IBM BladeCenter JS20 User manual

Welcome. . .

Thank you for buying an

IBM blade server.

This

contains information for

setting up, configuring, and using

your blade server.

For information about your

BladeCenter unit and other

BladeCenter components,

view the publications on the

You can also find the most

current information about your

server on the IBM Web site at:

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support

Your server

takes advantage of IBM

POWER microarchitecture,

and it features superior

performance, availability, and

scalability.

Documentation CD.

Installation

Guide

and User’s

Installation and

User’s Guide

BladeCenter JS20

Type 8842

• Installed and configured the rack according

to the documentation that came with the rack.

• the BladeCenter unit

into the rack. See the documentation provided

with the BladeCenter unit to install the unit

into the rack.

Installed and configured

• Supplied 200 - 240 V ac to the BladeCenter unit.

Before installing the BladeCenter JS20

Type 8842, you should have completed

the following procedures:

• Drives

• Memory modules

• I/O expansion card

See Chapter 4 for more information.

Install options into the blade server:

Install the blade server into the BladeCenter unit.

See Chapter 3 for more information.

Install additional applications according to instructions

provided with the application.

Install the operating system.

See Chapter 7 for more information.

Configure the BladeCenter components for

Serial Over LAN (SOL) support.

See Chapter 5 for more information.

Establish an SOL session with the blade server.

See Chapter 6 for more information.

The blade server is now

ready to use. Be sure to

register and profile your

server with IBM support.

Server Support

Ye s

No

Use the problem-solving

information provided with

your server to determine

the cause of the problem

and the action to take.

Flash the latest levels of firmware

code.

You can download this code at

http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/

No

No Software

Ye s

Hardware

Check all cables for loose connections

and verify that all optional devices you

installed are on the ServerProven list.

You can view the ServerProven list at

®

http://www.ibm.com/pc/compat/

Server working

properly?

Problem

solved?

Problem

solved?

Hardware or

software problem?

View support telephone numbers at

http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/

View information about IBM support line at

or view support telephone numbers at

http://www.ibm.com/services/sl/products/

http://www.ibm.com/planetwide/

Register your computer. Go to

http://www.ibm.com/pc/register/

Ye s

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solved?

BladeCenter

JS20

Type

8842

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

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Note:

Before

using

this

information

and

the

product

it

supports,

read

the

general

information

in

Appendix

B,

“IBM

Statement

of

Limited

Warranty

Z125-4753-07

11/2002,”

on

page

101

and

Appendix

C,

“Notices,”

on

page

119

First

Edition

(March

2004)

©

Copyright

International

Business

Machines

Corporation

2004.

All

rights

reserved.

US

Government

Users

Restricted

Rights

–

Use,

duplication

or

disclosure

restricted

by

GSA

ADP

Schedule

Contract

with

IBM

Corp.

Contents

Safety

.

. vii

Chapter

1.

Introduction

.

.1

.

.3

The

IBM

BladeCenter

Documentation

CD

.

.4

Hardware

and

software

requirements

.

.4

Using

the

Documentation

Browser

.

.4

Notices

and

statements

used

in

this

document

.

.5

Features

and

specifications

.

.6

What

your

IBM

BladeCenter

JS20

Type

8842

offers

.

.7

Reliability,

availability,

and

serviceability

features

.

.8

System-board

internal

and

option

connectors

.

.9

System-board

LEDs

.

.10

Preinstallation

requirements

.

.11

Checking

the

status

of

the

CD-ROM

media

tray

.

.12

Chapter

2.

Blade

server

power,

controls,

and

indicators

.

.13

Turning

on

the

blade

server

.

.13

Turning

off

the

blade

server

.

.14

Blade

server

controls

and

LEDs

.

.15

Chapter

3.

Installing

the

blade

server

in

the

BladeCenter

unit

.

.17

Chapter

4.

Installing

and

removing

options

and

customer-replaceable

units

21

Installation

guidelines

.

.21

System

reliability

guidelines

.

.21

Handling

static-sensitive

devices

.

.21

Removing

the

blade

server

from

the

BladeCenter

unit

.

.23

Opening

the

blade

server

cover

.

.24

Removing

the

blade-server

bezel

assembly

.

.25

Installing

IDE

hard

disk

drives

.

.25

Installing

memory

modules

.

.27

Installing

an

I/O

expansion

card

.

.30

Installing

an

Ethernet

cable

.

.31

Replacing

the

battery

.

.32

Replacing

the

system

board

.

.35

Completing

the

installation

.

.38

Installing

the

blade-server

bezel

assembly

.

.38

Closing

the

blade

server

cover

.

.39

Input/output

connectors

and

devices

.

.39

Chapter

5.

Configuring

your

blade

server

.

.41

Using

the

Serial

Over

LAN

(SOL)

feature

on

the

blade

server

.

.41

Configuring

the

BladeCenter

unit

for

the

Serial

Over

LAN

(SOL)

feature

.

.42

Before

you

begin

.

.43

Starting

the

management

and

configuration

program

in

the

management

module

.

