IBM 86605SU Maintenance Manual - Page 7

During the Initial Startup of Your Server, Using Remote Video Mode to Monitor

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Changing RAID Levels 39 Adding a Physical Drive 40 Physical Device Administration 42 Setting Physical Device States 42 Rebuilding Drives 43 ServeRAID Controller Administration . . . . . 45 Copying the Drive Configuration to the ServeRAID Controller 45 Copying the ServeRAID Controller Configuration to the Drives 45 Initializing the ServeRAID II Controller . . 46 Scanning for New Drives 46 Using the ServeRAID Monitoring Functions . . 48 Monitoring Status Information 48 Monitoring Event Logs 50 Device Event Log 50 Hard Event Log 51 Soft Event Log 52 Monitoring the Logical Drive Information . . . 52 Monitoring the Physical Device Information . . 53 Configuring the Ethernet Controller 55 Configuring Options 57 Configuration Overview 58 Configuration/Setup Utility Program 60 Configuring ISA and PCI Adapters 61 Failover for Redundant Ethernet 62 Special Considerations When Combining Failover and Hot-Plug Functions 62 Configuring for Failover 62 Windows NT 63 IntraNetware 64 Netfinity System Management Processor . . . . 65 System Requirements for the Advanced System Management Service with Netfinity Manager 66 Accessing the System Management Processor without Netfinity Manager 66 System Power Menu Selections . . . . . 68 Boot Menu Selections 69 Using Remote Video Mode to Monitor and Access POST 71 Resolving Configuration Conflicts 73 Changing the Software Configuration Setup . 73 Changing the Hardware Configuration Setup . 73 ServeRAID Configuration Program 74 Software Installation 74 Specifications 75 Starting the ServeRAID Configuration Program . 77 During the Initial Startup of Your Server . . . 77 After an Operating System is Installed . . . . 77 Using Diskettes to Start the ServeRAID Configuration Program 77 Status LEDs 79 Power Supply LEDs 79 Understanding Disk Array Technology 81 2 Netfinity Server HMM

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Changing RAID Levels
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39
Adding a Physical Drive
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40
Physical Device Administration
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42
Setting Physical Device States
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42
Rebuilding Drives
. . . . . . . . . . . .
43
ServeRAID Controller Administration
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45
Copying the Drive Configuration to the
ServeRAID Controller
. . . . . . . . .
45
Copying the ServeRAID Controller
Configuration to the Drives
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45
Initializing the ServeRAID II Controller
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46
Scanning for New Drives
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46
Using the ServeRAID Monitoring Functions
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48
Monitoring Status Information
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48
Monitoring Event Logs
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50
Device Event Log
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50
Hard Event Log
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51
Soft Event Log
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52
Monitoring the Logical Drive Information
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52
Monitoring the Physical Device Information
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53
Configuring the Ethernet Controller
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55
Configuring Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Configuration Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Configuration/Setup Utility Program
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60
Configuring ISA and PCI Adapters
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61
Failover for Redundant Ethernet
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62
Special Considerations When Combining
Failover and Hot-Plug Functions
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62
Configuring for Failover
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62
Windows NT
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63
IntraNetware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64
Netfinity System Management Processor
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65
System Requirements for the Advanced System
Management Service with Netfinity Manager
66
Accessing the System Management Processor
without Netfinity Manager
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66
System Power Menu Selections
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68
Boot Menu Selections
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69
Using Remote Video Mode to Monitor and
Access POST
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Resolving Configuration Conflicts
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73
Changing the Software Configuration Setup
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73
Changing the Hardware Configuration Setup
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73
ServeRAID Configuration Program
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74
Software Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Starting the ServeRAID Configuration Program
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77
During the Initial Startup of Your Server
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77
After an Operating System is Installed
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77
Using Diskettes to Start the ServeRAID
Configuration Program
. . . . . . . . . .
77
Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Power Supply LEDs
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79
Understanding Disk Array Technology
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81
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