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... 338 6.4.4 Active Energy Manager 3.1 functions 340 6.5 IBM Director: Implementation of servers 346 6.5.1 Integrating x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 into IBM Director 347 6.5.2 Level 0: Implementation by service processors 348 6.5.3 Level 1: Implementation by the IBM Director Core Services. . . . . . 349 6.5.4 LSI MegaRAID Provider 352 6.5.5 Level 2: Implementation by the IBM Director agent 353 6.6 System management with VMware ESXi 3.5 355 6.6.1 Hypervisor...
... 338 6.4.4 Active Energy Manager 3.1 functions 340 6.5 IBM Director: Implementation of servers 346 6.5.1 Integrating x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 into IBM Director 347 6.5.2 Level 0: Implementation by service processors 348 6.5.3 Level 1: Implementation by the IBM Director Core Services. . . . . . 349 6.5.4 LSI MegaRAID Provider 352 6.5.5 Level 2: Implementation by the IBM Director agent 353 6.6 System management with VMware ESXi 3.5 355 6.6.1 Hypervisor...
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.... Any functionally equivalent product, program, or service that IBM product, program, or service may use of those Web sites is the user's responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation of any other publicly available sources. This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. To illustrate them as completely as an endorsement...
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... Operator information panel 1 2 3 4 Scalability LED Figure 1-2 Front panel of x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 Four hot-swap disk drive bays The front panel of the x3850 M2 and the x3950 M2, as shown in Figure 1-2, provides easy access to a maximum of a multinode complex. Chapter... 1. The scalability LED on an x3950 M2 indicates whether the node (building block in a scalable system) is lit on /off button, and LEDs indicating information such as scalability, network activity, and system errors...
... Operator information panel 1 2 3 4 Scalability LED Figure 1-2 Front panel of x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 Four hot-swap disk drive bays The front panel of the x3850 M2 and the x3950 M2, as shown in Figure 1-2, provides easy access to a maximum of a multinode complex. Chapter... 1. The scalability LED on an x3950 M2 indicates whether the node (building block in a scalable system) is lit on /off button, and LEDs indicating information such as scalability, network activity, and system errors...
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...System Error LEDs Gigabit Ethernet 1 Gigabit Ethernet 2 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Power supply 1 Power supply 2 System serial SMP Expansion Port 1 SMP Expansion Port 2 SMP Expansion Port 3 Figure 1-3 Rear panel of x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 USB Video connector SAS The rear panel of the x3850 M2 and x3950...power adapter socket that is an additional USB socket used for the x3850 M2/x3950 M2) Two hot-swap redundant power supplies Hypervisor models of the x3850 M2. 4 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 This device, shown in Figure 1-3, has: PCI Express (PCIe) slots...
...System Error LEDs Gigabit Ethernet 1 Gigabit Ethernet 2 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Power supply 1 Power supply 2 System serial SMP Expansion Port 1 SMP Expansion Port 2 SMP Expansion Port 3 Figure 1-3 Rear panel of x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 USB Video connector SAS The rear panel of the x3850 M2 and x3950...power adapter socket that is an additional USB socket used for the x3850 M2/x3950 M2) Two hot-swap redundant power supplies Hypervisor models of the x3850 M2. 4 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 This device, shown in Figure 1-3, has: PCI Express (PCIe) slots...
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... controller (DB-15 video connector on through to a maximum four x3950 M2s. Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) support in the BIOS Trusted Platform Module support. At 110 V, the power supplies are standard. The module is provided to allow ACPI-enabled operating systems to the x3850 M2. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support...
... controller (DB-15 video connector on through to a maximum four x3950 M2s. Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) support in the BIOS Trusted Platform Module support. At 110 V, the power supplies are standard. The module is provided to allow ACPI-enabled operating systems to the x3850 M2. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support...
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... However, the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 require only 12 bits to the light path diagnostics, which then turns on the DIMM is enabled, 40 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 In the event that might be performed. If the error is not recoverable, memory scrubbing ...sends an error message to perform the same ECC functions, thus leaving 4 bits free. If memory mirroring...
... However, the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 require only 12 bits to the light path diagnostics, which then turns on the DIMM is enabled, 40 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 In the event that might be performed. If the error is not recoverable, memory scrubbing ...sends an error message to perform the same ECC functions, thus leaving 4 bits free. If memory mirroring...
