IBM JS20 User Guide - Page 15

v

BladeCenter

JS20

Type

8842

Hardware

Maintenance

Manual

and

Troubleshooting

Guide

:

This

document

contains

the

information

to

help

you

solve

BladeCenter

JS20

problems,

and

contains

information

for

service

technicians.

The

following

related

documentation

is

available

in

PDF

on

the

World

Wide

Web

or

on

the

IBM

BladeCenter

unit

Documentation

CD

that

comes

with

the

BladeCenter

unit:

v

BladeCenter

unit

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

setting

up

and

configuring

the

BladeCenter

unit

and

basic

instructions

for

installing

some

options

in

the

BladeCenter

unit.

It

also

contains

general

information

about

the

BladeCenter

unit.

v

BladeCenter

unit

Hardware

Maintenance

Manual

and

Troubleshooting

Guide

:

This

document

contains

the

information

to

help

you

solve

BladeCenter

unit

problems

yourself,

and

it

contains

information

for

service

technicians.

v

BladeCenter

unit

Rack

Installation

Instructions

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

installing

the

BladeCenter

unit

in

a

rack.

v

BladeCenter

and

BladeCenter

T

Management

Module

User’s

Guide

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

installing,

starting,

configuring,

and

using

the

BladeCenter

management

module.

This

document

also

provides

general

information

about

the

management

module

and

contains

a

description

of

the

management

module

features.

v

BladeCenter

and

BladeCenter

T

Management

Module

Command-Line

Interface

Reference

Guide

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

installing,

starting,

configuring,

and

using

the

IBM

BladeCenter

management-module

command-line

interface.

This

document

also

provides

general

information

about

the

BladeCenter

management-module

command-line

interface

and

contains

a

description

of

its

features.

v

BladeCenter

unit

Management

Module

Installation

Guide

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

installing,

setting

up,

starting,

and

configuring

the

BladeCenter

management

module.

v

BladeCenter

and

BladeCenter

T

Serial

Over

LAN

Setup

Guide

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

establishing

a

Serial

Over

LAN

(SOL)

connection,

enabling

the

SOL

feature,

and

configuring

the

blade

server

so

that

you

can

run

SOL

sessions

and

use

the

IBM

BladeCenter

management-module

command-line

interface.

This

document

also

contains

instructions

for

updating

and

configuring

BladeCenter

components

for

SOL

operation

using

the

management-module

Web-based

management

and

configuration

program.

v

IBM

4-Port

Gb

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

BladeCenter

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

setting

up,

installing,

and

configuring

the

IBM

4-Port

Gb

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

BladeCenter

and

a

description

of

the

switch-module

features.

v

Nortel

Networks

Layer

2-7

GbE

Switch

Module

for

IBM

BladeCenter

Installation

Guide

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

setting

up,

installing,

and

configuring

the

Nortel

Networks

Layer

2-7

GbE

Switch

Module

for

IBM

BladeCenter

and

a

description

of

the

switch-module

features.

v

Cisco

Systems

Gigabit

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

IBM

BladeCenter

Installation

Guide:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

setting

up,

installing,

and

configuring

the

Cisco

Systems

Gigabit

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

IBM

BladeCenter

and

a

description

of

the

switch-module

features.

v

Installing

AIX

5L

5.2

-

IBM

BladeCenter

JS20

:

This

document

contains

instructions

for

installing

AIX

5L

5.2

on

an

IBM

BladeCenter

JS20.

Chapter

1.

Introduction

3

Section	Page
Contents	5
Safety	7
Chapter 1. Introduction	13
Related documentation	14
The Documentation CD	16
Hardware and software requirements	16
Using the Documentation Browser	16
Notices and statements used in this document	17
Features and specifications	18
BladeCenter JS20 specifications for non-NEBS/ETSI environments	18
BladeCenter JS20 specifications for NEBS/ETSI environments	19
What your IBM blade server offers	20
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features	21
IBM Director	22
Chapter 2. Blade server power, controls, and indicators	23
Turning on the blade server	23
Turning off the blade server	24
The control panel buttons and LEDs	25
System-board internal and option connectors	27
System-board LEDs	28
Chapter 3. Preparing the BladeCenter unit	29
Preinstallation checklist	29
Checking the status of the media tray	29
Chapter 4. Installing options	31
Installation guidelines	31
System reliability guidelines	32
Handling static-sensitive devices	32
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit	33
Opening the blade server cover	34
Installing IDE hard disk drives	34
Installing memory modules	36
Installing an I/O expansion card	38
Ethernet controller, switch module, and cabling requirements	40
Completing the installation	41
Closing the blade server cover	42
Installing the blade server in the BladeCenter unit	43
Input/output connectors and devices	45
Chapter 5. Configuration requirements for the blade server	47
Using the Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature on the blade server	48
Starting the management and configuration program in the management module	49
Connecting to the management module through a directly connected computer	49
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller	50
Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration	51
Configuring the blade server for Fibre Channel boot	51
Updating the firmware code for the blade server and the service processor	52
Determining current blade server firmware code levels	52
Updating the firmware code for the blade server service processor	53
Updating and managing the system flash using Linux service aids	53
Updating the system flash using Linux	53
Verifying the system firmware levels using Linux	53
Updating and managing system flash using AIX diagnostics	54
Updating the system flash using AIX	54
Committing the temporary firmware image using AIX	55
Verifying the system firmware levels using AIX	55
Using the command-line interface	56
Using the simple network management protocol (SNMP)	56
Chapter 6. Installing the operating system	57
Communicating directly with a blade server	58
Chapter 7. Solving problems	59
Diagnostic tools overview	59
System checkout	60
Checkpoint codes	61
Firmware error codes	77
Troubleshooting charts	89
CD drive problems	90
Power problems	90
Memory problems	91
Network connection problems	91
Option problems	92
Service processor problems	92
Light path diagnostics overview	92
Identifying problems using the light path diagnostics	92
Light path diagnostics table	93
Recovering the system firmware code	96
Recovery of system firmware code using service aids	96
Starting the TEMP image	96
Recovering the TEMP image from the PERM image	97
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance	99
Before you call	99
Using the documentation	99
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web	99
Software service and support	100
Hardware service and support	100
Appendix B. IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-08 04/2004	101
Part 1 - General Terms	101
Part 2 - Country-unique Terms	104
Part 3 - Warranty Information	117
Appendix C. Notices	121
Trademarks	121
Important notes	122
Product recycling and disposal	123
Battery return program	124
Electronic emission notices	124
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement	124
Industry Canada Class B emission compliance statement	125
Avis de conformité à la réglementation d’Industrie Canada	125
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement	125
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement	126

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