power problems 88, 89
power supply
specifications
5, 7
power-cord connector 41
power-cord safety xii
power-on LED 38
power-on self-test (POST)
beep
codes 67, 85
error messages 68
problems
CD-ROM,
DVD-ROM drive 80
diskette drive 81
hard disk drive 81
intermittent 82
keyboard 83, 90
memory 84
microprocessor 84
mouse 83, 90
optional devices 87
pointing device 83, 90
power 88, 89
serial port 89
software 90
solving 67
USB port 90
product recycling and disposal 97
R
RAID array
Serial
ATA
creating
50
RAID configuration programs 46
recycling and disposal, product 97
redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
Adaptec
HostRAID 46
adapter 25
non-support 50
Serial ATA HostRAID 49
ServeRAID Manager 50
reliability, system 10
removable-media drives, installing 21
removing
cover
12
resetting the configuration 85
retaining clips, dual inline memory module (DIMM) 20
S
safety information
handling
static-sensitive devices 11
introduction vi
multilingual pointer v
power-cord warning xii
statements vii
system reliability considerations 10
when the server is on 10
SAS/SATA
configuring
RAID arrays 47
SAS/SATA controller
configuring
48
SAS/SATA controller (continued)
viewing
the configuration 48
SATA RAID
enabling
49
scanning order for adapters 29
serial 1 connector 41
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)
controller
configuring
49
viewing the configuration 50
hot-swap drives 23, 24
simple-swap drives 25
status LEDs for hot-swap drives 39
Serial ATA (SATA)
backplate
IDs
for simple-swap drives 26
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
activity
LEDs for hot-swap drives 39
backplane
activity
LEDs for hot-swap drives 39
description 25
IDs for hot-swap drives 25
status LEDs for hot-swap drives 39
hot-swap drives 23, 24
status LEDs for hot-swap drives 39
serial over LAN
commands
connect
64
identify 64
power 64
reboot 64
sel get 64
sol 64
sysinfo 64
serial port problems 89
server
configuration
45
power features 42
specifications 5, 6
ServeRAID configuration programs 46
ServeRAID Manager
Configuration
wizard 51
description 51
overview 51
Startable CD mode 51
using to configure arrays 50
viewing the configuration 52
ServerGuide
CDs
1, 45
error symptoms 79
starting the Setup and Installation CD 45
using 45
simple-swap drive
backplate
SATA
IDs 26
simple-swap drives 25
simple-swap SATA drives
cabling
27
size 5, 7
software problems 90
software service and support 94
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