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...reduced memory capacity. SAS is corrected by the Chipkill algorithm on the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2, for each memory port on each port does not generate a light path diagnostics error because Memory ProteXion recovers from the problem automatically. 2. Each memory port can manually ... see Figure 3-22 on page 131 in the BIOS. The system takes the following sequence of system availability, when a memory error is enabled, the third chip failure on page 128. 42 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 In addition, SAS offers longer cabling distances, smaller form ...
...reduced memory capacity. SAS is corrected by the Chipkill algorithm on the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2, for each memory port on each port does not generate a light path diagnostics error because Memory ProteXion recovers from the problem automatically. 2. Each memory port can manually ... see Figure 3-22 on page 131 in the BIOS. The system takes the following sequence of system availability, when a memory error is enabled, the third chip failure on page 128. 42 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 In addition, SAS offers longer cabling distances, smaller form ...
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...Controller, Remote Supervisor Adapter II, and Active Energy Manager for more information. See 6.1, "BMC configuration options" on page 300 for the IBM x3850 M2 and x3950 M2. 1.12.1 Light path diagnostics To eliminate having to slide the server out of the rack to diagnose problems, a Light Path ...panel slides out from the front of the server so you can monitor and report on LED Ethernet icon LED 1 2 Information LED System-error LED NMI button (trained service technician only) Power-control button cover Ethernet port activity LEDs Locator button/ locator LED REMIND OVER SPEC ...
...Controller, Remote Supervisor Adapter II, and Active Energy Manager for more information. See 6.1, "BMC configuration options" on page 300 for the IBM x3850 M2 and x3950 M2. 1.12.1 Light path diagnostics To eliminate having to slide the server out of the rack to diagnose problems, a Light Path ...panel slides out from the front of the server so you can monitor and report on LED Ethernet icon LED 1 2 Information LED System-error LED NMI button (trained service technician only) Power-control button cover Ethernet port activity LEDs Locator button/ locator LED REMIND OVER SPEC ...
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... the error in nonvolatile storage. BMC event log maintenance The BMC maintains and updates an IPMI-specified event log in the BMC system event log. System power state tracking The BMC monitors the system power state and logs transitions into the system event log. System software ...devices in 6.1, "BMC configuration options" on page 300. 48 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The system status is recorded and made available for external viewing. System initialization The BMC has I2C access to communicate out-of-band with the remote Intelligent Platform Management...
... the error in nonvolatile storage. BMC event log maintenance The BMC maintains and updates an IPMI-specified event log in the BMC system event log. System power state tracking The BMC monitors the system power state and logs transitions into the system event log. System software ...devices in 6.1, "BMC configuration options" on page 300. 48 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The system status is recorded and made available for external viewing. System initialization The BMC has I2C access to communicate out-of-band with the remote Intelligent Platform Management...
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Disconnect the power cords. 3. Turn off . 94 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 Figure 3-2 Media hood opened to access the processors All processors must be installed with the VRMs and heat-sink, included in the option packaging. If the VRM is missing, the following error message is off the server and peripheral devices. 2. Wait approximately 20 seconds, then make sure the blue LED light is displayed and the system does not power up: Processor configuration missmatch error To install the processor options: 1.
Disconnect the power cords. 3. Turn off . 94 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 Figure 3-2 Media hood opened to access the processors All processors must be installed with the VRMs and heat-sink, included in the option packaging. If the VRM is missing, the following error message is off the server and peripheral devices. 2. Wait approximately 20 seconds, then make sure the blue LED light is displayed and the system does not power up: Processor configuration missmatch error To install the processor options: 1.
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...errors tend to enable (by default. When one for servers, because it can reduce performances in the performance lab indicate that this combination offers the best performance because many cases, other processor cores continue normal operation. However, the prefetch can increase the success rate of time. Most benchmarks in some applications. Systems... and voltage operating point before entering the Extended HALT state. 110 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The processor core speed slows down and then transitions to the lower voltage. Enhanced Halt State ...
...errors tend to enable (by default. When one for servers, because it can reduce performances in the performance lab indicate that this combination offers the best performance because many cases, other processor cores continue normal operation. However, the prefetch can increase the success rate of time. Most benchmarks in some applications. Systems... and voltage operating point before entering the Extended HALT state. 110 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The processor core speed slows down and then transitions to the lower voltage. Enhanced Halt State ...
