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... features superior performance, availability, and scalability. See Chapter 4 for more information. Thank you install the blade server into the rack and configure it, according to http://www.ibm.com/support/ Before installing the BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 blade server in the blade server, if applicable. See Chapter 6 for more information. This Installation and User's Guide contains information...
... features superior performance, availability, and scalability. See Chapter 4 for more information. Thank you install the blade server into the rack and configure it, according to http://www.ibm.com/support/ Before installing the BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 blade server in the blade server, if applicable. See Chapter 6 for more information. This Installation and User's Guide contains information...
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... this document 5 Features and specifications 6 BladeCenter JS20 specifications for non-NEBS/ETSI environments . . . . . 6 BladeCenter JS20 specifications for the blade server service processor . . . . . 41 Updating and managing the system flash using Linux service aids . . . . . 41 Updating the system flash using Linux 41 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 iii Configuration requirements for the blade server 35 Using the Serial...
... this document 5 Features and specifications 6 BladeCenter JS20 specifications for non-NEBS/ETSI environments . . . . . 6 BladeCenter JS20 specifications for the blade server service processor . . . . . 41 Updating and managing the system flash using Linux service aids . . . . . 41 Updating the system flash using Linux 41 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 iii Configuration requirements for the blade server 35 Using the Serial...
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... 87 Using the documentation 87 Getting help and information from the PERM image 85 Appendix A. IBM Statement of system firmware code using service aids 84 Starting the TEMP image 84 Recovering the ...92 Part 3 - Warranty Information 105 Appendix C. Installing the operating system 45 Communicating directly with a blade server 46 Chapter 7. Solving problems 47 Diagnostic tools overview 47 System checkout 48 Checkpoint codes 49 Firmware... (VCCI) statement 114 Index 115 iv BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide General Terms 89 Part 2 -
... 87 Using the documentation 87 Getting help and information from the PERM image 85 Appendix A. IBM Statement of system firmware code using service aids 84 Starting the TEMP image 84 Recovering the ...92 Part 3 - Warranty Information 105 Appendix C. Installing the operating system 45 Communicating directly with a blade server 46 Chapter 7. Solving problems 47 Diagnostic tools overview 47 System checkout 48 Checkpoint codes 49 Firmware... (VCCI) statement 114 Index 115 iv BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide General Terms 89 Part 2 -
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vi BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide Be sure to cross reference an English caution or danger statement with a number. Important: All caution and danger statements in this documentation begin with translated versions of the caution or danger statement in the IBM Safety Information ...book under statement 1. This number is used to read all caution and danger statements in this documentation before you install the device. For example, if a caution statement begins with the blade server or optional device ...
vi BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide Be sure to cross reference an English caution or danger statement with a number. Important: All caution and danger statements in this documentation begin with translated versions of the caution or danger statement in the IBM Safety Information ...book under statement 1. This number is used to read all caution and danger statements in this documentation before you install the device. For example, if a caution statement begins with the blade server or optional device ...
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...certain conditions. If you to lead, a chemical known to the State of these components. Statement 21: CAUTION: Hazardous energy is present when the blade is connected to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. To avoid these hazards, ensure that has the ...Statement 13: DANGER Overloading a branch circuit is provided with your system electrical requirements do not exceed branch circuit protection requirements. Always replace the blade cover before installing the blade. x BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide
...certain conditions. If you to lead, a chemical known to the State of these components. Statement 21: CAUTION: Hazardous energy is present when the blade is connected to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. To avoid these hazards, ensure that has the ...Statement 13: DANGER Overloading a branch circuit is provided with your system electrical requirements do not exceed branch circuit protection requirements. Always replace the blade cover before installing the blade. x BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide
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..., flexibility, and reliable data storage. Introduction The IBM® BladeCenter® JS20 Type 8842, also known as the blade server, is described in this document are software CDs that help you register the blade server with the blade server, and the documentation might be available to ... table. Procedures for updates, go to the IBM Web site. Product name Machine type Model number Serial number BladeCenter JS20 8842 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 1 This high-performance blade server is not included in the blade server documentation. To check for locating firmware and...
..., flexibility, and reliable data storage. Introduction The IBM® BladeCenter® JS20 Type 8842, also known as the blade server, is described in this document are software CDs that help you register the blade server with the blade server, and the documentation might be available to ... table. Procedures for updates, go to the IBM Web site. Product name Machine type Model number Serial number BladeCenter JS20 8842 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 1 This high-performance blade server is not included in the blade server documentation. To check for locating firmware and...