.44

Global

SOL

settings

and

status

.

.44

Configuring

the

BladeCenter

components

for

Serial

Over

LAN

operation

.

.46

Management-module

configuration

.

.46

BladeCenter

JS20

Type

8842

configuration

.

.48

IBM

4-Port

Ethernet

Switch

Module

for

BladeCenter

configuration

.

.49

©

Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2004

iii

Nortel

Networks

Layer

2-7

GbE

Switch

Module

for

IBM

Eserver

BladeCenter

firmware

update

.

.50

Completing

the

SOL

configuration

.

.52

Installing

and

Configuring

SSH

for

SOL

.

.53

Configuring

the

Gigabit

Ethernet

controller

.

.54

Blade

server

Ethernet

controller

enumeration

.

.54

Updating

the

firmware

code

for

your

blade

server

and

the

service

processor

55

Using

the

command-line

interface

.

.56

Chapter

6.

Running

a

Serial

Over

LAN

session

.

.57

Selecting

the

command

target

.

.58

Starting

the

command-line

interface

.

.58

Establishing

a

Telnet

connection

.

.59

Establishing

a

Secure

Shell

(SSH)

connection

.

.59

Starting

an

SOL

session

.

.59

Ending

an

SOL

session

.

.60

Chapter

7.

Installing

the

operating

system

.

.61

Chapter

8.

Solving

problems

.

.63

Diagnostic

tools

overview

.

.63

System

checkout

.

.64

Checkpoint

codes

.

.64

Firmware

error

codes

.

.80

Troubleshooting

charts

.

.89

Power

problems

.

.89

Memory

problems

.

.90

Network

connection

problems

.

.90

Option

problems

.

.90

Service

processor

problems

.

.91

Light

path

diagnostics

overview

.

.92

Identifying

problems

using

the

light

path

diagnostics

.

.92

Light

path

diagnostics

table

.

.93

Recovering

the

system

firmware

code

.

.96

Starting

the

backup

image

.

.96

Recovering

the

primary

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

.

. 100

Software

service

and

support

.

. 100

Hardware

service

and

support

.

. 100

Appendix

B.

IBM

Statement

of

Limited

Warranty

Z125-4753-07

11/2002

101

Part

1

-

General

Terms

.

. 101

Part

2

-

Country-unique

Terms

.

. 104

Part

3

-

Warranty

Information

.

.115

Appendix

C.

Notices

.

.119

Edition

notice

.

.119

Trademarks

.

. 120

Important

notes

.

. 120

Product

recycling

and

disposal

.

. 121

Battery

return

program

.

. 121

Electronic

emission

notices

.

. 122

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Federal

Communications

Commission

(FCC)

statement

.

. 122

Industry

Canada

Class

A

emission

compliance

statement

.

. 122

Australia

and

New

Zealand

Class

A

statement

.

. 122

United

Kingdom

telecommunications

safety

requirement

.

. 123

European

Union

EMC

Directive

conformance

statement

.

. 123

Taiwanese

Class

A

warning

statement

.

. 123

Chinese

Class

A

warning

statement

.

. 123

Japanese

Voluntary

Control

Council

for

Interference

(VCCI)

statement

124

Index

.

. 125

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Safety

Before

installing

this

product,

read

the

Safety

Information.

Antes

de

instalar

este

produto,

leia

as

Informações

de

Segurança.

Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.

Læs

sikkerhedsforskrifterne,

før

du

installerer

dette

produkt.

Lees

voordat

u

dit

product

installeert

eerst

de

veiligheidsvoorschriften.

Ennen

kuin

asennat

tämän

tuotteen,

lue

turvaohjeet

kohdasta

Safety

Information.

Avant

d’installer

ce

produit,

lisez

les

consignes

de

sécurité.

Vor

der

Installation

dieses

Produkts

die

Sicherheitshinweise

lesen.

Prima

di

installare

questo

prodotto,

leggere

le

Informazioni

sulla

Sicurezza.

Les

sikkerhetsinformasjonen

(Safety

Information)

før

du

installerer

dette

produktet.

Antes

de

instalar

este

produto,

leia

as

Informações

sobre

Segurança.

©

Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2004

vii

Antes

de

instalar

este

producto,

lea

la

información

de

seguridad.

Läs

säkerhetsinformationen

innan

du

installerar

den

här

produkten.

Important:

All

caution

and

danger

statements

in

this

documentation

begin

with

a

number.

This

number

is

used

to

cross

reference

an

English

caution

or

danger

statement

with

translated

versions

of

the

caution

or

danger

statement

in

the

IBM

Safety

Information

book.

For

example,

if

a

caution

statement

begins

with

a

number

1,

translations

for

that

caution

statement

appear

in

the

IBM

Safety

Information

book

under

statement

1.

Be

sure

to

read

all

caution

and

danger

statements

in

this

documentation

before

performing

the

instructions.

Read

any

additional

safety

information

that

comes

with

your

server

or

optional

device

before

you

install

the

device.

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