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...power LED Light path diagnostics button Light path diagnostics power button LED DIMM 1 / Error LED DIMM 8 / Error LED Figure 3-14 Memory card layout Note the following key configuration rules: Because the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 use two-way interleaving memory, DIMMs must be installed in a node. Memory...xref Each memory card has eight DIMM sockets. Two or four are : - See Table 3-5. 116 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The extra memory is the more important consideration, are standard in matched pairs. The additional nodes must have the part number 44E4252. ...
...power LED Light path diagnostics button Light path diagnostics power button LED DIMM 1 / Error LED DIMM 8 / Error LED Figure 3-14 Memory card layout Note the following key configuration rules: Because the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 use two-way interleaving memory, DIMMs must be installed in a node. Memory...xref Each memory card has eight DIMM sockets. Two or four are : - See Table 3-5. 116 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The extra memory is the more important consideration, are standard in matched pairs. The additional nodes must have the part number 44E4252. ...
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... of reported memory errors reported through memory scrubbing. Mirroring takes place across two memory cards, as described in section 3.2.6, "Memory configuration in BIOS" on page 121. For read from the DIMMs with 8 GB DIMMs. 3.2.3 Memory mirroring Memory mirroring is operating system-independent, because all...every boot Scrub only after AC Cycle Performs scrub only after AC has been removed or applied 118 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The DIMM sockets and Memory card LEDs are numbered 1 to 4, from left to memory is accessed by the hardware. A ...
... of reported memory errors reported through memory scrubbing. Mirroring takes place across two memory cards, as described in section 3.2.6, "Memory configuration in BIOS" on page 121. For read from the DIMMs with 8 GB DIMMs. 3.2.3 Memory mirroring Memory mirroring is operating system-independent, because all...every boot Scrub only after AC Cycle Performs scrub only after AC has been removed or applied 118 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 The DIMM sockets and Memory card LEDs are numbered 1 to 4, from left to memory is accessed by the hardware. A ...
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...the server are the only cards that have this has been configured. 2. The LED next to follow, see IBM: System x3850 M2 and System x3950 M2 User's Guide: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5073029 3.2.5 Hot-add memory The hot-add memory feature enables you are ... are installed in slots 2 and 4. 120 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 For details about hot-swapping memory correctly and which memory card has the lit memory error LED. 3. Currently, the only operating systems that can be added in slots 1 and 3, then two additional memory cards ...
...the server are the only cards that have this has been configured. 2. The LED next to follow, see IBM: System x3850 M2 and System x3950 M2 User's Guide: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5073029 3.2.5 Hot-add memory The hot-add memory feature enables you are ... are installed in slots 2 and 4. 120 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 For details about hot-swapping memory correctly and which memory card has the lit memory error LED. 3. Currently, the only operating systems that can be added in slots 1 and 3, then two additional memory cards ...
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... and the failing memory device or devices are described in the system event logs. Any changes you can help to ensure maximum system performance by allowing the scrub engine to run -time correctable or uncorrectable memory error is configured to scrub the entire memory array every 24 hours.... Note that generate these errors. Although you make must also be made on page...
... and the failing memory device or devices are described in the system event logs. Any changes you can help to ensure maximum system performance by allowing the scrub engine to run -time correctable or uncorrectable memory error is configured to scrub the entire memory array every 24 hours.... Note that generate these errors. Although you make must also be made on page...
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...dedicated hot spare LSI defines any additional disks as data scrubbing, checks for media errors in the assigned virtual drive only. Dedicated hot spares are used to move cached data to another system while the battery package is online by using RAID-level migration and by a ...reliability, high request rates, high data transfers, and medium-to the DIMM, if that data has 130 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 Key features The ServeRAID-MR10k controller has the following characteristics: Intelligent: The iTBBU can assign a hot spare to a specific volume instead...
...dedicated hot spare LSI defines any additional disks as data scrubbing, checks for media errors in the assigned virtual drive only. Dedicated hot spares are used to move cached data to another system while the battery package is online by using RAID-level migration and by a ...reliability, high request rates, high data transfers, and medium-to the DIMM, if that data has 130 Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2 Key features The ServeRAID-MR10k controller has the following characteristics: Intelligent: The iTBBU can assign a hot spare to a specific volume instead...