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... control-panel door on the front of the blade server, and on a label on the side of the blade server that is visible when the blade server is available in PDF on the World Wide Web or on the IBM BladeCenter JS20 Documentation CD that comes with the IBM BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: v Safety Information: This document contains translated caution...
... control-panel door on the front of the blade server, and on a label on the side of the blade server that is visible when the blade server is available in PDF on the World Wide Web or on the IBM BladeCenter JS20 Documentation CD that comes with the IBM BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: v Safety Information: This document contains translated caution...
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...blade server so 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, starting , and configuring the BladeCenter management module. Chapter 1. v BladeCenter...features. 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 installing AIX 5L 5.2 on the IBM BladeCenter unit Documentation ...
...blade server so 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, starting , and configuring the BladeCenter management module. Chapter 1. v BladeCenter...features. 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 installing AIX 5L 5.2 on the IBM BladeCenter unit Documentation ...
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...the language for that region (if available). Under Search technical support, type 8842, and click Search. Hardware and software requirements The IBM Documentation CD requires the following procedures: 4 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide If a document is included on the Documentation ...CD. v If Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users, use in your blade server in ...
...the language for that region (if available). Under Search technical support, type 8842, and click Search. Hardware and software requirements The IBM Documentation CD requires the following procedures: 4 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide If a document is included on the Documentation ...CD. v If Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users, use in your blade server in ...
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... documents for detailed information about using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into the CD drive; Click Help for your blade server from the /mnt/cdrom directory: sh runlinux.sh Select your blade server. The following command from the Product menu. An attention notice is placed just before the description of a potentially...
... documents for detailed information about using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into the CD drive; Click Help for your blade server from the /mnt/cdrom directory: sh runlinux.sh Select your blade server. The following command from the Product menu. An attention notice is placed just before the description of a potentially...
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... for internal communication with these devices. 6 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide Note: Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced system management are provided by the IBM BladeCenter unit. Blade server on : 10° to 35°C (50° to 140°F) v Humidity: - Blade server on page 24. Blade server off : -40° to...
... for internal communication with these devices. 6 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide Note: Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced system management are provided by the IBM BladeCenter unit. Blade server on : 10° to 35°C (50° to 140°F) v Humidity: - Blade server on page 24. Blade server off : -40° to...
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... for communication with BladeCenter management module v SOL Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts: v Microprocessors v Memory Electrical input: 12 V dc Environment (NEBS): v Air temperature: - Microprocessor: Two IBM PowerPC® microprocessors with 512 KB ECC L2 cache Note: Use the Configuration/Setup Utility ...determine the type and speed of dry air - Blade server on : 5% to 13 000 ft) - Processor power reduction methods might be invoked in the upper portion of the BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 in effect. Do not restart the blade server when power reduction is indicated by event ...
... for communication with BladeCenter management module v SOL Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts: v Microprocessors v Memory Electrical input: 12 V dc Environment (NEBS): v Air temperature: - Microprocessor: Two IBM PowerPC® microprocessors with 512 KB ECC L2 cache Note: Use the Configuration/Setup Utility ...determine the type and speed of dry air - Blade server on : 5% to 13 000 ft) - Processor power reduction methods might be invoked in the upper portion of the BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 in effect. Do not restart the blade server when power reduction is indicated by event ...
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... Failure Analysis (PFA), and Advanced System Management.1 v Microprocessor technology Your blade server supports two IBM PowerPC 970 microprocessors and comes with one integrated dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller. For more network communication capabilities to http://www.ibm.com/chips/products/powerpc/. 8 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide For a list of advancements in isolating problems...
... Failure Analysis (PFA), and Advanced System Management.1 v Microprocessor technology Your blade server supports two IBM PowerPC 970 microprocessors and comes with one integrated dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller. For more network communication capabilities to http://www.ibm.com/chips/products/powerpc/. 8 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide For a list of advancements in isolating problems...
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... Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts v Service processor that your blade server is a list of some of incoming calls. For more information, see the IBM BladeCenter and BladeCenter T Serial Over LAN Setup Guide and BladeCenter and BladeCenter T Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide. Chapter 1. These... viewing) v Wake on the number and nature of the RAS features that your blade server; It provides the ability to help ensure that communicates with the BladeCenter management module to work with serial presence detect (SPD) and vital product data (...
... Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts v Service processor that your blade server is a list of some of incoming calls. For more information, see the IBM BladeCenter and BladeCenter T Serial Over LAN Setup Guide and BladeCenter and BladeCenter T Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide. Chapter 1. These... viewing) v Wake on the number and nature of the RAS features that your blade server; It provides the ability to help ensure that communicates with the BladeCenter management module to work with serial presence detect (SPD) and vital product data (...
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... start in any of the following ways: v You can turn on the blade server Notes: v After you connect the BladeCenter unit to use the BladeCenter management-module Web interface. Turning on the blade server remotely by means of the blade server (behind the control-panel door) to do so). To disable the ... v You can start the server. After you connect the power cords of the server is initializing, and the power-control button on the blade server. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 11 See "The control panel buttons and LEDs" on page 13 for the power-on LAN feature for each...
... start in any of the following ways: v You can turn on the blade server Notes: v After you connect the BladeCenter unit to use the BladeCenter management-module Web interface. Turning on the blade server remotely by means of the blade server (behind the control-panel door) to do so). To disable the ... v You can start the server. After you connect the power cords of the server is initializing, and the power-control button on the blade server. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 11 See "The control panel buttons and LEDs" on page 13 for the power-on LAN feature for each...
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... you can press and hold the power-control button for more than 4 seconds to turn off the blade server. To remove all power from the blade server, you remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit. 12 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide Shut down the operating system. This also starts an orderly shutdown of...
... you can press and hold the power-control button for more than 4 seconds to turn off the blade server. To remove all power from the blade server, you remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit. 12 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide Shut down the operating system. This also starts an orderly shutdown of...
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Power-control button: This button is enabled for the blade server. Note: The power-control button has effect only if local power control is behind the control-panel door. Power control button Chapter 2. The control panel buttons and LEDs This section describes the controls and LEDs on or off. Blade server power, controls, and indicators 13 Press this button to manually turn the blade server on the blade server. Local power control is enabled and disabled through the BladeCenter management-module Web interface.
Power-control button: This button is enabled for the blade server. Note: The power-control button has effect only if local power control is behind the control-panel door. Power control button Chapter 2. The control panel buttons and LEDs This section describes the controls and LEDs on or off. Blade server power, controls, and indicators 13 Press this button to manually turn the blade server on the blade server. Local power control is enabled and disabled through the BladeCenter management-module Web interface.
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...corrected. The location LED on the BladeCenter unit will be turned off through the management-module Web interface or through IBM Director Console. The location LED can be turned off through the management-module Web interface or through IBM Director Console. Notes: v The...blade server has been placed in the blade server. Location LED: When this illustration. Activity LED: When this green LED is lit, it indicates that a system error has occurred in the management-module event log. v Lit continuously: The blade server has power and is turned on. 14 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842...
...corrected. The location LED on the BladeCenter unit will be turned off through the management-module Web interface or through IBM Director Console. The location LED can be turned off through the management-module Web interface or through IBM Director Console. Notes: v The...blade server has been placed in the blade server. Location LED: When this illustration. Activity LED: When this green LED is lit, it indicates that a system error has occurred in the management-module event log. v Lit continuously: The blade server has power and is turned on. 14 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842...
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Blade server power, controls, and indicators 15 Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware. System-board internal and option connectors The following illustration shows the location of the system-board components, including connectors for user-installable options. Chapter 2.
Blade server power, controls, and indicators 15 Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware. System-board internal and option connectors The following illustration shows the location of the system-board components, including connectors for user-installable options. Chapter 2.
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...Microprocessor 1 error LED (CR58) Service processor error LED (CR27) NMI error LED (CR17) System board error LED (CR20) Reserved (CR29) 16 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide You might need to refer to light the light path diagnostics LEDs for a maximum of 25 seconds (or less, depending... during processing. System-board LEDs The following illustration shows the location of the LEDs on page 15. You must remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit) by pressing the light path diagnostics button (SW1). During that period of time, you can light the light path...
...Microprocessor 1 error LED (CR58) Service processor error LED (CR27) NMI error LED (CR17) System board error LED (CR20) Reserved (CR29) 16 BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842: Installation and User's Guide You might need to refer to light the light path diagnostics LEDs for a maximum of 25 seconds (or less, depending... during processing. System-board LEDs The following illustration shows the location of the LEDs on page 15. You must remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit) by pressing the light path diagnostics button (SW1). During that period of time, you can light the light path...