processor (ISMP),
download the Integrated System Management Firmware Update Utility program for
your server from the IBM Support Web site at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. Run
the utility program to create a diskette that you can use to update the firmware. The
utility program updates the integrated system management firmware only and does
not affect any device drivers.
Complete the following steps to update the firmware:
1.
Turn off the server.
2.
Insert the diskette into the diskette drive.
3.
Turn on the server. If the server does not start from the diskette, use the
Configuration/Setup Utility program to configure the diskette drive as a startup
device. (For more information, see the information about Configuration/Setup
Utility start options in the
User’s Guide
.) Guide. Then, start again at step 1 of
this procedure.
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