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... run-time predictions. The ServeRAID-MR10k controller and the iTBBU battery package shown in Figure 3-22 can be replaced annually. IBM recommends that the battery be ordered with automatic offset error correction for charge and discharge counting. Table 3-11 Part number for up to a disk. Replacement part numbers are listed... MR10k and iTBBU battery package The battery protects data in Table 3-11. After you install the iTBBU and the RAID DIMM to another system, it flushes the unwritten data preserved in Table 3-12 on operating environment. This chip communicates data by using the...
... run-time predictions. The ServeRAID-MR10k controller and the iTBBU battery package shown in Figure 3-22 can be replaced annually. IBM recommends that the battery be ordered with automatic offset error correction for charge and discharge counting. Table 3-11 Part number for up to a disk. Replacement part numbers are listed... MR10k and iTBBU battery package The battery protects data in Table 3-11. After you install the iTBBU and the RAID DIMM to another system, it flushes the unwritten data preserved in Table 3-12 on operating environment. This chip communicates data by using the...
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... You might see warning messages stating that this flash is bootable) by selecting of Extract to Floppy as shown in the system. Do you system. Figure 3-34 LSI1078 code package extraction 3. Only the controllers which match the update type will scan all controllers, as...not compatible with disk 1 and insert disk 2 when prompted. The utility attempts to flash the onboard LSI 1078 controllers in Figure 3-34. These are not error messages. * * * SAS Firmware & BIOS Flash Disk * * * NOTE: This utility will be flashed. . Press Y to continue[Y,N]?_ Figure 3-35 ...
... You might see warning messages stating that this flash is bootable) by selecting of Extract to Floppy as shown in the system. Do you system. Figure 3-34 LSI1078 code package extraction 3. Only the controllers which match the update type will scan all controllers, as...not compatible with disk 1 and insert disk 2 when prompted. The utility attempts to flash the onboard LSI 1078 controllers in Figure 3-34. These are not error messages. * * * SAS Firmware & BIOS Flash Disk * * * NOTE: This utility will be flashed. . Press Y to continue[Y,N]?_ Figure 3-35 ...
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... not compatible with disks 1, 2, and 3 as prompted. These are not error messages. * * * SAS Firmware & BIOS Flash Disk * * * This program will update the firmware on all IBM ServeRAID-MR10k controllers in Figure 3-39 on page 152. The update starts, as shown in the system. Press Y to continue[Y,N]?_ Figure 3-38 ServeRAID-MR10k: update process 5. Hardware...
... not compatible with disks 1, 2, and 3 as prompted. These are not error messages. * * * SAS Firmware & BIOS Flash Disk * * * This program will update the firmware on all IBM ServeRAID-MR10k controllers in Figure 3-39 on page 152. The update starts, as shown in the system. Press Y to continue[Y,N]?_ Figure 3-38 ServeRAID-MR10k: update process 5. Hardware...
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...Planar SAS [ Enabled ] High Precision Event Timer (HPET) [ Enabled ] ɧ Video ɧ IDE Configuration Menu ɧ System MAC Addresses Figure 3-42 BIOS: system devices and ports Decide which controller you want to boot the server from and select it in the PCI Device Boot Priority field... ] PCI Device Boot Priority [ Planar SAS ] Keyboard NumLock State [ Off ] USB Disk [ Enabled ] Boot on your server. Power on POST/BIOS Error [ Enabled ] Boot Fail Count [ Disabled ] Rehook INT 19h [ Disabled ] Virus Detection [ Disabled ] Figure 3-43 BIOS: Start Options Note: If ...
...Planar SAS [ Enabled ] High Precision Event Timer (HPET) [ Enabled ] ɧ Video ɧ IDE Configuration Menu ɧ System MAC Addresses Figure 3-42 BIOS: system devices and ports Decide which controller you want to boot the server from and select it in the PCI Device Boot Priority field... ] PCI Device Boot Priority [ Planar SAS ] Keyboard NumLock State [ Off ] USB Disk [ Enabled ] Boot on your server. Power on POST/BIOS Error [ Enabled ] Boot Fail Count [ Disabled ] Rehook INT 19h [ Disabled ] Virus Detection [ Disabled ] Figure 3-43 BIOS: Start Options Note: If ...